The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-14

j. III. HAVERLY.
Zone OF the ex.managers Of Juvenile "Pfna'
fore" companies.
minister hotel the following Sunday, and
it was at that repast that j. il. Haverly
put In an unexpected appearance. He
sought Locke to join him In what he called
"mastodonic production" of "Pinafore"
at his Fourteenth Street theater.
He said he wanted to out" Pinafore"
every attempt that had been hade with
the extremely successful little opera. PIN
afore" twice day was, In short Haverly's
"mastodonic' idea, but the more conserv-
atlve impresario, Locke, combated that idea
as impracticable unless two companies
were organized, and that, Of course, was
out of the question, In view Of the aug
mented expense. Locke suggested, how
ever, juvenile company for matinees and
an adult one for tho evening performances.
This Havcrly. after little persuasion, APP
proved Of. / was then and there commits
stoned to ferret out whatever juvenile tai
ent there was obtainable in tho city. /
was amazed, before the first hour Of my
search had expired, TO discover at the
agencies that there were clever profession
al children in abundance Within two
weeks thereafter the Fourteenth Street
theater was In full blast with the two
"Pinafore" companies, and great was the
sensation they created and the business
they did at both performances for many
consecutive weeks. After protracted tour
OF the principal cities the amalgamation OF
the Haverly and Miles juveniles was con-
summated.
want to tell you at this stage OF my
story what has become of the bright Hav-
erly Youngsters Jennie Dunn, the tiny
Josephine. Is now the wife OF Comedian
Ezra Kendall, and up to last accounts was
the mother OF four babies In close rotation.
Her brother Arthur, the inimitable Dead
eve, is scarcely any bigger, yet Is rated
among the $3.50 week star comedians.
Frances Bishop, the Admiral, after two or
three seasons profitable starring in
rollicking farce comedy, married Johnny
McKeoyer, one of the "Pinafore' crew,
and now treasurer OF Palmer's theater,
New York, as well as the proud parent OF
five OF six tots. Poor little Daisy Muir
doch, the dainty Hebe, died about six years
ago after a brief but brilliant career in r..
u. Rices burlcsques and y. G. Goodwin s.
company.
Zoe Tuttle and Eva French, the alter
mating Buttercups, have both married well
and are living In retirement; two Of Evas
sisters are the wives respectively of Come
dians Evans and Hoey. Emma Hanley,
one OF the sisters, cousins and cunts,
married Lawyer Louis Allen OF Howe &
Hummel but was later divorced from him
and married TO w. II. West Of Primrose &
Vests minstrels after Mr.. West had been
divorced from Fay Templeton Of comic OPP
era renown Previous 90 her marriage Em-
ma was james T. Powers leading lady in
" A Straight Tip" Her sister Josie, anoth-
or cousin, aunt, etc, is the widow of
the late Manager John Donnelly Of the
Columbus thcater, New York. Grace
Sweatman. still another SISTER, cousin
and aunt" was the shy, angular girl with
Titan hair and polka dot freckles, who,
during the tour OF the Juveniles, married
Filkins, the business manager OF the com
pany. Filklns died about five years vster.
His widow Is now numbered among the
classical stage beauties Of the day and Is
recognized as one Of the most accomplished
Of metropolitan stock actresses. Her name
Is Grace Filkins Willie Newman, the Cap
tain Corcoran. has long been on the bust
ness stat Of Gilmore a. Tompkins Of the
new Academy of Music. Willie IL married,
thrice father and has q real yacht. Otto
Ahlsirom, the first Ralph Rackstraw, is a
prosperous wholesale dry goods merchant
In New York. His successor in the charac-
Ter, the slender young girl named Selma
Rough, Is married 20 Mr.. Taylor. tho melo
dramatic actor, and she plays In his sup
port. The fat boy and the thin one who
used 20 do the pair OF comical marines
have gone In opposite directions. George
Breening, twice as fat and much shorter,
was mp 20 n year ago Chicago street spec
ulator In fruits, nuts and candies and is
reported 10 have since joined Rosenfeld's
Lilliputians The thin boy shot up into
tie starral firmamont one dark night In
New York and won fame NJ the princi-
pai "HOss and Hoss" I'm the business. His
name Is Willie Collier, and his wife Il Lou.
ise Allen Of the famous California quln-