The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14
FELICIA-LED AsrRAf-A WINTERS
TALE.


A performance at tbs Dsl'as opers-house
lat night was spprecistl0gy witnessed ny
. great rumber VI cit zsDs. Mrs, Charles
| BENTON ,ok the part oil leading lady and
| he WAS atty supported By Messrs. Frank
| r. Mum and W liam Ernenwein, they In
| heir turn seconded bys tToups OF tcebic
| d ,inters, stsge carpenter, nphclsterers.
r,psrhsngers, Cabinet workmen and
some OF all sorts OF persons
gifted in the mysteries Of stage setting.
| rhe rel business on hand was preparing
| Tor the ideal pres.niati beginning this
afternoon with F. Lola" at matinee; con-
,inuing tonight with Led hstrsy" ana
COZ Guiding Monday night with"a Winters
I,l.,b conf letting Miss Rosa Ey
'iuge's ID Las season. Tha seen
ic preparations last evening, a.
seen IN disiptegratiop, gave Only
1 npses OF the fortr coming entirety, when
tbs shifting situations shs present. ali the
AZ iuD,t, OF vivid reslry, nom kitchen t.
,rspd recett on rooms, aud from cradle 10
Inc ronrntul ulnCe Of eveIl isting sleep.
i do pt / intend" said Mrs, Benton, rs she
Il ,0d on the psii t-,psttsred Stage. 10
usra,it any absurd,t to to occur in this case
Wn,, i. was dreadful when sothern was
here. l had to get young
man /, get under the bed stead AMI It and,
Ike A las, on his hands and feet, hi liing
me weight OF Lord Dnudreary on his back.
And when Ward,in Othelio, went to 1t ranPle
D.sdemona. four carpenters were needed to
hold up the bsdstest
Mrs. Benton has xii, experience. c0rlr-
age and heart and ell those fo,ces she gives
70 hsr work Of renovation. 1t was chaos
worse confounded lat night, but
the ll.n was stalking forh
IN oil It's basuty, freshness and modernism.
| The general style OF the new scenery and
.t.giog is early En- lsh, treated in the
bright flash OF the lily and suntDwer era
The sombre appears 30 dimly; the fiashv
tt.Cts Of the new ,tyl shows, as SUI ght
in q garden OF f)wers and the pathos OF
en- otionsl acting will trauscire In
a xii tering frame which will lend
Torcitls grace and detract not at oil
The pal II and boudoir walls are in cream
co or, emb elished with pale blue. INTEREST
with blue Of darker shade: 'dway the
walls are psnn'l I'd with Maroon dado,
with A ,wers and a. ID, all in high decOya.
,iS ait. Above, the w.l are bl 'cked With
Gre clan scroll exhib ting the mnluf)rm d.
ton. The boudoir scenes
are warmly adapted to the season. Mrs.
B.n,op has procured maIt.l.piece OF
ariy English pattern, with nre-plsca in
VIII ch real fire will glow cheerlully. This
proper will be weighted handsomely with
brio ,.br"c and books, and will be like real
lie in fl nqnt circumstances. The sangers
have reen sought for t'qre
lace cu,tains, Tides and white lambs
wool m,'tiug; Blllinrton has .ent
fine furniture and Aldridge has been call ID
upon for ornamental ware. Never has a
company played in the sonto t. b. tt r stt-
ting ami oomp'e.er properties than
that which Mrs. Benton has prepared for
Miss Rose E,t,pee. All tho Ill eye-sores
are goue and the new has possession.
the work will continue far into this morn.
ing, after which both furnaces will
be tarned on and ever, thing made dry aud
omfortable. For Winters r'l', Monday
evening. the company has ITS own scenery.
| 1t is a wonderful drama, reaching back to
the days Of the oratlss of ID lphos AID the
eldrta and Phatt ISM sgorlcal passages
reonire special furnishing tspt Gil y that
terrible tempest scene when the ship "bor.
ing the nom with her main mast
and anon swull WED with yeas. and troh'
makes d ark perspective to the c''h where
the hear with sinister erowis deyourS OLD
| An;ignnus. A New Orleans writer SAYS
| M as X Sc Eytnge wears some very beau:
tiful and artistic costumes in Lied Astray,"
fashioned BY the Pari-ian au,ocrat on
dress Worth. In the first act che wears
au ecru morie and brocsde satin. en- prin-'
case, and deliberately trimmed with hand
some chenille fringe, matching II TIM ne
costume. A b ll-rnom dress pari!cul Hlv
striking. Ia co II biDst ton of amb al TX With
green morie covered with black Spanish
lace. With this dress are worn turquo'ses
and diamonds. Another cos ume ia OF
cream satin trimmed wi h handsome lace,
and polonsse of garnet velvet. The jewels
worn with this dress sre rnbies. Perhaps
the most slesan. costume is that DISPLAYED
in the last act, a princess of ricn black
velvet, deliberately trim wi b jet. These
costumes are particularly striking and
elegant and are tTiumphs of the mOdisto,s