Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-27


fringing six inches long, and a wide gilt
belt across her bosom.
In the next she seems to be wound up
in bronze green Rhinestones. with net
ting and fringin3 to match. The original
character of style is retained IN most
ineenius manner, with the addition of \
sheet-shaped cloak Of net work, which
fiocts from both shoulders to the fringe
at the bottom of the skirt. The colors
and flashes of light dashng upon them
suggest those of q, magnificent cobra gild-
ing don I in the sunlight.
The fourth toilette, in the battle scene,
is simply little skirt OF bead network
hung on Il pointed cuirass of blue and
white stones, and a soft swinging wrap
studded with what look like peacock
eyes, which are really the secret of the
eye of Isis She wears the Egyptian
helmet, shaped like IA Chinese pagoda
roof, with a long white feather standing
erect therefrom, and caught in place by
the sacred sap Blue and white stones
coil around her shapely arms and q
sword swings from her belt.
III the scene III which she appears in the
monument she IL dressed in one of the
most wonderful devices of costume ever
created by the ingenuity of man. [
might as well Try 10 describe moonlight
OF dark lake about 3 CLOCK in the
morning in the tropics, seen through
mind filled with love, hate and suicide
1t is a mass OF irreguiarly shaped por-
tions of black bead network fringed with
silver, silver crown, sleeves, belt and
sash swinging and falling over white
satin, and all swaying together sver The
most beautiful embodiment of grief and
Later in the scene 4 magnificent crauber-
ry-colored mantle j. added, bordered +,
ana the corners heavily embroidered in
peacock tails.
Her dress in the scene representing the
triumphaL entry of Antony through the
gates of Alexandria is an me xampled
combination of bright blue and vivid rose
pink. One sight of this rare beauty in
color mixture ! should think would for
ever kill that unaccountable craze for
dirty blues and old faded pinks which
seems SO to possess our ladies.
The back drapery is rose pink net and
the sash hangs in the double colors; one
wide end plain blue, the others mixture
of the blue and pink seemingly in
precious stones, with gorgeous fringing
iii the two colors. She wears pink
cloak and has n wreath of roses in her
hair and a tall white scepter in her hand :.
The belt consists of the wings of the
sacred vulture and the sphinXlike effect
down the sides of her face is produced by
feathers of the same bird.
Thus attired and surrounded by the
f'sacred sun ? and the Lotus by unpareI-
leled stage setting, and by the glitter
pageantry and homage of Antony in his
most trillm plant hour the deafening APP
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cent'spectacle mingies with the triumph
ant cries of the Egyptian populace.
\ sad commentary upon the inherent
power of the actress and key to the
whole performance is found in. the fact
that never once does the acting alone
evoke the spontaneous recognition that is
created by her dress and general appear
ance.
Antony's costumes are in keeping with
the splendor, mainly Of red and gold
with the exception of one of pure white
and the addition of a r7Nurning cloak of
black cloth. The barg, ,ene with the
slanting, gaily carpete, r tage literally
strewn with flowers, the gorgeous allur-
ing costumes of the women of the time :,
the Slaves, soothsayers, dancing girls,
Antony and his men, is one perhaps never
surpassed in stage work. The same may
be said of the scene in Cleopatra 5 palace
IN the Nautch dance the girls are clad
in little short silk underskirts, a gauze
skirt, Il smile, tambourine, and a
wreath of roses. | should not wonder at
all if the Egyptian wave should pass over
the field Of dress and ornamentation with
our noYelty-craZed people, making the
empire Grecian, Roman and even the
unique Russian effect seem stale, fiat and
Improbable.
| understand that our dear ladies are
already wearying of the styles Of Louis
XVI and XIV, and are desiring the in
yestigation of their modistes to the ward
robe of Louis X, XI and XII. No doubt
it is but question of time when they
probe for Pharaoh-thence to paradise.
Certainly the leopard-skin cloak, the
water-c arrers and bottles, the huge
shields aud battleaXes, the clumsy, pic
turesque ladders, the great white fans on
poles, the Egyptian music palanquins,
sacred beasts fowls and fishes, would
make features in the domestic bric-a-
brac of 80 at once unique and eX-
pensive.
The lily is bound to be advanced to the
floral post of honor. An enormous bush
of the fair, pale beauties looks blushing-
" out from under the steps of Cleopa-
ira 5 couch and this, l see, is duplicated
many times on the laps of fair beauties
through the house.
Before closing 1 want to SIX something
that has been on my mind for long
time. Why are the boxes at theaters as
a general thing unintereshng and unat-
tractive. Before l knew much about
theaterS imagined those to be the eyes
of the house, the centers of the light ana
and glory. Instead of that one sees !,
perhaps, one or two demitOilettes or de-
coIlettes, the rest dowdy cloaks and bon
nets How l do loatbe bonnet in q box
or at an evening reception. 1t is like
waterproof at picnic, a cross aunt at a
party, or getting newspaper from the
postman when looking for letter from
lover. FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS.
Vote on Senator for West Virginia