Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12

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any pretty woman who Is exhibiting her
self These young aud old noodles sre
content TO love the actress from the par
quet aud hide their alteration In bouquets
or pour u out ON photographs up TO the
point where she has d row with her old
man, aud then they begin TO send poems
OF coincidence aud sympathy to the thea
ter.
believe Mr.. Hill intends TO get up a
souvenir OF sympathy on the i've hum
dredth night Of "Pcpiia" and print these
offerings.
There must be Ave hundred hearts that
bleed every time that Lillian Russell Is
ANNOYED BY her old man. Public opin-
ion then asserts itself, and the voice Of
veal Is heard In the land.
Here is one OF the condoiing poems
that was sent TO the theater:
Queen OF all that's fair and bright,
llusttuus star of noon and night,
sorrow comes and sorrow goes.
Wipe, % wipe away our wOesl
Art tbou crushed with macy SORROWS
Think OF all the bright 70 norrowu,
When from husband once more free
Thou shalt live In liberty.
Here's another
we feel for thee. fair ono o,tho lusrous scene,
cine manly Hart would share with thee the grief
OF thine sad burden, In hriei,
Consider that In all tins scenes that rue
one patient soul Is leal and true.
These are fair samples of the whole
basket.
The story that solomon gets up these
lifts with his wife to excite poetical sym
patty and thus accumulate material for
new opera li5retto may have some
foundation, for il must be said there Is a
strange resemblance in these rhymelets
to the work in "Polly" and "Pepita.n
NYM CRINELE.
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Fashionable society has been complete
ly aroused the past week over the pro
duction OF little comedy, played by ANA
teurs. Now, there Is nothing particularly
astonishing in the fact, but only in subse-
quent developments. The title of the
play was "The Boutonniere; or, War of
the Roses.' II has been greatly dis
cussed who were the authoresses. Two
summers ago party OF young people
were together at Far Rockaway, and to
while away time dramatized q short story,
written by the Duchess The authors
were Mrs. Kate Ward Moore, a great
belle, whose father, Matthew Ward, was
well-known throughout the South, and
whose aunt is Sallie Ward, the famous
beauty, who has been the wife Of several
husbands. The other young lady was
Miss Cornelia Van Auken, granddsugh-
ter Of the late Commodore Garrison and
an unusually clever girl. Together they
wrote their little Ilay, but when, at the
end of the visit 1t was still unfinished,
Miss Van Auken took IL to her city home,
where It was eventually completed by her.
As A Leuten diversion 1t was decided
/ TO produce the comedy, and Miss Bessie
| Ward Doremus, at whose house II was
written, and who Is sister Of Mrs
| Moore, put her own name as col
| laberateur for two reasons. She had
written the play OF "Larks" which Lofts
| has produced this season, and Mrs
Moore, her sister, did not wish her own
name used, as Just now she is passing
through a domestic trial. AS one sister
did not desire the authorship, Il seemed
natural that the other should take the
"honor thrust upon herr or leave Miss
Van Auken sole representative of au-
thorship.
Miss Van Auken carefully prepared her
cast, which contained among other names
that of young Fairfax Harrison, the son
OF Mr. and Mrs. Burton n. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison Is well known as secretary
to Jefferson Davis, and Mrs. Harrison
is prominent In the social and literary
world.
Others in the play were Mr.. Edward
Fales Coward, who Is considered the best
amateur in New York, Miss Caroline
Duer and Miss Ruth Lawrence, daughter
OF Judge Lawrence.
Mrs. Harrison, who had been South
with Mrs, Whitney, wife of Secretary
whitney, arrived in New York Just before
the production of the play, and beiag at
variance with Mrs. Doremus, Insisted ON
Withdrawing her son Fairfax from the
east. Then followed explanations. Mrs.
Doremus was not part author, but her
sister was: young Harrison played his
| role, and so it came about that there We're
two productions of the piece instead OF
one, for Miss Van Auken produced it In
Mrs. Eliot Johnston's psrlors, with those
already mentioned, and Mrs. Doremus
produced it with herself, Miss Corey, {
rising beauty, Mr. Sykes sud Mr.. Cow
ard, at the University Club theater,
The play, which is clever, resemble:
GoldSmith's "She Scoops to Conquer
I for in both young lady of position
/ becomes waitress snd thereby wins lei
lover.
4 AN SA~AtNAN @ASf NNANAANAt~NN tANAA
selves on the brightness Of the dialogue
I and we shall look formore from Mis-:
I Van Auken's pen. She has already beer
approached by wen-kuown irm 10 pub
lish the play. NOW you know the trn,
! history Of 1.-THE War of the Roses
Mrs. James Brown Potter gave te:
I party 10 Nine Nevada on Monday, which
was the leading event Of the week. Tn,
fair hostess wore a dark green satin dinnel
dress with brocaded velvet basque, u,
raised velvet Agnre being a three-lea
clover. green satin vest front wal
fastened by three diamond studs,
Miss George Urquhart, her sister, VIII,
hiss Just returned from New Orleans, wor
a browu raw silk drCss, with white crap
loose vest. II was very striking Tn
celebrated guest Of the occasion, who wa
accompanied by her husband, DIR, Palmer
wore hlSck velvet costume with pin
satin vest, and the beautiful pearl an'
diamond ornaments given her by Mrs
John MacSsy at the time Of her debut.
Other guests were Mr.. George Henri
Warren, Mr.. Ward MeAllister, MI,
Henry Egleston, Mrs. Musgraye an
Senator Ingalls, aud wife, G, +. II.
Flsked greats are very ilne. Ask Il
them at the Fort Worth Grocer Co.'S.