The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-19
ACTREySEs' DlNNERS.
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Pav.rs,s D,ss.s IT s"me 81 tho Star. "r the
sssss-rhe Virtues 81 Champagne.
A genial and agreeable old then' real man.
who has on several occasions talked 10 the
writer about the people of the stage. was asked
Yesterday what uctrcsscs ont.
Some OF them" he said gravely. live like
princesses: many others are fortunate II they
get three square meals day. Isunpose there
is no class Of women on the face Of the earth
about whose private life people feel 40 much
interest as they do about actresses. What al
most everybody seems to forget Il that an
actress remains woman oven though she does
appear on the stage. Fcw people seem to un-
derstand that n lady may go on tho stage
and still preserve all OF the harmo-
MES. habits. and characteristics OF the
life she led before she became public charac-
tor. Thcro is Miss Coghlan for instance. the
leading lady OF Wallack Theatre. She receives
alIberal salary. abou, 5000 week believe. and
she resides permanently In New York. She
has no hotel or travelling expenses to encoun-
ter and ia enabled to ran her establishment II.
an even expense Nil tho yenr round. She has
Il man cook. n coachman n maid and a general
servant and her dinners aro superb. She
breakfasts about II and dimes about G, after
her daily drive tn tina Paris I never heart that
she had liking for any particular dish. but
distinctly remember tho uNIglt sht uVincat
ones when was talking with lisr over the ap-
pronch OF the oyster s"ason.
Coghian. She liz very domestic IN her tastes.
lives quietly. Is seldom 10 be scnn tpa rnhi,e
can dinner with patriotic allegiance.
Kate Folsy'he. who ais" liye4 worry quietly
WIN hc ci mo'sr ~, Hat rn TOM T snI 10
restaurants, and mas II 'oniness, for nibblnG
candies an, ana s% S,. Z, q, ail h|nr+ Tne
! is 4 rather more fas'iiipna eater than Misa
F"rsythe. } nave s"sn her very often nj DH'-
Mohisska thers when that actress is ~ Ne v
York. Modjsskaa Tendencies however. are o.
ward N quiet lft anl whom she is Ia town she
! rooms are almost inaccessible. She snlhhm
eat, II the public rssta"rani, ,herr and i, is
'Janauschek, who is believe. moro thor
actress know. seldom goes I tho arse hoi.'s
and is not often sccn in public restaurants;
| three rooms in u private boarding. house In
| Fourteenth street. Here she studies constant
~. rshenr.ea her people nccns,nn'.iy, and de-
the stage. Her meals ara pain. and served
with great regularity ia hon, rooms she seens
| to be entirely withou, the love OF admiration
which actressns often evinee Ia private life as
well as on the stnge."
| Arc there any special dishes which any oil
=" About the only dish they are al sure Of az
| cepting." said tho manager smilingiy Is a
| hausted actress rs it is to an n,hlcte. II is n
engaged dir in long a,mri, ,p You know as
II retreshes without eavtnE any alter elect. ol
spirits. After an actress has gouo through q
glass OF champagne brings her nerves down
from the high-s,runG point. Tier" is very
isHdinE lady in N"w ISrR whose
sionstely fond OF rigs feet. l took her to Par,
kers one night. q short time ago. after she had
plates Of pigs 'eet beiors she had time t. talk
oyer the newspaptr notices which she was sure
she would receive the following day. She drank
a mixture of Bass ale md champagne with
her supper. But it is only fair to say that sht
had been SO nervous before the pny that SHE
There is u French opera boufre actrcss. who
Ia now in this country. who gained quite IA rep
utation three or four years ago by the gr ,,i
even had 1t brought to her dressing room. il
order to sustain her between the acts. Sht
used to eat It with ,chopsticks. more for the ful
other reason. suppose.
by the way. n man who kesps n cai' OF
Broadway which is well known to New York
ers tells in. that he had m order from u Ger
tain burlesqno artistic 4 short time ago to SOM
after the r. s9 a Fl FL d sysS "
weeks and then sent her N" BIZ whic!!
hses b Brother r'o%rs Ra aia vim ShT 'n
every night and "a she WAS by no means fon,
OF It. there was good deal Of talk in tho com
rseenty ha sh. to sv fG G's
that the wine was sent 10 her every night by AZ
enthusinstic admirer in the front Of the house
and no was rs laxative "a such men usual
are, the scheme didn't Ho through"
VIVA! do the majority % actresses eat 10
Well. the chorus girls. ard Ihr hundreds q
women who play minor parts. are usual Is salts
fed with II few oysters and n bottle of beer: il
winter they eat chop. i they can get 1t. and i
summer they are as fond Of Ice cream as all III
other girls Of America appear 10 be.