Was there a real-life Sister Susie?  

Al Jolson sang Sewing Shirts for Sister Susie (1914), and I have a
hairnet package titled Sister Susie with an illustration of a woman
(Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. No. 19882 -- this number would indicate a date
far too early for this hair net package, which would have been printed
around 1915).  See here for photo:

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/emailshere/SisterSusieHairNet.jpg

Was Sister Susie an evangelist/revivalist in the United States or England?  

Thanks very much.

The song popularized by Al Jolson, "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for
Soldiers," is based upon a tongue-twister similar to "Peter Piper
Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers." I have never heard that there was a
"real-life" Sister Susie. Was there a "real-life" Peter Piper who
picked produce? I suspect that Sister Susie, like Rosie the Riveter in
a later war, was meant to symbolize the many young women who have
assisted their nations in wartime.

"Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers
 Such skill at sewing shirts
 Our shy young sister Susie shows!

 Some soldiers send epistles,
 Say they'd sooner sleep in thistles
 Than the saucy, soft, short shirts for soldiers sister Susie sews."

http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/sistersusiessewingshirts.htm

Here's another novelty song from the period with a similar tongue-twisting verse:

"Shall I have it bobbed or shingled? Shall I have it shingled or bobbed?
Sister Cissy says, 'Oh, have it shorn short, Sue,
Shingled, shorn and shaven like the swell set do.'
Shall I have it shingled shorter?" said Suzy as she sighed and sobbed.
"Sister Cissy said she'd sooner see it short and shingled,
But both my brothers Bert and Bobby say it's better bobbed."

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=8105

So do you think the woman depicted on the hair net package was just an
anonymous model?  I have a large collection of vintage hair nets. 
When the graphics include a woman's face, it's usually one of
extraordinary beauty, and the image is obviously an artist's
illustration.  In the case of the Sister Susie hair net, the picture
looks almost photographic.  This is why I suspect Sister Susie was a
real person, possibly an evangelist or tent-meeting revivalist.

I can't prove that there was no evangelist by that name. But I have
found no evidence to support your theory. Obviously, "Susie" is a very
common name. I have studied religious movements of the early Twentieth
Century, and have never come across a "Sister Susie."

Perhaps the hairnet model was someone known personally to the artist.
Maybe his sister? His mom? I'm just guessing here.

Thanks very much.