The evening world., 1895-09-17
"THE WIDOW JONES"

May Irwin beamed upon large, sus-
ceptibe and non -pessimistic audience
at the Bijou Theatre last night She
beamed upon the orchestra and she
bcamed upon the boxes. She also beam
ed upon the back OF the house. and they
do say that some Of her beams reached
the sidewalk. for little boys. passing in
the neighborhood were suddenly seen
TO smile and look gladstone. 1t is cosy
to be beamed upon: 1t Is nice to he
Il 'k!e1 by the light rays OF "A magnetic
personality. Miss Irwin owes all her
success to her pleasant, beamy way.
The playwright who Chuckles at the mo-
ton that he has fitted May Irwin with
a part Is d sauCy coxcomb. No play
wright can manufacture beams, or even
do much towards dishing them up. They
are Intangible. and they are almost
Psychic.
Miss Irwin was PROGRAMMED as APP
pearing In new. original, farcical
conceit Ia three acts. written expressly
for this company by John J. McNally"--
the John J. McNally being in stout type.
half the size OF that used for May Ir-
win. AS "A matter of fact she produced
a specially OF her own. entitled Enter
nal. farcical conceit was called "The
Widow Jones" but that didn't matter
In the least. Nobody cared.
AS the jovlal May was last season
the star" OF Peter Dailcy's company,
although he fondly believed that Che
"supported'' him. II Will readily De un-
derstood that she had everything her
own way In this little speciality of hers.
Enter May Irwin, Beaming." She was
on the stage most OF the time, and
When she was away. the spirits Of the
audience fell with a positive thud. and
people chatted gloomlly about the irony
OF life. the hoilowness Of pleasure-and
all that sort Of thing. Miss Irwin has
the same odd, lndescribable gifts that
are owned by Della Fox. Her voice. If
1t came from another throat. would be
called husky and forced but as she her
self produces II, nobody bothers in the
least about analyzing its qualities. As
Tor her other imperfections. she takes
us into her confidence and jokes about
them. or course. that tells. She gets
ahead OF her critics. Just as they are
realizing her faults, out she comes.
beaming, to laugh and jest about them.
While / was wondering vaguely what
was the obstacle in the way OF Miss lr-
wins beauty-not quite certain that there
was any obstacle. either-she stated her
case for me. "The great advantage OF
having a big mouth" she told her ad-
mirer. els that while Won are kissing
me I can go on talking ms, tho somc
OF course. 1 Immediately dropped the
mental subi.ct. Then whom sho danced
| couldn't helm asking ,nyself ~ she
didn't grow a trIne fatigued too ouick
ly. Rut before nut the ouestion sbs
had answered H. 81 shouId like to MI,
nv arms round your waist" " said ,be
inevitable adm,rer. IN which she nromnt.
Iy retorted: 81 don't believe Won cou,d
An actrsss u,ho ,ok.. ohout hor .uhor
poInt is. I assert a distinc,lv unusual
nerson. who absoIutc,v .acrieces hor
own feelings for the SAX. OF pleasing a
crowd NJ men and womsn for 20 Tho
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