The evening world., 1894-06-15
BONNIE THORNTON.

'Please come of, Miss T%hornton!"
"Oh. you, l won't till l pick UP all
this money!"
But, Miss Thornton. you are holding
the stage"
II don't care II I am. This money is
for the babies. and I'm going to get 1t.
all OF 1t. before l come off.
Wouldn't your" to the audience. n
for Endorsement came a rafting
shower Of pennies and dimes.
DO you see that?" looking towards
the wing. Think I'd miss 1t? Why,
there's enough there to cure half a
dozen sick babies. The leader doesn't
mind. do your"
Purenthetically the leader of the roof
garden orchestra has a sore head. His
hair Ii rather thin In the back, and
when a silver dollar struck him Wednes-
day evening 1t left a wound. Unless
Miss Bonnie Thornton's admirers learn
to throw straighter he Is going to wear
d baseball mask.
There was a very large audience on
the roof, Notwithstanding the cool
weather. Three sides OF the garden are
protected by n balcony and canopy, and
An unusually nice lot OF people We're
present, and the entertainment was the
best of the week.
the musical clowns. They are billed as
the Deltorelli brothers. Who does not
remember 'Boum- Boum." the pet OF the
people. the idol Of Paris. the hero Of
"Boum-Boum and His Little Brother"
that's what the jolly. rollicklng, tum-
bling. dancing. music;making, fun,pro'
| Thew waRT hip hIla lnfin hTnaphnQ a md
tight little waisteoats, with gold stars
on the back.
The little clown can't keep still. and
doesn't try. 1t would tickle the children
almost to death to see Boum- Boum
dancing and, without a moments warn
Ing. strike an electric, light in his nose
then In each ear. and the next instant
have It cleaning in the centre OF .his
forehead. like the eye of the mighty
Cyclops: but when he turns n pair o.
electric ,spectacles upon the little clown
he nearly has a At. These adorable Eel
lows pull on musical gloves and blow
sweet tunes out OF the fingers. One o
the, airs will sing itself into your ear
and heart.
them, the audience would never lie
them go.
The mascot OF the Sick Babies Fun,
was dressed in red. and my, oh. my
stockings, skirts and little Empir
frock. were OF the same color-a warn
cherry red, that made her arms an
complexion blush like roses. Girls VIII
have been wondering who her dress
maker Is Will be astonished to knoN
that she goes to a Liliputian clothiei
They are all copies OF either baby's o
run-about's dresses The MY whit
an exact reproduction of an infant
robe. and the red net frock worn las
night was copied from a three-year-old'
party dress. Miss Thornton Is the frs
lady the clpthipr ever lrnRSat
n both firm and customer are delight
ed with the results: The people VIII
throw money To her every evenin
FOR the fund think her one OF the bes.
r dressed girls on the stage and that
saving a great deal.
The little mascot wears baby cloth'
{ and sings for the Fund for very love
the babies. She reads everything printt
in these columns. Not a name on Il
subscription list or a letter from CO.
trihuior escape her,
She said last evening": I'm jealo,
Of Arthu Ii. Hearn. Fifty dollars Il
: the Babies Fund! That was his cont
button, and shall not be happy until
. ]S SS4sS R Hi' "1ds said G 2ns SIsas yn,
That was for the babies. and | bet
made him feel good. Another threw n
:, 81. and ! got ever 80 many 10 cent piec
y Last evening she drew so out Of Il
i pockets of the roof garden guests.
Messrs, simpson, Crawford a Simps'
sent ntT u pretty NuIluplSe SILK ana Ia
d handbag with good wishes and thr
new coppers for luck in II. She told 4
people all about II, n made some
the ladies very envious.
n Bonnie Thornton has only been on q
stage four years. She Is the young wi
OF Mr.. James Thornton. who wrote " \
S~weethearts the Man in the Moon
" The Man, Who Wrote Ts,ra:ra Bool
decay" I'm Going to Tell My Moth
in the Morning "Tutti Fruiti,' IT
Irish Jubilee" When Summer Com
Again" and the latest success, TT,
" Sweetheart's the Man IN the Moon pa
& $1,000. "Tutti Fruit" was almost
profitable. Bonnie Thornton sang IL
Tony Pastors and on the road. a
.. every evening she threw IS worth OF ~
=. al the audience. That's how the ms
ufacturer 10 able 10 keep tandem teal
n. for delivery and dresses his drivers
NSither Bonnie Thornton nor !
!. sfftsd husband knows n note Of me
y from another; ~. Thorntcn AXE
ri sSs.gion.8 and his wife steale them