The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-09
THE TIRES0ME KENDALS.
Nonsense That the People is Swal-
lowing About Them How
Soubrettes Dress.

The Kendals changed their bill on
Thursday to "All For Her," which was
done by Lester Wallack at Wallack's
Theatre twelve years ago. Her many
press agents say but little of the play, but
as usual, booms the lady's virtues. and
the continual harping of Mrs. kendall,
her children. and the parade OF her virtue
and her charity, and her gowns, makes
me very, very weary. 1t was supposed
that Mrs. Kendall was enough OF lazy
to keep her family affairs and her chastity
and her good words and deeds out OF her
advance agents notices, but. it would
appear that such is not the case Mrs.
Kendall is no more chaste, no better than
a hundred actresses, and she is showing
the very poorest taste in her interviews
by allowing rot of this kind TO go out
from her. She is a charming and gOoa
woman, no doubt; she is the daughter OF
TOM Robertson, a clever playwright
and general good fellow, and the wife Of
Mr.. William Kendall, a dignified, stupid,
and heavy Englishman, and only average
walking gentleman" Of an actor, put
she is no better and no worse than any
body else.
Metropolitan actresses are dressing
very quietly this season. On the street
and at professional matinees their atrlre
is of soberest hue. The garish gear OF tn Q
soubrette is a thing of the past. Jennie
Williams, who has just married Lord
Petre, was q VIGOROUSLY loud dresser
Now such soubrettes as Myra Goodwin,
Lena Merville, Mollie Thompson. Jane
Stuart, Annie Boyd, Maude White, Isa-
bel Irving, Laura Burt, Jennie Yeamans,
Fannie Rice are. on the street, as prim as
schoolmarms. Leading ladies indulge in
even greater sobriety of dress. This IS
especially the case with Minnie Selig-
man, Helen Russell, Leonora Bradley,
Hattie Russell, Ada Rehan, Marie Bur
roughs. Georgia Cayvan, Mrs. Leslie Car
ter and Grace Filkins are always in
black. Sealskin sacques trimmed with
lambs wool or astrakan and toques and
turbans to match are all the rage. Bon
nets are worn ridiculously small, and al-
most justify the term bauble, which, In
the play of "Petrucnio.i applies to the
headgear Of katherine.
All of the TO rmer achievements of the
Casino are placed in the shade by Poor
Jonathan" and the opera begins the sec :
Dnd month of its run with every prospect
of duplicating the remarkable success of
"Erminie." The aggregate receipts for
the first four weeks were $43, 600, an ex-
cess of nearly 5000 over the famous
Grand Duchess record of last spring.
The fifJieJh performance comes on Tues
day evening, December 2 aud novel en-
tertainment for that evening is an
nounced. The novelty Of the opera and
Rubygold's birthday fete have suggested
the idea for the groundwork of the enter
tainment and it will be In the nature of
an lat home." with the auditorium ar
ranged as an immense drawing room.
brilliantly Illuminated and filled with
flowers. Lillian Russell will be the host
ess and her associate artists the enter
tanners, while the audience, who are to
be the guests, Will receive dainty
souvenir directly after the finale of the
first act.
Cora Tanner viii begin an engagement
of one week, commencing Monday, No
sember II, at the Academy of Music IN
this city. Miss Tanner will present Zone
Error" She is said to play the part of
Judith Orme, the heroine. with earnest
discretion, and her keen dramatic instinct
Is apparent In all she does.
Booth and Barrett are said to be doing
a very poor business this season, and It
seems as IL the novelty of the big team
has worn off Novelties, like freaks, are
not good for more than one or two sea-
sons running.
''The Inspector which is have its frs
performance at the New Park Theatre on
Monday, Is local melodrama by Will II
Wilson, of the New York Sun.