Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1909 — Montmorenci Girl Seen In Moving Pictures. [ARTICLE]

Montmorenci Girl Seen In Moving Pictures.

A very peculiar incident happened in A moving "picture theatre in fiafayeM&lfocentty,’ and, for a caused quite a stir. The management of the house Was shbwing'a very prdtty pietafe termed "EsSfc’.'tfce'teopanf Queen,# and' the picture Tiad not proceeded far when it was noticed that an elderly gentleman and his wife, who were in the audience, became quite excited, the woman exclaiming “That is my daughter.” The picture portrays Essie, the leopard queen, a cast away on an island, where, after her father’s death by fever, she becomes the associate of wild animals. She raises little cubs that she finds in the jungles of her island home. She is discovered by animal hunters for a famous hippodrome, marrftl Agd returns to civilization, where she be 7 comes an animal tamer. It was while showing the features of this girl :hat the subject was recognized by her parents, who claim that the pictures were taken while performing with a circugj. The ls4y in question i 3 Miss Essie Fay, of Montmorenci, who is now with a circus. Mrs. Fay, who saw the picture, is very positive that it is her daughter. The affair caused quite a little stir in the audience when the parents recognized the features of their daughter in the picture. This is the second case of the kind that has happened in Lafayette, the other being Jake Mendelsohn, a Lafayette boy, who was recognized by his mother when the picture of an ostrich farm was shown several months ago.