The evening world., 1894-05-17
THE TWELFTH NIGHT CLUB.
Its Plan to Help Girl Artists, Girl
Writers and Girl Players.
Rose Coghlan Will Revive "Peg
Wellington" This Evening.

Those bonny girls OF the Twelfth Night
Club are going to do something for the
common veal. They have a Philan-
thropic Committee, OF which Miss Viola
I Allen is chairman. The object is to
raise money to do good, to help the girl
artists, the girl writer's and the girl
players who can't get a market for their
pictures. stories and talents.
The families of Joseph jefferson and
Charles Allen are very intimate. and it
was through this friendship that Miss
Allen succeeded In getting Rip Van
Wrinkle to head the programme of a
benefit performance TO be given by the
Club next October.
Miss Allen had a bunch Of violets in
her hat, a bunch of pansies on her
breast and The Heavenly Twins In her
hands after signing the Twelfth Nigh:
Club letter addressed to Buzzard's Bay.
with Joe jefferson as our banner
bearer we III have no difficulty In
crowding the programme with attrac-
lions and crowding the biggest theatre
we can get. This is the letter Of ac-
Acknowledgement; Miss Robson, wrote it.
and every member in town signed It,"
d When asked what she thought about
the Twins Miss Allen said:
Il think Oliver Wendell Holiness
preface very me.
Man. in Ships That Pass in the
Night" she calls a gem. and the best
thing Miss Harradan has written for
Miss Allen has not signed. the petit
ton for or against universal suffrage.
She thinks that with the privileges of
hasn't got time to do what she has
been trying to do all her theatrical life
study. help in some children's charity
a there pay y Wing as'en idie. f sams to to waste waste
perfect Niagara OF intellectual and
impover fshes' he ga'S OF p tarnes d intH fse
AVOID producing a wholesome reaction
all round.
Mabel Stephenson's mouth athletics, in
her imitation of ~"Hannele." is one of
the many extraordinary features of
THE Passing Show. Miss Stephenson
don. studied with some of the best
teachers and appeared in several of the
best houses on the Continent. Special
teachers in this country gave her pref
~ mouth Delsarte, calisthenic and ath-
letic exercises in connection with vocal
and whistling lessons. 1t is to that sort
of practice that her ability is due, which
enables her to get her lips in the mid
die Of her cheek and parallel with her
ear when she tells a funny Bible story.
MISS stephenson mas ii very pretty
voice, heard to the best advantage in n
draw!ng-room, and her bird limitations
are remarkable, but she may get to the
temple of fame yet making up mouths.
Walter Jones. the king and tramp Of
"l492," has suffered acutely from a Sc
we're pain in his right foot for the past
week. While dancing he underwent tor
lures and 1t was downright hard to be
funny. Yesterday he went to a learned
man of surgery. who inserted a neat lit
tie probe and finally extracted a broken
piece of needle, a quarter OF an inch
Many Of the 1892" people were happy
Tuesday night They fancied that there
was luck in the name Of Rice and put
their hard earnings on the INN of the
Brooklyn handicap.
Louis De Lange whe Is to produce, his
Philadelphia next week. under the direc-
was born in the Quaker City, and once
occupied a chair in the University of
Pennsylvania. 1t was not a dentists
chair, although he was a professor in
the dental department.
The last nights Of "Adonis'' are an
nounced at Palmer's. Dixey will never
be seen in that burlesque after the pres
ent run.
VIII s. Rising. the tenor, who was for
n NUMBER OF seasons the leHulnp since
in THE Little Tycoon" has been cap
tured by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Keith
and will make his vaudeville debut at
the Union Square next week, Rising
has starred and has managed his own
company.
sousa's Band at the Madison Square
Garden Is drawing large audiences, and
the magnetic leader, Mr.. John Phillips
Sousa furnishes unusually pleasing and
popular programmes Friday night will
ha nNYE Vt1It
programme will be presented. Hereaf-
ter there will be a popular night, an
opera night and a Wagner night every
week.
At Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre
this evening Miss Rose Coghlan will
a aRRrmin IN q eo res y 9 9fs Gha Woib Rssae's
the title role. she viii dance an irish jig
and TAX Part in the minuet: Mr.:
Among the other players are Messrs.
Joseph Holland, John T: Sullivan Luke
F Fsciaei Grant Harry stew HGart and Miss Kq Gfie
shannon, who will play the part of
The Lew Dockstader Minstrel Company
will pot appear at Herrmann's The
atre for the season Of lS94-95. under the
Of Mr.. Alexander Com
whatever" said Mr.. Dockstader. "Mr.
Comstock is in no manner connected
with the above organization"
Tomorrow night The Amazons' will
reach its one hundredth representation
at the Lyceum Theatre, The last per-
June 2 The theatre will then close for
AoYSos c~arviaooe n