 His name was Salma Lyon, but he finally took Louis Aldrich as his legal and professional designation.He joined the juvenile March Players of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1858 through 1863, being billed as "Master Louis"; went with them in 1860 to California; and thence to Australia and New Zealand, where they remained two years and a half.In 1863 the troupe returned to California and disbanded after playing in San Francisco for four weeks.