Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-11

Tunnie and Dorothy Ralston- They plan
to go with the Sullivan-Consicine circuit
this spring.
Maggie Lynch is known is vaudeville
as Madge Fox, the Flip Flop Girl. AS
She was coming down q flight Of stairs
In vaudeville act she accidentally
trtpped and fell the whole length. but to
the great delight of the audience she
landed on her feet and turned what
promised to be a discomfitting defeat into
a complete victory. II was the hit Of
her life and. having turned one successful
flip flop. it became her mission in life
to continue doing them for the delectation
OF the public.
Maggie's EARLY Adventures.
Maggie Lynch is the daughter Of the late
'Commodore" James Lynch and Mrs
Lynch. Her life has been full Of ups
and downs. She was the first girl lost in
Omaha and cryers went through the town
singing Child lost" and ringing bells
While attending the parochial schools
her chief delight was acting in the pupils
plays, directed by the sisters. When a
mere girl she ran away from home with a
theatrical company, played in vaudeville,
in stock and In Coney Island shows, and
is now In New York with her husband,
Max Harte. who is booker for Klaw &
Erlanger
Marie Snowden, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James O. Snowden. began to dance
almost as soon as she learned TO walk
Sixteen years ago the Goth of last month
she took her first lesson Of Prof. Cham
bers. Singing lessons followed and soon
the little girl was playing child parts In
stock companies in and around Omaha
From stock she went into vaudeville, in
which she has danced and sung until this
year. which she is spending at home, fill
ing engagements only In aearby towns.
Belle Goldsmith's Career.
Belle Goldsmith. whose stage name IS
Helen GRAVITY, went through the Omaha
schools. attended a dramatic school In
New York. played leading roles In Shakes
pearean dramas under the management
OF James Belcher whom she married, and
is now in vaudeville In the west
Adeline specht. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. August r. Specht, Is trying her
wings In stock with the williams Hughes
company In ingenue parts. She but
lately finished her schooling and was
an active worker In Kountze Memorial
church while studying with Miss Fitch
for the stage. She always visits her for
mer Sunday school classes when at home,
| Lucille Parish. who is at home this
winter with her parents. Fire Chief and
Mrs. salter. had her first stage experience
as chorus girl After attending the
public schools and Brownell Hall, she
went to New York and was taken into
the chorus with Stella Mayhem in FLO,
Flo" Her first speaking part was with
Miss Mayhem in The Show Girl" Last
season she played the lead in Alice
Spice" in vaudeville and plans returning
in the spring.
Taught Through Hard Knocks.
Edith Spencer, who off the stage is Mrs
W. S. Mcdonnell. is at home this winer
with her mother. Mrs e. V. Spencer. She
says Of her stage experience:
II got what / know in the school of
hard experience. when / started / did
not know there was such a thing as a dra-
matte school,"
She read for repertory companies while
taking music lessons In Chicago and from
that got engagements with travelling stock
companies. Then she returned TO Omaha
and headed her own company for thse
winters. travelling In the middle west
states while playing character parts with
the Burwood and Lloyd Ingraham stock
companies OF Omaha, the Woodward COM
panies Of Omaha and Kansas City and
the Grew company OF ST. Joseph. while
with the Grew company the small boy
who was to play the title part in Little
Lord Fanntleroy' failed to appear and
Miss Spencer was hustled into the part
which she carried off with much credit.
She has had valuable experience in char
acter roles, having played all sorts from
the small boy TO IAzzie. the ugly old
woman in 1.-THE Lottery Man." from.
F1otsam. the ingenue in the Girl From
Out There" to the colored nanny in
Polly Primrose" She expects to play
six weeks engagement in vaudeville
with Frank Bacon next summer and TO
take the part Of Mrs. Bill JONES in THE
House Divided" with Mr.. Bacon next
season.
Bertha Maissor is also home this winter.
She studied with Miss Fitch and took
vocal lessons and last summer had her
first experience on the stage in the Wood
ward Stock company in Kansas City.
Daughter of Merchant Prince.
Isabel Grace Morse. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. P. Morse. old settlers of Omaha,
rr-fft ,fri
TO Milwaukee TO live She studied dra-
matte art in New York and started out
with May Robson in THE Rejuvenation
OF Aunt Mary" In which she was seen in
Omaha Last winter she was In Eng
land with Miss Robson and this winter is
in New York with her mother. who is
seriously Ill.
Leora Moore's Omaha friends have al
most lost track OF her. When last heard
from here she was teaching in q school
OF expression In Switzerland. She is the
daughter of C. B. Moore. in the whole
sale grocery business here before moving
to Madison. Miss Moore studied and
taught in Chicago before going on the
stage.
Girls Who Grew Up Here.
Besides the young women who claim
Omaha as their birthplace. there are
many on the stage who spent their girl
hood here. Among these are Gwendolin
and Vivian Pates. the pretty daughters Of
Frederick B. Pates. from whom they re-
ceived their musical training Gwendoiin,
after a season with a travelling stock
company and another with the Day-Pat-
terson Musical Comedy company. went to
New York with her father. where she OBJ