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

The strange story OF Annie Pixley. re-
vealed 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 tell, and they crowd
themselves in upon her as he talks.
''The case seems to me like some hor-
ribly sensational novel; she said yes
terday, and the more | think about II,
the more unfathomable does It seem.
How is 1t all going to end What shall
we do? Robert F'ulford will never come
back. He has his. relatives on the
other side. Joyce we shall never see
again. 1t is an awful mind-wearing
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 10
crazy with the horror of 1t all, end the
unspeakable suggestions, You know
to this port sent my daughter Lucy to
meet 1t ard interview The stewardess.
She was told that Mrs. Fulford had been
very Ill on the journey to England, and
had complained OF her head. the stew
ardess offered the services of the ships
absolutely, declined to avail herself Of
strange, but nothing could be done.
Annie was completely under the iniu-
the maid. 1t was Joyce who regulated
her expenditure: Joyce who administered
her medicine; Joyce who attended, to her
the similarity existing Between Xnnie's
handwriting and that of her maid. |
vas scarcely able to tell the two apart.
Joyce was a peculiar, self-contained Eng
lishwoman. who always dressed in gray
and never made a noise. Mr.. Ftlford's
own sister. Mrs. Fraser, said hat both
Joyce and her powders ought to be
casion Annie took a walk with her sis
tiers, accompanied b~ysJoyce. She bought
a few triien for me. and Joyce was quite
nmsIs 81 sb : ye said spe svor! IL s muen he m bankk,,
rupt.' joyce has a sister In this city,
a hospital nurse. Tn woman was our
brgbear. She knew everything. and it
Is she who has duplicate keys Of Mrs;
Fulford's .sa~fe.depoait vaults. could
trlk on thiss 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 Me" at
n The Ahe sn, Of Music, f9 ,S oIn
there win 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.
Theatre Saturday night and saw Hading
in "Adrienne Lecouvreur." Melba's ar
rival made quite a stir among the peo-
pie at the back OF the theatre, but she
| yxyap Ialiobtf,tll ,rNnnnGriniia Of In
another box was Nine. Theo.- who Is
present at nearly every performance
given by the Coquelln-Hading company.
1t is difficult to realize that the stout,
matroniy woman. whose fat face is en-.
rlched with a halo of fluffy gold hair:
was ten years ago che dapper. chic and
agile little creature who delighted us In
comic opera.
One of Loie Fuller's many representa-
tives-she has about two a week.-Mrs.
her new mirror. dance has made a great
sensation, but hat all poor Loie's money
is going to s~traighten out the legal DIM
April and then to make a little money
for herself. She does not talk about, re-
turning to America with another dose
present is the sending of cable messages.
She all her letters by cable at
considerable expense.
1t Is said that G. Herbert Leonard. an
actor. who went out to Denver to join
the Lyceum company, OF that city, has
become insane. He was found wander
ing aimlessly about the streets Of Den
yer and sent to a hospital, and the
Actors Order of Friendship, of which
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
"Oiaf" and in Ghosts" at the Berkeley
Lyceum.
Lawrence Hanley has improved upon
itself TO many companies who do not
want big salary lists. Some of Mr.. Han
iey's people left him, but he was I'M
daunted. He presented Hamlet. minus
however, that there was an Ophelia.