River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-31
FEMININE IDOLS
How Handsome Actors Are Bored by
the illusions orSliiy women-Notes
and EIaua~s


How Handsome Actors Are Bored by
the illusions or Silly women-Notes
and Flowers.
New York Correspondence Boston Herald.
Ii silly women kne " what bores their
anonymous illusions were to the hand
some actors to whom they send them,
they would very likely discontinue the
prectice, which, after all, must put
them to indefinite trouble and expense.
There arc no bounds to these ladies ex.
actions. They usually begin by request.
ing Mr.. Terriss, Mr.. Mantell or Mr.. Kel-
cey to send them their autographs, and
have been known to coyly add that il
the gentleman found himself in the vi
entity Of Central Park he might bring it
IN person to such and such number.
This is like the lady who ran
across her husband trying
to evade ner in Eighty-sixth street.
John" she said. amazed, what are
you doing in Eighty-sixth street," my
dear, | just happened" John Smith,
no one ever happened to be in Eighty
sixth streetw The ladies who write to
handsome actors invariably send them
flowers, with request that they shall
wear them at the matinee. These
lowers are sometimes roses, but are
1snully violets. The fair unknown
have q mania for violets, When Mon
ague was alive, his dressing. room smelt
as strongly ofviolettes Parma as though
i were that perfumery shop in New
Bond street, London, which makes the
vicinity OF Longs Hotel and Henry
lrving's house odoriferous. Violets
came in boxes day after day to Terriss,
accompanied by notes in sn unknown
hand: "Wear these; it is not much 10
ask One day tho writer said she would
be in front, with yiolets at her maiden
breast. Terriss looked up and then
looked down. She ought to have worn
sunfiowers, dahllas, or, say hollyhocks.
He never looked again. Some
lines three or four different nosegays
arrived on one and the came day, all ac-
companied by plaintiye petitions.
What do they take nae for? An arbor.
.rellls work, a conservatory Kelley
used to be kept busy acknowledging
The receipt of notes brought by messen-
ger boys in frantic haste. One evening
three missives came from the same lady,
but this was almost excusable, for she
was about to leave town, she announced,
md the poor thing was sad. "Voiei
atAoS"AAN DoPtSbACs iAAoA0AieN dC hOo
adieuxp However, the rose would ar
rive every evening, she said, just as
though she were here. This was note
No.2. Twenty minutes after came third,
IL cannot 20 without one word from
you" Kelley had never seen the lady,
but he had compassionate heart; so,
taking the pencil proifered him by the
messenger boy, he scrubbed, "Many
thanks for your kindness Another
time. lady, who wrote from a leading
hotel, requested him to call, and Mrs.
Caroline Hill Kelley gave her permits
sion. go and see who it isl" But the
wise Herbert thought he'd rather not.
At what hour do you usually walk up
Broadway" wrote a lady to Terriss,
who sribbled back: 81 never walk up
Broadway; always take the Sixth ave-
nue. cars" Mantell has grown so blase
over notes and bouquets that he turns
them straight over to Mrs. NJ, as George
Rignold was wont to do. Mrs. Mantell.
like Mrs. Rignold, is an actress, and
doesn't mind, so long as it does Robert
good, but she doesn't want him to go
and see who it is"