The evening world., 1891-07-18
LONG BRANCH'S GREETING.
A Zig Benefit II. the West End for
the Sick Babies.

inc ClCR bHDleS.
Long Branch sends her greeting and adds
her contribution to TnE EvENISG WoRip Free
Doctors Fund.
IN" West End Amusement Han, connected
with the famous hpntrlry Of the McssIs. I'LL
drcth, NJ Long Branch, was the scene OF a
remarkably successful entertainment last
evening.
The entertainment was one Of a series given
under the management Of George NJ. Wood
that indrfatlgab!c worker for the rood Of
the children Of the crowded tenement dis
tricts Of New York, and the result was such
us can be attained only by lndomtable
patience and perseverance.
Nearly 1900 was ncttcd for The EVENING
WORLD Sick Babies FUND, and the entertain
ment aifol ds another illustration uf the gen
erOus instincts and the open hearts or tine
gentlemen ana ladies' who follow the stage as
their profession.
round dozen OF professional people, aban-
donlng their summer rest went down to West
End, Long Branch, to contribute each his
part for the bcneft OF the sick babes OF pow
crty, md the solOurners at the summer Capt
tal responded literally to this appeal OF
charity.
II was an appeal In behalf uf the innocent
babes born to the woes OF poverty, It's III
nesscs and squalor; an appeal that touches
the hcart Of every mother SUCkllnE her own
little love ON her breast every woman 10
whom this joy Is but II pleasant memory,
every man who has guarded with untiagging
watchlllness the lnfantilc progress Of his
own children.
The answer from those who blessed OF for
tune. are sOlOurning by the sea was generous.
The little theatre attached to the West End
Hotel was iillCd with nm audience distin-
guishcd for It's wealth, beauty and refine
munt.
Postmaster W. a. Nunnaly orlciatnd at the
box Oncc and Mark ". Davis, who VIII be the
guiding star Of the LyCcum success, 1.-THE
uld, uld story" next season, took tickets at
Mocllcr, Joe Lchmann, Alfred Arnold phil
MUcller, Arthur Wen, sidney COhn, Herman
Fernbrry, Horace and Willie Sachs and Lewis
NunnAly, acted aS ushers, distributed pro-
graiEmcs ana m"dc themselves otherwise
useful
W. q. Eisey, the florist, had made the little
summer theatre to blossom like the rOSe, with
cv"r,recnS and pOtted plants eyerywhrrr,
and the theatre Itself had been thrown upcn
by the MesSrs. hildrcth for the occasion.
Then There was Ernest Meyer and the
West End Orchestra, volunteering to furnish
the musical motive for the performance. and "A
dozen Or professional people came down from
hc0 York 10 do their best without hope Of
reward this side OF that bourne whence no
traveller returns.
The "piccc de resistance" was Jerome X,
Jcromc's beautiful little pathetic comedy,
" Barbara with that always adorable Young
English actress, Marguerite ST. John, IN the
title role.
TO tell how the audience laughed with and
cried with the pretty, sclf-Ignoring Barbara
would be but to relate again how Miss st.
John, so completely lost In her stage nor
trayals, carries her audience along With her
through veal nnC woe, making them suffer
with her and rc)C,ce with her and compelling
their alteration through II all.
Miss Winuna shannon, the second beautiful
daughter OF most lovely woman, was the
Lille" OF the play, u bright, winsnmc, loyn-
bic Lille, who captivated every heart IN the
big audience.
Winnie" Shannon--her nearest friends
call her " Winnie lis but seventeen, but she
has an artless art that your most practised
stage ingcnue would give fortune for, ana
her Lille was Just the darling, innocent love
that sturdy men dream OF and every lover secs
in the Idol OF his heart.
walter j. Brooks was all that could be
hoped fOT IN Il luVe-SiCk swain who dihn't
know what allied him, and as Ceci he drew
the sweet pure Lille 10 his youthful bosom In
the lhSi scene IN tNNCtly the fashion that
every signing youth IN the audience would
have fOlluwCd-had he been permitted.
Mr. Brooks has been an ornament to the
stag since his second birthday. and has
played everything nom the innocent babe to
the most NlllHinOuS OF Villains. lie WAS the
French rascal In the Fair Rebel" OF last
season.
As finnlcum, George NJ. Wood got as much
encouragement as was due worldly old
lawyer, who advised the beautiful Barbara to
. stay drowned IN the sea for the benent Cf
chrmlngIy innocent Lille and her stupid
Nttll,
After an overture 10y Ernest Meyer and hi .
ur'Gta'rn the evenings entertainment was
begun by the IcIhus quartet, OF the GIL
NOR" concerts. lhr Eethus comprises MessrS.
duhl \. York, John II. LaStCr, &. 7. steele
and G Grdney X. Reed. They sang simple 81
mun,' ana IN response to VuCfcrouS CnCOrcs
! related the AWIul experiences Of Little Miss
Munct" and the glorious achievements Of
" Mr, Jack llornor'
After barbara" came little Johnnie Me.
kceNcr with yankee Doodle and " SuWanre
/ River" on MS violin. Master MCkeever is
| "about rs big as pint OF cider" His nddlc-
/ bow Is as long a, himself, but he PLAYED his
| way Into the heart uG every listener.
Later IN the evening the little Chan--he will
| hc slA years old next uunth-danCed In Suan-
| lsh skirts a In tarinenCita, and In response 10
! repeated recalls did the sailors hornpipc with
/ the half hitch on his inch and half trousers
ana - No heaNe o al the ropes that simply
Caugh, everybody.
The reporter saw a half dozen young women
/ struggling 10 get nrst hug OF this dark.
halred Ereal-rycd little cupid after the per.
lormunce' while loving mother and proud
IAlher waited Tor chance 10 tuck his elnn
form away IN bed.
mlnt LuckSJohe-heSers, who was the most
uellshilul SoloiSt OF the Gilmore concerts, sang
me Lost chord In manner and with d
Ihl'h which only those who have heard her
can appreciate. Her reception by the Tenned
/ 9Ed cultivated Long Branch audience was
nothing less than an ovation, and In response
20 persistent recalls sho melted her hearers
with Joe Emmets Lullaby
Nine LueAslOnG-M Meyers has sung In every