The Root Glass Company The Root Glass Company The Root Glass Company originated as Root Glass Works in Vigo County, Indiana. Businessman and Pennsylvania native Chapman J. Root (November 22, 1864 - November 20, 1945) opened the original glass company on May 27, 1901, at Third and Voorhees Streets a year after he moved to the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. By 1904 the company was manufacturing beverage bottles for Coca-Cola as well as several other beverage companies in the area. Between 1905 and 1912 the Root Glass Company workforce increased from 600 to 825 employees. In 1915, Root's company entered a Coca-Cola contest
Mae West teacher, Ned Wayburn. The show folded after eight performances, but at age 18, West was singled out and discovered by "The New York Times". "The Times" reviewer wrote that a "girl named Mae West, hitherto unknown, pleased by her grotesquerie and snappy way of singing and dancing". West next appeared in a show called "Vera Violetta", whose cast featured Al Jolson. In 1912, she appeared in the opening performance of "A Winsome Widow" as a "baby vamp" named La Petite Daffy. She was encouraged as a performer by her mother, who, according to West, always thought that anything Mae did