Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08

| Miss Letter. She is a remarkably handsome
young lady, of the order Of beauty justly
| commanding the adjective splendid. Her
parents possess dollars by the million, and
throughout the summer they have main
tanned high degree of luxury at Newport,
taking their places right along with the As
tors and Vanderbilts. Is is now decided that
Miss Letter will spend at least half OF the
coming winter in New York. A box at the
Metropolitan Opera House has been secured
| by the family, and have seen other signs
of preparation for vigorous and resplend-
ent social campaign.
QUEENLY BELLE.
Miss Letter is queenly belle, with every
| advantage which nature and riches can
give, and it is a sufficient avowal of her
potency to tell that her right to mingle with
| the Four Hundred, if not to rule over
| them, is already unquestioned. She is ac-
| cepted for enforcement, and the only un-
certainty relates to the co-occupation of the
throne by Miss Hargous. These two young
ladies know no rivalry except with each
other, and it is going to be slightly and
| absorbing beauty show, in which they will
compete for supremacy. When I saw Miss
Letter at one of the closing Newport balls
her dress was of corn-colored tulIe,
the jupe so arranged as to veil
and yet not conceal garlands of the
delicate blooms of the purple lilac.
Nothing could be more tasteful or be-
coming, and murmur of admiration at
tended the movements of the belle of the
season, whose fresh, young beauty was en-
HANGED by the TACT that she wore her abun-
dant dark brown hair parted in front and
massed in Knot at the back without orna-
ment. Thus severely coiffed. Miss Letter
Nlro1o 1ror a1r% -. ..l
ish Mary Anderson. Gazing in admiration
upon her, it was difficult to conceive of any
other girl being audacious enough to insti-
tute comparison.
ALSO ON THE LIST
But pretty soon 1 viewed Miss Hargous,
and instantly justified her in entering the
list This young lady, who is only in her
second season, is the particular admiration
of the masses, meaning the vast influx of
strangers who 60 to Newport during lawn
tennis week and gaze with the keenest
interest at the bellies of whom they have
heard and read SO much. Opinions may
be divided about her rivals, but there is
oaly one thing about this striking young
lady, who is equally effective by daylight !
and lamplight, and whose recent visit to
Paris has resulted in wardrobe of the |
latest and most numerous novelties. Miss |
Hargous is the opposite to the heroine Of |
that pathetic ballad, Nothing to Wear"
by dedicating to this fortunate |
girl cotemporaneous couplets en-
titled, Everything to Wear" Be it a hat,
8 wrap, a coat, a morning dress or a ball |
dress, Miss Hargous' wardrobe is veri.-
able surprise box. On this night in the |
Casino ballroom she appeared in costume |
of apple green tulle, and as she is one OF the /
few brunettes who can wear this trying
color, she scored new triumph. The cos
tune, which suggested spring. was lightly
frosted in silver, and the admired wearer
carried several immense bouquets, one of
pink roses, another OF her favorite flower,
the orchid. Thus you see how it is. Neither
Miss Letter nor Miss Hargous will DE dis
tanced by the other in the race, and at the
forthcoming operas, balls and other fashion,
able gatherings, the spectators will be
racked and wrenched over decision as to
which of the two is loyeliest.
CHANGING THEIR BASE.
The town season will not be delayed much
longer, and already some of the ultra-fash-
ionables are spending few days at time
here, on their way to one or another of the
approved autumn resorts.
Nothing human on earth would seem to
be more misplaced than a soubrette actress
is? 1 mean no imputation. But the saucy,
professional piquancy OF a stage comedi-
enne is apt to be merely demonstration of
jolly nature, and it is fair to assert that
nine soubrettes in ten would be wlnkers,
kickers and general prankers in private life,
if they followed their natural bent. Some of
them do, and some don't; but in either case
can you imagine such a vivacious creature,
free or pent, spending her summer by
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the great Methodist summer city? Your
supposition would be that place where the
mildest of elaret can't be bought, and even
cigarettes are not on sale-where one camp
meeting succeeds another, and the sermons
and prayer meetings are all but continuous
was place where soubrette would grow
very, very weary, instead of finding that
rest which ought to pertain to a solstice.
But it is not so. Does your memory run
back to the evenings when the Worrell sis
ters frisked in that early form of comic
opera which was really burlesque?
My faintest recollections of childhood's
experience at the theater hazily present
1.-The Grand Duchess" with Irene, Jennie
and Sophie Worrell in 1t. Irene was
THE LEAST TALENTED
of the trio, and somebody tells me she is
keeping boarding house in New York.
Jennie was the skippiest, and she married
a rich gambler known as Big Mike Murray.
Sophie was the most talented, and she took
George S. Knight away from the variety
shows. taught him how to turn his mimetic
abilities to farcical account, and placed him
prosperously on the dramatic stage. She
did for him exectly what that other fair
burlesouer, Eliza Weatherby, accomplished
for Nat G. Goodwin. AS the knights
George and Sophie acted together. made
fair amount OF money, and bought cottage
at Ocean Grove to live in during their sum-
mer vacations.
"What possessed us?" Sophie once said
to a friend. Common sense. We got
big plenty of theatrical life during our
tours. For 40 weeks year we saw nothing,
nor heard anything, except show matters.
For the other II weeks we desired rest-a
complete rest from theatrcals. Where
could we so surely and cheaply find it as at
Ocean Grove? Nowhere. So that's where
we are.''
Alas, George s. Knight is now a wreck
of his former SELF Mental incapacity has
taken him off the stage, and be will never
return to the footlights. saw him and his
vile in an Ocean Grove prayer meeting two
days ago. He was calm, placid with the
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