The evening world., 1903-11-06
Four Young Women Of the Ex-
trayaganza Company Amused
Aged Paupers In BlackweIrs
Island Home.
"co0N" SONGS MAKE BIG HIT
vesta TiIey Receives a Warm We'll
come at the Murray Hin Theatre
Where She Appears In cteverI
Songs and impersonations.

FouA hO11oSfS Vi shO DOoeo IN toy-
land company went to the
on Dlackweifs Island yesterday after
noon, ana Tor an hour entertained the
inmates with songs dances.
ana instrumental music. They TOOK lie
eheer with them' ana came away
leaving many hearts less maseraoie tnen
they a been FOR days.
Miss Mae Nandain, VINO In JACK
when on tho stage OF the Majestic; Miss
irene Cromwell, the dainty little Miss
Munet; Miss Mary WEIGH, who 10 saiiie
waters. ana MISS Ethel Hdcketts, one o.
tue suiful dancers OF the Mitch
ell organisation, comprised the party.
supt. Roberts. Of the almshouse, had
oecn nodhed OF the visit. and when the
singers arrived there were fully n
Thousand OF the inmates crowded into
the plain wooden pews OF the chapel.
Men ana women were about equally
divided. Few Of them we're under nifty
Far Of age. many were past seventy.
A score or more were blind. and had
been led to their seats by their less at
'dicted associates. The faces Of nearly
all hor. IN. s,.mn a, .o-.v -. a..
:" ~ 'ne eNo""P VI s"tio" saiu oas
enlargement.
ort ~ hsr ,aan. o,tsr.a 49, ososnv
W. '.e"s' e.'su ."e eioS"y
hapei. Their cheeks were RED. not
with the u they use to make them
csa. 80 -
from the oreezes mat la caressed
them as they creased the East River on
the little tug that pIiss between the
,oot VI Ia. S.'uelh sereee A'a
Blackwelrs Island.
Miss WEIGH began the concert with
a nIano solo. Tn music wou,d bov y.
. pi"no so'o ~ MUSIC "outu hate
been better IL the pfano had been In
but no one minded that.
Miss Naudsin sanp a ballad n s,mnIe
melody. which went to the hearts Of
her listeners and left them quiet and
thougbtf,i roo de,n,x annrecta ,Iv. 10
$3.50 nn.n ,,s 81. -. 80 A.
appeared behind the curtain. Then
tbcre were cheers until MIA NaudaIn
- .na,,s
sang again
Miss Cromwell followed with a mono
that a would.be sweetheart had at a
ummer resort with a fiirt. who finally
vanqnlshed MIN by showing. a solitaire
ians. wn1Sm sMsu .pa' she "es "a
the CLIMAX OF applause seemed to
have been reached when Miss Naudain
ossn sSna arg ,hs rSiii,,sinS sirs
while the aged hearers laughed until
they were hoarsc or aPplauded until
pn,h m@sr s,,iSss ,s,..
Rcketts, who had played several plano
soiS.s, and Miss well did u cako-
~ Mae tbsv wsgiptsSa III .nnaa ~: N.Y. N.Y.
whigtIed. And when Miss Ricketts,.
eatherins her skirts o her, danced
ia cha n.1 ssSoaG ~ y ,my s.ovsS
applauss az II had never heard before.
ponnded with thar crutches. and the
blind persons. their acute ears catching
shser sati saS laughed e ' az l SaaSsr as t issl;
The concert ended with a chorus
which the o young women sing
sang 'wsth all their might. Then the
aged paupers hled slowly down the
stairs and scattered about the. island
and the entertainers hurried to the boat
However chilled vesta Tnley NAV
ba va been by the early, FROST which
oVer'o'A pe' s'a'ihis venture IN Aisy'
she must nave oeen thoroughly wasentd
by the cordial welcome back to New
York given her last night al the Mur-
ray Hill Theatre, where she appeared
ai'er tne sesona &c. ot ohaer CoNsr
tons. The audience all but took the
49,. 80 har nugo ho,a,~, s.r....,
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WIZ" ah 70 o'"."tno eteFec"esS' h1h'
hleness, grace and Eft Of mtsnicry Miss