The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-02
WO MAN GOSSIP.
An Actress of Extraordinary
Form and AIIage>. Aristo-
cra=ic Family.
E,aae History ssf a $eEf-FFade AVessanrp
The Austrian E5aaa-snalg-
'Eaai Gor tEae a.ssdFes.
a ROMANCE THAT WON'T WASH.

An tlnleuiabIY handsome woman, wv
Il lady correspondent Of The Cincinnati h1
Quirer, writing tIom New York, is a con
spicuous figure III the ''Ficar Of Dray,
the comic opera brought cut 1T tic Fift
] Avenue tleater this week. She il half
head taller G|lan amy inan 81 the sam
stage, finely pr0portioned, and has rathe
a pretty lace. She pArsona5es a ballet
| dancer, and wears a novel costume almOs
wholly black, the only other color being
very little yellow. tven her stockings
are JET, and, a> they are Shown consider
| ably above tie knees when she jl;aiiceS. sj1t
is abott the biggest backleg thar even wa>
! seen. Owing to the great teny5%; III heI
/ limbs, there is eonStnrnAtinu AMI a general
getting out III the way Wnen she filings
them around, and her gjrAtiots would be
quite impossible Oh a smaller stage. Hel
movements, however, arr nos ungrAcetul
in themselves, and when She stands sill
she is decidedly what :. woman who SAT in
front of me called .-dis-tong- gay,
'tShe is az English lady" said the ~am,
observer.
'>hlderd?, laid her companion; 40
you know herr
"A friend to,! me about her. She i, Tie
wife Of Mr., Solomon. the composer uf the
opera, you know. Her father is i b4ronet
and she is highly cultured. Don t Won
notice how softly English her accent is,
and how well she carries herself? That
manner could have never been acquired
anywhere else than in the very best Eng
lish society. They tell me that she las
gone on the stage here for the fun of the
thing. Quite All escapAde Tor All English
lady, isn't III"
just about I've years ago | happened to
be il Butfalo Witha5ear relative. We were
total strangers ii the city, and had I'M
evening OH Our bands. He said here was
my chaItce to go 10 the variety SLOW With
out detection. Ne went. | found myself
IN stuffy little box, and, peeping our
from behind The curtains, | saw asmoking.
drinking audience Of men Myself and
TWO others were the only women in the
house, aside from those Oh the Stage. One
If the latter was rEIiS same Edith Biund.
list as stately and fine az she geas tI4e uiher
hight at the Filth Avenue. Remembering
his, wondered if the admirer Of her lady |
Ike demeanor and soft English accent
would have changed her mind If informed
hat, whether or not The actress was Of
Iristocratc birth, she had acquired her /
grace OF bearing on the deSpised variety
tage. We huInbug ourselves altogether
90 much III such matters. It is only III +
lovels that high birth gives arehed in
teps, taper fingers, and sensitive nostrils.
n real life they are imparti&lly bestowed .
mong all SORTS Of women. than heaven,
The most perfect specimens OF the style 81
'eauty regarded As arisrocratic are found,
0 far as this city ia concerned. among tnp
encment-huuse population, and are usual
2 young girls Of Irish parentage. They
ose their daintiness and deIicacy by the
lme they are twenty, and bV thirty usual
2 become more or less coarse; but while
4 their teens they are often lovely. and +,
ossess just the archness aud self poise
1at characterizes the gentle-blooded hero
les of romance. A wonderful collection Y
such girls is on exhibition in a certain
millinery stoe. The establish
lent has long been noted for the beauty {
its clerks, bnt at the autumn opening. {
It's week, ii was remarked that several |
recruits were on hand. The
tility Of this is that the goods can be
lore alluringlY displayed. If shopper ,
a. lingering doubt about buying bon
ct, the sales-girl claps it on her own head.
I'd looks 80 well in it that the purchase is
ade without further hesitaton Besides. !.
lese commercial beauties add TO the gen {.
al attractiVeness Of the STORE. Women
e admirers ~ less than men Of beauty III
eir own sex, and this exceptional show
axes the store talked ab0ur, thus giving
vauahie advertisement. | don't see that
x nlliner is af III reprehensible, either: ,
ID it is 70 her credit that size insists unon
II clerks being reputable As well as !
'mely. shc pays them only the orlin-
y wages, but in addition has their hair
'essed every morning BY professional ar
It, besides providing them with such !
Iornments as tend to improve their looks
each individual case.
AN ATHLETIC EMPRESS ;
The empress Of Austria, who has for. sew /
Ill seasons followed fhe hounds In Ire- i