Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-11-04 | Page 37 | Miss Edna Goodrich Scores Hit at Benefit with Song of States

Miss Edna Goodrich Scores Hit at Benefit Be I With With- Song of of- States Miss J Edna dna Goodrich the all American Ameri Amen can girl as her admirers have hwe named name d her first acquired the right to that tha t name when sho she was playing Felicia a in The Rollicking Girl at th the Knickerbocker theatre New York At a big benefit performance Miss Mis s Goodrich who i is starred in iii a new Mutual Mutual Mu Mu- Mutual production A Daughter of Maryland Mary Mary- land sang a song of which each verse vers e was supposed to refer to a different d country waving the tha flag of the country country country coun coun- try referred to in the song while sh she e sang the chorus I The night before the benefit Miss Mis s Goodrich thought up an original stunt I and when she appeared for her song son instead of singing about England England France rance Russia and German Germany she use used d verses referring to various states i ithe in n tho the Union waving waving- the state flags a ashe as s she sang The verses were composed by th the e actress herself herselt and they made a great grea t hit The ThelOng song lOng was bought by b- ba a Ne New w York publisher who had a big sale sal with it II On the front page of the tho publication publication pub pub- paled the legend Words rord 5 by Edna dna Goodrich h. h tho the All American america merlc n GirL GirL J