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| Ethel Reitz performance January 24, 1907 Artifact #79 Jeff Smith collection |
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rtifact #79: Acting program by Ethel Catherine Reitz
Ethel Catherine Reitz (10 AUG 1888 - 26 AUG 1931) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where she met and married Jefferson Randolph Smith III (Soapy Smith's son) on April 30, 1908, making Ethel Soapy's daughter-in-law. Ethel is my paternal grandmother.
Before getting married, nineteen-year-old Ethel was enrolled in the Vivian Page School of Acting. On January 24, 1907, she performed as "Joan" in a public showing at the Strassberger Conservatory Hall.
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| Ethel Catherine Reitz Original black and white |
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| Ethel Catherine Reitz Colorized |
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| Strassberger Conservatory Hall Circa 1905 |
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| Strassberger Conservatory Hall As it looks today |
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Ethel C. Reitz, animated
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| Ethel Catherine Reitz Colorized |
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Ethel Catherine Reitz
February 5, 2011
"One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider."
—Damon Runyon
Guys and Dolls, 1955
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