Author of "Famous Actors of the Day," "Famous
Actresses of the Day," "Famous Stars
of Light Opera," "Players and
Plays of the Last Quarter
Century," etc.
Illustrated
L·C·PAGE·&·COMPANY
BOSTON PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1900
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
Third Impression, February, 1906
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Introduction | [ix] | |
| I. | Alice Nielsen | [1] |
| II. | Virginia Earle | [21] |
| III. | Lillian Russell | [30] |
| IV. | Josephine Hall | [46] |
| V. | Mabelle Gilman | [56] |
| VI. | Fay Templeton | [67] |
| VII. | Madge Lessing | [81] |
| VIII. | Jessie Bartlett Davis | [88] |
| IX. | Edna Wallace Hopper | [104] |
| X. | Paula Edwardes | [113] |
| XI. | Lulu Glaser | [120] |
| XII. | Minnie Ashley | [134] |
| XIII. | Edna May | [147] |
| XIV. | Marie Celeste | [156] |
| XV. | Christie MacDonald | [172] |
| XVI. | Marie Dressler | [181] |
| XVII. | Della Fox | [192] |
| XVIII. | Camille D'Arville | [208] |
| XIX. | Marie Tempest | [222] |
| XX. | Maud Raymond | [233] |
| XXI. | Pauline Hall | [239] |
| XXII. | Hilda Clark | [253] |