Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Young Spanish Woman Hired to
Dance at Swell Enter
tainmentS.
Face Powder Having Power to Make
Visible the Blue yeins-EveryOne
Can Pose as "Blue Blood"
A Pretty Girl Starts the Fashion of Ladies
Removing Their Hats at the Theater.
A Frenchman's Flower Bill.
copyright. 1901

NEW YORK. May i, 1890.
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tEA tended s theatrical first
A--E7lhS cupied with her escort
CUM@ seats in the third row OF
EL\AyLe~7 the orchestra She was
\NEB ~ so fair to look upod that
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T$\NHftB ~ la large share of the audi
f~$&1igH.> srz9J fence watched her as she
~ JsfsI%HA went down the aisle and
Ez-4S5I A3AFIEt{a | settled gracefully in her
MS\ANEkxts 1 chair. 1t was then OBJ
-~-.SEIfty1 served w tn much inter
yTIE[& 4 est that she raised her
ZS,E6G/ ~ arms and detached from
her head the fashionable
hat that became her so we'll. Her hair
bright golden, and under the radiant lights 1t
fairly flashed in its beauty. The old gen
tlemsn sitting behind her settled back comfort
ably in his chair and congratulated himself that
be had been placed behind such thoughtful
creature, for now could he not only see the stage
but splendid head of hair as well. Presently
two or three young women IN the lmmedlate
noted the admiration that the originator of the
scneme had excited. From this the movement
spread until hatless feminine heads we're dis
coverable all over the theater, even to the rear
rows of the circle. Between the acts a paper
began to circulate about among the people oc-
cupying the orchestra. Each gentleman as he
received it read something that had been writ
ten on II and she smilinglylsigned his name after
which he passed it to his immediate neighbor.
In few moments the paper came back TO the
old gentleman that had started it on its travels.
Bending forward he politely addressed the
golden-hairee girl, handing to her, at the same
time, the paper. She read it, and,
and a smile crept over her face.
The paper was vote Of thanks signed by thirty
more of the male spectators. Its text was as
follows: 1--WE, the undersigned, desire to ex-
press our respectful admiration for most beau
tiful and considerate young lady, name not
known, who, by removing her hat from her
bright golden head has set the fashion for others,
thereby rendering it possible for a delighted au-
dience to witness the details Of a stage perform
ance."
The pretty girl cast a radiant smile over her
shoulder at the old gentleman behind and, fold
ing the paper, tucked it into the front of her
dress, by the side of a bunch of pansles. And
everybody was very happy.
Beauty is a source Of nonsense and humbug as
well as admiration, For instance, there is
some, and now, taking advantage of that fact,
she is telling other women that they may look as
well as Ghe does. or course, she takes pains to
get good pay for her impossible advice. She
serves q lecturer and model at once, and her
listeners are often foolish enough to believe that
by going through with lot of physical exertion
and mental discipline they may change their
visages from ugliness to loneliness. Miss Jen-
ness is making a comfortable fortune out of this
illusion. 1t has become fashionable to hear her.
i don't know thai she Is TO be blamed partlcu-
larry for taking her beauty to that sort
of market for sale. Besides, can tell
something to her credit. Probably not one
woman in the audiences that throng to hear this
apostle of beauty culture, is aware that the in
mates of poor house were her first hearers. At
the age of eighteen Miss Jenness was a tiuid re-
firing creature, and half an invalid, as she suf-
fered intensely at times from nervous disorder
that puzzled the physicians and cost her many
weary days and sleepless nights. Undezs slssEa
timidity, however, there was detsrmined
spirit, else she might have been always an in
valid. AS it was she entered the Boston school
of oratory, hoping to find partial relief at least
from her suffering by the help OF the'EsquIred
physical exercise and the absorption eefssafer
mind in something outside of her pain; Bet 1t
was not an easy task that she had un-
before the class were terrible ordeal for
her timid nature, and practice at home
was no less painful. Her famous sister, Mrs.
Jenness Miller, had been graduate of the school
and At this time was in the front rank of plat
1erm Speakers MISS JSnness lOunu II A1lpos.
sibls to practice before her with credit or profit
TO herself, her sensitive fear of ridicule making
her awkward and constrained in the extreme. For
while she treated the birds ana squirrels of her
lovely suburban home with daily specimens of
her skill, but she needed to look into attentive
human eyes to gain confidence in herself
Every attempt before her sister resulted in
the school, strongly advised against
these trials, knowing what unsparing criticism
Miss Jenness would suffer from her brilliant sis
ter, and supplemented this advice by startling
suggestion. 1t was that she should give the in
mates OF the poor house weekly reading Moth
ing better shows the quality of her spirit than
her unhesitsting compliance with this
advice. The unfortunates in the unwelcome re-
treat mentioned were transported with the sight
of a beautiful girl, in elegant attire, standing
before them for their entertainment, and
gems from the poets fell from her
youthful lips. Whether the poets were glori-
fed in their minds, their minds glorified by
the poets is not known, but in their uncritical
and sympathetic presence Miss Jenness gained
modicum of confidence in her powers. At the
enc of her course she was improved in health and
was graduated with honor. Miss Jenness now
faces her fashionable audiences with quiet, I'M
assuming grace, having become so much of an
artist in her chosen work that the art itself is
concealed. But, my dear aspiring girls, donot
run TO the poorhouse for distinction, for you
are not all Miss Jennesses, you know.
curious case of Unforeseen and fortunate
fashionableness is that of Carmencita. Aspec-
tacular play was produced at Broadway thea
ter last summer. The ballet good enough
to rank and file, bat woefully lacking in
solo dancers. Instead of paying the high
salary necessary to import new and really first
rate dRnseuse, much cheaper investment had
been made in young Spanish woman, who was
unique in posturing, whirling and writhing, but
she was adept in her art. 1t was hoped that
the singularity OF her performance would make
OF her acceptable substitute for the costlier
conventional article. But it did not turn out
so. This woman was Carmencita. After a spell
of idleness she accepted job at Roster s. Balls
beer garden. OF course did not see her there,
for that is not ladies' resort. After her APP
pearancei at the Broadway theater, I next wit
messed her poses and gyrations IN the parlor of
Murray Hill mansion. II was the hostess's ex-
plot 81 reception TO give TO her
guests, instead of an entertainment by
vocalist elocutionist, dance by
this Spanish crea ture whose skirts reached to
her endless and whose terpsichorean feats were
an alcoholicaHd disreputable garden gave extra
zest 70 the exhibition. Then the Sun took the
notion tn exploit her in several columns OF de-
scrip ion and pictures, the World and Herald
each gave similar space to her, and she became
q transitory fad. Kostel,tS Bial have contract
with her. and she cannot break it, il indsed she
wishes TO, for her work there seems TO render
her more fashionable in the eyes OF her polite
spectators, Three four times a. week since
her sudden vogU began she goes to the resi-
dence of some wsalthy family and gets 500 fora
half an hour ST exertion. II she ever ever,
ever goes lick TO Spain,'' the song in '.The
Gondolisrs puts it, she will be much richer than
she &c aid ever hove dreamed Of becoming by
mans Of her visit to America.
Beauty is skin deep, and the manufacturers OF
face powders have made many and costly expert
ments in their search after a preparation which
will serve TO make visible the blue veins some-
times seen beneath skins of certain texture
These are justly considered a great mark of
beauty and That a face powder having the power
TO bring them out in delicate tTacery of a faint
almost imperceptible blue, would have an ex-
tensive sale, goes with saying. But the or
GRAFTON is rot so simple as might be imagined
The skin is krst treated with paste, said to
have been invented by monk at the command
Of Fope Leo *. who had very beautiful hands
and was very DESTROYS of having the blue veins
show plainly OF course, that is fol-de-rol.
After an application Of this magic paste''
the powder must be used. The effect is
startling. The only drawback to this