Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-27
THEATRICAL PEoPLEATTABLE
a Few Points in Regard GO the
Hotel Lives OF Actors and
(St. Louis Post Dispatch.

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L remember Hackett-Fdlsi0r Hackett, I
mean. He was a terrible eater and thought
nothing OF drinking quart OF claret and a III a.
or Two OF champagne nc single meal In n
there was Charles l.. Barras, the man who IN.
vented the BLACK Crook" He was a verg
mean man TO servants but we won't talk aso &c
him now because he Is dead.
he WAS accompanied by Miss Lily ana Phla-
delphis butcher. who was great friend OF his
lie was very rough 10 bis manner and not nnd
Monstrous. That reminds me or Lester Wal
lack III you put any thing ia the paper Just say
That Lester wallack was perfect gentleman.
lie Was easily pleased, ana he always let
waiter feel as though he was man. There IL
B0uclcauit He treats a waiter like slave aud
as hard 10 Please as a woman.
Lawrence Barrett Is very disagreeabie al
treats servants badly, but think you had tt
Ter say nothing about him, for he might c, Na
nere ti,is season. There was Charlotte CT h
man. TOO She drank good deal or ne.
Nine Janauschek WAS Inclined 20 treat er-
wants right, but her little husband. Pilot. W m
out OF his way TO be mean. Dii won eyer In An
what an Insignificant number OF little n e
these great actrpS ie5 and singers nave for us.
eands? You have 40 idea OF how much troubl,
theSe ShaHl-carryfng husbands are 4 must NOT
forget MIS-. ID. L. Bowers. a good honest buS
hess woman, punctual and OF temperate habit,
iier tsis,es are really domestic. She comes 20
hoie. and ia an hour her room looks as though
she lived In II for years. Mrs. Paddock O.
Maggie Mitchell. Is an even tempered clever
ilttie woman. She cares very little Tor extra
room.
The lamented Nelson was great 10 the he;p.
and treated US literally. 1 waited on her the
lust time she was here. and when she Was
ready TO go away she sent for me aud tippad
me SIS. In the morning She ate tea ard ,,sa s.
nothing else. Her best meal was dinner :
pm. when she drank great deal or Claret al
champagne. AZ midnight she always took A
light supper She Was very fond OF beer tea, and
generally took couple OF cupfus before going
10 bed. Yes. report is true, she did drink A
good deal OF wine. About the brandy don
Know. Miss Nelson drank more wine than
Modleska. Did say anything about LYDIA
Thompson? No. Well, let me say that shs
was one OF the wiSest women / ever cana
across. She knew how 10 live well No, sha
was not an imInodefa'e dI1nker. She never
forgot the walter Perhaps you would llks 80
hear about some or the prime donnc. They are
the best livers that come TO hotels. They seem
TO make nne dishes study. They are eau.
tious and exacting and everything must be
Specially prepared For them. They pay enough
for IL though.
The time Gerster was here she had 70 pay
$3.50 for the week. When she came 10 the hotPl
she rang the bell and. when boy came. SAIL:
Bring ne the head cook and baker, Every
thing was especially prepared for her. one day
she sent for Mt. Griswold and wanted the head
COOK discharged because there was a little toe
much salt in her soup. We couldn't suit her Ia
olive OIL brought her some enc day that had
been purchased Tor the use o? Clara Louise KEEL
1cgg. 1 SO explained Gerster took one smell:
thought she would have a tit. She stamped
her foot and said: "Hou1d stun; 1T only for the
AmeTican!' The next day at dinner 1 told heg
she reminded me OF Christine Nilsson. she
smiled graclously and gave me pass 10 the
opera Christine Nilsson was a very particular
woman and hard 10 please. she preferred the
most delicate meals and only drank moderately
OF light wines. l waited on her at the
southern.
Pauline Lucca was nice woman. but did not
put on style like the Others. l have seen her
SIT in her room at the Southern with some Ger
man lady friends OF this city eating bro Sn
bread and sausage. and drinking Rhine wine
Now there is Carlotta Patti. | don't believe
that story or her being drunk at Leavenworth
l always found her moderate eater and
/ dripker Nine. Albini knows more about cat
| Ing than any OF them. She is never less than
| two hours at dinner. aud she has tired me- out
| by prolonging the meal TO three hours. Emma
| Abbott, Honest Little Emma. leS, | know
| her. She is ALWAYS SO fun OF business she has
! no time 10 eat She Is the most energetic little,
woman ever saw. Liberal? Well yes; IL the,
| all did as well as she does, the waters lie
would be happy one. / know nothing about
| male singers They eat In the dining room. 1
| have heard that they are great deal OF trou-
| bic, ana some OF them eat With their knives