crazy! I saw her last month when she was playing in Cincinnati, and she doesn’t look a day over twenty-one. That’s a cute play she’s in — There and Back. Not much to it, but she’s so kind and natural. Made me think of Jen a little.”

That was part of Harrietta’s art — making people think of Jen. Watching her, they would whisper: “Look! Isn’t that Jen all over? The way she sits there and looks up at him while she’s sewing.”

Harrietta Fuller could take lines that were stilted and shoddy and speak them in a way to make them sound natural and distinctive and real. She was a clear blonde, but her speaking voice had in it a contralto note that usually accompanies brunette colouring.