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Emilie (Emidoe) Weber
Zayda
Weber
1856 (1855?) - 1956
DATE UNCERTAIN
Little Zayda
Weber, the shining light at the Empire
theater last evening and Watertown's juvenile favorite, scored honors again
in her song, spot light dance and frog hop, the latter being in response to a
hearty encore from her many admirers. It
requires more than inclement weather and an impending storm to keep the crowd
away when Zayda is on the bill, as was fully
evidenced last evening in the fact that the theatre was well filled and had the
weather been more favorable the house would certainly have been packed to its
capacity. Zayda
is appearing before the public this week as a result of numerous requests by
admirers of the clever little song and dance artist who appeared at her best
last evening . . . She will appear at each performance up to and including
Sunday evening . . . Preparations (are being made) for Zayda
to appear again in the course of two or three weeks in an entirely different
role . . .
The professional portion, the
opening, with Pearl Evelyn . . . (was) a case of “Pearl before swine,” for the
audience last evening showed a swinish propensity in their demands for more,
especially the gentleman making up the box seat party on the right hand side of
the theatre . . .
Miss Zayda Weber
Watertown
Dancer & Vaudeville Performer
1915
04 08 Miss
Zayda Weber, the charming little lady of Watertown,
Wis., who has won a place in the hearts of local theatre-goers by her dancing
and who has been dancing to the delight of thousands in Chicago during the past
ten months, returned with her mother, Mrs. Emidoe
Weber, to their Watertown home last week.
Although she will enjoy a well-earned rest till the season opens in the
fall, the Lyric theatre of this city will seek her services soon. Miss Weber is a general favorite in Chicago
and has been in great demand to entertain theatregoers there. Local people who saw her at the Lyric about a
year ago and in Chicago this fall say that she has made wonderful improvement
in the art of dancing. She has been
under the tutelage of Madame Jung of the Chicago Musical Academy.— Ft. Atkinson Union.
Cross
Reference: Picture of George and Zayda Weber in auto on Main St., c.1915, on p 11 of Then & Now, Watertown Wisconsin, by
Bill Jannke.
1956
06 12 A
trim looking little lady dropped into the Times
building yesterday afternoon. One look
at her and one knew it must be Zayda Weber Germain of
Miami, Fla., better known in her heyday as a child dancer as Zayda Weber. It was
her first visit here in some years. She
had come to Watertown to bring with her the silver urn containing the ashes of
her mother, Mrs. Emilie Weber, who died in Miami some months ago at the age of
101. [ gravestone dates indicate age 100 ].
The ashes are being deposited in
the family lot here in Oak
Hill cemetery where Mr. Weber, who died here many years ago, is buried. Mrs. Germain said that she has come to
Watertown quite regularly to visit the grave of her father but that her visits
had been brief. Her own son had
sometimes accompanied her. That was when
they made their home in Milwaukee. Both
now live in Florida, he with his family and she by herself. WDT
History of Watertown,
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