Aside from making money out of the rich, Madame Frances was a sexy godmother to any number of Cinderellas. She could spot undiscovered talent as expertly as did Flo Ziegfeld, and when her antenna picked up a girl of humble circumstances who was worthy to wear her dresses, Madame Frances would stake the girl to them, send her out into the nightspots with an escort, and then present the accumulated bills to the first rich admirer the girl attracted. --A Girl Like I, p. 201