Evening star., 1933-07-23

MARJORIE RELYEA was married before
W. she entered the play.
William D. Holmes the handsome young heir
of an old aristocratic family, and a relative Of
Andrew Carnegies, had coaxed the blue-eyed
actress to marry him in 1894. But Holmes, his
widow says, drank too much Marjorie went
to work.
He was willing to support me but couldn't
stay at home under the conditions" she recalls.
That's why was on the stage On the night
the F1orodora girls first sang their songs, OPEN
ing in New Haven my husband fell over dead"
Marjorie Relyea left the show after awhile
She became a musical comedy star. A hand
some young man, broker down in Wall street,
wooed and won her She gave up her career,
married Albert Stokes, and lives in New York
today
She and her husband have luxurious New
York apartment and a home at Saratoga. They
travel extensively. Mrs Stokes has her own car
end chauffeur She has never missed the stage
at all, she says
A GNES WAYBURN had been married, too.
before she joined the Florodora Sextet.
a dance instructor. She was very much in love
with him, those who knew her remember. But
she wasn't very happy.
She was with the show only two weeks Then
she resigned. She divorced her husband and
went to England to continue her career. While
abroad . wealthy from Johannesburg.
South Africa, fell in love with her. She married
him and went home with him to his planta-
ton. She is still there Mrs Stokes says
Daisy Greene was the youngest member of
the sextet. Her mother was a dressmaker in
Philadelphia. Daisy was Is when she joined
the group. She stayed with the song longer
than the others. Then she went into musical
comedy and vaudeville and became q light
opera star.
Love interrupted her career too A wealthy
mining man from Colorado. by the name o6
Waterman, laid seige to her heart
c HE married the rich Westerner and they are
- still living in Denver. She has been travel
ing abroad during the last few months
Marie Wilson, too, has been married. Her
first husband was Harry Wimsatt She left him.
Marie, who was of the most glamorous
charmers of the group, had a streak of luck
while with the sextet. She took a chance
some tips and won s750,OOO in Wall street.
She retired after that. There were rumors
that she and Wimsatt had made up. But there
was divorce. She married Fred Gebhart, q
well-known wealthy playboy who spent money
most spectaculariy
Gebhart died about 20 years ago. His widow
went to Washington. where she still lives.
Margaret Walker also made some money in
Wall Street. She went abroad to study music
eventually She, too, married a millionaire but
later there divorce. More recently she
was the companion for wealthy woman ON
Long Island
When the woman died not long ago, she
left the former Florodora girl enough money
to make her independent. She lives quietly.
Her address has been reported variously as
Washington, D. c.. and Riverside, Calf.
The sixth member of the group is we'll
known business executive today.
Vaughn Texsmith came from Texas. She
was college graduate who came East to have
q career. Her name was Smith, which the
show managers changed to Texsmith, borrow
ing part of the name of her State.
WEALTHY silk manufacturer, from New
Jersey, came to hear the six pretty maid
ems sing His name was Isaac J. Hall. He ad-
mitted that he watched Vaughn especially BE-
cause he had thought that Western girl would
carry knife wear a sombrero
BY the end of the first month Of the show,
there was a substitute in Vaughn Texsmith6
place She had married Hall and gone to live
in New Jersey.
When her husband died few years aga
she took over the management of the silk mills
and has greatly increased their output. She =
social leader in the East as well q definitely
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