The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-22
PRESENTS MADE TO ACTRESSES.
Some OF the Things, Costly and Queer
Given by Admirers

| were z eat pets With the pubIIc ana tnaI
particular favorites received much adula-
tion from individuals, generally of the mas
Gull e order, but had yet to be Informed
of the extent of the devotion when | asked
a few Questions Of some Of the stage bellies
! themselveA
MlSs Isabelle Urquhart smiled from
underneath the bro4dsst-Dri nmei LezhOrn
hat have over sea When sac all:
''Of course flowers and fruit are the com
monest things for US TO receive, aud, while
they are Lively aud / never get tired Of
thsm. till there are other things that last
! longer" and as she spOse she tossed of her
hat and most amiably started o ssarch
| through her apartme II to LOOK up 10 v #
tae 'OJher things that las longer" which
she aid she mad to ow me.
She brought her jewel box first. These
seer .Otni z after all, she sail, ".y en-
| you ear that some actresses are give ,
| horses and C 'rriage and houses and lots.
never recei Ell aIyC Ing qlite 80 elrborate,
b t the are the latest and most royal gifts
made 10 the professiO ~
Miss Urquhart's js~el case contained
seyeral tim IS of Consequence, however,
! She took out from lis velvet cushion an
/ exquisite necklace of diamonds and tur-
| quOlses and [ remem eel that it clcIrcled
| ner white throat whe | saw her in "rAe
! iga ds.n There wee Rugs an bracsl-ts
without number, aud ornaments Of every
| description.
"r.is pretty brooch" said Miss Urq +
! hart, as sac took up miniature Of Lady
| Washing .On, surrounded with diam Jnds
aid opals, WAS given me as a ce to Inial
souveni This dainty little ru " ring sst
In gypsy fashion was the gift of a very
| youthful friend of mine. H. was not more
than 10, and rather too fo4d of havi * a
| gay time, his ia uer thought, for he
| 4 l,vr
! On the eve OF his departure, 10 boy cam 4,
to me with this ri lg d asked me to accept
1t IN remembrance Of tue many pleasant
evenings he had passed in hearing me sing.
thin< it was very touching, doa't You!
Now, this is one of my latest acquisi-
tion>,n Miss U.quhart said as Ie / OK ny
| from very de p corner OF the casket a
great cable chain of lid silver, which she
| i'm nedl tUely adjusted around her waist,
exhibiting the wonders OF the five little
chatelaines that daagled from it. Ole was
an ornament in the shape of a small powder
| norm, which opened with a screw at one
eni. and neld perfumery; az the other end
it was shaped like and contained tinv
bonbons. Another Of the suspended objects
of silver was purse that shut up with a
clasp; still another was a small bag IF fla
| gree 81 yer, which Miss Urquhart dubbed a
"charty purse" becau'e sit WIS just big
enough to hold penn es and nickels."
| ANONYMOUS GIFTS.
Generally" said Miss Urquhart, "we
are able to fad out VIII IN our presents
come from, but have received two quite
| pretty thing. and do not in tho least know
| from whom they came. One is this little
diamond ring, my only solitaire, made OK
| actly to fit my little finger, and the other is
handkerchief case Of tufted blue satin,
ornanehted with lace, which cams fun of
| bonbo 10. The presents usually come on
| tirsG nights or souvenir nights or birthdays
| or celebration days OF some sort. Often
they come in the midst of bunch of
| flowers. Tat was the way | received the
| di smond ring"
Miss Urquhart keeps house with her
mother, and )ms of her prese It's have
b aea in the shape of table silver, bronzes
| and other household trinkets. She also
| plumbers bullfinch, two rabbits, dog a nd
two canaries among her treasures. Probably
| among her table ornaments she has nothing
| more elegant than set OK solid silver can
deabra of Dutch design, although among
| the uncommon things are a dozen silver
champagne glasses lined with gold.
Some Of t ia perqui ites of the membs's
of the theatrical profession are in the shape
| Of substantial souvenirs from their trades
people. For insta ce, a charming little tea
table with a double shelf, made OF ma
| 1oEanY aud bra g, and called THE Urqu-
! hart" came from q clever manufactu er
t. the charming member Of the Casino
company who bears that name. 81 u" in
the form Of a monogram is sunk in brass
on the upper shelf. Silverware comes
from fashionable silversmith, wine
from tina wine dealer, etc A
| csnter piece and two side pieces for
! the mantel, of very old bronze, were among
| the objects in her collection that Mis- UrQu-
hart seemed to value mo highly; but prob
| lNiv ,foll j
| case of silver which came from abroad, and
engraved upon it the name and address of
the recipie 1t, the London postma * and
date which, by the way, was Dsc. 25-the
initials of tbs donor family traced in one
| corner, and on the reverse side where the
seal is usually placed, his address we'll de-
| fined.
MISS GERRIsH's QUEER COLLECTIONS.
One cannot utter Miss Urquhart's name
without mentioning that of Miss Sylvia
| Gerrish, for these two actresses are warm
friends, and spend much time in each
others society. W1men's strong friend
ships for each other are not often heard of
on the stage, by he way. Miss Gerrish has
hosts of pre- ty things, and in speaking of
| pres ants she said:
1--WE receive gifts in our protest. 0nal
lives much the same as others do i private
life lam fond Of )llectilg Gu ious things,
handwriting" and as an illustration she
drew out from her desk some queer letters
of extraordinary penmanship.
One of them presented hieroglyphicS
which might be taken for japanese or Chia-
csc, but which were meant for plain En-
| gl1sh. Another mssiVe wa not CT i)us in
penmanship, but contained small slip of
ribbon-the "cclors" worn by favorite
jockey, VALERIE TO-" who won some wonder
ful races ia the Argentine Republic. Tue
writer Of the letter nad learned that Miss
| Gerrlh likel odd things and ssnt it to her
One of the gifts upon which SIZE placed
great value was TWO collections OF bromide
print iustsnta ,eous phCtDgra phs, which
were copes of the work done during two
yearS by an a ateur pm It grApaer Of note.
There were 1856 pictures Ill all, chiefly of
boats in ditfe ent positions at sea and ia
dock. o .e phctograpA was a porto of the
celebrated island of Thula, with its fishin
boas, a place that has become famous
thr ugh the popularity of William Blacks
novel, A handsome pi CO of bronze
100 years old, was one of Miss Gerrish's
Urea ures. Some first proof chings were
prese tel to her by some artist lends, AID
she has some mugs which were won by
horses and sent to ner as sJuveni s of races
She mas Il few odd old pieces of silver, and
gift OF four pretty saltcellars and spoon;
which arrived at the stage door of the
Cast o on tbs fiftieth performance of 50 The
b ands, and was accompanied with