Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-16

boxes, while most American women, when
occupying those exposed places, deem it
ladylike to be very quiet, With Theo was
a minor actress of the French troupe,
dressed in garnet silk, trimmed with cash
mere beadwork. This one did not affect
plainness of attire. Her corsage was low,
back as well as front, and on her bosom
was a tremendous brooch that glistened
like diamonds, while around her throat
was a blaze of a necklace. She and Theo
occupied the front of the box with true
Partisan vivacity. That was an excep-
tional second which didn't nave its shrug,
Its head toss, its wriggle, or its pretty gri-
mace. They were sufficiently attentive to
the performance, but between acts they
whisked around in the box, regardless of
the fact that they were in full view Of a
thousand critical Yankees. They had a
big bunch of cut flowers, and these she
distributed. fixing bouquets on the breasts
of the men who were their escorts. l
don't know Theo's age, except so far as 1t
is indicated by a grown-up daughter; but
she was certainly youthful in face, if not
IN hgure. and very pretty indeed. 1 had
seen her on the stage, and admired her
skill in making all the points of opera
bouffe with singular inoffensiveness; but
this glimpse of her in private life showed
that. though sweet and charming, she had
the French fault of self-consciousn ess-an
air of insincerity-a subtle something
that betrays constant artfuIness. A
F~renchwoman may be frank, but nobody
can ever guess it froln her manner, for
she is never perfectly natural and unaffect-
ed. In the box directly opposite sat Yer
ona Jarbeau, quite quietly dressed. con-
sidering that her toilet displays, both on
and of the stage, are usually notable. She
wore black silk, embroidered in colors,
black gloves, and a little red velvet bonnet,
She and her mother had the managers box
to themselves. She had sung Arabella in
Billie Taylor" on this stage during the
previous week, and probably was suffering
a reaction from her elaborate dressing of
that part. Anyhow she was below her
average, except that big diamonds shone
out from her at various points. In the
box directly over her sat Bessie Darling,
an actress remarkable for fine clothes in
ultra fashionable styles. On this occasion
the distinctive garment was a wrap. made
OF red and black plush in shaded stripes.
1t was tied around her neck with ribbons.
and. loosenlng these, she let it fall back
from her shoulders to form a rich back
ground for herself. Her hat was white lace.
with q black velvet band running down
the back and tying under her chin. She.
too. was respondent with diamonds. But
her chief fashion exhibit was a fan big
enough to raise a cyclone If adequately
welded. Perhaps she had read that the
coming Langtry's especial weapon of
conquest is a fan, and therefore got one
enormous enough to take the wind out of
any that the English beauty might bring
over. 1t was gay with sunhowers, and,
waved ut the front of the box over the
stage, was a more gorgeous scenic effect
than any that the manager had provided.
When colored lights were thrown from a
calcium upon the ghost IN the play the
display was dim compared with that fan. A
fourth box presented the reigning profess
ionai beauty of the metropolis-Liilian Rus
sell. formerly Mrs, Braham, daughter of
the strong-minded Cynthia Leonard, hero
ine of a recent elopement, and chief at
traction of the Biiou Opera House compa-
She has youth as we'll as wonderful
perfection of form and feature. Her
blemishes are bleached hair and bad teeth.
Otherwise, there isn't a flaw visible. She
was clad IN black, her dress being silk. her
gloves very long, and her hat velvet. She
podded and giggled behind her black fan
at somebody il the audience, but in the
main her department was exceptionally La
dylike. Her mother was in the box; also,
q man whose hair was parted in the mid
die. She sat a great deal of the time with
one hand raised to the side of her face. On
that wrist. by the merest chance. was an
enormous bracelet set with diamonds. She
had diamonds in her ears. too. If all
these diamonds in the four boxes 1 have
described were real, their aggregate value
would be equal to the salaries OF the
wearers for a year: Still. l don't doubt
that they were genuine. Some folks make
savings banks of jewels, and deposit their
hard earned savings in them, deeming
them the least risky and most serviceable
of Investments. Lillian's hat was one of
the latest styles in the cart-wheei line and
a radical departure from the wide-brimmed
monstrositiss that have been so long be-
rated. 1t ran up close 30 the head behind.
giving nc room for much of a coil of hair
inside, if even for an average sized bump
of amativeness; it was snug. TOO, at the
sides, but it reached away above and over
the forehead in one tremendous expanse
o. velvet.