Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-19
Mons De Plume of the Stage.

Here is list l made out the other
day, during an odd hour, just for my
amusement. 1t gives first the name
under which the artist is generally
known and after that the real name.
You see, here it is:
Miss Rose Eytinge, really Mrs. G. H.
Butler.
Miss Rose Temple, really Mrs. Jones.
Miss Clara Morris is Mrs. Harriott.
| Miss Kate ClaXton is. or was before
her divorce, Mrs. Dore Lyon.
Mrs. +. S. Chanfrau's maiden name
was Henrietta Baker.
Pauline Markham's maiden name
was Marguerite Hall; she afterward be-
came Mrs. Mcmahon.
Adelaide Nelson was Mrs. Lee.
Lima Di Murska has six real names,
for she married five times, No. 3 being
Mr.. Hill
Mile. Pauline Lucca, really Baroness
Won Walhofen.
Miss Leona Dare, known at home as
Miss Bridget Mccarthy.
! Henri Laurent, tenor in comic OPP
eras, IS the assumed name of Henry l..
Gisling.
Oliver Doud Byron, recently per-
| forming at the Howard in this city, has
transposed his name from Oliver B.
Doud.
Miss Marie Wainwright bore the I'M
| misunderstanding name of Mrs. Slaugh-
| ter.
Miss Kitty Blanchard, as she once
was called, is now known under her
real name of Mrs. Mckee Rankin.
| Buffalo Bill is the Hon. William f.
Cody. Texas Jack was John Omohun-
dro. Wild Bill was William Hickok.
name of Mrs. ROzaud.
| Mile. Jenny Lind bore the real name
Of Mrs Goldsmith.
Alice Oates maiden name was Alice
Merit.
Mile. Marie Roze is Mrs. Henry
Mapleson, son of Col. Mapleson the
manager.
Miss Maud Branscombe, really Mrs.
Stuart.
Miss Emily Melville had as her maid
en- name Miss Emily Jones. She after
ward became Mrs. Derby. Melville
was her mothers maiden name.
Lydia Thompson, really Mrs. Alex
Henderson.
Miss Ada Gray is Mrs. Charles Wat
kins.
I Gen. Tom Thumb was Mr.. Charles
Stratton.
Mrs. William Anderson was Miss
Euphemia Jefferson, eldest daughter of
Joseph Jefferson, ST..
Mrs. Daniel E. Bandman's maiden
name was Miss Alice Herschel.
Mrs. Lawrence Barrett's maiden
name was Mary F. Mayer.
NJ. Blondin, the rope-walker, had as
his real name Emile Gravelet
Mrs. George G. Boniface's maiden
name was Miss Hofferning.
Agnes Booths maiden name was
Marian Agnes Land Rockies; she be-
came Mrs. Perry, the second wife of
Harry Perry, and afterward Mrs.
Booth, the third wife of j. B. Booth,
Jr.
George N. Christy was George Har-
rington.
Mrs. Edward /. Davenport's maiden
name was Fanny Vining.
Matilda Heron was Mrs. Robert
Stoepel (divorceO.
Adul u ACCuC IldiICu udII1C w do AGC,
she married Mr.. Taylor.
Mrs. Charles Kemble's maiden name
was Miss De Camp.
Olive Logan is Mrs. Writ Sykes.
Fanny Morant is Mrs. Charles Smith.
Rachel, the great tragedienne, was
the contracted stage name of Elizabeth
Rachel Felix.
Sebastian (the circus rider) bore the
full name of Sebastian Valci Mora.
Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt's maiden
name was Jenny Blitz.
Mrs. Frank LaWlor was, before mar
rage, Josie Mansfield.
Emma Nevada, the talented young
singer, is the daughter Of DR.. Wixom.
She assumed the name Nevada" from
the State, as Albani assumed her name
from the city of Albany, N. Y.
Henry Lee, the new leading man to
Fanny Davenport, is really Heinrich
Rozensweig.
Miss Fortescue, who has recently
been brought prominently forward OF
account of suit for breach of promise
against Lord Garmoyle, the son anC
heir of Earl Cairns, is really Miss Fin
ney.-BoSt0D Journal.