The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-21

Manners
From the NelU York Sun.
The nursuit of Kyrle Bellew the actor,
bv crafty sentimental woman IN Boston,
i. generally smiled at as an advertising de-
ire because Bellew is a chap who can be
.,onsidered handsome only by the most vivid
tr,aoination. But it is a mania with n
f.rv women in New York to worship stage
. heroes ANYHOW, and so it is no wonder that
. foolish creature chased Bellew to Boston.
Nine Ponisi the stately old actress who
has for very many years been in the Wal
l.ck company with Bellew and his prede-
oassors. has been talking to me about the
,roze for acting and for actors that possesses
q few girls of the present day. No one is
hotter qualified to speak on this subject.
She has been season after season in the COM
many with such famous heart-breakers as
ester Wallack, Henry j. Montague, and
later specimens of stage heroes. She has
lad 10 push through a crowd of their ador-
ors who blocked up the back door to see
fbejr idols enter or depart. She has faced
With them matinee audiences made up of
enan,Ored idiots. She has read bushel of
b,irninr efTusions Montague, the most
besieged of the whole army of theatrical
crushers. used to receive a hundred love
letters every month of his life, and on such
occasions as New Year and Christmas as
many came in a week. Nine. PoniSi said
thar Montague did not pretend to read
them. The back doorkeeper would hand him
batch. out of which he would hastily Gull
the tender missives, and, as he passed thu
actresses dressing rooms, he would distrib-
ut4 the curiOsities for their Amusement
As 10 kvrle Bellows destinations, they APP
neal to the admiration and affection of the
very Young or the very ancient. The mobs
that stand and wait for him on the side
street either use chewing gum or wear
spectaces Nine. Ponisi told how one suf-
ferer from this form of dementia hit upon
aplan. She learned where the matronly ac-
tress dwelt, and asked for an interview
Now. if ever nobility of nature and dig
nitv of wOmanhOod sat on woman's head
and radiated from her fan, it is in Nine
Poniss case With her crown of silver
hair the honest eyes of Irish blue, the COM
plexion and teeth preserved by health and
contented mind, the firm, upright form,
without an effort to efface wrinkle grown
beautifully old, this actress faced her Wis
itor A private carriage had brought the
visitor there. Her dress beJokened wealth.
and everything that money could do to
been done. Baby frizzes were plIned on
her thin and faded locks; rouge was laid on
where the alabaster cream left off; a row
Of pi no keys decorated her upper jaw;
Fard Indieu threw up her time-bleared eyes;
pads hid the ravageS of years in her figure.
As she fronted Nine P0niSi she was that
stately DANES antip de. She had the
advantage in years, but she had made
such bad use of them that she looked
al +I,r,r, Of, = l.,
young
MY dear madam, sighed the caller, sit
is a matter OF the heart which has impelled
me to call A most ardent attachment
for Mr.. Kyrle Bellew has taken possession
Of my"
"Dearl dear" interrupted the actress,
another poor girl! Has your daughter
ever met
Ny daughter"
Didn't you say your daughter"
Il haveno daughter" said the woman;"I
am unmarried, and | came to ask you about
Mr. - on my own account"
The actress was paralyzed, The enamored
spnster begged her to take her, as an init
mate friend, behind the scenes at Wallacl's,
and introduce her to the fascinating leading
man.
I'VE do not take strangers behind the
scenes, was the reply. "The idea of your
having such a feeling for this gentleman is
poposterous. l cannot help you in any
way
That foolish woman hung around and
cried, and finally declared that no Jealous
guardianship should keep her from know
ing the love of her HE, for she would
study aud 60 upon the stage" The trag
ely queens who surrounded her idol should
not bar her out
a heard the other day of a lady taking
evolutionary lessons for a purpose she
wouldn't divulge,'" said Nine. Ponisi.
Perhaps it was the old actor-Struck lady of
last season.
The student of New York manners will
md IN the upper Broadway multitudes
abundant variety in mans public treatment
Of woman. Polteness is general, and when
there IS ludeness it usually arises from an
excess OF masculine admiration of feminine
ueauty. Not every man is as shy or covert
IN the use Of his eyes as he was who. being
seen with goggles on, replied to an in
curry:
On, no; there's nothing the matter with
my eyesight. I've got these things on so
mat | can stare at the pretty girls with
OUT offending Them
disgusting share of the gazing at beauty
becomes ogling, and a handsome young
woman, accustomed to all the sorts of Wis
ual attention, lays down this doctrine:
p comedy woman should walk down
broadway and see no demonstrations of
dumlraton she would soon make for a mir
Fof TO ind out what had happened to her
.aCs' but, while she likes stares. she is in
suited by ogies She draws the line between
d stare and an ogle.n
Inc difficult question is how she ought
@Iesent improper attention, if at all. A
.ewltchlng girl was closely followed by
Two lmpudent handles, who were not con
y9nt with using their eyes on her, but EN-
Rioyed their tongues. She pursed her red
LIZ ana emitted low, musical, inviting
; "uSIe. The chappies were a little aston
,areo oy what they took to be piquant
'7PohSe to their advances.
ia you call me" said one, as they
4WCheued their lazy steps behind her.
d. Vh' no. sir, she sweetly responded, as
tno sooked down at pet terrier trotting at
GTHe 'front.' hem of her skirt; II was whist
~ 70 my own puppy
"o" mat the season for gift-making has
oven consigned to worthy rest, let Us take
SsLahce at its true inwardness from some
Ems OF view: What does it amount to!
fF.A1uaVagance and disappointment Fair
-ylo'iuu pouted a week because the elegant
G@agelcts Ado plus laid at her shrine on
81 ~ SLllas were not the watch her poor little
o .ui Qaved Adoiphus saw her discomfort,
b b,." Oh New Years day slipped horseshoe
LIi9'yA INTO her hand. The stones looked
~ diamonds, but still she was unsatisfied.
bh ag VIII never know that dear Dof denied
rraIi the comforting cigar for months
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