The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-16
TaEo's STAGE WARDROBE.
Costumes That are Marvels Of
Observation-Disclosures That
are Mere Suggestions.
New York Herald.


ranged at intervals along the walls of
Nine. Theo's suite of apartments in
the Belvidere hotel last evening.
They were of most solid construction,
iron bound at the edges, and their
lids were studded with rows of short,
thick set brass nails, with heads as
round and as hard as the Uranium of
an alderman. These eleven trunks
which had passed unscathed through
all the assaults of Barney Biglin's
baggage smashers, evidently belonged
to one family of trunks. In fact, so
strong was the mutual resemblance
that any individual trunk might be
taken for the twin brother of any
other trunk in the collection. En-
sconced amid the luxury of Nine.
Theo's suit, they seemed in the pride
of their massive strength, to have
planted themselves on the floor with
a certain air of defiance, and with
their brazen parts to hold out stand
ing invitation to the toughest baggage
smasher in the land to enter into an
interesting little contest of endurance.
"They contain a portion of Theo's
wonderful wardrobe" remarked Mr..
Horace Grau to a Herald reporter.
with a comprehensive sweep of his
hand over the trunks.
'A portion, only ?"
eyes, only portion. There are
ten more slowed away in a spare
room at the theater."
At this moment rustling of petit
coats was heard, and Nine. Theo
tripped into the room and gayly
greeted her visitors.
81 have just broken the first COM
mandment," she exclaimed in a burst
of confidence. Il have been pros.
trating myself in alteration before the
satin dress with the pink lace. Nest
pas que je suis mechanic But come
and see how great is the temptation.
Let us take look at the dresses"
Then Mime. Theo, assisted by ma
cousine Isabelle and a pretty femme
de chambre, began opening the trunks
In rapid succession and exhibiting
some of the chief masterpieces OF
Felix. Mr. Grau sank into the soft
depths o. a fauteuil and looked OIL
with blase air.
The first dress exhibited was one
which is to be worn in the second act
of La Jolle Parfumeuse. 1t is of
pink rose crepe de chine, with q
straight-cut skirt. The dress is en-
broidered with pearls.
"Look at those pearls" prattled
the lively little diva, with the deligh,
ola school girl "you see they are not
mere white pearls, they are rosy
Eosy as the lips of little child.
And now" continued Mime. Theo,
holding up a peculiar looking gar
ment which had lacing strings at the
back-such a garment as her visitor
never remembered having beheld be
fore, "th;s is the undress corsage
which have. on in the second act Of
La Jolle Parfumeuse, when my maids
undress me and put me to bed, you
know. Vraiment! it's-well it is,
isn't it?"
"Ah" murmured Mr.. Grau, ad.
miringly, from the depths of bis
fauteuil. "That little undress cors
age, as you call it, puts the pink dress
with the rosy pearls nowhere"
"Tiens" exclaimed Theo, with an
air of bewilderment, chow curious it
is that the public seems to take more
interest in me deshabille than even
when / am in my finest dresses.
"And now" resumed Nine. Theo,
"here is very peculiar dress which l
am TO wear In Francois les Bas Blues.
As you see, it is a pink lace dress,
with pink satin underskirt. This
dress, l predict, will be pronounced
simply wonderful. 1t will be the
first time that the world has ever
gased entranced upon pink lace.
"And here" continued Mime. Theo,
with bewildering rapidity, sis silver
embroidered dress, with belt of real
pearls, to be worn in GirOfe-Girofia /;
here is a robe de feu for the second
act of La Perichole-a dress of red
plush, covered with jet to match ;
here is dress made of some peculiar
olden-time material of that peculiar
shade you see under doves neck, to
be worn in the third act of Nine.
Boniface, and is robe clair de lune,
made of black tulle, covered with
steel spangles, glittering with a re-
Election like the sheen of the moon.
light. Felix conceived this dress in a
paroxysm ofgenius. I shall wear it
for Sunday ght concerts. Its like
has never been seen before"
"But / must not forget to show
you my generals uniform for the