Show a I EMPRESS SONG U BIRD BIRDAS BIRDA BIRDAS A AS A LE- LE SAVER LIFE v vs s A I I 1 f Jj I r t m ti 6 t GUI n EY HAT Miss Guerney's path In life T 1 has not been beep strewn with roses will be observed by by a short sketch of ot other her life lite as related b by her last night ht at atthe atthe atthe the Empress theatre Miss Miss-Guerney Miss Guerney Guerne Is of ot Jewish parentage born In Tashkent Siberia Her father ll dying when she he was a child of six the little family amU her mother and younger sister were 1310 com compelled to flee from Irom the country ov or align themselves with the dominant religion Bribing their way across the nUl Russian lan boundary the little family sought tho the land of ot treed freedom om hey landed in Boston where the they they- were compelled to live in dug It was was- while In this city that Miss Guerney got her teal leal ten 1 start In tho the musical world She had b been e engaged at numerous picture houses to sing Illustrated illustrated Illus Illus- 1 songs but hut each time proved a failure I nev never r shall shaH forget Corset the tho night which was re really tho the starting point In n m my life lite B said ld Mss Miss Iss Guerney I had been f singing as lS a a. tr- tr try out ut and the manager had told mo that I w would not do At this Juncture a fight broke out In the little narrow theatre and women and children were wore screaming and climbing over o ea each h other in an ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort to get out I 1 was frightened nearly to death I wanted wanted to sing I wanted to cr Cl cry and following out m my first Intuition I began beg tho Uto strains of dear tear old Annie Laur e. e which had the tho desired effect t In quieting th the fighting mob 3 1 |