The sun., 1890-01-21
WHAT We ARr ALE TAEK1Ne ABoUr


pear In New York with single syegass She was for.
merly actress who married Into private life ana
since that time great deal OF gossip has been written
about her in the newspapers In the summer pArticu
lRrly she makes more less OF a sensation At Long
Branch and NArrAgansett and half tho correspondents
devote large portion Of their time 10 exploiting her
Rarish display Of gowns and bathing suit She ate In
the Brunswick Hotel few nights since with her hus
band and q well.known man about town. and rather
astoundsd the people who were looking at her by
onohnR single glass In her eye and studying the bill
OF fare with II with all the noncbaance which belongs
to the conventional British swell. Her manner was all
right but the facial expression was not quite In keep
ing with the part It screwed her small and rather
striking face sdewiso to an alarming extent Neither
her husband his companion paid the siRhtsn Atten
tion to the freak, aud after time she raised
her head and carefully scanned the psoplo In
the restaurant through her glass Then, with bored
expression she dropped the monoolo from her and
entered into conversation with her comp pAnonS Prom
time 10 Time during the dinner she screwed the glass
her eye and looked about The fashion Is imported
from England but II seems entirely safe say that
has TO stay. Even the most advanced Of Eng.
llHh women shrink n little from tho attention which
wearing single glass excisN though the writer has
Bond street in London In the OF morn.
ing, half dozen moro women all exploiting this uiy
fad. They we're not pratty women, OF course Women
of pronounced personal atractveness do not descend
to such folderol and nonsense.
Mrs Potter eclipse" said man who has position
otimportAnce In society, is absolute Her silly
crimnations against society In New York pass uuheed
ed for the least important yro in society knows
that Mrs Poters friends oiunE to her as long they
could with any show Of decency, aud that then she
threw them 1t never question of destriou
tho part OF hrR Pottsrs friends II is often said in
England aud France that when . lady chooses to
descend from her station she further aud faster
than u woman who never had any title to good birth
position. There many instances abroad to prove
this all the way from the Of title who have set
the whole Of England aRhast by their indiscrotions
tho Russian and French princesses who have sunk
absolute purity and eminenes to bo music
hall singers and public dancerS Women arc
essentially reckless In their methods and for
some unaccouna-le reason they always seem to
consider that they revcnRnE themselves society
when they throw themselves away. great many of
the cheap paraRraphers and vulgar wits Of the ooun
try have amused themselves deridinE Mr. Jane,
Brown Potter during the past nvo ysarH Nobody has
ever spoken q word in his favor publicly but his
action has been consistent honorable and ptrAighfor
ward throughout lie is Of the highest integrity
and the manner In which he has suffered In silence
during his wfes recent and even up to now.
when she departs to Australia with Kyre Bellew a
ladys maid and nursemaid, shows the sort of stun
he 10 made Of His financial position remains unshaken
and he is to-day the most loving careful and conHc
entous fathers the child that MrA Potter prac
toaly deserted"
Mr. NanSneld's dismissal from his company OF two OF
his most prominent actors because. he said his
repertoire would not Justify him in carrying them
tour. has called attention TO the struggle which this
young actor 10 m akinR to nnd acceptance as Shake
Bpoarean star It Is said that he is very much up
the refusal OF New York to endorse him. Probably
the methods he has adopted have had something DO
with his failure here. He has In everything kcd ex
acy in the line set down ny Henry Irving adver.
soment and billboard being exact imitation Of those
OF the English actor. The advertisements read. Mr..
Mansfield ana His Company" and there is the sams
prominence given 10 MT MrHanshelds feminine supporter
Miss Cameron, that MIR. Irving Ravo to
Nica Tarr Ia lnAa tn
league, and 40 on. All of the exterior
form of the TtvngTerry combination is but tho
public has decided apparently, that there is difference
in the personality and artistic worth of the
diana MIR. Mansfield since his essay in tragedy has
apparently accumulated a tremendous load of gloom.
lie hurres about the streets with dow eyes and
air Of intense and melancholy absorption. During
his early successes here Baron ChsrTts Ttace Kdr
and d. Jekvu, Mansfield was n popular ngnre about
town. Ho often sat in DelmoncoS surrounded by his
friends telling stories ana amusing his with
his fund OF anecdote. Nowadays however he marches
alone No one over sees him in public unless he Is
stridng rapidly through the streets and the fun and
Eayew of his life seem to have been absorbed in his
melancholy Richard.
weLknown boat builder on the ST Lawrence, who
has been in New York taking orders for the past two
three weeks remarked that the English custom OF liy.
ing in house boats taking hold here.
"An up aud down the Thames" he said, "thsre arc
lots of these pretty little cottages built on floats and
named house boats They towed about through tho
canals and up and down the oc England and
people picnic aboard them in great shape. About hve
years ago received my nrst order for u house boat
here since then have built number and the orders
are increasing every some OF them are used on
the smaller lakes at Penn Yam Watkins, Geneva and
and there quite number OF houses about in
odd hooks among the Thousand ISlands They are a
great delight to the children and unusual value
in picnckng at short distances from home II mot
difficult thing, You know pole one of these boats
along the margin Of lake or even 10 rRddle It three or
four miles from the home dock to some sheltered nook
where the picncking party can he entirely alone in
England they usually have steam nHphtha launch
In connection with the boat that short excursions
can be taken from headquarters. The launch Is alsG
useful In towing the house boat niong 1t is practically
canal boat built above water The house boat
will never over here any great extent because
there tides of pleasure waterA
and then too we have pest in the shape OF RnGts
mosquitoes on the banks OF canals rivers and
LAX which make the house boat life or less Of
torture. None of these disadvantages to be en-.
countersd where the house boat douriShes in England
The tumult Niss Jane stuarts appearance with
Crane. The other night due OF the most
markabe gatherings Of politicians that ever known
in New York theatre" said a welLknown manager
yesterday II was perfectly amazed the outbursts
applause which greeted the eforts young
THE sus. by the way was the only paper which gave
the nklng Of thinE and it is too bad that Billy
Crane, who 10 one OF the most generous men in the
theatrical profession should be accused OF Jealousy and
of trying to keep Niles Stuart in the There
was no such intention Mr. Cranes part The actress
was playing in not particularly important role and
during the tour which preceded the New York opening
Mr.. Crane had not discovered any great owl
dences of popularity in her performance. Ac.
cordingly on Tho first night when there was
tremendous outburst OF applause after the fall of tho
curtain he did not realize thAs 1t the per-
Bonal friends OF Miss Stuart Tho audience somehow
got the notion that he trying keep the actres
in the background and take the honors himself, and
there was great demonstration for Mis- Stuart who
was herself entirely unconscious OF the demonstrations
which were being made in her honor and who had
gone to her dressing room and making a change
for the next act Hence it some time before shO
was brought forward. Meanwhile n certain portion OF
the audience was creating uproar that suggested