Show Star Lights Up Stage Twinkles to No N Yo g Viola Rise Y Yv v Y oY ii y A t tt ty t y n t. t K Ki i i s n 2 N R Rr r Viola Pratt Gillette Fighting Battle Without Outside Aid Salt Lake Girl Scintillates on Broadway a By Louise Holt D VERY now and then Salt Salts s gEnt EVERY Lake Is called upon to sit 12 up and take notice that some of ot the stars sUns twinkling in the theatrical firmament of New NewYork NewYork York are her very own One or ot orthe the luminaries scintillating on Broadway just now who has won international fame tame Is Viola Pratt Gillette daughter of Mrs Milando l Pratt 1005 1003 East Ninth South street Miss 1 Gillette's grandfather Orson Orson Orson Or Or- the pioneers pioneers pio plo son Pratt was the first of to set foot in the Salt Lake I vaHey and Miss Hiss Gillette was wal the first girl Irl to go out of ot the valley to meet national fame as a comIc opera and vaudeville star In a little cottage in Ninth South street a little snowy-haired snowy mother proudly yet modestly told of ot her daughters daughter's success And the best part of It all she said is the fact that she has done doneit it all herself She has had no financial aid from anyone anone I shall shaH never forget the day she received her first months month's salary 20 It was for teaching music in ina Ina ina a deaf deat and dumb school v That is where she got her start If It when 15 years old she could make deaf deat and dumb people feel feeland feeland feeland and understand what might she not do with those who had all their thelt senses From that time on she saved and saved to obtain the necessary amount to take her to New York I where she might Study with the great teachers With all nil her success success success suc suc- cess she has never nevet for a moment forgotten her mother Mrs 1 Pratts Pratt's hands gestured appreciatively ap ap- ap This little home was her gift to me Miss 1 Gillette has a charming home at Stony Brook Drook Long Island where she has Installed a knitting machine and In her spare moments knits for fot the lied HEd Cross This is not her only Red fled Cross activity by any means She has taken a course coure in nursing In Washington for which she received a diploma and she is prepared to go to France Franco when she is needed At a a. recent benefit concert given in New London Conn she she netted vetted netted more than 1000 for the Red Cross while every sailor sanor on the battleship Nevada received Ed a Christmas gift Ift through her efforts and there are 1000 0 of ot them Since the beginning of the war In order to give her time to Red fled RedCross RedCross Cross work Miss Gillette has been appearing in vaudeville In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and vicinity where she Is la Continued on page pare d. d W STAR LIGHTS U UP STAGE Continued from page 1 featuring the songs of Amy Ashmore Ashmore Ashmore Ash- Ash more Clark a clever young composer com corn poser who is attracting a great deal of ot attention in the musical world Miss 1 Clark assists Miss Gillette In her act Miss Gillette has appeared in several cities in Australia in ill Honolulu London and all the large cities of America In prima donna roles Ip in comic opera As soon as the war Is over she will return to the operatic stage under the management management management man man- of Klaw Erlanger Among the operas In which she has ha taken the leading roles are The Girl and the Bandit when she managed her own company of sixty persons The Beauty and with Cawthorne Cawthorne Cawthorne Caw- Caw the Beast Joseph thorne Pinafore with De Wolf Hopper and George McFarlane The Beauty Spot with Jefferson dAngelus The Singing Girl with Alice Nielson Venetian Romance Romance Romance Ro Ro- Ro- Ro The Bohemian mance Girl Mother Goose and The Daughter Daugh Daugh- ter of ot the Regiment In which she made her premiere as a star In Salt Lake with the Home Dramatic company Iss Gillette made her debut when 8 S years of age in the SaltI Salt I Lake le theatre when she sang at a Sunday school concert Prior to her departure for New York no local entertainment was complete I wit without out her It was while touring the state and the Northwest on a concert tour with George D. D Mrs 1 Lizzie Thomas Edward the late Heber Goddard a gifted baritone bari ban tone and others rs that she married George Gillette who managed the tour |