The evening world., 1894-02-05
ANNIE P|XLEY's MA|D, JOYCE.
She Seemed to Have Great Inhu-
ence Over the Actress.
New Incidents of a Strange Story
Stage News and Gossip.

the strange story OF Annie PiXley, re-
vcaled in the first instance through The
Evening World,' is widely discussed
among actors. Mrs. pixley. in her little
Ninety-third street fiat. has many curl
Gus incidents to toll. and they crowd
themselves In upon her as she talks.
The case seems to me like some hor-
ribly sensational novel" she said Yes
ttrday. '8Ed the more I think about ii,
the more unfathomable does it seem.
, How Is it ali going to end What shall
we do? Robert Fulford will never come
hoCk. He has his relatives on the
other side. Joyce we shall never see
again. 1t is an awful mind-wearing
mystery, IL my daughter is in ashes.
| sit all day thinking about it. At night
we four sit blankly about the room.
staring at each other, and not daring to
speak our thoughts. l have been nearly
crazy with the horror of it all, and the
u~nspeakable sugg estions. You know
that Annie, went to, Europe on the
Etrnria- Wsll, when that ship returned
TO this port sent my daughter Lucy to
meet it ard interview he stewardess.
She was told that Mrs. Fulford had been
very III on the, journey, to England. and
had complained of her head. The stew
Grdess offered the services Of the ships
doctor, but Joyce, my daughters maid,
absolutely. declined TO avail herself of
them, and treated the patient herself.
strange, hut nothing could be done
Annie was completely under the infu,
ence-a strange, uncanny infiuence-oi
her expenditure: Joyce who administered
her medicine; Joyce who attended to her
{, r~respondence. A singular thing was
the similarity existing between Armies
was scarcely able to tell the two apart,
Joyce was a peculiar. self-contained Eng,
lishwoman, who always dressed In gray
own sister; Mrs. Fraser, said that both
Joyce and her powders ought to be
thrown out Of the window. On one oc-
t Sasion acc Amnis ,e9k b a J Taik with She her Saus ss,
a few trifies for me. and Joyce was quite
angry. IF you spend SO much money
madame she said, 'you'll soon be bank,
rupt.' Joyce has a sister in this city,
brgbear. She knew everything. and II
is she who has duplicate keys of Mrs
talk on this subject for hours. New in.
cidents come TO me every day, and they
only make the story darker"
There is some talk of making a big
production of Belasco and Fyles's melo,
drama The Girl | Left Behind Me" al
Old Kentucky" In ease this is done
there viii be a large corps of "supers'
and pictorial accessories that were only
limited at in the Empire Theatre. THE
Girl | Left Behind Me- is a vital play
and Messrs. Gilmore and Frohman hav,
been in EARNEST conference anent its
revival.
Nine. Melba paid a visit to Abbey
Theatre Saturday night and saw Hadinl
rival made quite a stir among the peo
pie at tho back of the theatre, but sht
was delightfully."- unconscious OF It. u
ANOTHER box was Nine. Theo,. who i
given by the Coquelin-Hading company
1t is difficult to realize that the stout
matronly woman. whose fat face Is. en-
riched with a halo of fluffy gold hair
agile little creature who delighted us Ii
comic opera.
One of Loie Fuller's many representa-
tives-she has about two n wcek-ha
just reached this city. He says tina
her new mirror dance has made a grea
sensation, but that all poor Loie's none!
culties in which Robert Grau's contract!
landed her. She expects to he free II
April and then to make a little money
Of alleged Celebrities" Loie's mania a
present Is the sending. OF cable messages
She answers all her letters by cable a
| NDIlSiutlh " SNl'hif''
1t Is said that G. Herbert Leonard. al
actor. who went out to Denver to joir
the LyCeum company, of that city, ha!
become insane. He was found wander
Ing aimlessly about the streets of Den
yer and sent to a hospital, and tn
Actors order of Friendship. OF which
he was a member, was notified, This !
the man who some years ago was tn
husband of Louise Balfe, and who wa!
shot by Erlanger In philadelphia; ~
recently appeared in New York !,
olaf" and in Ghosts" at the Berkele!
Lyceum.
Lawrence Hanley has improved upoI
"Hamlet" in a way that will common
itself to many companies who do no
want big salary. lists. Some OF Mr.: Han
ley's people left him. but he was .un
daunted. He presented Hamlet minu!
the King and Queen. 1t Is presumed
however, that there was an Ophelia.