Viola Olerich, the famous baby scholar; an illustrated biography (1900) (14578598849)

Identifier: violaolerichfamo00oler (find matches)
Title: Viola Olerich, the famous baby scholar; an illustrated biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Olerich, Henry. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Olerich, Viola Rosalia, 1897- (from old catalog) Precocity. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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nderful tal-ent in our church. She is unquestionably themost wonderfully educated scholar that everlived. All her work is of the highest orderand in the form of delightful play. Her read-ing, spelling, pronunciation, and typewritingare perfectly marvelous. In her performance,she is charming as well as clever, and wittyas well as wise. Every person in the audiencewas highly pleased with the exhibition. Shemakes a pleasing, artistic appearance on herlittle elevatetd stage. The same evening weengaged her for another entertainment, in thenear future.—Edward IV. Erickson, Pastorof M. E. Church; Mrs. E. M. Smith, Presi-dent of Ladies Aid Society; Mrs. C. F. Mil-ler, Secretary of Ladies Aid Society. Des Moines, Iowa—For her age, Viola isno doubt by far the most advanced scholarthat ever lived. Her intellectual feats are thew^onder of the world, and cannot be duplicat- * i - i a can name\ind ioc«u>■■ planets and ^atelUtes \viieH-evented by an Orrerv. Weekly picture \r> , f *_.*
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FIG. 14.-VIOLA PL.^YING WITH ASTRONOMY. THE BABY SCHOLAR 79 ed on any other stage or platform.—/. 6^.Connally, Manager Mirror Theater. The above are only a few of the many com-mendable notices which Viola has received forexhibiting her wonderful attainments. IV A liist of Leading Xewspapers andMagazines Articles The following are a few of the many news-papers and magazines, which contain leadingillustrated articles about Viola: The Omaha Daily News, July 16, 1900. Children of the United States, for July,1900. The New England Home Magazine ofBoston, April 15, 1900. The Chicago Tribune of January 29, 1900. The Chicago Times-Herald, March 22,1899, contains the first press notice of \^iola. 80 VIOLA OLERICH The San Francisco Examiner, January 31,1900, contains a full page descriptive matterand a handsome life size picture of Viola. The St. Louis Sunday Republic, April 16,1900. The New York Sunday World, January 28,1900. The New York Sunday Herald, February18, 1900. The Chicago American,