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American Theatre, January 17, 1898, in "The Lily of Killarney," taking the part of Anne Shute. During the following summer, she played one of the two principals in "Red, White, and Blue," a war drama, with Raymond Hitchcock, creating the character of
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Company, and rendered them several important services, which naturally advanced her in their estimation and in her profession. Quinlan was not a member of any societies or clubs, but a most devoted parishioner of the Roman Catholic
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Franklyn Smith, of Boston, Frederic
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