The evening world., 1894-06-15
Bonnie Thornton's "Twiggy-vous,
My Boys" Has Caught On.
So Has "The Babies Fund.-" Which
Brings a Silver Shower.
Last Night $40 In Coin Was Thrown
OIL the Stage.
Tho su~ descriptions.

Ethel Mclaughlin and others. brooklyn. 1l.0e
Fred W. T.. brooklyn. ......n.....u... 400
u. y. loo
Florence May Fletcher. ............. 100
Bonnie Thornton was hopping round
the Madison Roof Garden stage looking
like a red bird with n yellow head last
evening when the stage manager
called out:
Please come of, Miss T%horntonr' ~.
you. l won't till l pick up all
this money!
But, Miss Thornton. you are holding
the stage"
for the babies, ana I'm going to get it,,
all OF IT,, before come off. =.
Wouldn't your" to the audience, and
for Endorsement came n rafting
SnI%er YOU OF p see sSa a9a d innfinr toward,
the wing. Think I'd miss Il? Why,
there's enough there to cure half a
dozen sick babies. The leader doesn't
There was n very large audience on
the roof. Notwithstanding the cool
weather. Three sides OF the garden are
protected by a balcony and canopy, and
An unusually, nice lot of people were
present, and the. entertainment was the
best OF the week.
1t Is too bad the little folks can't see
the Deltorelli brothers. Who does not
remember "Boun-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. matchmaking, fun;pro-
They wear big. blue satin breeches and
tight little w%aistcoats, with gold stars
on the back.
II Bonnie Thornton did not come after
them, the audience would never let
them go.
The mascot OF the Sick Babies Fund
was dressed ! n red. and my, oh. my!
didn't she look pretty? Shoes and
frock, were OF the same coIor-a warm
cherry red. that made her arms. and
complexion blush like roses. Girls who
have been wondering who her dress
that she goes to n Liliputian clothier,
They are all copies of either baby's or
r~un-about's dresses. The lily white
gown she wore the other evening was
and the red net frock worn last
night was copied from n three-year-old's
party dress. Miss Thornton Is the first
lady the ~Liliputlan clothier ever dressed,
with the results. The people who
throw money to her every evening
for he fund think her one OF the best
girls on the stage. and hat Is
saving n great deal.
The little mascot wears baby clothes
and sings for the Fund for very love OF
he babies. She reads everything printed
subscription list or a letter from con-
tributor escapes her.
She said last evening I'm Jealous
collect S5i. Wednesday one gentleman
threw me g: said, God bless you
made him feel good. Another threw me
81, and | got ever 30 many 80 cent pieces
-sl9 altogether. Wasn't that ine3''
Last evening she drew SO out OF the
Messrs. Simpson. Crawford Il Simpson
sent her n pretty turquoise silk and lace
handbag with good wishes and three
new coppers for luck In 1t. She told the
the ladies' very e%nvious.
Bonnie Thornton has only been on the
stage four years, She Is the young wife
THE Man Who Wrote Ta-ra-ra Boom
decay" I'm Going to Tell Ny Mother
in int, the H M9Tn.naE'"" W STgtti sa ETqlt.;" c %Ths
Again" and the latest success, "Twig-
gy-Vous, My Boys, Twiggy=Vous." My
s~weetheart's the Man In the Moon" paid
profitable. Bonnie Thornton sang 1t at
Tony Pastors and on the road, and
every evening she threw s. worth OF gum
at the audience. That's how the man
for delivery and dresses his drivers in
Colonial livery.
Neither Bonnie Thornton nor her
gifted husband knows n note Of music
the tunes and the lines" to use his ex'
preston, and his wife steals them u,
he goes along. Her enunciation is deli
cious. She not only sings but talks
music and that Ia where her SuCCeSi
lies.
The first night she wore baby sock.
and paper KID bootees. with her infan'
II still have the cold caught" sh'
on. As soon as get through witt
,Tw,ggyINous' NY Boys and the Span
hour, "Twiggy'' is slang, she ex
plains, for catch on" and It has caugh
she gets $500 a week for singing It.
the ae ''nasles' r ts"is anu '"e 's''"'" 0
How nice 1T is to be we'll off and hnv'
all you desire,
But those who have something to spar
are the ones ! most admire:
There are lots OF little darlings who b,
fortune have been Stunned,
So please give up your smallest mite I
CHoRU'ts:
The Babies Fund, the Babies Fund,
There are lots OF the darlings nov
suffering from pain;
II you give what YOU can, II Nigh
make them well again;
Their hearts you'll cheer In their HON
so drear,
1t will be my delight II you'll help m
tonight.
For the babies dear.
Those who have not subscribed to tn,
Sick Babies Fund should 20 and hea
Bonnie Thorntons song. Take you
s-rrllest mite" for sh" Ia Irresistible.
The largest Individual contribute,
came from MIR. Arthur ". Henrn, mem
her of the dry-Gooda firm Of James a
learn " Son, Yesterday. II lltts tn
total very near the $500 mark an,
means health and happiness for half
hundred disabled litt'" ones. MI
Hcarn's beautiful example is worthy q
Imitation ~ his friends, compptItnrs an,
all the readers ~ THE Evening WoTll'
who are in moncy-maE'Ng business
NELL NELSON,
ror the sick DairnicE.
y, -. IA.