The daily gazette., 1881-08-24
STAGE DRESSES.
Talk with q Man who Has Dressed
Many Actors and Actresses.

Talk with q Man who Has Dressed
Many Actors and Actresses.
From the New York Tribune.
"Oh yes, sir, suppose few peculiar
experiences have been my lot. 1t was
| who costumed the Black Crock when
it was first produced. That was the
richest dressing that has ever been seen
on the stage In New York. / forget the
exact figures, but 1t was between $40, 600
and $4,000 for dresses alone. The
whole mounting OF the piece cost near
ly 100000. But then two or three for
tunes were made. So what does 1t mat
.erp
"what do / study? Correctness Of
costume. only wish you could ask
Madame Titiens, or Mario, or Mr.. aud
Mrs. Charles Kean, and many more OF
the famous stars OF twenty five years
ago whom have dressed, about Laureys.
or those you can ask, l have made
dresses for George Fawcett Rowe, Frank
Mayo, John Mccullough, aud list as
long my arm that could name."
"Do the actors on the American stage
dress correcllyP"
GAS q rule they dress according to
their pocket books. Actors, II they have
the money would rather be dressed cor
rectly."
"Are there no exceptions?
ayes, sometimes vanity has something
to do with dressing. l know an actor
who cut up India shawls worth $500 to
$40 to make dress for Idgo. Now
IogO was poor soldier on three pence
q day. That was certainly not correct.
| Then Othello was Venetian Moor, and
yet the character is ofIentimes dressed
as q Persian Count"
"Does not Mr.. Booth dress correctly"
| "No, he does not. But Macready did.
He was very particular, and SO was
Charles Kean. l made dress out Of q
drugeet for his OtheliO that Queen Vic
toria sent for to look at. And yet Of
tentimes you Gnd Otheito dressed, with
bare legs and q rich costume"
"Do not critics hnd fault with incor-
| rect dressingp
"No because, as n rule, they do not
know what is correct. The public, how
ever, which cares for tragedy, Is more
discriminating. Ladies are often obsti-
Date. They want very often TO wear q
Princesse dress fitting their figure, when
correct dress Is tull on,, perhaps
with the waist as high as the arm-pits
No, fashion does not have much to dc
with it because we study the costumes 10
the Tower OF London and in the British
Museum, SO as to get them up correctly
DO you know that In 1898 the 'lardy
dah' young men carried hugh NUTS II
cold weather.? But don't publish tba
or you will see some of the young blood
in Fifth Avenue carrying muffs mex
winter"
"What do dresses cost p"
'From $50 TO $500. The veiage Il
perhaps $50. LADIES' dresses cost more
But you can get them up cheapiy by
!; proper blending of colors."
"rell me some Of the peculiarities o
. the celebrated people you have known
well, / think the greatest peculiarit,
Of all OF them is the fact that they al
die poor"
, "What are some Of the tricks of you
trade"
alt is the popular belief that 1t Is al
tricks, but the trick Is In the actor VII
wears the dress, not in the dress mad
|. for the actor. That is where the disguis
!; comes In. DO you know that sctol
/ take the greatest delight In attendin
r, masquerade parties TO see people wes
! costumes who do not know how to wes
Z them ?"
4 "What period in dress are We living
J. now?"
!. "What is called the fantastic period
! all colors and glitter. That accounts fC
SO many new fashions, because the mi
4 liners must bring out something nev
' just as kaleidoscope must show diffe
!, ent combination CT colors every time Il
% bits of glass are shaken up"