The Washington critic., 1889-02-21
MATTER WORTH READING.



Herald saysi Miss Pauline Hall has been
singing her triumphant way TO the hearts
OF the 81. Louis public In "Nadjyn through
an avenue of flowers and salvos Of APP
plause hi the course OF an interview Mis-
Hall was asked what she thought of Lillian
Russell's refusal to wear tights
"Wcll," she responded, az don't know
that ] ought to say ANYTHING about IT, IT'S
delicate matter, .tou know.r
''Do you think that there is any great
damage to health In wearing tights, as Miss
Russell allegcsY"
"Nonsense, | have worn tights for several
years aud have never taken the slightest
cold that could be attributed to them.
Very often ladies refuse to wear tights be-
cause their figures will not admit of IT,"
glancing ut her own fnely-moulded under
standings.
al have heard IL said by connoisseurs that
Miss Russcl's knees and ankles are ex-
ccedingly bad, but then, You know, Miss
Russell has been growing stoutcr and
stouter for several years past. Her excuse
for not wearing tights is no excuse ct all,
am frank to say
"There is really no danger of any healthy
woman injuring herself by donning tights
II part calls for tights, tights ought to be
worn, and | for one will wear them. With
Miss Russell it's purely question OF having
a figure that Will stand scrutiny"
Just Like Her Brother.
young gentleman took his sister, wee
miss, the other day to see family in which
he is regular caller. The little girl made
herself quite at home aud exhibited great
fondness for one of the young ladies, hug
ging her heartily.
"IIow very affectlonate she is,n said the
lady Of the house.
"Yes, Just like her brother,n responded
the young lady, unthinkingly.
Paterfamilias looked up sternly over his
spectacles, the young gentleman blushed,
and there was CONSERVATION In the family
circle.--[London Tid-Bits.
Had Twenty-Three Children.
| The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II.
Holm is quite remarkable. For forty-six
years the estimable lady and gentleman
have resided together, most of the time In
| Charlestown. Mr.. Holm was born in Co
penhagen. Mrs. Holm was born in East
Cambridge. During their welded life there
have been born to them twenty-three chill.
J dren OF this number eleven are alive
1a lest child is A years, and the
( / IA years Mrs. Holm is hale an
lasir She is usually at the store kept by
band in the Waverly House every
o. ~. Mr.. Holm is an active busines:
,ii- lie is well-known as musician
Hoa Globe.
Her Gable Cipher.
aughter was going to Europe, He
y rich man, but n millionaire will
make up a telegraphic code to save
ues 1t would be nothing TO him II she
c1t . hundred words, but he will always
ga nuch as he can for nothing anyway
id will have telegraphic code.
iy, nov, though. Perhaps he thought
.- ght take as many words to say 4
'linf ~ telegraph as ladies ordinarily dc
'l 'ersation, and that would bankrup
Ili'uonaire. Let US acquit him of econ
l'sg Let us say that by confining her L
.Au Srd he would understand what sh,
eoU phed, whereas II he left her to ex
1ua0 in her own way he might never hay,
lul )ut what she meant. He left her Il
i1al out the code. She made out ON,
~ D the point on all important matters
ected the words herself, wrote 1t all
( dut d handed 1t to him when she left
I l,c kea 1t in his desk, and It was al
iem Last week he gotta telegram from
7 H.r Z consisted Of one word-"Laugh.' y
it. lghed 1t seemed to be something
H..IH. lauan,,k JIic onda uas ot tba hon
! llt', ut up there In the best of humor
lie out the code and he read Laugh
$3.50 he $500. ."-rSan Francisco Chronicle
Mrs. Potter's Cleopatra.
Potter was asked the other day by
, u ,ork Sun man to what she aseribet
the success of her production of .'Cleopa
tra,' and she replied: 81 think II is th,
beautiful and realistic presentation of the
play that attracts people, and the combina
tion OF the usdisconnected scenes II
such a way as to bring out the stor,
strongly in smooth connection. Perhaps
do not look the part OF Cleopatra, but dt
not fancy that she was majestic. She wa
not SO tall as /, and, as she was the serpen
of the Nile, she must have been slight ant
sinuous. There is nothing majestic In tina
type Of woman, and she strikes me as beln,
more fascinating and bewltching than rega
and dignined.
.There has been much criticism of TIN
gauzy and invisible draperies you wear
What is your authority for wearing themY'
"The authority Of all history and poetry
and Of every picture and statue of Cleopa
ira ever fashioned She was Greek, i'm
bued with the Egyptian life she had lived
and dressed In the fabrics then known an,
worn. Why, the only correct criticism o
my costume that could be made is tina
there is too much OF it--not too little. o
course, couldn't dress or have my maid
dressed in really correct costumes, ,,and Mr.
Bell very delicately suggested the correc
dress without actually creating it. 1t woul'
have been absurd to dress Cleopatra II
fabrics which were not invented for hun
dreds of years after she died"
'Did you dislike to appear in the cos
tunes before your old friends here ?"
"No. Why should n When ! wear tn
costume am Cleopatra. am not think
ing of what this woman or that man In tn
audience is saying about my drapery. II
were playing the part of an EsquImau
should bundle myself in furs to my chi
and think nothing of II, and when | pla
Cleopatra am queen, accountable to III
one for what | wear, The real Cleopatr
wore no waist at all, but a jewelled girdl
and collar, as you can see by the picture.
A Remarkable Case.
The trial at Winchester, Vt, of 7.
Ridenour, charged with the murder @
Andrew Broy, resulted in a verdict of aC
quittal. The case is remarkable one /