Miss Mason, who is a native of Coventry, won an open scholarship at the Royal College of Music and studied there for five years. She sang in the college performances of grand opera and took part in some theatricals at home in Coventry, showing under the teaching of Mr. Richard Temple at the Royal College an exceptional proficiency in singing for the stage. Miss Mason has no relatives in the acting profession, but her enthusiasm for her new life is as sincere as any manager could desire.

- After a little trouble - for Miss Mason's parents had set their hearts on a grand opera career for their only girl - they gave their consent, and Miss Mason accepted Mr. Edwardes's handsome offer, a step which she says she will never regret. On her first performance at the Apollo Theatre Miss Mason confesses to having felt just a trifle nervous, but after being on a few minutes she had gained the complete sympathy of the audience, and since then everything has gone well with her. She lives in a charming house at Windsor with her brother, who is a professor at Eton College. Miss Mason is a tall and extremely good-looking girl with laughing blue eyes and a complexion which speaks eloquently of her devotion to all healthy out-door forms of exercise. She is an expert swimmer and oarswoman and an ardent motorist, driving her own 10 h.p. Gladiator with a skill and ease which are the envy of all her motoring acquaintances.'
(The Tatler, London, Wednesday, 22 October 1902, p.148a/b)