The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-03
GOSSIP ABOUT ACTORS.

MoDJEsKA the actress, is society favor
ite in California.
JouN STErsoS's advice to one of the Ri.
ralfy's is that honesty is tho best Bolossy.
MRS. LESTER WALLAcK is sister of Sir
Millais, the artist who married the divorced
wife Of John RuslSin.
LAWRENCE BARRETT is the best and most
carefully-dressed actor on the American
stage His costumes in "Rienai'' cost over
$4,000.
SARAH BERSHARDT is quoted as telling q
friend that she intends the scene of her
own death to be something startling and
striking.
| LOUIS JAMES will never consent to appear
In garb that is not as near perfect in ap-
pearance rs can be made by the outlay Of
time and money.
LILLIAN OLcoTT spent in tho noighborhood
OF $1,000 for her "Thcodora" wardrobe, be-
sides weeks of study in the British Museum
hunting up plates and prints.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON is very particular in
his professional makeup. As Bob Acres
| In "The Rivals" he wears ono of the most
expensive sets of dresses ever made
L. w. KEENE spares neither time, trouble
nor money in securing n proper and elegant
wardrobe. His is said to be the largest
and most complete Of any one in his line
WHEN Annie Louise Cary (Mrs Raymondy
sang at hotel the other day she had reg
ular attack of stage fright. In spite of her
apparent calm she was always subject to it.
MARIE WAINwRrouT is credited with be-
ing the bcst-dressed woman on the Ameri-
can stage, although many actresses carry
more money to the dressmakers than she
does.
MARY ANDERSON pays but little heed to
costuming beyond that necessary to meet
the requirements of the characters she
plays, and has little or no wardrobe to
boast of.
MANY of Maggie lritchell's dresses have
peen picked up during years of ramblings,
and while Inexpensive when considered
separately, are worth pretty penny when
considered together.
The dresses worn by Mrs Langtry in "a
Wife's Perif' cost her something like e.
Ooo, while her complete wardrobe, includ-
ing tho dresses made this season for "As in
O Looking-Glass," is valued at ss25, 900
NJ b. CURTIS, the actor, who made n fort
une by his inpersonation of Sam'l o. Posen,
owns pigeon-blood ruby for which he is
said to have paid $1,000. Rabies, when thew
reach certain size, are more valuable than
diamonds.
ROSE CoGHLAN, whose dresses as a star
have yet to be written up and commented
upon by the public at large, spent as a rule,
while leading lady of the old Wallack stock
company, from $500 10 $500 on her dresses
Tor every new play in which she was cast.
AFTERa recent performance of Carmen
NJ Covent Garden, London, Minnie Hauk
was presented with wreath of laurels and
oak leaves IN solid gold, in honor of the
tenth anniversary of the first production of
that opera in England One of the subscrib-
ors to the testimonial was Nine. Bizet,
widow of the composer.
ROBSON and Crane, who are probably
closer friends than any two actors on
the stage, are totally unlike. Robson loves
his books and pictures and is hard student.
crane, on the other hand, is fond of base
oaii ana the race-course, and is probably
the more popular actor. He is the drollest
OF men, and his fund of anecdote is inex-