Lizzie Eayrs, the stagestruck girl who ran away from her home at No. 45 Cheeverplace, Brooklyn. on Thursday, returned yesterday morning with a long, deep cut on her nose and a tale of sorrow and remorse. When she tucked her infant sister under the bedclothes and ran out or the house on Thursday she had fully made up her mind to become an actress. In order to obtain a practical knowledge of the needs of modern theatres she visited Niblo's and engaged herself under the name of Mary Anderson as a ballet girl In the “Rat Catcher”. During the rehearsal on Saturday a "supe" struck her in the face with a property battle axe, laying open the flesh on her nose from its tip to the frontal bone. That settled it. With disgust on every feature and court plaster on her nose she returned to her father. Once before, a year ago, Miss Lizzie, with another stagestruck companion, dressed herself up in her best clothes and tried to engage herself to a Variety troupe which was going to Boston. She was rejected on account of her size.
The New York Times, December 7, 1885
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Can anyone identify this 'Lizzie Eayrs'? If so, please comment here.
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