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Show Originator of "Little Eva" Found in Boston Much against her will, Mrs. Cordelia Cor-delia Howard Macdonald, the first person to play tlie part of Little Eva In an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" show, has been discovered In Boston. Stage historians his-torians have been searching for members mem-bers of the original cast for years. I She Is the only living member. When I a writer for the Farm and Fireside Magazine found her liding in an ob-senre ob-senre boarding house, she reluctantly admitted that she was once tlie celebrated cele-brated girl who enjoyed a popularity before the Civil war greater than that of any other child- actor before or since. She reaffirmed her vow, however, never to talk about her days with the play that has been presented nearly 500.000 times since her first performance on September 27, 1S52, in Troy, N. Y. Mrs. Macdonald Mac-donald gave no reason for her silence. si-lence. Mrs. Macdonald. then Cordelia Cor-delia Howard, four years old. with her first performance started a record-breaking run of twenty-five days In the small town of Troy. Sucti a record then had only been equaled In London. Her triumphs continued for eight years. I X CLOTHES IDEAS FROM ABROAD rfeMaeMartfn 1 Last fall when I IT VT 7 w'as in France, I ad- g?v mired the dress cJ?V which the daughter HA YSl of our hostess was L AvyvTS W wearing, and she p sF W ffl confessed it was Wt! l three years old, orig- JJtiJ'J lnaliy rose -beige, Vm l2fcm now dyed a rich, pp' "l'fi deep shade of red ! pfVjJi The French are Pfe' ' vM eternally surprising ' B,J you with thrifty lit- "k f' II tie tricks like that WU'S fTiliA II . tricks which it fW MLg"f pays to imitate. ' V F Most of us have ) dresses which, if al- ill I I lowed to remain M I their original color, I I are discarded or seldom worn, lte-dyed, lte-dyed, they become favorites again. Just get a package or two of true, fadeless Diamond Dyes, and try your hand at tinting or dyeing. You'll be amazed to see how easy it is to use Diamond Dyes. They never disappoint disap-point you. The "know-how" is in the dyes. They are real dyes like those used when the cloth was made. They never give things that redyed look, like make-shift, inferior dyes. The more than sixty colors you can get from them include everything that's fashionable. My new 64-page illustrated book, "Color Craft," gives hundreds of money - saving hints for renewing clothes and draperies. It's FREE. Write for it, NOW, to Mae Martin, Home Service Dept., Diamond Dyes, Burlington, Vermont. |