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Russell (LILLIAN MRS ALEX- ANDER P)

LILLIAN (MRS. ALEX- ANDER P. MOORE), an American ac- , tress, born in Clinton, Iowa, in 1861.

She studied vocal and violin music in Chicago, and grand opera under Leopold Damrosch. Her first appearance on the stage was made in 1879 as a member of the chorus of a "Pinafore" company.

Somewhat later she appeared as a ballad singer at Pastor's Theater, New York, at which time she first used the stage name of "Lillian Russell," her real name being Leonard. Until 1899 she sang at the Casino Theater, New York. For several seasons she was one of the most successful members of Weber & Field's Stock Company, joining later, as prima donna, the McCaull Opera Company, and organized, still later, her own company with which she appeared with great suc cess both in England and the United States. She has also made frequent appearances on the vaudeville stage, where her lecture, "How to Live a Hundred Years," became well known. During the World War she took an active interest in Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns.