Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-06
prospective em,isrants to the United d

rOSpect1V emlErantS TO n united
States.
Mrs. Moore, who was very well
known throughout the country for
her interest in civic matters, was in
great demand as a public speaker and
only a short time prior to her death
Tiled a number Of such engagements.
She was actively interested in civic af-
fairs in this city and was a leader in
women's movements.
Funeral Thursday.
h funeral wilb probably. be held
Thursday at Trinity church, with
burial in this city.
LILLIAN Russell. operate star and
actress, for q quarter of a century
noted az one of the most beautiful
women on the American stage, was
born in the state of Iowa in 1851.
Her maiden name was Helen Louise
Leonard. A few years after her birth
her father, who was a printer, re-
moved with his Family to Chicago.
where he engaged in the printing
business. Helen Louise was educated
at the Convent Of the Sacred Heart
In Chicago and, being gifted with q
good voice and showing great love
n talent for singing, was trained
to sing in the church choir.
Singing in the church choir. how
ever, did not satisfy her ambition.
Even as a girl'tn her early teens she
-dreamt of b stage and of glorious
triumphs that were to be hers. She
devoted herself, to the cultivation Of
her voice and her budding beauty as
siduously and. at the age Of Is made
her professional debut as a concert
hall singer under the name of IAl-
liam Russell. In 1879 she was en-
gagged by E. e. Rice as one Of the
chorus girls in "Pinafore." Encour-
aged by her success she went to New
York. where she appeared as a
ballad singer in Tony Pastors theater
on Broadway. and at his Fourteenth
street theater.
After a few years OF concert hall
work she Joined the McCaull Opera.
company and made her debut as a
star as Mabel in the Pirates of
Penzance." From 1880 to 1885 she
was the 'prima donna at the Now
York Casino. appearing in the Grand
Patience" Dorothy" Polly"
Princess Trebizonde," The Queens
Mate" Poor Jonathan" Ia Cigale,"
THE Mountebanks' and Giro1e-
Girola."
After a successful season as star
in The Princess Nicotine" at the
New York Casino, she went to Lon
don. where she starred for a while
at the Lyceum. singing the part Of
Beta in THE Queen of the Bril-
liants." After her return to the Unit
ed States h organized her own COM
pany and travelled extensively
through the country, appearing in a
repertoire of comic opera. In 1896
she returned to New York and Joined
Weber and Fields famous company
at the Casino. She appeared in "Fid-
d~le-dee-dee" and subsequently in
"Whoop-dee-doo." "Twirley- Whirley'
and The Big Little Princess"
1t was during her Weber-Fields en-
gagement that Lillian Russell won
her greatest triumphs and became the
idol of the theater-going American
public. She became known as The
Great American Beauty" and was
sure to draw full houses wherever
she appeared. IN 1904 she appeared
as Lady Teazle in : musical version Of
The School for Scandal adding an
other to the long list of her operate
successes. In 1906 she made her
debut in comedy in "Barbara's Mil
lions" proving herself a capable
Coincidence. During the following
seasons she appeared in The Butter
fly" "Wi!dfire' and Search for a
Sinner" In the early part of 1921
she nee more Joined the Weber
Fields combination. which had been
broken up by the separation OF
Weber and Fields a few years ago,
but was reformed after the recon
Citation of the two partners.