The Tragic Tale of Six Ziegfeld Follies Dancers

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 Tashman,
Kathryn Lambert and
Bessie Chatterton Poole
were their names.

Olive Thomas died in 1920,
ingested a poison by mistake.

Fifi Alsop died in 1922,
alcoholism combined with
a drug for sleeping.

Martha Mansfield, died in 1923,
burned to death in an accident.

Lilyan Tashman died in 1934,
Abdominal Cancer.

Bessie Chatterton Poole
Died 1928, Heart Disease.

Kathryn Lambert, only one
who survived for the meeting
in 1936.

She probably said a silent
prayer for the others who
weren’t there and wondered
why they had such tragic fates
that stole the dreams they
had when they were teenage
Ziegfeld Follies dancers
and the world was theirs.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd