The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-14

for various reasons are not known by
their names How many people know
that Marie DressIer's real name is
KeiIa Koerber She adopted the name
by which she is known to all play
goers when she made her first appear
ance in Saginaw, Mich She rarely
refers to this engagement, except to
say: I've never been there since
In private life FRITZ Schef is known
as the Baroness F. BardeIeben. her
husband being q young officer in the
Austrian army Her mother intended
her to become a prfrna donna in grand
opera, SO she originally named her
Frederick As she grew up. although
Miss Schef says: 81 never grew up
very far" she had a governess who
called her FRITZ, because she said that
irnpish child she had ever trained The
most intimate friends of the actress
call her 'tFrisky.''
Trixfa Frfganza'z mother was a
Spaniard, and her father an Irishman.
As her own name, O'CaHahan, hardly
she took her mothers name, Er1ganza-
When she was a child, and made her
first appearance upon the stage, Louis
Harrison called her Trixie, because she
was regular little vixen Charles
Bigelow is responsible for the nick
name given to Edith Decker. Because
her mothers name was Decker before
she was married BigeIow calls the &C
Marie Augusta Davey is the real
name Cd Minnie Madden Fiske- She
took the name Madden from her
mother, and the Fiske when she mar
sried Harrison Grey FTske-
During her first season Mary Man
nering played more than fifty small
parts under her own name, Florence
Friend When Daniel Frohman dis
covered her he changed her name to-
Mary Mannering, thinking it more at
rractive and euphonious than her own
Helen Modjeska, during her girl
hood appeared throughout her native
land, using her name. ModrZejewsk1-
When she sought to win success IN
this country she simpii1ed it. making
it easier for the Americans to pro-
nounce her name.
Nine Ala Nazimoya was known in
Russia by her own name. Nastmo1.
She is the wife Of the Russian noble
man. Count GoIovfni- In New York,
where Mime. Nazirnova has made such
a success there are few who pro-
nouuce her name correctly The &C
cent is on the second syllable, and the
third syllable is slurred-
Few persons, even her most intimate
friends, know that Bijou Heron was
chrfstened Helena, and that Bijou is
pet name that she has been called
since her babyhood-
Because Marie Dor0 refuses to be
interviewed little IS known of her pri-
vate life, and not many know that
when she attended a fashionable
Young ladies' school in New York she
was known 70 the students as Marie
Stuart
When Maude Adams adopted a
stage career she did not use her FAM
Tv name. Kfskadden, because of the
objection the Kfskadden family had to
the stage. However, If you were to
receive any business communication
from this popular star she would sign
it with her full name, Maude Adams
Kiskadden-
SO much has been written about
Ethel Barrymore. yet there are only
q few that know her first name isl
Blythe
Camille D'ArviIIe, whose native
land is Holland. had won a name for
herself as NeeItye Dykstra some time
before she became well known in this
country.
Julia Marlowe was originally called
Sarah Frances Frost
Helen Ware, who has won much
praise by her representation of the
rvpsv. MaIera. in THE Road to Yes
ferdav." is a San Francisco girl, who
was once a soloist in church choir.
and known by her real name Remer.
Drfna De Wolfe was baptised Drina
Waters but when she married Elsief
ne WoIfe's brother she took his name
for stage use and dropped her own
s.Tonesy new house IS fitted up very pref