Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1910 — Author of “Annie Rooney. [ARTICLE]

Author of “Annie Rooney.

Florence Storey, once a musical prodigy, author of the words of that once popular song, “Little Annie Rooney,” (since when she adopted the name qf Annie Rooney) and composer of a number of marches, caused smiles to appear on the faces of thdse present in Adams street court when she came before Magistrate Dooley and admitted being intoxicated, the Brooklyn Stand-ard-Union says. Annie's court garb consisted of a threadbare black skirt, a shiny .Prince Albert coat and a sailor's hat, cocked at a smart angle. As she ■has short hair she looked very much like a weazened old man, but she is as active as a girl, for when Magistrate Dooley suspended sentence she was so elated she danced a hornpipe outside the courtroom. - _ For twenty-five years she played in England, Germany, France, Australia, South and North America. She also became a skilled cornet player. When she wrote "Little Annie Rooney” she dedicated the song to*the real Annie Rooney, whose sister Kitty and brother Pat were her particular friends. ■ Annie says she inherited $68,000 from a relative in ’Lynn, Mass., and left Seattle a month ago for Boston to settle up her affairs. According to the will she is to receive a yearly allowance. While in Boston she decided to visit Brooklyn. She promised to return to Boston.