FULLER LOIE: (1862-1928) American Dancer and Actress. A.L.S., Loie Fuller, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 26th October ...

FULLER LOIE: (1862-1928) American Dancer and Actress. A.L.S., Loie Fuller, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 26th October 1911, to Ralph Flanders of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Fuller informs her correspondent 'There is here in Paris an artist Madame Brasseur, the wife of the ''administrator'' of the Theatre des Varietes (It does not mean Variety Theatre) and you met them (she tells me) at the Grand Hotel years ago when he (Mr. Brasseur) was director of the Theatre Folie Dramatique' and continues to add that Madame Brasseur retired from the stage when she got married despite being 'the most popular light opera singer ever in Paris', further explaining that she would now like to give some concerts at Jordan Hall and asking if Flanders would pay her 50% of the gross receipts and pay her pension and boarding home, also discussing possible travel arrangements and concluding by remarking 'She is a great artist'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Fuller. Some light age wear, VG