The evening world., 1894-06-07
FOR The BABIES FuNO|
Twelve Year-0ld Ladies Give an
Excellent Concert.
And e.Year-0Id Bellies Sing and
Do Some Dancing.
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That was a grand little entertainment
given the other afternoon at Cafe
Logeling. Fifty-seventh street, near
Third avenue, for the benefit of the
Sick Babies Fund.
The programme read: Given under
the auspices of the Misses Rose Schimel.
Sarah May and Sarah Frank" and then
followed the list OF those who have
kindly volunteered to participate" The
patronesses are stately little ladies, who
had their first birthdays in the Sum-
mer time Of 1884. and are known in pri-
vate life as Rosebud and the two Sallys.
Three of the volunteers were born In
1889. And that's where the joke came In.
People bought tickets for q "Grand
Entertainment" and when a midget
calling herself Miss May. appeared to
make the opening address, the audience
had forty seven fits, according to a
truthful and discriminating eyewitness:
boy with musical hands and a mellow
toned violin, came out and played a
solo, and when Gertrude Ashner. who
name, danced a fairy dance, the audi
ence was prepared for a rattle battle, a
babies quadrille or any other diminu-
tive exhibition.
There were seventeen other numbers
on the programme, and the way those
little folks mimicked grown-up per.
formers was delicious. Tiny Sadie
samuels gave q recitation and was al
most dramatic; Joseph II. Wise de-
claimed and beat the air some telling
blows; prim Sally Frank had some Of
Miss Ada. Rehan's lovely affectations;
Ruth Beekman,ss piece was spoken IN IN
Miss Grace Hendersons voice. and
Tessie Seligman made the closing ad.
dress SO affectionate that nobody wanted
soloist. She played with her hands
crossed at times, and when she waved
her beautiful white arms In the air after
striking pair OF notes at the far ENDS
pedals for a grand finale, her very, best
friends became anxious. But she didn
capsize or make one mistake. Miss
Cohn Is five years old. and hopes very
Ballenberg played solo; too, with much
taste. and Irving Munich played on his
violin.
There were solo dances by May
Ashner and Celia Glueck. and Rose and
Elsa schimel danced The Tyrolean'
with rollicking grace Ruth Beekman
Sarah Frank and Bertha Platt appeared
plause OF everybody.
The entertainment netted $3O Very
good for a children's matinee, isn't IT.
Mr.. Logeling gave his concert room free
and actually paid for an admission
Everything was done in n weeks time
One OF the patrons of this delightful caf'
concert. who would not permit his name
to appear on the programme, Is Mr.
Cohn, whose interest is a compliment
that "The Evening World" and every
body connected with the Sick Babies
Fund thoroughly and heartily ap
preciates. Mr. Cohn Is the President
of the Hebrew Summer Sanitarium oi
Long Island noble charity sustainet
by private contributions for the bench
OF the children OF the poor.
When asked II he wanted to help ar
range benefit for the Sick Babies
| Fund, Mr.. Cohn said to his fair friends
"Of course ] do. Children's charitie
appeal strongly to me. l believe tina
the more we do for the young folks tn
less will have to be done for the oil
folks. Give the child health and educa
tion and he will become n self-sustain
ing man. And this sort OF help canno
| be commenced too SOON.
| II any other friends OF the FUND con
| template giving "A benefit and are un
| decided as to the character, take tn
| advice of the little Misses Schimel, Ma
and Frank, and give cafe concert.