Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-21
THREE CALIFORNIA STARS,
How They Rose From the West to
Fame and Fortune.

Maggie Moore Williamson as Lizzie
Nosfei, in "Strucll Oil, and her husband
are said to have already made $40, 900 with
"Struck OIL" Lotta (Crabtree) is roll
licking through "La Cgale" at the Park,
and probably all the while regretting that
the house is so small that it will hold only
81, 600, however closely packed. Her
terms are three ffths of the gross receipts.
Sophie Worrel (Knight is the life of
"Otto," at the Broadway, where the
German dialect acting OF her husband,
George Knight, has somewhat unexpect-
edly packed the house.
These three women started together on
the same stage in San Francisco, it would
not be polite to say how many years ago,
and now chance gives them stage apiece
in the metropolis. The stage or which they
started was in variety theater--one of
those rude establishments that were pop
ular resorts of miners in the early times
on the Pacific coast. They were young
girls then, and their dancing was the chief
magnet of the show. They sang, too,
but their dancing was what delighted the
audiences. An old actor who saw them
there remembers that rivalry made them
ambitious. \ new or especially intricate
step was a triumph for the one who mado
it, and an incentive to The others. They
not only danced on the stage turn after
turn, but nearly practiced their legs otfin
the cramped green room. The miners
were boisterous in their approval Of the
three pretty girls, and were partisans as
tar as fancy led their tavoritism. Fights
over the question of superiority were not
infrequent, and glasses were sometimes
flung to the floor in the excitement of
applause. / is not recollected, however,
that fattery turned the girls heads, and
the old actor speaks of them as behaving
with propriety and as rejecting every offer
ether than proper expression of admira-
ton. Lolita came eastward, and foryears
called "The California Diamond" She
has given n fine fountain to Oakland,
across the bay from San Francisco, and is
said to always regard California tenderly
as her home. She has never been marri-
ed. Maggie Moore stayed on the Pacific
coast, because a favorite actress, and n
few years ago married Williamson, who
had been minor actor at Wallack's and
had roamed Westward in quest Of fortune.
The pair dovctailed their talents in
"Strucli Oil" and accomplished what the
title of their play implies. They are in
every way reputable pair. Sophie
Worrel came into notice IN this city when
the LYDIA Thompson style Of burlesque
was a novelty here She and her sisters,
Irene and Jennie, "took the town." as
showmen phrase it, in "Ixion or, the
Man at the Wheel" one Of the cleversst
pieces of its kind. The old Broadway
Tneater, now the tenantless Globe, was
crowded fer an entire season. The Wor-
rel girls duutully bought their parents n
home with some Of the money that flowed
into their pocket. Sophie was the main
stay in talent as we'll as in steadiness.-
Jenny was rather glddy, sank into variety
shows, married a broker, parted from
him, married Mike Murray, the gambler,
parted from him, and is now performing
in London concert hall. Irene married
and retired from the stage. Sophie mar
ried Knight just before he made his arst
hit in "Evangeline." He had for years
been just as funny on the variety stage,
but New York critics never look there
for talent. Sophie holds her own in the
dramatic partnership, which seem likely
to bring them fortune.-Neao York Cor.
Boston Herdld.