Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-19

OseuIatiOn Extraordinary I'm the
Passions slave Company.

10 lOu kuvM WY aAoo O@A =
The John A. Stevens company, which
bas Just closed at the People's?' asked
A p~lay-actor man Of a Post Dispatch
reporter this morning.
"No."
"Well, it was all owing to the way
in which Mr.. Stevens insisted on Kiss
ing her In Passions Slave Miss
Csrylon's husband, Mr.. Melville, Is
exceedingly jealous, and he insisted
that hereafter his wife should be
kissed on the ear or behind it, instead
of on the lips, and out Of this fuss the
trouble began which ended in the
division of the company
Miss Carlyon, whose name of the
stage is Mrs. Melville, was found In
the Southern Hotel. She is a partieu
larry pretty little lady, with the goldest
of golden hair, dark eyebrows and a
smile that would melt wax. Likewise
she observes the Biblical maxim:
IF your foot is pretty, show
it, and throughout the inter.
view the scribe sometimes found
himself enthraaled with the curves OF
a pair Of joyous CATERS, and then
with the curves OF an ex~hilaratlng
pair Of lips. He told his Story, and
the lady pouted very perceptibly when
it came to the statement that her hus-
band wanted to kiss her on the ear
but lsughingly declared there was
nothing in it. :,
"Of course Ihave left Mr.. Stevens,
said she, butt was because | did not
like him or that exceedingly hat
melodrama, Passions Slave
And then it was not a question o
kissing2'
II must admit that l did not no
like the way he kissed me. You sel
Mr.. Stevens always used the Henry V
kiss and it was decidedly unpleasant
as be was neither a husband, a rela-
ton nor a lover"
That is a kiss that has not reached
us yet. mn.
10 Henry V. As he does it it is no
SO bad, but Mr.. Stevens is not tn,
actor that Rignold is, and the conse
ouence is that every time he uses thu
Hiss the whole house filters and Their
is a suggestion Of indelicacy about j
that Is very annoying. Now, don
imsgine that l am a prude, for an
not. | delight in love scenes on tn
stage, but there is art and there i
awkwardness.
what is the Henry v. kiss2"
WELL she blushed and laughed
what we call the Henry V. kiss i
England is this: The gentleman come
! behind where the lady is standing an
puts both his hands over her shoulder
on her checks, SO that the fingers 0
!, both meet under her chin. Then h
pulls her head back to his shoulde
and kisses her fairly on the lips, keeT
: ing his mouth to hers for fully tw
|. minutes. After he kissed me thi
} way once l always afterwards move
{ my mouth so that he kissed me on th
+ chin and not on the lips, but it VIZ
unpleasant in the extreme. As l sa.
[ am not at all prudish. but | am a
artist, and | do not want to use stag
r business that has descended to the 10
!, variety theaters. 1t is stage etiquet
e that no gentleman should kiss a lac
on the lips. Mr.. Stevens has violate
his rule over and over again"
did your husband tell Stevens tn
be must kiss you on the carr
ION my honor, no. My husbaI
! never spoke to him about it, and
. would be absurd to ask him to kiss n
ear or to kiss me behind the ar. n
husband never spoke to Stevens
the matter at all. Of course he didT
like it, and | didn't like it, but ! b
made up my mind to get away fro
MIR. Stevens company as soon as
|, could, and SO we resolved to say not
! ing about the kiss 1t would only p
me in a most ridiculous attitude. 4
the other members of the compa
spoke to me about it, but | made
te my mind to let it 60 and get away
i soon as | could"
is And what will you do now?'
D, 1--WE intend TO rest here a few da,
N and then | shall put a company Of
10 own on the road-in which, by I
r way, the Henry V. kiss will not 60.
Of intend to produce English comes
We We have all the funds we need, and
to have no doubt we will succeed v,
D. we'll. / don't know what to do abe
ls this absurd report about the kiss
course you must deny it for me. ]
reason | left Mr.. Stevens was hat
:. play was very poor-awtully poor
~ insisted on nine and ten performan
~ 10 the week, and there we're oil
~ reasons. That's enough for you
'n say, isn'tit2" and the dainty gal
tapped imploringly on the floor,
"0f course" said she, Il would
n. mind about the kiss if it didn't
re- me in such an absurd light. Thei
VS. Of wanting to be kissed on the ear
TX positively dreadful. / don't kn
a. how neOnle can imagine such Ihinf