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

please come of, Miss Thornton!"
"Oh. you. l won't till pick up all
this money!
but, Miss Thornton. you are holding
the stage"
II don't care II am. This money Is
for the babies, and I'm going TO get 1t.
all OF II, before / come Off.
wouldn't your" to the audience, and
for Endorsement came rafting
shower OF pennies and dimes.
DO you see that?" looking towards
the wing. Think I'd miss It? Why,
there's enough there to cure half u
dozen sick babies. The leader doesn't
mind, do you?"
Parenthet icalIy the leader of the roof
garden orchestra has IL sore head. His
hair IL rather thin in the back, and
when u silver dollar struck him Wednes-
day evening 4 left wound. Unless
Miss Bonnie Thornton'B admirers learn
to throw straighter he In going to wear
u baseball mask.
Their was very large audience on
the the ,hn' roof rIsn Inotwit,hstanding the cool
protected by n balcony and canopy, and
An unusually nice lot OF people were
present ana the entertainment was the
1t Is too bad the little folks can't see
the he mes,eai ui,nrn, clowns They are billed as
people. the Idol OF Paris, the hero OF
every little Frenchman's dream?
nBoum- Boum and His Little Brother"
bling, dancing, music c-making, fun-pro-
yoking fellows should call Themselves
They wear big blue satin breeches and
tight little waistcoats, with gold stars
The little clown can't keep still. and
doesn' try. 1t would tickle the children
almost to death to zee 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 II cleaning in the centre OF his
forehead. like the eye OF the mighty
Cyclops; but when he turns a pair Of
he nearly has At, These adorable fel-
sweet tunes out of the fingers. One OF
the airs viii sing Itself into your ears
II Bonnie Thornton did not come after
them. the audience would never let
them go.
The mascot OF the Sick Babies Fund
was dressed In red. and, my, oh. my
didn't she look pretty? Shoes and
stock kings, skirts and little Empire
frock. were OF the same ,color-a warm
complexion blush like roses. Girls who
have been wondering who her dress
maker Ia Will be astonished to know
They are all copies OF either baby's or
run-abouts dresses. The lily white
gown she wore the other evening was
an exact reproduction of an infants
night was copied from n three-year-o 5
party dress. Miss Thornton is the first
lady the l4iliputlan clothier ever dressed
and both firm and customer are delight
ah Ia hA Ia H.
throw money, TO her every evening
| for the fund think her one OF the best.
| dressed girls ON the stage and that is
| saving II great deal
| The little mascot wears baby clothes
| and sings for the Fund for very love OF
the babies, She reads every thing printed
In these columns. Not name on tn,
| subscription list or II letter from con
| tributor escapes her.
She said last evening: I'm jealou!
OF Arthur II. Hearn;, Fifty dollars fol
collect Sl. Wednesday one gentleman
threw me s.. | said, God bless you.
| That was for the babies. and l bet /
81 and ! got ever 50 many SO cent piece
Last evening she drew SO out OF tn,
pockets OF the roof garden guests.
| Mcssrs, simpson, Crawford * Simpson
sent her pretty turquoise silk and lac,
handbag with good wishes and thre
new coppers for luck In II, She told IN
people all about 1t, and made some o
| the ladies very envious.
Bonnie Thornton has only been on tn
stage four years, She is the young wifi
OF MIR. James Thornton who wrote NJ,
Sweetheart's the Man In the Moon.
The Man Who Wrote Ta-ra-ra Boom
decay" A." I'm Going to Tell My Mothe
in the Morning" Tutti Fruiti." +" Tn
Asain," and the latest success, "Twig
gy-Vous, My Boys, Twiggy-Nou NJ
Sweethearts the Man In the Moon" pal
81, 900. "Tutu Fruit" was almost a
profitable. Bonnie Thornton sang II a
Tony Pastors and on the road. an
every evening she threw s. worth of CUR
at the audience. That's how the man
ufacturer Is able to keep tandem team
for delivery and dresses his drivers /
Colonial livery.
Neither Bonnie Thornton nor he
| gifted husband knows one note OF mus
from another. Mr.. 'Thornton makes u
the tunes and the lines" TO use hia q
preston. and his wife steals them :
he soes along. Her. enunciat ation IL del
cious. She not only sings but taih
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