, 1881-11-20
s'The Woman VI The Ruins, = and The S!orT Of Her
Lore, Nhieh Ended 80 frag-
lt2II{..
An E1citab1e Old Gentleman Who Was
Barking Loudly Up the
Wrong Tree.
Some Theatrical Gossip--News About
Patti, and Other Mat
fa~S


come changes in the company engaged Mt frs
Ned Thorne got hold OF play by Pettitt tonc {
the authors Of The World ~ cAlled Is The fSaC
FIag,'' anu secured release for himself n,
wife uennie Murdock}- Their places ure file
byNcwton Gothold aud Isabella Morris. Messr:
Vany and Anderson, Mrs Brutoac. and othe,
makeup tho company which surrounded Milk
Brooklyn Ut the Park
i believe ! wrote last week that l should b
surprised II thea turned out IL great actress
WAS right and wrong both. She is not Modjesk
in the part, but she is very charming; she's
Moonlight sort nf woman; there are no spark
ling suniike flashes, bur cain. steady iovel,
food Of soft radiance about her. She wa
excessively nervous the 1trsr night, and thai
condition deprived her performance Of 1nan.
little points that vii! he made on future occa
Euns. There is not u particle OF the sc!f-coa
sc olsness. so apparent in Bernhacdts acting
ab>u: l;hcA. She is the persuntcauon OF sn
pic carne5tness: hcr sweet face and quiet move
1nrnts nre utterly unlike Modieska's changing
c9uutenance and seriou5 gestures Ia tho vcr-
sion kaea plays Of ''Caul;Ile" there are several
passages referring TO ter past life in harshcr
her presence disarm7 their destructive Ineatl-
ing She don't look bit Ike 4 woman TIM,
had Iured and led men o; Elorat and financial
suici1c. and lived III, nuiovinr life. She is a reg
Liar Faust -ndrg.ter{.e-nut Dumas 1f.rJueritc-
The scene with DHral pe,s Was nor full nf wild
grief and hystcria-!.ho Herald 1nau said it was
1n',ntouuusy tame) aud the bathroom act had
noue Of the distracted vche,ncucc with which
Hiodjesk. woke up Ter audience and worked up
the climax 10 triple recalls. should prefer 70
xai1 Iihe:l's performance of this part in New
To1h- fourteen days from now, before saying
she Is unequal II, any thrilling effects. Tu .ta
few fervld speeches thnt close the second act.
where she settles she fnte ot Dc 1%ureiiic a,,d
-franund. she raised t.reatcr e1uectatiors for
the rest of the play thn1i her execution Of it full
filled. her abandon WIS greater. her utterance
more energetic, and ciearer: there was 81 light
fug-up of face and figure tt.a1 spoke of things
10 soe; and t1c the nudignfe @ "th Hnune
rive Monday evening. but believe they will be
OH baud for her New York DEBUT.
Mr.. Gothold was good -dr'nd'.d Nr. Vary
nice old DHrd{ and the rest Ut the support very
satisfactory
THE CLOTHES OF THE ENTERTAINMENT.
Ladies' vii! be delighted with Khea's costumes:
they are all charming. The arst dress Of ia1nbe
dc nJmphe color (which must not be confounucd
with the - ju1r,ned leg" color of old Mrs uusen-
burys daughters dress, which turned ou1 prop
eriy to be blue black} had a trimming OF OPEN
work passe1nentcric and embroidery OIL vino
coIorcd velvet, with a fringe Of coloyed drops,
and buttons. and other little dangling things in
ciaret and gold and various Shades of brown. .
The second dress was high-necked house
costume or dark blue embossed velvet and pale
blue silk; the waist and Que diagonal piece ii,
front and d squire iooped bit Of .lrapcry behind
we're of the velvet, the skirt and q vest like
trimming On the waist Of blue silk: one side of
the skirt was covered with rows OF blue bead
fringe md bluc-bcaded passementerie orna-
mented other portions OF this very elegant and
becoming costume
Tie country dress was Of white silk, with IL,
underskirt covered with large fan plaits III
crt,nly sutiu- which showed up the front; Il
plain waist with Il bouquet of crimson and ten
roses on the bosont- "In this simple DRESS as
Camille called it, Rhcn looked us innocent as IN
dove
The fourth-act costume WAS the very splendid
Sl.:s}3 creauon-a magnificent robe, but not as
effective on the stage rs was expected, The
foundation Is cream -colored brocalc: tho TRIM
mug marvellous front, all coiorel pearls:
about the low corsase. over the hips. und
ni11Eling with the complications Of tho traiu
more of this beautiful pearl embroidery, u1ru-
bcrlcss yards Of rauat,tc po!ut-lacc, n,ld uou-
Guets End knots, a1,ti trailiu:. srariands oil the
richest flowers complete the dress. which must
By studied with an opera-eass to be appre- |
Very few women would die in such robe rs |
f1hea hrcathed her lust in. They would cling /
10 Eic as long us they could kcepit out ol the ]
sasatuL- Such beautiful lace, ana such guam |
[tties of It; such becoming, we'll fitting gar
nent On which that lace cispprts itself in cas- |
:at3cs and 1trsAdeS-why, ladies wer(. yexct1 |
enough that the tears prevented their seeing iii |
hey wanted OF that last bcwtching costumc.
When hernnardt played Camille here. in the
:itesnent aud going out with fe 1urrlIe, she
led lace scarf tauutly about her head and
hnul1ers aud disappeared; moment after she
lashctt OIL and chilled the maid to bring II wrap;
II walked Mamie benrtng clonk OF biue-fox !
ur thai cnveloped Eernhardt to her heels, a,,d
ince 1er M !ook Us II shs we're ong on nu expc-
caune1tC- Hhen does not 70 such extremes:
he cloak she uses Is atl elc;ysn dnman made ot
etvet brocaded satin dc Lyon. lined with quilt
d old-xold satin, and trimmed with 1nagni.i- |
ent Chenfe fringe In the i,sr act, when she
gain cs.lis Tor q ssrup to 70 to the church in,
he has brought to her a sflvcr-coIorttt plush |
is'ak bordered with sllver-fox fur. Eo1h those |
III side garments nre very beautiful and novel
The haadsomcst thing in the way of 4 cloak
hat t,as frcn seen here for long tme was cx- l.
ibltcd In the window Of Il prominent furri.r
as1 week. 1t was plain circular ttfy-Iour |
ri,uson satin, and urnanentei with a deep
oinled hood Of scaiskln, lined with crimson I
lush The price WIS .o03. aud twas sold in
no hours nftcr il was shown, and taree dupi-
a1es Ordered There is good deal Of poverty I
T. S'-': - ork but four women at least are out If
ia reach Of it. |
DESIGNS IN CLOAKs.
There are various graceful designs tor cloaks
lis season. which, made In the splendid plushcs
lat are now imported, are as handsome as any ]
1r garments and about oue-quar.er the cx- |
snse+ Satins In ali colors come ready quilted |
u Innings, and any handy woman Of limited | ,
'eans may look as finely dressed as her richest {
e!Rhbor- Then next summer she won't have to !
t up nights to keep the moths OUT Of her fuEs.
pcaling Of pushes the new oues for dress
aking purposes are becoming with each i'm !
osfar1on more bcwl1dertngly lovely. One firm
IRE is specially favored by their foreign buyer.
ID never ger tirea inspecting their stock. To
10" them OF 10 their greatest advantage. the- | !
ect the same shade In the richest silk ,uakca 1
mol OF that, and twist the plush in, a sort Of
1me around IT, 4 silver gray silk has thus =
iHchcd Inside IL huge loop Of siIver-gray plush. =
'e surface orcraId by row upon row OF pea Il
Gh : lails made in the plush BY the different | 4
hetns OF the pile the outer edge being like [ p
a!nes| SO long and heccy- Ribbed plush |
alet.u push. diagonal pusl-all in solid coli 7 b
:. out the effects produced by cutting the sur =
the rage Just now: ana plush plain Of | a
e oo. lasnioneu Kind. Is used largely for lit,- r.
q q caad described her new Mother Hub a
Fo cloak to me as blue silk nf0h1r,,T, t -
a Yr.*$ $zH,.T3