AMUSEMENTS
GENERAL MENTION.
The New York Sun says: "A report is in circulation that Mrs. Alice Shaw, [1] the whistler, is to be married to the Hon. William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill. Mr. Horton, [2] Mrs. Shaw's father, said last night the report was untrue. 'Buffalo Bill,' said Mr. Horton, 'is an old friend of mine and of my family, but there is absolutely no ground for such an absurd story. Mrs. Shaw sailed for Liverpool on the 18th, and Buffalo Bill sailed from Manchester for this country soon after her arrival. They did not meet in England. They have not met for over a year.' Buffalo Bill, it may be added, is married. Mrs. Shaw is, too, but is suing for a divorce."
Note 1: Alice J. Shaw (1853-1918), an American socialite known internationally as the "whistling prima donna," was the most popular American whistler in the late 19th century. [back]
Note 2: William H. Horton (1832-1885), Alice J. Shaw's father and a stock broker in New York City. [back]
Title: Amusements | General mention
Periodical: Inter Ocean
Date: May 15, 1888
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
People: Shaw, Alice J.
Places: Liverpool (England) Manchester (England)
Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.
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