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"Has No Stage Aspirations"
Will they never let up on poor Mary MacLane? Fakirs are now beginning to use her, as a means of advertising themselves, without the slightest foundation. The advance man of a theatrical company made it his business yesterday to rush to a newspaper office and announce that under no circumstances would his company engage Miss MacLane to appear with it. As a matter of fact, Miss MacLane never had any such intention and was rather indignant when she saw the thing In print. She said to the Miner: "The statement made in last night's Inter Mountain that I tried to secure a position with the Frawley company is absolutely baseless. I have never heard of the Frawley company, and that alone would make my so-called attempt to make a debut on the stage in the ranks of that company a most unheard of thing. "My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum." The manager of the show - the Frawley company - stated last evening that he had heard such a report on the street, and is Miss MacLane felt put out about the matter he would gladly furnish herself and family with a box at the Broadway next Sunday or Monday evening, when she could see the Frawley company. Miss MacLane's statement is self-explanatory as to the reports. Mr. Maguire did approach her with a view to appear on the lecture platform, but the young lady said she would not attempt such a thing, as she coudl not talk in public and had no desire to. She received a letter, from her publishers yesterday giving her the pleasing news that they would dispose of half a million copies of her book. This means $75,000 for the young woman. She is still undecided whether or not to accept the offer to go to New York to write for the World. Last evening she had company for dinner at her home, including Arthur A. Marks, the young man who, it is claimed, had offered her $150 a night to lecture. Mr. Marks said he never made any proposition of any kind to her. So far only fifty copies of "The Story of Mary MacLane" have been received In Butte, and they were disposed of inside of two hours. They sell for $1.50 and are rather cheaply gotten up.
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