Lydia Thompson Reveals Burlesque Roots and Blond Legacy
The veteran actress known as Mrs Henderson recounts her rise from London opera school to American burlesque fame. She details a fortune won and lost, the shift from old style burlesque to modern forms, and memories of co stars like Ada Harland Pauline Markham and Liza Weber. She recalls first coming to the United States in 1868 with a notable troupe and touring with bold, hair color stories and early triumphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Henderson
England
Viola Allen
Miss Allen
Shakespeare
Paulena
Jeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Henderson
Lydia Thompson
Tnce
Taka Rosalind
Viola
Xmergen
Ryhme
Marke Wilton
Bancroft
Madge Robertson
Kendal
Henrietta Hodgson
Labouchere
John Wood
Ellen Terry
Ada Harland
Brander Matthews
Pauline Markham
Liza Weber
Alexander Henderson
Harry Beckett
Wood’s Museum
Dualy
Burnand
Ixion
Liza
Miss Markham
Mr. Henderson
Chicago
Academy of Music
Harry
Beckett
Fatima
Mary Anderson
Miles & Barton
Burlesque Star Recounts Tours and Turmoil in Chicago
A chorus girl recalls long travels through the United States and abroad. She notes private triumphs and hardships, including Rosie Coghlan and Eliza Weatherby marriages, a men’s chorus in Virginia City, and a Chicago newspaper attack leading to a horsewhipping incident. She details late career moves, financial losses, and a 1880s return to England.
Supreme Court admits new practitioners and issues docket notes
The United States Supreme Court announced admissions for several practitioners including Harlan, Brewer, Brown, White, Peckham, McKenna, Holmes, and Day with others from Utah New York and California. The court also issued orders on various civil and criminal appeals, bankruptcy and patent matters as well as adjournments and future assignment dates for January 1906.
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United States Supreme Court
Prevent
Harlan
Justice Brewer
Justice Brown
White
Pecthim
Justice McKenna
Holmes
Justice Day
A .D. H. Wenger
Salt Bake City
Utah
Emersos- Hallsmith
Fargo
N. C
Alesander& Bacon
New York City
Hansford B. Grifith
San Francisco
Cal
Edwin P. Ranua
Washington, D.C
Frank RB. Wehé
San Francisgo
Gal
Arthur M. Hold
Indianapolis
Ind
Jonathan 8. Groom
Pittsburg
Union Stock Yarts Company
Omaha
Chickgd, Buglington and Quincy
United States
United Verda Copper Company
Supreme Court of Arizona Territory
Justive Brown
Peckham
Gentral of Georgia Railway Company
Ve. A. OG. Murphy Et al
Puller
Pate
Jack ‘An
Bong Meng
Woo Joe
District Court of the United States
District of
Onia
Fong Yue Ting Ve
Chin Bak Kan
Ah Howes
Sing Tel
Thomas E. Barrett
John P. Dolan
Frank Garrett
Calvin R. Nutt
S. Prentiss Knut
Shewan Tomes & Co
Merchants’ Banking Company, Ltd
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
John J. Moore
City of
Davenport
William Russell Allen Et al
Eighth Circuit
J. & Flannery
Jon R.lane
F. N. Judson
William R. Lytle
Adolphue Gerald
Montgomery
Ala
Circuit Court of the United States
Middle District of
Alabama
Swift & Co, Et al
The
Moody
John
Miller
Albert Heft
A. E. Crane
Criminal Court No. 1
Justice Wright
Charles Norr
James B. Prescott
Warren E. Nash
Charles Walton
United States Va
Farle Dickinsom
James E. Harris
Daniel Meyers
Robert W. Grifon
W. Gwynn Gardiner
James M. A. Watson
District of Columbia
Justice Gould
William Marshall
William McDowell
Mercy
W. Calvin Chase
Willam Marshall
I. Edward Mitchell
John W. Mitchell
J. EB. Laskey
W. C. Martin
United Bates Va
Daisy Marlory
John Wiliamz
James Brown
Arthur Harvey
William Grass
Equity Suits and Public Lecture At Masonic Temple
A set of equity and civil cases lists Webster v Washington Steel Cut Cereal Co receiver and accounting and Luther G. Fristoe v Washington Loan and Trust Co interpleader with solicitor firms. Also Breitzer as administrator sues Central Dispensary for damages, and a lecture by Miss Woo Foong Ming at Masonic Temple ninth and FE streets northwest next Thursday night with tickets sold at Vendome Hotel and local Chinese venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Webster
Washington Steel Cut Cereal Company
Lambert & Baker
Luther G. Fristoe
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Leroy M. Taylor
Inter
Mackall & Maedel
Woo Foong Ming
Masonic Temple
Ninth and
FE Streets
Vendome
Lost His Position Account of Gray Hair
Aged workers face dismissal as firms favor youth with the rise of gray hair stigma. The piece notes job refusals for older men seen as gray headed and promotes Walnut Hair Stain as a non greasy cosmetic fix.
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Bis
Tefumal
Pact Grie Bseke
Sroxtesalve Drug Store
Ave
Give Away Medicine Offer from C E Gauss
An advertisement by C E Gauss of Marshall Michigan offers a free large trial package of a Combined Treatment for catarrh. He claims the remedy cures the disease from the root and promises future orders if satisfied. Readers are invited to send name and address to receive the free sample.
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E. Gauss
Gauss
C. E. Gauss
Marshall, Mich
Real estate transfers across Washington DC include numerous parcels
A long list of transfers from Elizabeth A Kennedy and others to multiple heirs and buyers covers properties on Vermont Avenue and H Street NW, Fifteenth and R Streets NW, Virginia Avenue SE, Columbia Heights, Canal Road, Twenty-Third to Twenty-Second Streets NW, and other blocks. Deals include properties in squares 200, 208, 768, 36, 539, 1090, 64, and more with prices mostly $10 or $1,600, plus notes on mortgages and dates.
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Vermont Avenue
Elizabeth A. Kennedy
Julia R. Moore
Elizabeth A. Briggs
Feverett M. Kaledy
James C. Kennedy
Martin Kennedy. Jr
Fifteenth
Virginia Avenue
J. Hagar Smith Et al
Mary Smith Nelson
Columbia Heights
Lewis B. Breuninger
R. Golden Donaldson
Robert L. Anderson
Fielder A. Newman
Wrhookland
Theodore ¥. Hull
Ella F. Lanahen
Montown
William W. Boarman
Trustes
George A. Crawford
Seventh
Charles Incarsen
Louis Rosenberg
Meridian
David W. Limerick
Philp H. Christman
Shventrenth
Margaret R
Ruther
Clarence L
Laura H. Parker
John B. Laveggo
John
Enrico Cademartori
John Cademartori
Twenty-Second Street
Rurico Cademartori
Canal Road
Mary E. Kleindienst
Elizabeth Y. Kleindienst
Georgetown
Twenty—Third Street
Catherine McCaffrey
Patrick McCaffrey
Willard Street
Eighteenth
Abrem P. Fardon
Martin T. Dryden
Sibrey
Sixth
James L. Stevery
Mary Burnham
Square
North German Lloyd
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Abremen
Ronprinz
Kronprinz
Kaiser
Wm. I
Marei
Kronpring
Bremen
Chemnitz
Breslau
Brandenburg
Kurfuerst
Hrand’o G
Barbasa
Wil
Cibraltah
Naples
Genoa
Dan
Neckar
Neekar
Oelrich & CO
Broadway
New York
B. F. Droop
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Piery
North River
Lacania
Etrarta
Adriatic
Carpathia
Nena
Altonta
Nuon
Slavonia
Pannonia
Europe
Cunard Steamship (A. Ltd
Broadeway
Boston
Mass
G. W. Moss
Washington
Clark
Mediterranean
Cass
U. S
Maderly
Cadiz
Seville
Algiers
Malta
Egypt
Holy Land
Constantinople
Athens
Riviera
Caledonia
Glasgow
Bank C. Clark
Architects Institute Officers Elected in Washington Chapter
At the annual meeting of the Washington Chapter American Institute of Architects last Friday, officers were elected for the current year. Joseph C. Hornblower serves as president, Edward W. Donn Jr. as vice president, W. J. Marsh as treasurer, and F. B. Pyle as secretary. Committee on admissions includes T. J. D. Fuller, W. G. Peter, and J. B. Dessez.
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Children’s Hospital
The
Children's Hospital
Columbia Fire Insurance Company
Frederic L. Moore
H. Kauffmann
W. P. Young
William F. Mattingly
Norman Galt
J. W. Brown
Margaret Ritchie Stone
Maj
Henry TR. Looker
Architects Institute
Washington
American Institute of Architects
Joseph C. Hornblower
Edward W. Donn, Jr
W. J. Marsh
F. B. Pyle
T. J. D. Fuller
W. G. Peter
J. BE. Dessez
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America
Niblo's
May Manton
Rose Coghlan
Eliza Weatherby
Nat Goodwin
Bessie Sudiow
Michael Gunn
Bayoy Opera Fame
Miss Weatherby
Virginia City
Reno
Cincinnati
Capital Camera Club
Metropolitan Camera Club of
Salon Club of America
Hemicycle Hall
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Puyang
Snowden Ashford
Bsnletant
Snowden
Rinora
Satdings
Gall
Fashion Department
Attotheya
Irving
Williemmon
D. A, Thomas
Brown Va
Neil
H. BE. Davis
Muiqueen Va
O'Donnell
Darrington—Lambert & Baker
Mackay Vs. McDonnell
TL. G. Gregory
J. A. Colet
Leon Tobriner
Nailor Ye. Newman
Edwin Forrept
J. B. Archer, Jr
Ralston & Siddana
National Benefit
Hailey Et al
A. A. Birney
Jompa H. Stewart
Ridout
Larner
Peter & Bond
O'Connell
Circuit Court No. 2
Clabaugh
Hambright
Pleintiffa
Wilson & Barndale
H. Thomas
Phillips Va
Towles Et al
Bryando
Corbin
Metropolitan Railroad Company
Ony Tral
Padgett & Porpest
J. J. Darlington
Corbrane, Metropolitan Railroad Company
Padgett & Forrett
H. B. Behrend
Grandisonia, Washington Railway Fur Electric Company
Niles & Whitt
B. Behrend
Hardy Ve. Ford
Brandenburg & Brandenburg
Thompson & Lackey
Smith Va
Justles Anderson
Kate L. Oshorn
Frank N. Carver
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Equity Court No. 1
Justice Anderson
Keller Va
Keller
W. H. Wallace
J. D. Sullivan
Coldren & Fenning
John A. Harvey
J. M. George
Dodge
Charles F. Wilson
Guardian Ad Item
D. Duncan Bradley
Smith Vs
Paints
Millan & Smith
Smith
J. F. Bundy
Howison
Mason
Hallam & Hallam
B. A. Jones
Gussaway Ve. Graham
W. H. Foulton
Richardson
Hensey
B.L. Wilson
Wolf Vs. Department Investment Company
Wolf & Rosenberg
Eleanor
Patrick D. Sullivan
Bled
George N. Nicholson
William B. Reilly
Geage W. Clarke
Robinson Witte
George S. Kirk
William G. Spragun
U 2
Newbold
Washington, D. C. i
Woon
Geo. W. Boyd
Florida Resorts
Florida East Coast Hotel Company
Ormond
Breakers
Colonial
Nassau
Algazar Row
Royal Palm
Key West
Havana
Fifth Avenue
Adams Street
Washington College of Music
F Street
Sidney Lloyd Wrightson
Eginald DE Koven
Drc
South
Josh DE Gomar
Prin
Strayer’s Business College Cor
Ferman
Washington School For Boys
Wisconsin Avenue
Tennallytown Road
J. L. Hooper
A. M
Percena Hall-Noyes
Wranchs Mann Hall
Bhelitz
A. Gonard
Pring Tanner
Tanner
Mile
Prud'homme
Ave. Nw
Holy Cross Academy
Emile M. Darnaliie
Philip A
John J. Brosnan
Charles W. Stetson
Eva M. Darneille
Squar
Terrence J. McMahon
Eldridge EB. Jordan
H. R. Howenstein
Emmanuel Speich
Chapin Brown
Henry H. Dergmann
Oriental Building Association
Denanis J. O'Connor
Charles Dietz
Stuart McNamara
Louis Hartle Ve
R. White
Moses Herzog
Frederick B. Linfout
J. F. Scaggs
Milton Strasburger
Farrand L. Breitzer
Spencer Yass
Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
J. C. de Futron
James B. Archer, Jr
John Lewis Smith
Senath Hrights
George M. Shafer
Thomas H
Saou W. Pickford
Charles W. Pickford
P. J. Nee Company
Archibald C. Knowles
Richard W. Tyler
Robert G. Rutherford
George L
Nathaniel Knowles
Uniontown
Henry H. Hergmenn
George M. Emmerich
Metropolis Building Association
Louie Rosenberg
Gearg W H. Bergmann
G. M Emmerich
Metropolis Building Associp
Anuare
New Sanford House
ST. Johns River
Banford
Florida
Q. G. Ackerman
Lake Placid Inn
Adirondack Mts
N.o
Roseland
Jacksonville
St. John’s River
D&s
Atlantic City
N. J
Haddon Hall
Ciyin
Leeds & Lippincott
Traymore
Traymore Notel CO
D. S White
Chalfonte
Areproof
Leeds Company
Alensial
Hotel and Sanitarium F.L. Young
Genk Mgr
River Travel
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co
Norfolk
Fort Monroa
Portsmouth
Newport News
Steel Palace
Alexandria
Ft Monroe
14Th St
Colorado
6Th
Fa. Ave
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
7Th St
Genera
Tohn Callahan
Mar. H. Callahan
Mississippi River
B. B. Cowley
S.5.s
SWIFT
Atlanta
Gaa
Fort Myer
Arlington Falls Church
Aqueduct Bridea
Country Board
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Frank Randolph
Keswick
Hotels
Richmond 7Th and H Sts
White House
Clifford M. Lewis
Driscoll
Corner Island
Bats
N. W
U.S. Capitol
6Th and I
Wastington
D. G
WM. P. Kenney
Cairo
Q Street
William Catto
Howel Tudor
Nahoat
Connecticut
Connecticut Ave
M St. NW
Washington, D. C
Ilusgo
Fowle
Conn
St. James
Washington. D
NEW Jersey Resorts
Lakewood
Yeading
Clean Lakewood
Ocean Steamers
American Line
Southampton
Philadelphia
Atlantic Transport
London Direct
RED Star Line
Antwerp
London
Paris
Dover
White Star Line
Boston Direct
Gibraltar
Canopic
F Street N. W
David Lindsay
Republic
Crutic