Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-14
A NEW KICKER.
How Miss Farrell Made the Great
Hit at the Biiou.


NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-While society
is discussing Lord Colin Campbell
and not even swell society cares
to discuss his wife openly; and the
clubs are discussing coast defenses; and
the city officials are wondering who next
will be arrested; and the sports are out on
the road with their cutters, and the fathers
and mothers are bracing themselves for
Christmas, little unknown woman has
quietly produced a f1utter at one of the
theatres.
Nothing that I know of in New York
theatrlcals has OF late so clearly illustrat-
ed the oft-repeated charge that the metro
politan playhouse is wholly dependent
upontts chorus girls for patronage as this
current beauty.
She is playing in Nat Goodwin's "Little
Jack Sheppard at the BIou. Her name
on the bills is, | believe, Farrell. she
broke out of the chorus into a consplcu-
Gus dance and made pronounced hit.
What | mean by a hit is this. The
whole vast circles of the clubs and cafes
began TO talk about her. Where did she
come from? What kind of a girl is she:
When can one be introduced to her? I
found her the subject of surmise at the
Yacht Club, the subject Of bets at the
Lambs, the study at the Charcoal Club,
the theme at the L0tos. Sarony, who is
the most salacious artist in town, goes to
the Bijou every night to feast his artistic
eye. The best fixed men about town
saunter in about 8 to see her dance. No.
body betrays the slightest interest in Nat
Goodwin or his inane play. The girl, the
GRIPS the thing.
Now, who is Farrell? Simply this and
nothing more:
One OF those young women who have
ravishlng figures, with the long limbs of
OF AphrOdite and the skill of Phryue to
show them. In stage parlance she is a
"klcker." In sober truth she is a superb
animal, whose every action is an uncOn-
scI0us revelation of voluDtuous grace.
There Is absolutely nothing to her in the
play but her figure and motion and face,
But when you reflect that this unknown
animal steps out of the desert of Nat
Gnodwin's play for three minutes and
makes an oasis of beauty with her legs
ana men travel over the dreary sand #
the burlesque to reach this one fresh
spot, you will understand what the at
traction OF the playhouse is.
The influence thus eXerted by one I'M
educated animal is simply amazing. Mr..
10 Arthur, an experienced manager in
this field, told me on Monday night at the
Yacht Club that the girl could make a
contract for five years at $500 a week,
simply on the strength OF her personal
charms. All the intriguing roues Of the
town not only swear by her but besiege
the management
Paragraphs about her have crept into
the papers. A regular post Office for
billet doux has been opened at the BJou.
l mention this as one OF the curious and
constantly occurring incidents of the
playhouse in New York. Physical charms
are at premium. Intelligence, ability,
brains, study, ambition, skill, may plOd
and struggle and aim hIgh, and some big
limbed maiden who can hardly write her
own name will slip In and gather all the
persimDOns. It's a splendid scheme for
the SOrosis to discuss. i wish Mrs. CrowlY
would make speech about it. I should
like to interview Lille Devereux Blake
on the subject. Why, after all the elo-
quence OF the advanced women was
poured out, this tranecendent baggage
would skip In, shake her slipper in the
air and 90 OFF on her toes with all the
laurels. NYM CRINKLE.