The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-25
MIR. NYE SEES A PLAY.
Bill Has an Afternoon of Pure
and Innocent Delight.
TIPS ON THE FALL FASHIONS.
Honeycomb and Birds Eye Maple Vests
In StyIe-Soft and Fuzzy Effects
Sought by Ladies.
Copyrighted, 1891, by Edgar W. Nye.

New YORK. Oct l9.-[Special Correspond
ence. I-Recently / went to the London
theater for an afternoon of pure and inno-
cent delight. The London theater is not
so English as l had expected to find it
from its name. 1t is an American theater
where one can see q play that is mathe-
matically and dramatically accurate.
Friends of mine told me to go there and
study the mechanism of play so that
when | write another border drama | can
see how TO put the border on without
puckering the drama. | can never be
thankful enough that / did so. l put in
the entire afternoon studying the con-
struction of play that has been thrilling
the Bowery for long time.
In this play maid with a feather dust
er is seen at the beginning of the first act
busting the parlor and trying to think of
her piece. This is well done and dramat-
ically accurate. The plot now proceeds TO
unfold Itself. In the second act a villain
appears with pink whiskers made for a
smaller man. He moves about the stage
to melancholy music.
The piece all the way through is so
dramatically accurate that I could go out
for an hour and know exactly where they
there mostly to see Eva Hamilton.
wanted to see how she would succeed as an
actress. ] thought if she acquitted herself
nicely | could write play for her next
year. But she did not do very well. She
wore yachting clothes and a scared look,
but her voice was as devoid of emotion as
that of John /. Sullivan, and her state
ments were as devoid of sympathetic effect
H.. - ~ lie
in the union depot at Chicago.
Go home, little Eva. Go back to your old
life, whatever it may be. Do not attempt
to be emotional when an East Side audi
ence frightens you and your lines light out
like scared iackrabbit at the early dawn.
1t is high time you called halt. Go not
to the quiet grave OF that deluded man
whose name you were FASTING on the dead
walls in order to get new clothes and bait
the old deadfall for new victims. | am
glad the press united on this wretched
woman. this evil angel of soft-hearted
man whose life was ruined by her.
Such women also hurt the stage. They
bring the blush of shame TO the face of the
profession and DO much to discourage a
young dramatist like myself from writ
ing the great American play. Let us
change the subject.
Mems clothes this fall in New York will
present more bright colors than hereto
fore, and the cherry, scarlet, crimson and
other bright shades for scarfs, mainly in
satin, are very noticeable. / write these
items regarding mems apparel because
very many friends sort of look to me as
authority each season, and expect me to
furnish tips on etiquette and clothing, as
l am constantly in touch with the highest
and best authority.
Four-in-hands now are no longer the
only scarf that is tied by the proprietor.
There are two or three of them which re-
quire a steady nerve, a Christian spirit
and an outside income.
1t is no longer de rigger to part the coat
tails and arrange them in the lap on sit
ting down. 1t has been tabooed because it