OCR Text |
Show PRIMA DONNA IS REAL TRILBY. Bessie Abbott Says She Can't Sing Well Unless Sister Is Present. Now York. That sho 1b a Trilby In real life drawing hor Inspiration front tho psychic bond existing bo-tweon bo-tweon herself and her twin slBtor, Jessie, witosn prosenco In tho audience audi-ence when sho sings Is necessary to her success wns tho assertion frankly frank-ly mndo tho other day by Miss Pes- slo Abbott, ono of Horr Conrled's prima donnnns. Miss Abbott's admission wns all tho more nstonhhlng becauso of two announcements sho wus making. Ono wns that rumors thnt sho was engaged en-gaged wero truo, sho keoplng secret tho Identy of her hotrothod; tho other was that as long rs she remnlncd on tho stnge hor slater must novor marry. mar-ry. This part of her statement was mndo on account of recent roports that JcbbIo was engaged to James 0. Ululno III. "I will nover sing ngnln," declared the prima donna firmly, "if my sister desorts mo or allows hor sympathies to bo directed In nnothor channel. "From my first nppearanco on tho stage Jessie always has been In tho uudlence. Kven if I did not see her I know that sho was thoro. I know sho would help mo whenever thoro camo a dlillcult passage of which I might bo the least bit nfrald." Miss Abbott and hor mother ro-fused ro-fused to d'scuss tho report thnt Jessie was engaged to Mr. Illalno. |