The evening world., 1894-02-05
ANNIE P|XtY's MA|O, JOYCE.
She Seemd toHave Great Inhu-
enc 0ur the Actress,
New Iridclts of n Strange Story
tag News and Gossip.

'Thsstrnge story of Annie Pixley. re-
vealt /, the first Instance through The
EyeAn World" is widely discussed
;. ambr actors. Mrs. piXlcy. in her little
NyeS-third street nat. has many curl
= Of incidents to toll, and they crowd
u, fmselves in upon her as she talks.
lThe case seems to me like some hor-
Ably sensational novel; she said yes
jttrday. and the more | think about it,
the more u~nfathomablc does 1t seem.
How is it all going to end What shall
we do? Robert Fulford will never come
beck. He has his relatives on the
other side. Joyce we shall never see
again. 1t is an awful mind-wearinS
mystery, and my daughter is in ashes.
l 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. | have been nearly
crazy with the horror OF 1t all, and the
unspcakable suggestions. You know
Etruria. Wei, when that ship returned
to this port | sent my daughter Lucy to
meet 1t ard interview he stewarIess.
very Ill on the journey to England, and
had complained of her head. The stew
ardess offered the services of the ships
absolutely, declined 10 avail herself OF
them, md treated the patient herself.
The Etruria's people thought this
strange, but nothing could be done.
Annie was completely under the influ-
ence-a strange, uncanny ,~innucnce-of
the maid. IL was Joyce who regulated
her expenditure; Joyce who administered
her medicine; Joyce who attended to her
&C ~rrespondence. a singular thing was
the similarity existing between Annie's
handwriting and that of her maid. |
was scarcely able to tell the two apart.
Joyce was a peculiar. s~clf-containcd Ing
l~shwomail, who always dressed in gray
and never made IA noise. Mr.. Fulford's
own sister, Mrs. FRASER. said that both
Joyce and her powders ought to he
thrown out OF the window. ON one oc-
casion Annie took a walk with her sis
ters, accompanied by Joyce. She bought
a few trifien for me. and Joyce was quite
angry. IF you spend so much money,
madame she said, 'you'n soon be bank
rupt. Joyce has a sister in this city,
a hospital nurse. The woman was our
brghear. she knew everything, and it
Friford's .safe,deposit vaults. could
tGlk 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 F'yles's melo-
drama The Girl l Left Behind Ne" at
TIE ACADEMY Of Music. following I'm
0ld Kentucky In case this is done
there will 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 have
been In EARNEST conference anent its
revival.
Nine, Nlelba paid 2 visit to Ahboy's
IN "Adrienne Lecouvreur." Melba's az,
rival made quite A stir among the peo-
Pile at the hack of the theatre. but she
was delightfully."- unconscious Of 1t. In
present at nearly every, performance
given by the Coquelin-EIadlng company.
1t is difficult to realize that the stout,
matronly woman, whose fat face Is en-
was ten years & ,he daoper, chic and
agile little creature who delighted us in
comic opera.
M of Loie Fullo:'s many representa-
tives-she has about two a ~wcek-hah
just reached this city. He says that
her new mirror dance has made a great
sensation. but that all poor LOie's money
culties in which Robert Grau's contracts
landed her. She expects to he free in
April and then to make a little money
for herself. She does not talk about re-
turning to America with another dose
of alleged Celebrities" Loie's mania a;
present is the sending. Of cable messages.
She W oil her letters by cable at
considerable expense
1t is said that C. Herbert Leonard. an
actor. who went out to Denver to join
the Lyceum company, of that city. has
become insane. He was found Wander
yer and sent to a hospital, and the
Actors Order of Friendship, of which
he was a member. wGs notified. This is
the man who some years ago was the
husband Of Louise Balfe, and who was
shot by Erlanger in Philadelphia. He
recently appeared in New York, in
''Olaf" and in Ghosts" at the Berkeley
LyCeum.
Lawrence Hanley has improved pom
Hamlet" in a way that will commend
itself to many companies who do not
want big salary lists. Some of Mr.. Han
ley's people left him, but he was I'M
daunted. He presented Hamlet" minus
the King and Queen. 1t Is presumed,