Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-21
Mr.. OFFNER's BENEFIT.
Some of the Volunteers for Wednesday
Evenings Entertainment.

Evenings Entertainment.
Now that the performers and musi-
clans who lost their wardrobes and in
struments by the Bijou Theatre fire, last
Friday morning, have had their benefit,
the friends of Manager Jules e. Offner
and his brave little wife. who lost prac-
tically all their worldly possessions will
hustle for the benefit which is to be ten
dered them at the Worcester Theatre
next Wednesday evening, and from pres
ent indications it will be a rouser The
"head-Hner of the program will. of
course, be Manager Offner and Mrs. Off
ner both of whom will attend the bene-
| fit to thank their friends for the assist
! ance rendered them in their hour of mis-
fortune. Mrs. Offner, about whom so
much interest is centered on account of
her brave fight for her life, is getting
along as well as can be expected, con-
sidering the ordeal through which she
passed, and by Wednesday she will be
able to be cut so that she can go to the
theatre.
The volunteers who have come to the
front up to the present time ensure a
program that will be well worth the
were not given to allow the Worcester
theatre-goers to show their appreciation
for Manager Offner's efforts to give
them first-class amusement.
Among those who have already volun-
teered to appear at the benefit are the
Worcester Light Infantry orchestra Of
20 pieces, who rendered their services
through Sergt Geo. H. Hill and H. B.
Wentworth, both of whom took promi-
nent part in the dreadful scenes at the
burning of the theatre; Eugene A
| O'Connor the well known baritone; Miss
Teresa NJ Larkin, the. popular soprano
singer; Misses Lizzie Wilson and Mamie
Parsons, who will appear together in one
of their pleasing specialties, and whose
services were the first offered to the
committee in charge of the benefit;
James Taylor, the euphonium sololst of
the Battery Band; Miss HaXel Griffin,
local elocutionist, whose readings in
other cities have won for her enviable
press notices; Robert r. Simmons who
will appear in a monologue sketch, in
which he will have something to say
about the present difficulty between the
United States and Spain in his own in
imitable style; Mrs. w. E. Bowen, who
has assured the committee that she will
| have some of her bright little pupils con-
/ tribute couple of acts at least; and the
| ]. w. Dick Juniors Mandolin and Guitar
Club of six pieces. Other local favorites,
equally well known, are trying to ar
/ range tneIr engagements So lndI lHey
may be enabled to appear, and a pro-
gram of rare merit and variety is as
/ sured
| The committee in charge of the affair
have fixed the price of all seats on the
first floor of the theatre at 75 cents, all
seats in the balcony at so cents, and the
gallery, which will not be reserved, will
be 25 cents Tickets will be placed on
sale at the theatre box office today, and
! they will be in the hands of the report
ers of the local papers and at other con-
yenient places before the day of the
benefit. These tickets may be exchanged
for coupon tickets at the theatre box
office up to Wednesday evening at z
o'clock. after which hour the seat cou-
pons will be sold regardless of the tick
| cts