Mazie Follette

Follette was known for an extravagant social life; she once took a train from Chicago to New York with two young businessmen, to have a lobster dinner.^[12] She also tried to adopt a baby hippopotamus as a pet.^[13] "Flippant to strangers, the heroine of many humorous Broadway stories, unfortunately and unjustly mentioned in connection with several unpleasant escapades," Follette was part of Stanford White's social circle,^[14] and a confidante of Evelyn Nesbit before Nesbit married.^[15][16] She was sought^[17] to assist the prosecution at the highly publicized trial^[18] of Nesbit's husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, in 1907.^[19] "It is believed she knows more of Stanford White and the inner life and workings of Evelyn Thaw than any living person," reported one account.^[16][20][21]

After the trial, for a time, she worked on a plan to organize and train chorus girls.^[22] Follette also wrote poetry for publications, under a pen name.^[14] She was in vaudeville in 1908.^[23] Other works in her later career included The Gay Musician (1909), and Shorty McCabe (1911).^[24]

A showgirl character in the 1915 silent film Betty in Search of a Thrill is named "Maizie Follette".^[25]

• Mazie Follette at the Internet Broadway Database