The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-11
is A TALENTED WOMAN
Baroness Blanc Is a Visitor in
Butte.
SKETCH OF HER CAREER
Her Appearance as an Actress Was a
Failure-But She Has the Nee
essary Grit and De-
termination.

The Baroness Blanc, a woman of al
most worldwide note, is in Butte with
her young husband, J. Waldere Kirk, a
man who also has an extensive repu-
tation throughout America as 1.-The
king of dudes" and the best dressed
man in the country. The name of
Baroness Blanc is known to almost
every newspaper reader, especially in
America. She is really not baroness,
put acquired the title in a curious way.
some years ago she was the wife of
man named Baron Blanc, Baron be-
ing his Christian name. In the course
OF time they were divorced, and Mrs
Blanc having secured some fame or
public reputation, decided to 60 upon
the stage and took the name of
Baroness Blanc. Jack Hamilton, the
Well-known New York amusement
director, became her manager, and he
advertised her like three-ringed cir
Gus. A wealthy New York brewer it
it understood, furnished the capital for
the enterprise and speculation and
after he got all the experience he could
carry as a hacker he went into bank
ruptcy The baroness appeared with
her company in all the large cities of
the country and made a most dismal
failure of it as an actress The news
papers devoted columns of adverse
criticism to her, but she possessed de-
termination and great financial re-
sources and she persevered in her eff
tort to be an actress until her finances
We're exhausted. She did not give up,
however, and soon found another man
ager in M. B. Leavitt, who took her
to California where he tried for a brief
season to induce the public to believe
IN her and accept her as an actress,
but it was no use and the attempt was
abandoned.
She also made a European venture,
but met with almost as poor a success
there as she did in America.
On her return to America, or about
that time, her former husband, Baron
Blanc, brought an injunction suit in
a New York court to stop her from
using the name of Baroness Blanc,
claiming that by the decree of divorce
she had no right to use his name
Blanc, however lost the case and the
baroness continued using the name
until her marriage to Kirk about six
months ago.
ThItSi iSi gan rIdlCiSCO IdlluTe I'M
der the management of Leavitt, she
went to New York and tried vaude-
vile, and by her tact rather than tai
ent, she met with fair success. She
did singing turn, but unon her first
appearance she made an address to
her audience. She said she wished to
apologize for her voice; she knew that
she could not sing+and hoped her audi
ence would not expect much of her, but
she would do the best she could and
hoped they would be charitable in their
criticism because she had to earn a
living and appeared before them for
that reason. The speech made a hit
and she caught on.
Baroness Blanc, or rather Mrs. ].
Waldere Kirk, is an exceedingly bright,
clever and talented woman, and any
one, after meeting her, will say that
she is one of the best informed and
most delightful of conversationaIists
She is at present making tour through
the West with her husband for pleas
ure. They occupied a box at the the
alter last night and yesterday afternoon
and the baroness" became enthusiast
tic over Blanche Walsh in La Tosca"
and 'FadOra