The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-02
THEIR TASTES NOT PERFECT.

| Nokes. We all enjoy seeing her act, but
| both on and off the stage she is dowdy 10
the last degree. Her gowns always look as
II her dresser had put them on with pitch
fork; and her hats-well, they may be her
conception of what she should wear. but
they wouldn't be mine. Agnes Booth over
dresses; her gowns are handsome but they
give you @ sense Of being too much. This
WAS never so fully intensified as il was
when, IN the Broken Seal, Mrs. d. p
! Bowers wore beautifully made plain black
silk, rich ami heavy, but cut with skin and
| draped with art, while Agnes Booth had on
an elaborate frock, that seemed to suggest
either too much hustle or too rnnoh sone-
thing, one didn't know exactly what. One
looked refined gentlewoman, and the other
one coarsened by contrast.
STAGE AND STREET "GFT-Upsr
Ada Rehan dresses we'll on the stage. but
off Of it she Is untidy looking and almost as
dovdy as Mrs james Brown Potter. who
never seems to have washed her makeup off.
Mrs. Bouc oault evidently has the idea that
the greater number OF bones she displays the
more certain IS she to please the public; but
when that sort OF thing Is really desired,
one pays 10 cents and goes 60 see the skol :
eton man. Elsie De Wolf dresses
well, both on and off the stage
her costumes last year I'm "Thermidor"
were absolutely correct and as rich as pos
sl5le. Among the ingeuues, Elite shannon,
Maud Adams, Etheiyn Friend and Agnes
Miller all dress we'll, for they understand that
young women are not expected to look like
matrons; that diamonds do not belong to
youth, the beauty Of which is sufficient to
demand only simple framing. What |
am telling you is true; some of it l know
absolutely, some of it Is from close observa-
ton, but That the women of the stage make
many Of the fashions is an undoubLed fact,
~ In No.
dress TO suit the part, how TO neither over
nor under dress themselves. are renlly teach
ing their audiences-at least, the woman
part of them-the value Of suitability. Then
she stopped for breath. l had been nodding
like Chinese mandarin as she went Rlon ,
ana sgreeing with her, but it seemed to me
never met woman who know SO much
THE REST DRESSED ACTOR.
| concluded ! would ask the tailor who
was the best dressed man on the stage. /
did. l wanted to get one solid opinion, 80 |
asked niue Of them.
The first one, who is a great swell, said
none of them dressed well: that Osmond
Iearle dressed aud looked like gentle nan
both on and off the stage. but there had
been nobody TO take his place.
The second man said young Sothern
always dressed we'll
The third one liked Morton Soften. be-
cause he was so English
The fourth one preferred Joseph Holland,
because his clothes were quiet and looked
genteel.
The fifth one fancied Herbert Kelley, be-
cause ha was so stylish.
Tho sixth one liked Kyrle Bollew because
no was so odd.
The seventh one elected as lis fsvorite
JohE Drew, because he was so trig,
The eighth one liked Dtxey, because you
heard what he had on.
The ninth one, after much hesitation, said
give him Nelson Wheatcroft, for his clothes
were those Of a gentleman. II don't like to
burt his feelings, but don't think Mrs
WheatcrofC would like her husband given
TO the ninth part Of a maui
Having III this way gotten masculine
vote, | also got a feminine one. II was
unanimous. lt was announced that the
man who wore his clothes the best, who was
easiest IN them, and who was the matinee
ideal in dress clothes, was Maurice Barry
more. And Tor once vent vivid do gang"
LITTLE ODDITIES or TIE STAGE.
Funny what different opinions Deople
have-especislly about the theater. Now,
think nothing is 50 absolutely beautiful az
to see n young woman in an evening frock
with diamonds on her fingers and in her
hair, stand In binding snow storm and
tell tho audience she is starving-dont
agree with me.
blliA tucIo II uObuAUG 30 absolutely
beautiful as to hear a gentleman with a
creamy brogue dressed Ia a light check
getup. wearing fancfnl tie and a dia-
mond horseshoe, annou co that FOR genera
tiOns back his people have been gentlemen
don't you agree with mes
Nov | think there ts nothing so abso.
lutely beautiful as to see young womna in
an expensive French frock, cut very low in
the neck, cuddle up to the leading man and
announce TO the audience that she knows
nothing of wicketnsss and she fears 20 go
out OF the great city Of New York-don't
yon agree with rnef
Now, / thing there IL nothing 90 abso-
lutely beautiful as to see the servant maid
wear diamond earrings, and Announce 70
the audience tuat she is Of noble birth, and
is only taking this position 90 support her
mother and seven small sisters-don't you
agree with mo.
Nov, [ think there Is nothing so sbso-
iutslY beautiful as to hear tho wroDged
maiden insist upon being rigbied, while on
her finger is a most conspicuous wedding
rlng-dOn't you agree with me1
But tdink there are 30 many absolutely
beautiful things in the world-don't you
agree with BAC.