Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-31
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New Yoxk. Oct 80, 1891.
InRAkATIC ART CANNOT; DE SAID T(
| - have made stridss this week In New York
but IL is truth 70 tell that stage diversion
has straddled. Two new danssuAes have com,
70 town One ;iss merry, mischisvous nader
who always gives you the imprsssiou that sht
wished she didn't have TO do 1t that way snt
the other 10 . very recent importation BY the
management Of light opefs venture. Botf
are put forth IN hrst-class theatsrs. Ths
latter 10 proper and disnihed person in
behavior. Her long, pointed nose bespsaks Q
| mind and temper Of her own. She II de-
hghtfully slender and plant % . willow
bough, and when she chooses Can mako che
circuit Of the stage in series Of charmingly
graceful revolutions in which her beautiful,
slender feet seem scarcely to touch the boards.
She knows her feet are beautiful, and in her a.
lacks and hnales she shows them with fine
eject, particularly in her last pose, when,
caught in the arms Of her cavalier, she elevates
her right foot high In the air and holds IL there.
Fer tiny slipper directed earthward. In this
pose, however. the heavy lace skirts close
around the ankiea
ANoTHER STYLE.
To take up the other roguish danssuse. She
II what some people would call dumpy, with .
round head, round face and . round body.
Her skirts are wonderfully made, possibly Of
nuns yelling. Independent OF the skirt proper
there are loose overskirts, which she holds
up In the guise OF wings, and then goes sailing,
or rather oscillating, hither and thither in a
waltz movement, which she executes with much
grace. Now, in the real skirt dance 1t Is i'm
possible, or almost SO. to display the limb Is
high a. the knee, for the mass Of loose, clngiug
lace under the skirts follows the upward- bound
member and clings to it. But this danseuse II not
70 be trammeled by any such regulation. She
goes swaying about the stage. her snowy skirts
and wfng-like drapery waving and fitting in
the electric hight. But M she pirouettes full
glimpse Is given Of a pair Of small but very
symmetrical limbs clad in light tan-colored
tights She has been dancing Of late years in
London burlesques.
WHEN ACTORS ARE SUMMONED TO ApprAn.
The monarchs Of the old world habitually
command the most eminent actors to come
into their presence and amuse them, and these
mandates are never disobeyed. There is only
one power enjoying o similar free choice OF
diversion in this city. OF course, our million
aires are accustomed TO hiring stage celebri-
ties toperform inparfors, but Is the potency OF
money that accompiishes their wishes. In an
old house in West 32d street, on q block other
of social degradation, the Tenderloin Club
makes fts headquarters. Here modern Bohe-
mianism has reached . point never before
touched in the history OF unconventioualism.
At the outset the club consisted Of score or
10 10 o, er%;npp rsp0rtsrs whose line: lay
signed to night duty in this wickedest
part of the town. They needed . convenient
gathering place and they obtained one by hir-
ing rooms In the midst Of the scenes which
their pens were called upon to describe. But
the club grew into size and character hardly
contemplated BY its originator Men Of all
professions focked into membership, but they
were what We call roundefs-that il to say, men
who float buoyantly and swiftly in the swim.
The quarters were enlarged, artist members
decorated them astoundingiy and the monthly
suppers became remarkable events. On each
Of these occasions entertainers we're summoned
to appear before the Tenderloiners Not one
OF these commands has ever been disregarded.
1t IL needless to say that neither Booth nor JEFF
ferson, Hernhardt nor Modjeska has yet been
ordered into the Tenderloin presence.
WHO HAVE BEEN THERE
But Carmencita, in the frst flush Of her
fashionable vogue, the comic opera comedians,
the most popular Of the monologuists, and
very lately Waltz and Fougere, the newest i'm
portations from Paris, have all gone to the
house in SD street to sing, dance or other
wise amuse the Bohemians. Ofcourse the mo.
tive which inapels these responses lie desire to
please the newspaper men. The last Of the
,
called the Liliputians, consisting Of ten little
bits of comedians, men and women IN age. but
infants in statue. The funniest Of the midgets,
Franz Ebert, veritabie cherub in appear
ance, gave depletion Of an inebriated
swell. Il was so true to life, AZ Familiarity seen
through the eyes of the Tsnderloinsrs, that il
delighted the tipsy and hilarious crowd
nightly. OF course, the Tenderloin Club il a
| rocket that has probably reached its greatest
height. and it will fall like stick, but II is a
very brilliant sight while it is yet exploding
| and coruscating in the air.
TEE xiDeErs' VISIT.
II the club has set out to make its home cor
| respond in appearance TO our idea Of the place
| we all dread, but may not escape, they could
not have come much closer to the accomplish.
mont of their object. A fearful place it is, and
although some OF its horrors had been covered
| with black cloths in honor Of the guests of the
evening. yet there remained enough to strike
terror into the hearts OF the dwarfs who had
been invited to come and amuse the gathering
| II was nearly In the morning wheE the minute
| actors and actresses were introduced to the
jam Of Bohemians and amid those surround
ings, they might easily have been mistaken 70,
little devils, although rather Of . good than I
bad character. There were five men and fv,
| women all In evening dress, and odd enough til,
little fellows looked in their dress suits choke,
collars and expansive shirt fronts. The won.er
| wore moderately low-cut dresses Of yellow yatiI
| under black lace. Nearly all were remarksbl,
well developed in their minute proportions
and several had the faces Of grown-uu womer
| Of thirty five. The crowd roared with laugh tel
at the way in which the little creatures co
quoted and simpered, but the eyes Of all tn,
diminutive comedians bulged out when the,
glanced into the main room and saw the crazy
looking walls and pictures
oUEKR pEconAfioxa
They saw two long walls covered with rough
white plaster, In which had been stuck, appar
entity. the contents Of big junk shop. Ever,
little article imaginable was caught in the bill
lows Of plaster. Bottles, dice boxes, police
mems clubs, badges, waffle irons, frying pans
pieces Of crockery, glasses, tools, scraps O
iron, swords. pistols mugs and thousand ant
one other useless objects were crowded tosethe,
and stood out IN bold relief against the whit
background. Chandeliers made Of beer ken
eat IN two, with the gas tips protruding aboy,
tie tops were . feature At one end of tb,
room was an awful picture, which appalled, tn,
litt's women. II was = masterpieces Of an arts
member, and probably the product of hi
brain after Q Tenderloin revel It showed th,
head Of . red devil with horns aboy,
enormous ears. The tongue Of this fsnd wa
protruding and pointed at Q wicked female
VINO, dressed in black stockings, with pink gar
ters and gilt shoes, WA seated on the inner sid
Of half moon. Her tongue was pointed 1t tn
devil and four sces we're clipping from her haus
TO the city pictured below. But trsnonsiou
missing, which b the Teudsrloin form of ap
plause, recalled the visitors 70 the purpose 9
MARION MASoLA'o vAIef.