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Title: Theatrical and circus life;
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Jennings, John Joseph, 1853-1909. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Theater Circus
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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with a dagger. Heated with wine, her jealousyinflamed by the presence of her faithless lover in astage box, the jilted artiste lost control of herself, andinstead of a warning, dealt her rival a stab. Thewounded woman fell bleeding to the stage. For-tunately she was not fatally hurt, and her assailantescaped with an authoritative order to leave Russia,and stay away. Miss Bertha Welby, who is a popular and talentedactress, was a member of the Only a FarmersDaughter company, of which Miss Lilian Cleveswas the star. The two ladies could not get along 474 THE GREEN-EYED AND OTHER MONSTERS. together. Miss Welby insisted that Miss Cleves wasjealous of her rivals success; and BO it went on,until at last a low ruffian visited Miss Welby in herdressing-room one night, after the performance, anddemanded money from her for having applauded herin several towns. She was afraid of the fellow, shesaid, and so paid him the sum he asked — $15. Shethen told him to go, and he went; but Miss Cleves, it
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BLACKMAILING AN ACTRESS. appears, had assembled the members of the companyat the door of the dressing-room to witness the pay-ment of the man, who, as she declared, had led theclaque that was making Miss Welby a greater actressthan the star. Miss Welby asserted that the wholething was a piece of blackmail, and that Miss Cleveshad instigated it. Operatic stars are violent sometimes in these exhi-bitions of jealousy. It will be remembered that at thelast Cincinnati music festival, Gerster absolutely re- THE GREEN-EYED AND OTHER MONSTERS. 475 fused to sing if Miss Carj preceded her, and the Hun-garian prima donna was induced to appear only by thegraceful withdrawal of the fair American songstress.Miss Kello£r£ and Mile. Eoze had a bitter war in St.Louis in 1879, on account of their dressing-rooms, theAmerican prima donna insisting on having the best theGrand Opera House afforded. She got it at last, andwas shocked when she heard a story to the effect thatWakefield, then one of the prop

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