The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-03
ABBOTT IN EVERYDAY DRESS.
The Prina Donna and Her Company
IN Travelling Costume.

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IN Travelling Costume.
/ Miss Abbott and her company left yes
T terday on the noon train for Charleston.
There was considerable curiosity 10 sse
how the diva aud her troupe looke1 of the
I stage, and large crowd assembled at the
/ Charleston depot long before the train rolled
IN. Miss Abbott was among the first 10 ap-
/ pear, and she lOOkei SO entirely different in
her dark travelling suit that only a
few argus-eyed people recognized in
the snort, stout lady who prOmenaded
the railway platform on the arm Of a
MORNING News reporter the prlna donna
who bewitched opera goers last week in
Worth costumes.
Miss Abbott expressed great pleasure at
the warm reception she met with in Savan-
nah. She thinks that she kissed at least
800 ladies la Abbot at the reception after
the matinee Saturday. The MORNING
NEWS man suggested that as the Abbott
KISS" has become so famous the 500
ladies' were, perhaps. anxious to ac-
quire 1t by actual experience. The peculiar
form OF salutation kno gn as the abbott
kiss" is not, however, original with Miss
Abbott According to Milton, Miss Eve
was the original author of that delicious
compound Of linked sweetness long drawn
out.n
The Abbott opera season ends May l, by
which time Miss Abbott will be- about
$4,000 better of than she was at its COM
Increment. 1t pays to be a diva and to
know how to kiss artistically.
Miss Mirella is the brlda-slsct of the Alb
oott company, and will be married In May
She looks as charming OFF she stage as she
does before the footliglts.
only critics eye would recognize
IN the plain appearing man dressed
IN a business suit. the Romeo"
OF Saturdays matinee. When Longfellow
wrote, Things are not what they seem,n
he must have had in mind a travelling
opera troupe on and OFF the stage. The gen
tie "Romeo' who caught the fancy of every
romantic maiden in the theater appeared
quite commonplace as he stood on the plat
form chatting to his wife aud baby.
The Leading singers of the com pany get
about $500 per week during the season of
thirty-sIx weeks. The chorus singers get
from SO to $50 per week. Pruatte, the
baritone, receives $3.50 Montegrlffo,
the tenor robastO, is paid $50 for
eacn performance. Besides a stipulated
sum CT $3.50 per week, Miss Abbott
receives the surplus, if any, after expenses
are paid. The item of dresses for her SER
eral roles is not charged TO the company's
general expense fund, but is defrayed from
her personal purse. The magnificent
dresses which have been aptly described as
poems IN fabric FORM are made chiefly
by Worth, and are worth a small fortune.
Like all true artists, Miss Abbott has a
good eye for color and harmony, and many
OF her costumes are designed and made ac-
cordlng to her own ideas and suggestions
Next to music and fine dresses Miss Alb
oott has passion for flowers, and she
seldom appears anywhere without them.
Yesterday she carried a bouquet
OF chrysanthemums and a lovely red rose,
such as she invariably plucks to pieces while
singing the Last Rose of Summer Be-
fore the train started Miss Abbott presented
the rose TO the MORNING News man, but
soon atterward he was prevailed upon to
give 1t up to lady admirer of the prima
donna, who wore it as proudly as some men
do the cross of the Legion Of Honor.