I.
A
bonnie maiden have I seen a dozen times or more;
A
dainty, dazzling footlight queen, the town goes wildly o’er;
A
maiden whom I’ve madly loved since first to town she came,
And
just because I love her so I won’t reveal her name.
Chorus
O,
Lulu Glaser,
To you a song I sing;
Sweet
Lulu Glaser,
Like a bird awing.
Voice
of thrilling sweetness,
Heart of gold and true;
Lips
of wine
And
eyes divine,
You’re my Lulu Lu.
II.
She
has poetry of motion such as fairies never know;
She
has smiles as full of sunshine as a goddess might bestow.
But
alas! In vain I love her, – never has she smiled on me;
And
her name I’ll keep forever, with a poet’s secrecy.
Chorus
O,
Lulu Glaser,
To you a song I sing;
Sweet
Lulu Glaser,
Blithesome bird awing.
Voice
of thrilling sweetness,
Heart of gold, and true;
Lips
of wine,
And eyes divine,
You’re my Lulu Lu.
Jan.
14, 1896
Pub.
in Boston Courier,
Jan. 19, 1896
Lulu
Glaser (June
2, 1874 - September 5, 1958) was a popular American actress and vocalist.
She appeared on Broadway and later Vaudeville.
Glaser's first appearance on the stage was at
the Broadway Theatre in New York on December 30, 1891 in the play The
Lion Tamer. She appeared in two more plays and on October 3, 1893 appeared as
Javotte in a revival of Erminie starring Francis Wilson.
Glaser appeared in only two motion pictures,
both silent films. Love's Pilgrimage to America(1916) and How Molly
Made Good (1915). The latter still survives and is available on DVD.
Glaser appears as herself, in a cameo along with other celebrities of the time.
She was married twice. Both marriages ended in
divorce. She married actor Ralph C. Herz in 1907, but they divorced in 1912.
Herz died in 1921. Her later marriage to Thomas D. Richards also ended in
divorce. Lulu Glaser is often erroneously said to have been one of the many
wives of De Wolf Hopper, but this is not true. Hopper's fifth and last
wife was named 'Lillian Glaser' and is not related to Lulu Glaser. Lulu, a
singer like De Wolf, may have appeared with him on the stage at some point in
their long careers.
Glaser died at Weston, Connecticut September 5,
1958
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