She performed for many notable people, including presidents Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Roosevelt reportedly told Governor George Earle Chamberlain, "She has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.

Hinges sang "The Flag Without a Stain", and Roosevelt supposedly responded by saying: "Truly, she is the Oregon Nightingale.

[2] She was a soloist at the Oregon State Fair, and she also sang at the Reed Opera House and the Grand Theater.

[2][4] Her marriage to C. B. Durdall was dissolved in 1920, and she reverted to her previous married name Hinges.