Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21


so popular that one publisher has ISSUED
two new books Of rules since the first of the
| year.
AsPIRANTS FOR THEsPIAN FAME.
Still they comei Disciples of Lily Lang.
| try, Cora Urquart Potter and Mary Nevins.
Blaine. The new novice is pretty Alice
Snell-McCrea, daughter of the late million.
aire Smell, who was murdered in Chicago
and ex-wife of William McCrea, young
Henry Clews of Chicago, university bred
and of the very salt social of the earth.
This sweet little woman, who is barely out
of her teens, has everything that people get
crazy about. In the first place she has
beauty of the most bewitching sort. Her
eyes are as big as chocolate bon bons, and as
brown; the tints of her complexion would
compliment blooming rose bush, and
| Cupid in his most captivating role never
had a fufier, yellower, curlier shock oil
hair. Her feet are photographed In Sir
John Stockings immortal verse, and her
hands were only made for Jewels to shine
upon and cavaliers to sue for. She has the
daintiest kind of figure, and no matter
what she dresses it in she is dream for a
poet, study for an artist and an altogether
Irresistible bit of beauty.
In the recent settlementof the Smell estate
this fascinating midget received $3.50, 600 in
her own right. which she is spending in her
own wild way, and with which she will
make her entree to the footlights.
BEAUTY AND WEALTH.
It is of no consequence whether she can or
cannot act. Her appearance will suffice,
for the women will 60 to see her clothes, to
copy her pretty mannerlsms, and to capture
her maneuvres and the men will follow in
oho f0
at least is the calculation. Just now this
Western violet is at the mercy of no less
than six specialists, and if she misses any
thing in the shape of physical, psychic or
mental culture it won't be her fault.
Just how so slight being is going to
carry it all is problematic. Fancy little
creature the size and weight of 13-year old
girl learning French and Spanish, vocal
and instrumental, ethical and elocutlon,
Delsarte and dumbbell lesson every day, be-
sides walking scientifically an hour in
Madison square under tutelage, and getting
through a mass of correspondence, drive
in the park, call or two and a cavalcade
of callers But she does, and prettily, too.
the only disagreeable feature being the in
cessant letter from somebody or some place,
offering for stipulated sum to produce the
much hunted and harassed Billy Tascott
WILL BE WELL ADVERTISED.
Just where or when Mrs. Snell-McCrea
will be brought out is secret, but that she
is going on the stage is true and interest
ing bit of news for lot of acquaintances
in New York, the habitues of Old Point,
Fortress Monroe. White Sulphur and the
Wisconsin resorts, and all Chicago and its
suburbs. As for managerial enthusiasm,
she is not only sweetness personifed, but a
/ prize package. There is no end of material
in her history for capital advertising.
Barring the awful murder of her father,
there was romance enough about her reign
in Western society, as debutante and as
married belle, and even home life, and SUBJ
sequent disagreement, separation and di-
vorce, to fill a newspaper.
Stage venturer number two Is no other
than Miss Eliza Lawrence Parker, daughter
of the late Foxhall A. Parker, q. S. N,
and granddaughter, grea: ea:-sran0daughter,
and great, great-granddaughter of a whole
colony of Lawrences Foxhalls and Parkers,
who distinguished themselves in war on sea
and land, in science, society and history.
The lady is Virginian by birth Kentucky
bred, and had the advantage of polishing
and bringing out in Baltimore, Boston,
Annapolis and intermediate points. Like
Mrs. Burton Harrison, she lays claim to
ington and lot of veritable colonial candle
sticks, fire dogs, panniers, sugar basins and
time-colored manuscript, Such decorative
stuff as will be serviceable she will con-
tribute towards the loan collection to be ex-
hihited in the Metropolitan the night of the
centennial ball.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AMATEUR,
Personally, Miss Parker is exceedingly
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loveliness Of throat, wrist, hands, feet and
head that in fiction stamps the thorough
bred every time She is of the brunette
type, with Spanish eyes of rapturous brill
fancy. In an evening toilet, with her deli
cate throat and smooth brown neck and
arms cleaning in the gaslight, she is an
ideal queen of the tropics.
Miss Parker made her first appearance in
New York last winter, at one of Mrs. John
M. Sherwood's drawing rooms, and subse-
quently got the interested recognition of
General Sherman, Bishop Potter, Mrs.
Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Bettner and others.
They have encouraged her to become an
actress. She understands French, Spanish
and Hebrew, can dance an Irish jig or
plantation breakdown, sing a song and
play the banjo. Instead of social or
financial boost to the top of the ladder, this
dark-eyed Southern belle is content to be-
gin at the start, and will WELD feather
duster or card receiver, if necessary. A
bargain is made with Edward Harrlgan, in
whose company General Sherman will lead
in giving to her hurrah debut. This is
certainly new turn, when daughter of
one of the most distinguished families of
America shows pluck and fight and 90
enough to lead out. Now let the war of
gossips and the wagging of tongues begin.
CLARA RETTE