The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-01
Society Woman, Formerly Wealthy, WI
Who NOlU Is q Vaudeville Star,
Mrs. Dore Lyon Under
the Stage Ma me Of
"Mn,e. Dovee" Leads a
Troupe Of OPERATE
Singers and Makes a
Favorable Impression.

Mrs. Dors Lyon. once one Of the
foremost ciubwomen Of this city and
one Of the founders Of the Federation
Of women's Clubs. rated ~ . million
afro with large real estate holdings.
Is now appearing on the vaudeville
stage a. tho leader Of . troupe Of
fourteen singers.
! .ier first appearance In New York
was at the Palace Theatre. under the
stage name OF Nine. Doree."
Until q friend Of her moro pros
porous days recognised her from the
audience last night she had kept her
identity secret. Not even the own
ers Of the theatre knew who she was
They supposed she was an opera
singer who had taken tho name Of
Dores TO conceal her resorting to the
vau lie stage.
The woman who once wned the
Hotel st. I.orenz and regarded the
$4,000 she received from the proper
~ each year as but a tridiny part Of
her income. Is appearing twice a day
at the Palace. A. vaudsvills acts are
appraised. the act u said to ne worth
81 500 Q week." out OF which Nine.
Doree" pays salaries and expenses.
Mrs. Lyon went into bankruptcy In
1910 after q number Of business re-
verses. which she said were due ito
too much optimism" The Wall street
squeeze Of 1909 caught her without
ready money to meet her obligations
and oil her property holdings were
swept away by foreclosures.
The act In which she Is appearing IS
thus described In the programme:
Nine. Doree presents ner All-Star
Company In Great Moments from
Grand Opera. including Carmen IL
Trovatore.' 'Rigoletto' and 'Cavallerla
Eusticana."
There are Ave or six minutes OF
selected scenes from the opera sung
/ by the company after an introduction
by Nine Doree. who tells the story
OF the opera sufiicientiy to lead up
to the selected scene.
! Her manner and her charmingly
self possessed explanation. which Is
Just as finished as though made In
her own drawing room In the days OF
her prosperity. made a noticeable I'm
preston on her audience.
For an encore. which the act al
ways receives. the company gives the
soNtet from Lucia" the statuesque
Nine. Doree standing In the centre.
and carrying the mezso- soprano her
self.
Mrs. Lyon was seen by an Evening
World reporter this afternoon at the
Hotel Remington. She established at
once that she Is a new kind OF an
artist in vaudeville by requesting that
her identity be kept secret.
Only when assured that she would
be unable TO hide behind a stage
name--and one so closely associated
with her own-did she consent to talk
about her venture into professional
entertainment. She said she had
been on the stage since last October.
ITO begin at the beginning" she
said, II lost all my real estate In
1909 as a result OF the panic OF 1907.
I found myself confronted with the
absolute necessity OF making my own
living.
"The stage did not occur to me as
a means OF livelihood at that time. I
opened a studio. gave instructions in
music and managed small affairs. But
I found that my income was not COM
mensurate with the efforts / was
putting forth. Gradually I became
impressed with the idea that there
was a field for the presentation OF
grand opera in new way to the
great vaudeville public.
previously the extent OF grand
opera presentation @: the vaudeville
stage was the singing OF selections In
costume. My idea was to present
scenes from operas, at first combining
myself to popular works known to
music lovers everywhere and grad
ually extending my repertoire, with
explanations. thus adding an educa-
tional feature to my work.
81 gained the attention OF a vaude-
vile manager. who gave me trial
As we say in vaudeville. my act
made good ! made my first appear
ance as a professional last October.
and since then ! have appeared in
nearly all the large Eastern cities,
II kept my identity secret
because | feared that II ! let 1t be
known | was going on the stage |
would be looked upon-because Of my
previous activity in club circles
merely az dilettante ! wanted t.
win success on my own merits, es-