Miss Marie Studholme - Lady of 21,000 Days Prior to 1904

            The Postcard

A Rotary Photographic Series postcard that has a divided back. The photography was by T.C. Turner of London and Hull, and the image is a glossy real photograph.

The card was posted in Maidstone on Friday the 16th. September 1904 to a recipient who lived at Belle Vue Nursery, Ightham, near Sevenoaks, Kent.

The brief message on the back of the card was as follows:

"Kindest Regards.
16/9/04".

Miss Marie Studholme

Marie Studholme was born Caroline Maria Lupton in Bradford on Tuesday the 10th. September 1872. 

Marie was an English actress and singer known for her supporting and sometimes starring rôles in Victorian and Edwardian musical comedy. Her attractive features made her one of the most popular postcard beauties of the day.

Her theatre career spanned 1892 to 1915, ending her career in music hall comedy sketches. She was one of George Edwardes' famous Gaiety Girls.

In 1907 she studied Jujitsu with Yoko Tani. She loved animals, and was often photographed with them. She charged sixpence to autograph her postcards and gave the proceeds to animal and theatrical charities.

Marie lived out her retirement in Hampstead. Studholme Court, a council block, was later built on part of the garden of her former Hampstead home, Croftway, off the Finchley Road.

Death of Marie Studholme

Marie died at Croftway on Monday the 10th. March 1930 from rheumatic fever aged 57 years, 6 months and 1 day, or. to put it another way, exactly 21,000 days.  She was buried in the St. Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley.

Marie left an estate valued at £58,303, which was a very considerable sum of money in 1930.

'A Greek Slave'

'A Greek Slave' is a musical comedy in two acts which was produced by George Edwardes. It was first performed on the 8th. June 1898 at Daly's Theatre in London, and ran for 349 performances. The score was composed by Sidney Jones, with additional songs by Lionel Monckton and lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross. The libretto was written by Owen Hall. 

The work had stiff competition in London in 1898, as other successful openings included 'A Runaway Girl' and 'The Belle of New York'.

The simple plot of the production was based around the tangled love lives and misunderstandings of a Roman household. The same themes and characterisations would resurface some 70 years later in the Broadway show 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' by Stephen Sondheim.

'A Greek Slave' was in the unfortunate position of following 'The Geisha', also by Sidney Jones. This was the biggest stage hit of its era. Therefore, 'A Greek Slave' is often remembered as being the show that was not as successful as 'The Geisha', rather than being appreciated on its own merits. 

This show is in fact Jones' best score, with additional hit songs by Monckton. The tunes are catchy, and while the lyrics are witty, they also show an appreciation of the classical mythology of the set time period.

Edward Temme

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, the 16th. September 1904 marked the birth of Edward Harry Temme, who was an English swimmer and insurance clerk.

Temme was born in Stratford Road, Plaistow, Essex (now part of east London).

Edward was the first man to swim across the English Channel both ways, from France to England on the 5th. August 1927, and from England to France on the 18th. August 1934. 

He was also a water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and the fateful 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Temme kept his job as an insurance clerk, and trained to cross the English Channel after work and at weekends. He was 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). 

Edward died in Padua, Veneto, Italy on the 26th. June 1977.

Clarence Birdseye

So what else happened on the day that Marie Studholme died?  

Not a lot, but 4 days earlier, on Thursday the 6th. March 1930, the first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye went on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts. This launch is considered to be the birth of retail frozen foods.

Clarence, who was born on the 9th. December 1886, died on the 7th. October 1956 of a heart attack at the Gramercy Park Hotel in NYC.

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