Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-01
tinted material, and lightcolored trou.
sers OF dark pattern is correct
FOR sEMI-DRFes

and genteel business suita tho donble-
breasted frock has been displaced by
the eutaway. The three and four bnt-
toned getaways are alike in all respects.
except the number Of buttons and q
slightly lower roll Tor the former. The
average lengths are 1874 and 30
inches, and tho fronts are cut
away below the lower button TO the
side OF the leg. Tho one-button cut
away will be favorite with corpulent
and lShort. stout men. The sleeves of
all coats are finished 20 initiate cuffs
closed with two buttons These cuta-
ways have an outside pocket finished
with welt but do not have side-Gaps,
unless intended for strictly business
wear. The vest is sometimes OF the same
material and sometimes OF O fancy vest
ing The trousers are always OF fancy
material. stripes predominaiing. with
checks fairly popular. They should be
lighter IN color than the coat, with an
average width Of nineteen 70 twenty
inches at the knee and seventeen and
half 10 eighteen and a half inches at the
bottom.
The one, three, and fourbuttoned
cutaways will be tho favoriie for tho
business purposes. They will have the
sleeves finished with vent from two TO
two and lalf inches deep, closed with
ono button ard stitched around the bot
tom.
The nObbiest sack is donble-breasied
with lapels cut square at top, rolling
some seven inches, closing with three
buttons and with the front boldly cut
away from the lower button, which Is
opposite the ticket pocket
The vest is usually cut the same as for
the more dressy suits, although it may
be made without collar 10 close mode
rately high with six buttons. The trousers
should be rather larger than for evening
dress, good proportions being from 20 to
20l inches at the knee, and Is TO 10 at
the bottom.
SCIENTIFIC LAUGHTER.
De Wolf Hopper, who rcvels in
"Clovcr and other comic operas at
Palmer's Theatre and alsoin base ball
was caught ION fly the other eve
ming as he was entering the stage-door
and asked: "Is it easy to laugh be-
hind the iooiliglts 2"
"Easy?' he calculated. "Why, my
boy, it is the hardest thing in the world
10 DO naturally. You may think it is
easily performed, but it is not. This
is what actors and actresses who have
played parts containing lines that must
be accompanied by laughter Of some
kind would tell you. | am speaking Of
that laughter that las natural tone
realistic laughter az though produced
by something pleasant, humorous, or
funny. The nrt or gift, of course, may
be improved by cultivation and contiu
ucd practice. The most heart-rendinG
thing for a comedian is to start in aud
laugh with all his might and fail to ex-
cite even smiles in his audience. 1t
breaks him all up and he doesn't feel
like trying to laugh any more
"Tcll me how some Of the prominent
actors and actresses whom you have seen
on the stage laugh behind the foot
lights.
LAUGHTER OP DIFFERENT ACTORS.
"Weu, Joe Jefferson, l think, is
about IS expert natural laugber as |
ever SAW. 1t is easy. and enforced APP
parently, rs though ne was pleased over
something. His IL a laugh Of the whole
face instead OF Just about the mouth
As some one has said, be seems to DO
tickled when he laughs in his rOics.
"Blly Florence is all unctuOus
Laughter and II good one, rs those who
have seen him ia 1.-The Almighty Dol
Ian" know. There are no flies on his
stage laughter. Boucicault is dry,
easy, oily, humorous sort Of Laughter.
Like Billy Crane, Stuart Robson, you, rs
everybody knows, has peculiar, falsetto |
laugh that is mimitablo on the stage. !
lie laughs easily and gracefully, as much |
50, perhaps, rs any comedian. OF
" Nat " Goodwin can say that II is not
so much his laugh that amuses but the
merry twinkle i'll his eye that makes
those who sec him laugh. lie laughs
more with his eyes than with his mouth. !
Frank Daniels has laugh that shows an
internal chaotic state while his face is
perfectly dry-that is, devoid apparently
of any funny expression.
HARD TO MAKE HIN LAUGH.
II is hard to make DiPby Bell laugh
on the stage, but when he once gets
aeoing he laughs like thunder end
laughs ooze from all his pores Francis
Wilson laughs easily aud like Rleetul
man. but ne doesn't show IT with his
teeth. Jimmy PoWerss mouth Is quite
extensive and his laugh on the stage pro-
20. The man whose laugh |
is most infectious is the man who tho !
roughly enjoys life. As my existence Is
about as pllatable to It's possessor as any
man who ever lived, my life ought to be
pleasant, if it isn't My time IS up"
And with a good night. old boy"
Hopper vanished among the scenery.
Edwin Booth laughs a good deal the
way f.. l.. Davenport did. he is not |
gifted as n laugher. The hoartiest laugh !
/ ever heard him make was once when |
he held his foretinger on the bald cad |
of Frank McYicher while playing Rich !
ard H." He simply tickled the hair
less pate and laughed rs he did it, or to |
travcsty the hump-hacked Duke whom |
hc murders while he smiles, Booth smiled |
while no tickled.
A NEW KIND OF BOOMER.
The "Si,e Boomer " is new industry |
in New York which has been called into /
existence hy the World's-t'air project.
The boomer is a Colonel Sellers, but IL /
a much bigger way than the famous /
original.
liver since the Fair project became an
accented iact scores of land spectators /
have been putting their heads together
for the purpose Of making all the money |
possible out of it. These men hold OPP |
lions on half the unimproved property 4
IN the suburbs. This Wild and distract
ing species Of speculation has produced /
an uneasy feeling in real estate circles
ana although it is certain to be cpheme-
-al and short-liyed il is calculated to doa
great deal OF damage.
WHAT THEY CAPTURE
Boomers have captured large sections /
n land in the vicinity OF Port Morris, /