The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-12
1T WAS GRAND.

..Vas the play good, my dear?" asked
Mr. Greylock the other hight after his
wife had come home from the theatre,
where she had been with some friends.
"Good,n cited little Mrs. Greylock, en-
thusiastcally. sit was just grand, Nor
timer. 1t was a lovely play, and the
dressesl In the first act she wore one
of the most bewildering beautiful things
ever saw in my mortal life-a pale
apple-green skirt, brocaded in the
sweetest shade of pink, with perfectly
lovely train Of.
WAS her acting goOdT
'Heayy silk brocade without par
ticle of trimming on 1t, but the waist
was trimmed all over with something
couldn't make out, although l strained
INV ewes trying to all the time she was
on the stage. 1t was an evening dress,
and when she first came ON she had
Oh ~,
"But was she any good as an actress?
t'My dear, please don't interrupt-an
omen cloak of soft pink plush, lined with
apple-green satin, with the lovehest
fringe, with seed pearls shining IN IT,
and"
''But tell me about the acting
"Then in the second act she wore the
most magnificent bridal costume ever
laid eyes on-a heavy, shining, ivory
satin. with the most immense court
train and yards and yards OF the loVeilesI
Brussels lace. The whole front OF the
dress was one mass of tiny liounces OF
real lace and down the sides there were
cascades of the lace and pearl paSsameh-
terie, while at the back
''But the play, T." -,
"And the sleeves of the dress were "
the lace, and they hung clear 10 In'
ground, away from the arm, you A''om
never saw anything like it before, aho
I can't describe it to you, but it was per.
fectly lovely" -, -,
you need not descaibe any more u
it, I'd rather hear about"
"Then in the next act she came ON II
the most euuisite thing-a lovely shad'
of rose-pink silk, made with sweeping
train over a petticoat of Turkish EN-
broidery-oh, that embroidery was to'
sweet. 1t was in all sorts of soft, del
icate tints. and at the. bottom there wa
n rich fringe, fully half yard wide, IAN
ing over broad band of pink plush,ah'
she wore "a" II,
Come. come, my dear have done witt
her gowns and"
"Yes, yes. | am done with the gowns
but I was going to tell you about he
Jewels. With the pink dress she wore
perfectly gorgeous diamond necklace
with a huge star pendant, while GhtVer
mo crescent shown in her hair, ana
spTav of diamond leaves shown amoni
tho lace at her corsage, and in her ear
she had .. !,
~ don't care continental what sh
had in her ears-dOn't care whether sh
had any ears at all or not. Can she act
That's what I'd like to know
"Act? OF course she can act neVe
saw woman more perfectly selt-pOs
sessed than she was before that grea
audience. She never sat down or ros
awkwardly a single time, and l neVe
saw anyone manage train more grace
fully than she managed hers; and IN I'll
fouTth act was immense. 1t was one g
the heaviest Lyons velvet with front 2
netted silk so heavily jetted that
nngled when sine walked, and she wor
with it the heaviest and lOveliest .girdl
of let ever saw, and she'd ostrich TIP
in her hair and her arms were bare. She
beautiful arms, too, and
AT least, tell me the name OF til
play"
Diamonds on her wrists and on
velvet band around her throat and-ol
the play, did you ask?'
Eyes, what was the play?'
''Why, it vast was-now, let me sc
what was the play? Strange, | remen
Der seeing it on the-rm down stan
and get my muff. dear, and you'll find
programme in it. really don't remem
Der Just what the name of the play was.
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