FIDDLED IN RAGS
JEAN BAPTISTTS CAREER.
EARNING £36 A WEEK,
London, September 3. Jean Baptist!, who was found dead in a flat, travelled as the “Girl With the Fiddle” and “The Girl with the Magnetic Eyes.” She appeared on the stage barefoot and dressed in rags, and played the violin. A theatrical agent states he found her in the chorus of a revue, getting fifty shillings weekly. She secured better engagments and toured Australia in the latter part of 1918, receiving £36 a week. She had recently suffered from ill-health.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 19966, 4 September 1926, Page 7
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92FIDDLED IN RAGS Southland Times, Issue 19966, 4 September 1926, Page 7
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