The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-27
Their NAMES N gs]hE,
Actors and Actresses Ars Not All
Called ~ On lhs pit
why women on emo sta{t Rarely
Oct Away From M ldsn
e~eDMomens f0s tIss nm thu bOnYAs. Hnd
csssss f'v sAs hfs Avs From
IhsAtSrs. ;,

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''rhat little girl, ~ ~ bail her. IL y
woman With > family. She )hs bsen mar.
risd about twelve years."
y don't believe II. Bhel books and nets
last like Z young giyi, ard,kJks. hcr name Is
Mis- on The pfogramns."J
This conversation W. overheard In A.
6hsstsr recently, ssnd sst a New York
W. reporter 70 thin1k ing about tho odd
Names assumed ~ aotofy and actresses In
sneis professional lifef Ono Of the first
.1snes = young Isdy do4 when she II study
ing III sne ssa9e y g 81 u \ suitable name
~ nsfssif. very fsw "a 10 their real namies,
and TIE nsmss they saiihne must 30 pretty
= ones, snd mus tof course have the
prefix ''Aiss," with0uti gard TO truth.
One vsry Seidom seesf "Mrs., on the
Play Dim o. To-day. q course tiisro are
exeepsaons. Among ess may be mem
toned: Mrs. Gilbert. d Dky,s. Mrs. Ken.
dal, Mrs. James Brown ( potter. Mrs. Leslie
Carter and Mrs. LnngtrS
Tho three last namea only apusared on
the stage since they has e made themselves
prominent in society un, Ter their renl names.
Mis-. Lanetry was a Ger Nbrated buanty in
LONDON; Mrs. James Brc iwn Potter was d
prominent society womton in New York;
Mrs. Leslie Carter figure Ii in a famous d.
vorce case in Chicago. + Each one Of them
took advantage Of thd notoriety they at
tained, and appeared non the stage under
the same names they t(Xad oretiously borne.
One 81 me reason q why actresses adopt
fQ8 Of6UX "HI1861 " n hoNaryun a M pkracu
may make AL her fsbg 17me as Miss Dollie Dolli-
son. why shoue Id she lose the profit Of that
fame after hekke marriage by inserting on the
po1Maer III ~ Y .aknoxn and unattractive name
bofaetSaine the name adopted Is more
eupnqF nious than the actors real name. II
wo4 ia sound queer il lively, vivacious little
LoS Sta,. with that name 90 characteristic OF
nj q roles n it's brevity and giirlishness. APP
Charlotte Crabtree. Why should Modjeska
I sacrifice her famed name for that unpro-
nounceable title Of Countess Bozenta CHA
Porsk2 Frank Mayo sounds better than
Jansen looks prettier that Mary Johnston.
Adelina Patti was the Marchioness de
Caux. She obtained a divorce from the
marquis. She was christened Adele Juana
Marie Patti. and o by the combined
force OF an English marriage in England, q
Greek marriage In Russia. and MAJ age
IN French and Italian forms, she is Mrs.
Nicolini.
Adelaide nistori gained the title Of the
Matchioress Capronica Del Grillo. Janish
could Eightfully print her name as the
Countess d'Arco. Minnie Hauk is the Bar
oness Won Hesse Wartegg. Madam Scalchi
IN private life is the Countess Lolii. Lillian
Russslrs first name was Helen Louise
Leonard. She was once Mrs. Braham, and
after that she was Mrs. solomon. II she
had changed her name on the bill each
time she was married people would have
wondered who she was.
Agnes Booths maiden name was Marian
Agnes Laud Rockies. She became Mrs.
Perry. the second wife Of Harry Perry, and
afterward Mrs. Booth, the third wife of
Jnntus Irutus Booth, jr., and is now the
wife OF Nj. schoeffel, Mr.. Abbey's partner.
Marie Wainwright. before she became
Mrs. James. bore the rough-sounding name
of Mrs. Slaughter. Kate Claxton was for
merly Mrs. Dore Lyon, now she Is Mrs.
Charles Stevenson.
Several actors can claim almost as great
a variety of names as actresses, but it prob
ably remained for Louis Aldrich to wear the
most numerous OF cognomen laurel leaves.
He was first named Saint Lyon. When a
child he was adopted by Morris Moses, of
Cincinnati. n as q juvenile prodigy he
From thence on until the boy became a
young man, every manage that played the
young Koscius,''i as he WAS styled on the
bills, gave him the name that belonged to
the managers family. So he became. in
respective order, Kean, Woods and then
Aldrich. Some years ago. for business rea-
sons, he had his name changed by the
Massachusetts courts to Louis Aldrich.
Maurice Barrymore in private life is
Maurice Clyne, and Kyrle Bellew off the
Dockstaker, the famous minstrel, when met
on Broadway, should be addressed as
George A. Clapp. Billy Florence. the cele-
brated comedian, is a brother of Inspector
Conlin, and his name il William j. Conlin.
Henry Irving'4 name is John Henry Brod-
rib. Thomas W. Keene, the tragedian. is
known Oh the stage as Thomas r. Eagleson,
Henry Lee, who used to play with Fanny
Davenport in Fedora, is Mr.. Heinrich Ros-
enzweiR. Robert Mantel, who also played
in Fedora, is Mr.. Robert Hudson.
When she is at home Marie Burroueh is
Mrs. Louis F. Massen. Ada Cavendish is
Mrs. Frank Marshal. Minrie Conway is
Mrs. Osmond Tearle, and the popular Cor
inne is Corinne b. Kimball. Helen Dauv-
ray was e Miss Gibson. now she is Mrs.
John n: Ward. Fanny Davenport was for
merly Mrs. Edwin NJ. Price, now she ia
Mrs. Melbourne Mcdowell. Efie Ellsler is
Mrs. Frank Weston, Rose Etynge is Mrs.
Cyril searle, Florence Girard is the wife of
OF Henry D.. Dixey. Maude Granger was
Annie Il. Brainerd, now she is Mrs. VIM. M.
Baxter: Bijou Heron is Mrs. Henry Miller,
Mrs. Kendall is Mrs. VIM. II. Grimstone.
MAluAo 3uduucus WHO looks TO DC sweet elk
teen on the stage, was Miss DAILY. She af-
'erwards became Mrs. lie Grand White.
Margaret Mather WAS Miss Finlayson.
Now she is Mrs. Emil Raberkorn. Maggie
Mitchell is Mrs. Charles Abbott. Clara
Morris is Mrs. Fred Harriott. Minnie
Palmer - Mrs. John II. Rogers. Ada Re-
a real name is Ada Crehan. Cora Tan
ner 10 the wife of Col. W. E. Sim, of Brook
lyn, and Rosina Vokes 10 Mrs, Cecil CLAW.
Sylvia Gerrish is Lillian Rollins in private
life.
No one who saw the name of Schmidtoall
on the bills would know that it meant
Pauline Hall. Fannie Rice is the wife of
Nh. q. w. Purdy, of this city, and Lille
Post is Mrs. VIM. H.. Morton.
The celebrated mana9e OF Gilbert and
6ullivan's operas, with the h~iRh-soundin9
name of r. D'Oyly Carte, is Mr.. Richard
Doyle Mccarthy when he is at home. Sig
nor Ferugini, the opera singer, is plain JOHN
Chatterton. Gus Williams, of Zone OF the
Finest" fame, is Gustavs Wilhelm Leweck.
Denman Thompson is Henry d. Thomp-
son when he plays the races. William Ter
riss, of Henry Irving's company. is WILL
lam levin. Stuart Robson just trnnaposed
his two last names for q nom de theatre.
His real name is Henry Robson Stuart.
Ellen Terry's first husband was Watts,