Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17

THE NEW ENGLISH BEAUTY WHOM FRED GER
HARDr HAS TAKEN UP-BARaAIN DAYS AT PHIL
ADELPHIA rHEArrRs-Row TICKET BROKERAGE
STARTED THERK-A DISASTROUS RESULT.
Special correspondence OF The Evening Star.
NV YORK. October 16, 1891.
L SOMETIMES HAPPENS THAT A ORA
- matte production which ais to excite
ripple OF general interest nevertheless stirs up
q small but lively maelstrom. A case of that
Kind has occurred here this week. beautiful
Star was produced at the same theater wherein
the "Black Crook" made its original success
and many subsequent spectacles found favor in
the eyes IL not in the ears OF multitudes.
"B sautiful Star" was announced as Just that
sort of Respondent thing. But no play in
years has been ridiculed by the critics as
this one; the audiences have dwindled TO two or
three hundred lonesome persons in a big house
and the enterprise will be abandoned tonight
Still, down toward the front of the parquet
relatively numerous representation ef the
towns mcneyed FOUNDERS may be seen at every
performance. That is because Frederick Geb-
hardt is understood to be the capitalist of the
venture, and that one actress in it, Nina
harrington. was brought over from Eng
land by him. The protracted companionship
-
about year ago, when the pair vacated the
fine house which they had occupied at intervals
In this city, and also sundered their joint af
fairs on theiI California stock farms.
acquaintance OF GcbEardt thought that
there would be a reconciliation as there had
been after previous quarrels. but Mrs Largtry
formed another attachment in London and
Gebhardt lately brought Miss harrington to
New York. 1t Is curiosity to the woman
who has succeeded the Jersey Lily in this hand
a nd rrf l..
sent his acquaintanues and some others to see
Beautiful Star" which is said TO have been
named In compliment 20 her Into the sight
OF these critical observers Miss Harrington has
literally sprung every evening, for it is through
vampire trap that she rises Into yiew She
is said to be an English woman. although she is
not blonde, and that this is her first appear
ance on any stage.
FOIL FOR MRS. KENDALL
No less eminent an actress than Mrs. Kendall
has illustrated this week the care which femi-
nine stars take to be as nearly beautiful as pos
| sible, also how the best-laid plans of that kind
sometimes go wrong. Even the most ardent
| admlrer of Mrs. Kendall art is bound to admit
that she is matronly, and that whatever beauty
| she may have possessed in youth has departed
with the years. She is a fine-lookinC woman,
intellectual and lady-like in aspect. and that is
ALL She has won most remarkable success
with extremely fashionable New Workers whom
she impresses as being the embodiment OF the
lady on the stage. The second actress in her
company last season was Violet Brough an ex-
tremely tall. angular young woman, combining
ngiiness with a certain quality of delicate re-
hnement that just barely saved her III the esti-
nation of the audiences. An old stage man
sat together in the theater You
are wondering why Miss Brough dresses
in that extrayagant fashion. Her gown is no:
IN
its colors are garish to the point of positive
offensiveness. Her hair is wildly fluffy and the
lace at her neck and wrists is Tapping all about
her. Now look at Mrs. Kendall. Observe the
contrast Mrs. Kendail's dress is the acme of
| smooth. quiet elegance. Not a ribbon futters,
not square inch is other than rich or serene.
Her hair is brushed and knotted plainly. There
| Is not the remotest suggestion of an actress
get-up about her. She is the ideal OF genteel
lady in parlor. assure you that Miss Brough
was engaged primarily for her angularity,
which would set OFF Mrs. KendalIs smoothness
effectively. She was directed to costume her
| self in the outlandish way she does in order
that Mrs. kendalls elegance OF toilet might be
emphasized.
This week Mrs. Kendall is with us again. In
| the place Of Miss Brough she has brought to us
Miss Kaye. A first sight of this new importa-
| ton confirmed the theory OF the stage
manager. Miss Raye, like her predecessor. is
slim. angular and yet refined in appearance
She was dressed after the manner CT Miss
Brough, in a gown based on current fashion.
perhaps, but built up and out into Srotesquery.
The colors represented "A considerable section
OF the rainbow. In all these respects she WAS
an aggravation OF what We had last year. while
Mrs. Kendall was once more the very soul of
elegant quietude in garb. But this time the
plan of contrast fails through being overdone
The women in the audiences smile and eX-
change glances when Miss Rave first shows
herself in the ridiculous gown. Next, the
men scowl at her utter inability TO act at
all. Apparently she is a novice, whom Ms.
Kendall selected suitable foil i'll place of
Miss Brough, but whose ineXperience, coupled
with a professional debut before strangers In a
strange country, has resulted in a pitiable
tiaSco. In the play used. still Waters Run Deer"
there is a rather difficult dialogue between the
character played by Miss Raye and the one
assumed by the husband of Mrs. Kendall
At Its close the woman makes her exit and The
man remarks: We'll l am glad that's over"
The poor, oyerburdcned actress had been rldic-
ulous. and SO the pertinence of kendairs ex-
ciamation set the whole house into an uproar
of lauShter.s The same incident was repeated
on the second night, but alter that the inccn-
diary line was cut out, and thus the opportu-
nifty for merriment is destroyed. But the in
expert observers do not imagine the reason,
which Is here given, why the popular and pros
porous Mrs. Kendall brought the Misses Brough
and Kaye into the glare OF our footlights.
BARGAIN RATES AT PHILADELPHIA THEATERs.
Each big city has its own peculiarities in the
amusementbusiness.P Philadelphia chief singu-
larity is made interesting by the news that it
has, as many old managers have long pre-
dicted, brought very serious trouble upon the
theaters there. Many years ago young COM
mercial traveller found himself temporarily out
of employment in Philadelphia With all the
activity and push of his kind he acted upon
| the first idea that promised immediate profit.
| He happened to know that large lodge of
| Odd Fellows contemplated visit to a theater
with their families, numbering altoge tner
nearly two hundred persons They had al
ready arranged for a late supper, but they had
not decided upon the theater to visit. The
young man constituted himself at once an in
termediary agent. He went to the Walnut
Street Theater and dickered for low price for
the 200 seats. and as the house was not being
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