Six young women in their teens
\nbeautiful dancers at Ziegfeld Follies.
\nFutures bright, big dreams of
\nbecoming famous and successful.
\nThe world was theirs.<\/p>\n
Made a pact in 1916 to meet
\nat a restaurant in New York
\nin 1936 to talk about their
\nsuccesses in those 20 years.<\/p>\n
Olive Thomas, Fifi Alsop,
\nMartha Mansfield, Lilyan Tashman,
\nKathryn Lambert and
\nBessie Chatterton Poole
\nwere their names.<\/p>\n
Olive Thomas died in 1920,
\ningested a poison by mistake.<\/p>\n
Fifi Alsop died in 1922,
\nalcoholism combined with
\na drug for sleeping.<\/p>\n
Martha Mansfield, died in 1923,
\nburned to death in an accident.<\/p>\n
Lilyan Tashman died in 1934,
\nAbdominal Cancer.<\/p>\n
Bessie Chatterton Poole
\nDied 1928, Heart Disease.<\/p>\n
Kathryn Lambert, only one
\nwho survived for the meeting
\nin 1936.<\/p>\n
She probably said a silent
\nprayer for the others who
\nweren’t there and wondered
\nwhy they had such tragic fates
\nthat stole the dreams they
\nhad when they were teenage
\nZiegfeld Follies dancers
\nand the world was theirs. <\/p>\n
Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Six young women in their teens beautiful dancers at Ziegfeld Follies. Futures bright, big dreams of becoming famous and successful. The world was theirs. Made a pact in 1916 to meet at a restaurant in New York in 1936 to talk about their successes in those 20 years. Olive Thomas, Fifi Alsop, Martha Mansfield, Lilyan… Continue reading