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30 Pauline Frederick
understudied. While they were rehearsing, Miss Ring's manager delivered the message. Fields sent back a message to her, " To let this be a case of forget and forgive and to consider the incident closed." Thinking that that settled the question, he dismissed the rehearsal and went away for the week-end. When he arrived at the theatre at seven o'clock on Monday night, he was met with the news that Miss Ring did not consider the message an apology and had sent her maid to remove all her costumes which she had worn in the play.
Back stage was in a turmoil. The curtain must go up in an hour and a half and they had no leading lady and no costumes! Fields sent for Pauline and asked her whether she thought she could play the lead at such short notice. He was nearly frantic but Pauline was calm, for she had known the songs for months and had watched the performances from the wings. Then came the feverish delving into the company's wardrobe for gowns to replace those that Miss Ring had removed. Fortunately, this difficulty was also overcome, and when the curtain went up on that Monday night, Pauline, for the first time, found herself a leading lady.
The next day the papers rang with the story of the debacle and of Pauline's sudden rise to fame. Every paper carried the headline:
PAULINE FREDERICK BECOMES PRIMA DONNA IN A NIGHT " The brief stage career of Pauline Frederick, Lew Fields' new leading woman in ' It Happened in Nordland,' is a most striking example of what a girl can accomplish on the stage, supported by talent, determination and the foresight to be prepared to grasp opportunity. Miss Frederick has been a member of Lew Fields' company since the opening of last season,