The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-02-02
THE LITTLE BLONDE DIDN'T DANCE.
Taken to Bellevue Because She Had
Tainted from Want of Food.

She stood at the door of the women's
dressing room in the Academy Of
Music. says the \. y. SttR. 1t was
late Thursday night, and the breeze
that came in through the open window
in the hallway near by was biting and
cold. Black tights with golden span
giles do not constitute Il warm outfit,
and the 9iri shiyercd as she felt the
draught. Other girls in the room
were throwing of the c,OakS IN which
they had wrapped themselves during
the intcrmission. Some were looking
for the spears or wands which they
were to carry. Others were giving a
twist to their costumes or putting q
finishing touch Of powder on their
faces.
The girl at the door looked pale and
i'll, but no one noticed it. She was
only walking lady No. Il" to the man
ayers. The front rows of the theater
knew hcr as that curly headed blonde
at the left Of the stage" Her compan-
ions called her Annie.
The orchestra struck mp.
Ready, You girls" called q voice
from outside. The girls clustered
about the door waiting for the rising
of the curtain, when they were 10
march on.
What's the matter with Annie?"
said one Of them. The girl was sway
inc 10 and fro. She gave Il little cry
and fell to the floor. Instantly there
was confusion. One girl rushed out
and closed the window, because it was
to agIl .,afI,,,. ,noro1 - r.
let in more air. The rest gathered
about the girl, who lay unconscious
on the floor. They rubbed her hands
and feet, threw water in her face,
punched, pulled, prodded and hauled
her about, stood her up on her feet
and let her drop again, and were de-
vising continuously new restorative
methods when the stage manager ap-
peared to see if his chorus was ready.
The stage manager is man who can
do thing when something is to be
done.
Get away from around that girl
and give her air." said he rapidly.
"Oue of YOU girls get WOrd out to the
some whisky, some one. Nellie, send
sdpe out for doctor. Any one here
know this girls namc?"
No one knew anything more than
that she was called Annie.
stop that chatter" said the stage
manager, "and fix up bed for her
with those cloaks." The doctor soon
arrived
"She hasn't eaten enough. and the
work has been too much for her" was
his verdict. She'll be all right in two
hours. Get hack and have her taken
home" \ quiet little woman who be-
longed TO another division of the bal
let came into the room in time to hear
this.
You can't send her home" she
said. Il know her. Her name is An
ME Harnon. and she boards in West
Sixteenth street. She couldn't pay
her board. and the people told her to-
day not to come back. They wouldn't
take her in. Annie's been sending all
her money away somewhere. She's
an orphan, and I've heard that her
wages all 90 to support her two little
sisters"
"I'll take her with me-" said half a
dozen Of the girls in breath, but the
stage manager was wiser.
shell do better at a hospital, where
she Will have trained care" said he.
An ambulance was summoned, and
the girl was taken TO Bellevue, where
she is doing well.
The audience wondered why the in
termission before the last act was so
long. Only u few of the regulars in
the front rows noticed that The little
curlyheaded blonde at the left Of the
stage" wasn't in her usual position,
and that another girl ha. taken her
place.