HILDA CLARK
The divine gift of song has placed Hilda Clark, whose ability as an
actress is by no means great, in a position of prominence in the
theatrical world. She went on the stage because she could sing, and did
not learn to sing because she was on the stage; and, owing to the fact
that there is, always has been, and always will be a demand for
attractive young women with pleasing singing voices, she has had her
fair measure of success. Miss Clark has also the added charm of more
than ordinary physical attractiveness. She is a blonde of prettily
irregular features. Her personality is winning rather than compelling,
and her stage presence is good, though there are times when this would
have been improved by more bodily grace and freedom. Byron, who hated a
"dumpy woman," would have found Miss Clark "divinely tall and most
divinely fair," but very likely he would have advised her to take a mild
course in calisthenics in order to acquire conscious control of a
somewhat unruly physique.
Hilda Clark comes of an old Southern family, several of whose members
won military distinction. An ancestor of hers, Colonel Winston, was
awarded a sword by Congress for his services in the Revolutionary War.
Her great-grandfather, General Winston, was distinguished in the war of
1812, while several of her relatives were noted for gallantry during the
Civil War. Miss Clark was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, in the early
seventies. When her father, who was a banker, died, the family removed
to Boston, where Miss Clark was educated. As she grew into womanhood,
her voice attracted the attention of her friends, and by their advice
she went to Europe, where she studied music for two years. On her return
to this country she became the soprano of St. Mark's Church in New York
City, and it was there that Willard Spenser, the composer of "The
Princess Bonnie," first heard her sing.
Miss Clark's voice is what is technically known as a soprano legere, and
while she excels in floria music, her voice has considerable of that
rare sympathetic quality possessed by coloratura singers. Her work in
the theatre may be summed up in a few words. She made her debut in the
title role of "The Princess Bonnie" in September, 1895. After that she
accepted the offer of The Bostonians, with whom she appeared for a
season. In "The Serenade" she alternated in the role of Yvonne, the
ballet dancer, with Alice Nielsen, and she also sung Maid Marian in
"Robin Hood" and Arline in "The Bohemian Girl." Next she was engaged by
Klaw and Erlanger. She created the part of Lady Constance in "The
Highwayman" after Camille D'Arville, who was expected to take the
character, had quarrelled with the stage manager over some detail in the
action, and refused to have anything more to do with the opera. Miss
Clark was quite successful in this character, and it may be said to have
established her firmly in the ranks of the light opera prima donnas.
Next came her appearance in the prima donna role of John Philip Sousa's
opera "The Bride Elect," in which she is best known by the general
public.
Sousa is the most eminent composer for the bass drum and the cymbals
that we have, and he can make music with more accents than any other man
in the business. His powerful first and third beats set the feet to
tapping and the head to nodding, and the American public thinks that it
is great stuff. So it is, the finest music for a military parade that
ever came out of a brass band. Sousa writes his music with a metronome
at his elbow clacking out the marching cadence of 120 to the minute.
Every time the machine clacks he puts in a bang on the big drum and a
clash with the cymbals. Then he weaves a stately moving melody around
the bangs and the clashes, marks the whole business "fortissimo," and
lets it go. He does not bother much about originality. His strong point
is marches, and he knows it. In "The Bride Elect," he gave us
marches--shall we say "galore"? The score was undoubtedly catchy, and
the tunes pleased for the moment. As for the book, which was also by
Sousa, it was nothing to boast of. It served admirably as a ringer-in
for the marches.
Miss Clark's work in "The Bride Elect" was thoroughly satisfactory. She
sang the music with splendid effect and with much brilliancy. Her
acting, to be sure, was hardly all that could be desired, but,
fortunately for her success, the book did not call for any great
dramatic force. Miss Clark's career has been somewhat unusual in that
she took at once a position of importance on the stage and has continued
in positions of importance ever since. All this has happened because she
could sing; and so busy has she been with her singing that she really
has had no time to learn to act. In other words, in spite of her five
years behind the footlights, she still lacks experience. The woman who
starts in a humble capacity in the chorus and who climbs slowly to the
heights of calciumdom may have at first very crude notions regarding
action, but she learns as time goes on to be non-committal in gesture
at least. She may not develop into a histrionic genius, but she does
acquire facility in the conventions of light opera that so often stand
for acting. It is of just this facility that Hilda Clark is most in
need.
Index
"Algerian,"
Tempest, Marie, 222, 232.
"All the Comforts of Home,"
Hall, Josephine, 47.
"American Beauty,"
May, Edna, 152.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
American Opera Company, 98.
"Amorita,"
Hall, Pauline, 247, 248.
Anderson, Mary, 245.
"Apollo,"
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Aristocracy,"
Hall, Josephine, 47.
Aronson, Rudolph, 247.
"Artist's Model,"
Tempest, Marie, 232.
Ashley, Minnie, 134.
Atherton, Alice, 40.
"Babette,"
D'Arville, Camille, 217.
Barnabee, H. C., 19.
Barnet, R. A., 82, 83, 140, 141.
Barrymore, Maurice, 190.
Beaudet, Louise, 251.
"Belle Helene,"
Hall, Pauline, 248.
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 112.
Lessing, Madge, 82.
Russell, Lillian, 42.
"Belle of New York,"
Edwardes, Paula, 113, 118.
May, Edna, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153.
Bennett & Moulton Opera Company, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 199.
Bernard, Caroline Richings, 94.
Bernhardt, Sarah, 28.
"Billie Taylor,"
Fox, Della, 199.
"Bill's Boot,"
Raymond, Maud, 137.
"Black Sheep,"
Edwardes, Paula, 117.
"Blue Beard,"
Hall, Pauline, 246.
"Boccaccio,"
Tempest, Marie, 227.
"Bohemian Girl,"
Clark, Hilda, 256.
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
Fox, Della, 199.
Nielsen, Alice, 20.
Bostonians,
Clark, Hilda, 255, 256.
D'Arville, Camille, 218, 219.
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 88, 98, 99.
Nielsen, Alice, 19, 20.
"Bottom's Dream,"
Hall, Pauline, 247.
Braham, Harry, 38.
Brand, John, 251.
"Bride Elect,"
Celeste, Marie, 169.
Clark, Hilda, 256, 257, 258.
MacDonald, Christie, 180.
"Brigands,"
Russell, Lillian, 31, 32, 42.
"Broadway to Tokio,"
Templeton, Fay, 76, 78.
"Brownies,"
Celeste, Marie, 169.
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, 197.
Burt, Laura, 118.
"Carina,"
D'Arville, Camille, 217.
Carl Rosa Opera Company, 217, 218.
Carleton Opera Company, 98.
"Carmen,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
Tempest, Marie, 229.
Casino, New York, 25, 27, 29, 40, 65, 66, 200, 201, 206, 218, 229,
240, 247, 248.
"Casino Girl,"
Earle, Virginia, 29.
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
Castle Square Opera Company, 19, 169.
"Castles in the Air,"
Fox, Della, 194, 195, 200, 201.
"Cavalleria Rusticana,"
Celeste, Marie, 169, 170.
"Celebrated Case,"
Fox, Della, 196.
Celeste, Marie, 156.
Cellier, Alfred, 228.
"Chantaclara,"
Nielsen, Alice, 14.
"Chieftain,"
Glaser, Lulu, 128, 129, 130, 131.
MacDonald, Christie, 180.
"Chilperic,"
D'Arville, Camille, 216.
"Chimes of Normandy,"
Fox, Della, 199.
Hall, Pauline, 248.
"Chorus Girl,"
Ashley, Minnie, 141.
"Chris and the Wonderful Lamp,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 112.
"Chums,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 110.
"Cigale,"
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Cinderella,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
"Circus Girl,"
Ashley, Minnie, 135, 141.
Earle, Virginia, 28.
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
Clark, Hilda, 221, 253.
"Club Friend,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 109.
Collier, Willie, 164.
"Combustion,"
Fox, Della, 197, 198, 199.
Conried, Heinrich, 199, 200.
"Contented Woman,"
May, Edna, 148.
"Corsair,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Templeton, Fay, 74.
"County Fair,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Crox, Elvia, 117.
"Cymbria, or the Magic Thimble,"
D'Arville, Camille, 215, 216.
"Cyrano de Bergerac,"
Glaser, Lulu, 124, 133.
Hall, Pauline, 240, 242.
Dale, Alan, 7, 8.
Daly, Augustin, 27, 29, 64, 71, 118.
"Dangerous Maid,"
Edwardes, Paula, 118.
Lessing, Madge, 86.
D'Arville, Camille, 190, 208, 256.
"Daughter of the Revolution,"
D'Arville, Camille, 220, 221.
Davenport, Eva, 251.
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 88, 208.
Davis, William J., 95.
Dazey, C. T., 103.
DeAngelis, Jefferson, 42, 206.
DeKoven, Reginald, 221, 232.
Desci, Max, 9.
"Devil's Deputy,"
Glaser, Lulu, 128.
MacDonald, Christie, 179, 180.
Dickson Sketch Club, 196, 197, 198, 199.
Dickson, W. F., 196, 197, 198, 199.
"Dinorah,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 97.
"Don Quixote,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
"Dorcas,"
Hall, Pauline, 241, 248.
"Doris,"
Tempest, Marie, 228.
"Dorothy,"
Tempest, Marie, 228, 229, 232.
Dressler, Marie, 181.
"Dr. Syntax,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 111.
"Drum Major,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 98.
Hall, Pauline, 248.
Duff, J. C., 141, 217.
Duff Opera Company, 41.
Duse, Eleanora, 187.
Earle, Virginia, 21.
"Editha's Burglar,"
Fox, Della, 197, 198, 199.
Edouin, Willie, 40.
Edwardes, George, 232.
Edwardes, Paula, 47, 113.
Edwards, Julian, 172, 178.
"El Capitan,"
Ashley, Minnie, 140.
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 107, 111.
Englaender, Ludwig, 220.
"Erminie,"
Glaser, Lulu, 128, 133.
Hall, Pauline, 240, 242, 248.
MacDonald, Christie, 179.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
Tempest, Marie, 227.
"Evangeline,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Hall, Josephine, 47.
Hall, Pauline, 245.
Templeton, Fay, 74.
"Excelsior, Jr.,"
Templeton, Fay, 75.
"Falka,"
D'Arville, Camille, 217.
Farnie, H. B., 216.
Farrington, Adele, 187.
"Fatinitza,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
"Faust,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 96, 97, 99.
"Fay o' Fire,"
Tempest, Marie, 228.
"Fencing Master,"
Tempest, Marie, 230, 231, 232.
"Fiedermaus,"
Hall, Pauline, 247.
"Fille de Madame Angot,"
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
First Corps of Cadets, 82, 117.
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 67, 70, 71, 72.
"Fleur-de-lis,"
Fox, Della, 202.
"Fortune Teller,"
Nielsen, Alice, 5, 7, 20.
Fougere, 76, 78, 79, 80.
"1492," 82.
Ashley, Minnie, 140.
Dressler, Marie, 190.
Fox, Della, 27, 42, 72, 104, 110, 111, 168, 190, 192.
"Fra Diavolo,"
Fox, Della, 193, 194, 199.
Frazer, Robert, 74.
"Frivoli,"
Tempest, Marie, 228.
Frohman, Charles, 47, 109, 111.
Fursch-Nadi, 98.
Furst, William, 201, 202.
Garcia, Emanuel, 227.
"Geisha,"
Ashley, Minnie, 135, 141.
Earle, Virginia, 23, 24, 27.
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
Tempest, Marie, 232.
Gerard, Bettina, 117.
Gilbert, W. S., 19, 26, 31.
Gill, William, 74.
Gillette, William, 199.
Gilman, Mabelle, 56, 86.
"Gipsy Baron,"
Hall, Pauline, 247, 248.
"Girl from Maxim's,"
Hall, Josephine, 49, 50, 51.
"Girl from Paris,"
Hall, Josephine, 46, 48.
"Girl I Left Behind Me,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 110.
"Girofle-Girofla,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
Russell, Lillian, 32, 42.
Templeton, Fay, 74.
Glaser, Lulu, 120, 179.
Goodwin, J. Cheever, 201, 202, 204, 220.
Goodwin, N. C., 164, 247.
"Grand Duchess,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
Russell, Lillian, 32, 42.
Grau, Jules, 188, 189.
"Great Metropolis,"
Celeste, Marie, 163.
"Great Ruby,"
Edwardes, Paula, 118.
"Greek Slave,"
Ashley, Minnie, 135, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146.
Hale, Philip, 202, 203, 204, 205.
"Half-a-King,"
Glaser, Lulu, 131.
MacDonald, Christie, 180.
Hall, Artie, 236.
Hall, Josephine, 46, 116.
Hall, Pauline, 179, 208, 229, 239.
Hallen, Fred, 26.
Hammerstein, Oscar, 148.
Harlow, Richard, 191.
Harris, Augustus, 228.
Hart, Joseph, 26.
Haverly, J. H., 85, 246.
Henderson, Arthur, 227.
Henderson, William J., 159.
"Hendrik Hudson,"
Templeton, Fay, 74, 75.
Herbert, Victor, 5, 6.
Herne, James A., 73.
"Highwayman,"
Clark, Hilda, 256.
"Hole in the Ground,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
"Honeymooners,"
Hall, Pauline, 241, 248.
Hopper, DeWolf, 27, 104, 110, 111, 140, 146, 170, 200, 201.
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 42, 104, 140.
"Horrors,"
Hall, Pauline, 245.
"Hoss and Hoss,"
Celeste, Marie, 164, 165, 166, 167.
"Hotel Topsy Turvy,"
Dressler, Marie, 191.
Howard, Bronson, 47.
Hoyt, Charles H., 26, 148, 164.
Huntington, Agnes, 99, 218.
"In Gay New York,"
Earle, Virginia, 27, 28.
"In Mexico" (see "War Time Wedding").
Irwin, May, 235.
"Ixion,"
Hall, Pauline, 247.
"Jack,"
Hall, Josephine, 47.
"Jack and the Beanstalk,"
Celeste, Marie, 169.
Lessing, Madge, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87.
"Jane,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 110.
Jansen, Marie, 120, 127, 128, 248.
Jones, Walter, 146.
Juch, Emma, 98, 200.
Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 249.
"King's Fool,"
Fox, Della, 200.
Klaw and Erlanger, 82, 169, 180, 256.
"Knickerbockers,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 100.
Koster and Bial's, 81.
Kruger, Jacques, 251.
"Lady of Lyons,"
Hall, Pauline, 245.
"Lady Slavey,"
Dressler, Marie, 183, 184, 188, 191.
Earle, Virginia, 27.
Lessing, Madge, 87.
L'Allemand, Pauline, 98.
LaShelle, Kirk, 172, 173, 174, 175.
Lask, George E., 19.
"Later On,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Lederer, George W., 25, 27, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 200.
"Lend Me Your Wife,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 109.
Lenox, Fred, 142.
Leonard, Charles E., 33, 35.
Leslie, Elsie, 197.
Leslie, Fred, 216.
Leslie, Henry J., 228.
Lessing, Madge, 81, 118.
"Lion Tamer,"
Glaser, Lulu, 127, 128.
MacDonald, Christie, 179.
"Little Corporal,"
Glaser, Lulu, 124, 131, 132.
"Little Duke,"
Celeste, Marie, 108.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Little Host,"
Fox, Della, 207.
"Little Red Riding Hood,"
Lessing, Madge, 86.
"Little Trooper,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
Fox, Della, 168, 201, 202.
Lloyd, Violet, 27.
Lucia, Alice Nielsen as, 19.
MacDonald, Christie, 169, 172.
MacDonough, Glen, 232.
"Madame Favart,"
Hall, Pauline, 248.
Templeton, Fay, 75.
"Madeleine, or, the Magic Kiss,"
D'Arville, Camille, 221.
Dressler, Marie, 190.
"Maid of Plymouth,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 100.
"Mam'selle 'Awkins,"
Edwardes, Paula, 113, 116, 119.
Hall, Josephine, 47, 52, 53.
"Man in the Moon,"
Dressler, Marie, 191.
Templeton, Fay, 76, 77.
Mapleson, Colonel, 95, 96, 97.
"Marjorie,"
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
"Martha,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
Martinot, Sadie, 216.
"Mascotte,"
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
Templeton, Fay, 74.
May, Edna, 147.
McCaull, John A., 40.
McLellan, C. M. S., 249.
McLellan, George B., 252.
"Meg Merrilies,"
Earle, Virginia, 27.
"Men and Women,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 110.
"Merchant of Venice,"
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
"Merry Monarch,"
Glaser, Lulu, 128.
MacDonald, Christie, 179.
"Merry War,"
Hall, Pauline, 246.
"Merry World,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 98.
Earle, Virginia, 27.
"Midsummer Night's Dream,"
Templeton, Fay, 71, 73.
"Mikado,"
Dressler, Marie, 188.
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Nielsen, Alice, 19.
Miles, R. E. J., 243, 244.
"Mountebanks,"
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Muldoon's Picnic,"
Fox, Della, 195.
"Mynheer Jan,"
D'Arville, Camille, 217.
"Nadjy,"
Hall, Pauline, 248.
Russell, Lillian, 41.
"Nanon,"
Hall, Pauline, 247.
National Opera Company, 98.
Neutwig, Benjamin, 10, 11.
Nielsen, Alice, 1, 219, 255.
Nirdlinger, Charles Frederick, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226.
Oates, Alice, 243, 244.
Offenbach, Jacques, 31, 216.
"One Round of Pleasure,"
Celeste, Marie, 169.
O'Neill, James, 196.
"Orpheus and Eurydice,"
Hall, Pauline, 246.
Palmer, A. M., 191.
Palmer, Frank, 166, 167.
"Panjandrum,"
Fox, Della, 194, 201.
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 106, 110, 111.
"Passing Show,"
Earle, Virginia, 27.
Lessing, Madge, 82.
Pastor, Tony, 33, 38, 39, 238.
"Patience,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Hall, Pauline, 246.
Russell, Lillian, 40.
Patti, Adelina, 96, 97.
"Paul Jones,"
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
"Penelope,"
Nielsen, Alice, 18.
"Perichole,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
Nielsen, Alice, 19.
Russell, Lillian, 32, 42.
Perugini, Giovanni, 45.
Pike Opera Company, 18, 26.
"Pinafore,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 95.
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Fox, Della, 195, 196.
Russell, Lillian, 37.
"Pirates of Penzance,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
Fox, Della, 199.
Plympton, Eben, 47.
"Polly,"
Russell, Lillian, 41.
"Poor Jonathan,"
D'Arville, Camille, 218.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Poupee,"
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
"Prince Ananias,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 100.
Nielsen, Alice, 20.
"Prince Pro Tem,"
Ashley, Minnie, 137, 141, 142.
"Princess Bonnie,"
Clark, Hilda, 255.
"Princess Chic,"
MacDonald, Christie, 172, 176, 177, 178, 180.
"Princess Nicotine,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
Dressler, Marie, 191.
Russell, Lillian, 32, 45.
"Princess of Trebizonde,"
Russell, Lillian, 41, 42.
Puerner, Charles, 190.
"Puritania,"
Hall, Pauline, 241, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252.
"Queen's Mate,"
D'Arville, Camille, 217.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
"Rainmakers,"
Raymond, Maud, 238.
Raymond, Maud, 233.
"Red Hussar,"
Tempest, Marie, 228, 229.
Reed, Charles, 164.
Reed, Roland, 109.
Rehan, Ada, 28.
"Reign of Error,"
Raymond, Maud, 238.
"Revels,"
Hall, Pauline, 245.
Rice, Edward E., 26, 37, 47, 140, 219, 245, 246.
"Rip Van Winkle,"
D'Arville, Camille, 216, 217.
"Robber of the Rhine,"
Dressler, Marie, 190.
"Robin Hood,"
Clark, Hilda, 255.
D'Arville, Camille, 218, 219.
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 91, 99, 100, 101.
Nielsen, Alice, 20.
Rogers Brothers, 233, 238.
"Rogers Brothers in Wall Street,"
Raymond, Maud, 235, 236, 238.
"Romeo and Juliet,"
Hall, Pauline, 245.
Root, Fred, 94.
Root, George F., 95.
"Rounders,"
Gilman, Mabelle, 56, 61, 62, 63, 65, 86.
Lessing, Madge, 86, 87.
"Runaway Girl,"
Celeste, Marie, 160, 161, 169.
Earle, Virginia, 23, 24, 28.
Edwardes, Paula, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119.
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
Russell, Lillian, 30, 168, 191, 206, 208, 217, 229.
Sadler, Josie, 142.
"Santa Maria,"
May, Edna, 148.
Savage, Henry W., 19, 169.
Seabrooke, Thomas Q., 117.
"Serenade,"
Clark, Hilda, 255.
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 100.
Nielsen, Alice, 20.
"Seven Ravens,"
Hall, Pauline, 246, 247.
Sheldon, William, 146.
"Shenandoah,"
Hall, Josephine, 47.
"Singing Girl,"
Nielsen, Alice, 4, 5.
Smith, Edgar, 97.
Smith, Harry B., 5, 7, 65, 159, 221.
Smythe, W. G., 196.
"Snake Charmer,"
Russell, Lillian, 40.
Solomon, Edward, 41.
Solomon, Frederic, 251.
Solomon Opera Company, 82.
"Sorcerer,"
Russell, Lillian, 40.
Sothern, E. H., 197.
Sousa, John Philip, 256, 257.
Spenser, Willard, 255.
"Sphinx,"
MacDonald, Christie, 180.
Stange, Stanislaus, 5, 6.
St. John, Florence, 228.
Stone, Marie, 218.
Sullivan, Arthur, 19, 26.
Sullivan, Joe J., 237.
"Suzette,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
Sykes, Jerome, 112.
Teal, Ben, 163.
"Tempest,"
Earle, Virginia, 28.
Gilman, Mabelle, 65.
Tempest, Marie, 222.
Templeton, Fay, 67.
Templeton, John, 72.
Thomas, Augustus, 196, 197, 198, 199.
Thomas, Theodore, 98.
Thompson, L. S., 141.
Titus, Fred, 147.
Tivoli Opera Company, 19.
"Tobasco,"
Edwardes, Paula, 117.
"Troubadour,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 99.
"Twenty Minutes in Shirt Waists,"
Dressler, Marie, 186, 187, 188.
"Tyrolean,"
Tempest, Marie, 229, 230.
"Tzigane,"
Celeste, Marie, 168.
Russell, Lillian, 32.
Urquhart, Isabelle, 41.
Vane, Alice, 67.
"Venus,"
D'Arville, Camille, 219, 220.
"Vie,"
D'Arville, Camille, 216.
"Virginia,"
Russell, Lillian, 41.
"Walking Delegate,"
MacDonald, Christie, 180.
"Wang,"
Celeste, Marie, 170.
Earle, Virginia, 27.
Fox, Della, 194, 201.
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 111.
"War Time Wedding,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 100, 102, 103.
Nielsen, Alice, 20.
Weathersby, Eliza, 74.
Weber and Fields, 42, 75, 197.
"Wedding Day,"
Fox, Della, 206.
Russell, Lillian, 42.
Weil, Oscar, 103.
Wheelan, Alf. C., 251.
"Whirl of the Town,"
Lessing, Madge, 82.
White, Edward, 252.
Wilson, Francis, 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132,
179, 240, 242, 249.
"Wonder,"
Earle, Virginia, 28.
"World's Fair,"
Earle, Virginia, 26.
"Yankee Doodle Dandy,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, 112.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_.
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from
the original.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected as follows:
Pages 176 and 212: "d'Arville" changed to "D'Arville"
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End of Project Gutenberg's Famous Prima Donnas, by Lewis Clinton Strang