Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-28

were pink and polished. Her costume was sim
phcity itself-a natty little black-cloth jacket,
severely plain, a blue and white check mus
lin gown that deiiciously caressed every curve
OF her faut!ess figure and into which she seemed
actually moulded. The faint, fragrant perfume
of the morning toilet enveloped her.
Mrs. Carter has very distinct and striking in
dividuality. The poise and fnesse of the trav-
e!ed woman, the ease and grace of one accus-
toned to social refinements, TIE unmstakable
air of high breeding are hers. There was some
thing at once perplexing, winsone and mystic
rlous about her personality, even as she stood
smiling her acknowledgment of a trivial act of
courtesy extend ed by stranger. Most decided
ly Mrs. Leslie Carter was not at all the sort of
woman had pictured. l don't know anything
about her ability for the stage. That has yet to
be revealed, but her dramatic instructor, David
Balasco, he of the flashing black eyes and Greek
cameo profile. may be trusted to develop all the
talent she possesses.
Would my girl readers like to have a glimpse
of the famous developer of PLAYS aud actresses?
little later David Beiasco came dashing along
with the resistless force OF Johnstown food.
sdering his varied and rapid achievements in
writing plays, bringing out debutaDtes and su-
pervising stage productions. All his best effort
Is now being devoted TO Mrs. Carter. He says
very little, but il is no secret that he believes
firmly in his fair pupils success, Nature has
been kind to Mrs. Carter. There is nothing I'M
reasonable about her desire that mankind should
be fair toward her and give her chance to
prove what she can do. Heaven knows the
stage needs a fresh endovme Mt OF beauty and
brains Belasco is perfect incarnation of fire
and fury when conducting rehearsal. He acts
every part in turn, he hustles the slow ones. he
encourages those who lack confidence, he re-
press those who are too self-satistied and he
shows more meanings to all of them than they
had dreamed of finding in-or between-their
lines.
II felt ike jointed wooden DOLL" said a
fashionable amateur whom he had coached in a
role, land after he had worked my arms and
feet awhile and limbered my spine by a success
air of I h "a a
DR. sed if he had unscrewed my head at the neck
and readjustedit. Oh, shouldn't like 10 be
professional actress under him. He mightu't
be polite in all his energetic guidance he
was to me. -
Ii happl ned that, almost Immediately after
ward, l met well known actress. She said of
Belasco that stage people were always glad to be
under his rehe arising, yet they dreaded the
deal, so thorough and arduous was the prepare
tory work which his production OF play in
volved.
But of course he respects competent ar
tistes. she added, land is exacting without
being abusive. He is always considerate gen.
tleman 10 professional ladies'. But shouldn't
care to be an amateur submitted to his vigorous
treatment. He might lose his temper, you
know
Writing of the stage reminds me that last
evening in Gu trent farce the American
debut of three young women of an opposite sort
was potent enough to ill several rows of front
seats with array of bald heads. The trio were
exhibited avowedly for their faultleSs figures.
These three physically superb specimens OF
womanhood are worth seeing for several reasons.
Not that they can sing or dance, for who would
expect three such fal tless replicas of the Venus
Victrix plus the arms to MARBLE oaper? But
they are an education in and of themselves, and
it may be safely asserted that any man who had
ever beaten his wife or mother world never raise
his hand again TO strike the female form after
he had gazed upon these three Greek goddesses
To put into cold and formal words the plastic
besuty of these three sisters would be half
sacrilege. Really the only way to treat
them is to write they with
big T. If proof were wanting that these three
e orious specimens OF wonanhood exert a noble
and aesthetic effect upon he spectators it is only
necessary TO state that their efforts TO vocally
amuse were received with solemn visages and
bated breath. No one applauded them. This was
their grand triumph. The appearance OF these
three incompatible daughters of man, although
clad in red ilk tights. proves the truth of what
sculp;ors and artists have been for years dinning
into the ears OF the public, viz: that the female
form may be displayed to the public gaze without
any danger OF disturbing the ethical equation,
provided the expression and pose of the per-
former be attuned to purity, and it is due to the
three sisters to add thai their faces are as
radiant with angelic sweetness as their confgur-
atoms are voiceful Of that psychic satisfaction
and men. al equilibration called into condition
by the contemplation OF any work OF true art
Copyright, 1894 CLARA BELLE.