Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-10
P4DDING.
A Mistake Made by d Manufacturer
of 50 Eirst.class Symmetricals.o
New York Sunday News


of 80 First-class Symmetricals.'
New York Sunday News.l
1t goes without saying that people who artif-
clally develop their shapes, either from necessity
and tell the world OF it. On the stage especially.
there is something amusing about the excessive
mystery with which a matter which is no mys-
tery at all Is invested. The actor does not live
and enjoy his eyeSight who cannot tell when
another Is padded Yet every one, unerring in
the detection of the shortcomings OF his neigh
Dor, Is firmly convinced that his own are beyond
discovery. Some years ago when the "Black
CROOK created crop of ballet girls which de-
populated the paper-box factories and devas-
tated the cigar manufactures, the fashion In
fg,1dntes. To say the least, the fashion was
substantial one. American girls then, with
limbs that might have served as models, de
facturer, and doubled their natural size and
were suffocated in lambs wool But the fashion
was set, and It holds It's own. No ballet girl with
hep pay o And the no T 60 Th9H
hesitate TO deny the Charge, even If she is
caught in the act of pulling them on, though, as
No Insult cam be- eyeed at her than the
allegation that she owes her graceful outline to
Bloom or Indig, and in the ballet room that
spiteful stab from jealous rival Is the certain
precursor of what is POLITICALLY known in the
profession as ''scrapping match"
AS natural consequence Of this senSitiyeneSs
on the part of their customers, the manufac-
tnelr revelations in regard to the business.
Like the physician and the lawyer, their rea-
tons with their clients are strictly confidential.
TO advertise their business in the only practical
way 1t can be advertised, would be to ruin 1t.
Last year well-known and popular theatrical
supply man literally put himself In tight
place by using the name of a popular actress as
a recommendation. 1t may be that he was per-
fectly sincere in believing that he had Elade
set OF symmetrfcals for leading burlesque ar
fist: but as 1t was proven that he did not, he
probably took warming and will let his work be
its own best and only reference In the future.
The facts of the farce are these:
He had In his employ as clerk friend of the
actress. That lady had bestowed upon the
theatrical furnfsher her compliments, with her
photograph en- costume. He keeps a perfect
gallery of photographs of prominent actresses
and actors who have purchased theatrical suc-
plies or him. He Is naturally proud Of the col
lection, and exhibits 1t to anybody who 'swon't
actress so he Immediately advised his clerk to
hang the one In question as the latest novelty
up over his counter, which was the one where
the symmetrlcals were sold.
At this juncture the actress was playing with
the Evangeline Company in Brooklyn. In the
company was another young actress, who hap
pened also to be friend of the theatrical fur
nisher's clerk. Knowing that her friend was en-
gagged In the symmetrical department, she went
TO him to order set, but unfortunately he was
not In, and she was obliged to cOnf1de in the
proprietor. She asked him If he made fir5t-class
SymmetricalS that could not be detected. The
gentleman replied that he did, and pointed the
photograph out to her, and asked her If those
represented in the picture were not fine. The
young lady seemed somewhat surprised, replied
that they We're uneXceptionable but remarked
that It was the general impression among the
members or the profession, as well as the pub
lie, that the original OF the photograph did not
use SymmeticalS.
"Oh, yes" said the gentleman, "we made
them, and 1t is an excellent piece OF work.
on the strength of this the Young lady al
lowed her measure to be taken for duplicate of
the leading lady,s statuesque charms. and re-
turned 1nan q to Brooklyn, where the combination
the leading lady she sauntered up to her and
asked her how her symmetricals fitted. The
leading lady replied that she was not like some
people; she was not obliged to pad.
Indeed, said the young lady; "but know
who made them, and he told me all about it."
''Told you all about what?r
"Why, about the pads"
'And who was 1t told your
8. Nonsense
But he did, and he's got picture of you
hanging over the pad counter to show to GUS
TO say that the leading lady was indignant
maddeSt woman on the continent at least.
She raved, she tore. She, whose magnificent
form had been the talk of the sterner sex. She,
paraded as an advertisement for pad manu-
facturer. How Clifton would crow when she
heard OF it. How the audience would smoker
when it leaked out. She pad? Never! And she
Immediately proved it to the young lady, who
was dumbfounded at the deno,ten,e1i.
Having thus INDICATED herself on one score
she set to work to obtain satisfaction on an
other. She wrote to her attorney in Boston
who Immediately took steps for suit against
the theatrical furniSher for libel. The latte,
responsibility, and the matter was compromise
In some way-more satisfactory, probably, 20
the lady than to the gentleman, as he, at least,
doubtless, the recollection of that episode which
made him wink and tap his nose when the in-
discreet NelrS reporter asked him whether he
couldn't name some shining lights in the pro-
fession who owed large share Of their success
to him.
.'Of course 1 can," he said, "but won't
What do you think Of this new style Of clicked
hosiery"
1t was so pretty 1t took the reporters breath
away, and he had to go out of doors to recover.
Personal Peculiarities.