Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-06

mouse, was lost lose COghlnn is always
magnificent in her stage clothes, and is
really n superb advertisement for who
ever makes them. She always suggests
q great damask rose ut its best, filling the
air with perfume. of the stage she is
quiet in her gowning and would never
attract attention.
THEIR TASTES NOT PERFECT.
Rosina Vokes-- well, she is Just Rosina
Vokes. We all enjoy seeing her act, but
both on and off the stage she is dowdy to
the last degree. Her gowns always look
as if her dresser had put them on with u
pitchfork; and her hats-well, they may
be her conception Of what she should
wear, but they wouldn't be mine. Agnes
Booth overdresses; her gowns are hand
some, but they give you sense Of being
too much. This was never so fully in
tensiiied as it was when, in the Broken
Seal" Mrs. d. P. Bowers wore beau
tifully-made plain black silk, rich and
heavy, but cut with skill and draped
with art, while Agnes Booth had on an
elaborate frock, that seemed to suggest
either too much hustle or too much
something, one didn't know exactly
what. One looked a refined gentle
woman, and the other one coarsened By
contrast.
STAGE AND STREET "GET-uPs."
Ada Rehan dresses we'll on the stage,
but off of it she is untidy-looking and
almost as dowdy as Mrs. James Brown
Potter, who never seems to have washed
her makeup off. Mrs. Boucicault evil
IDENTIFY has the idea that the greater
n1Dni1ar of hnnnc oh flis,,1loY,-
certain is she to please the public but
when that sort of thing is really desired,
one pays 10 cents and goes to see the
skeleton man. Elsie De Wolf dresses
well, both on and off the stage; her cos
tunes last year in "Thermidor" We're
absolutely correct and as rich as possible.
Among the ingenues, Eflie Shannon,
Maud Adams, Ethelyn Friend and
Agnes Miller all dress well, for they
understand that young women are not
expected to look like matrons; that dia-
monds do not belong to youth, the
beauty of which is sufficient to demand
only a simple framing. What | am
telling you is true; some of it | know
absolutely, some of it is from close OBJ
servation, but that the women of the
stage make many Of the fashions is an
undoubted fact, and that the women
who know how to dress to suit the part,
how to neither over nor under dress
themselves, are really teaching their
audiences-at least, the woman part of
thcm-the value of suitability. Then
she stopped for breath | had been
nodding like Chinese mandarin as she
went along, and agreeing with her, but
II seemed To me | never met q woman
who knew so much.
THE BEST DRESSED ACTOR. ..-
| concluded | would ask the Itailor
who was the best dressed man on the
stage. l did. | wanted to get one solid
opinion, so | asked nine of them.
The first one, who is q great swell,
said none of them dressed WE'LL that
Osmond Tearle dressed and looked like
a gentleman both on and off the stage,
but there had been nobody to take his
place.
The second man said young Sothern
always dressed well.
The third one liked Morton Selten,
because he was so English.
The fourth one preferred Joseph Hol-
land, because his clothes were quiet and
looked genteel.
The fifth one fancied Herbert Kelley,
because he was so stylish.
The sixth one liked Kyrle Bellew, be.
cause he was so odd.
The seventh one elected as his fayorite
John Drew, because he was so trig,
The eighth one liked Dixey, because
you heard what he had on.
The ninth one, after much hesitation
said give him Nelson Wheatcroft, for
his clothes were those of gentleman.
Il didn't like to hurt his feelings, but |
don't think Mrs. Wheatcroft would like
her husband given to the ninth part Of
man)
Having in this way gotten masculine
vote, also got feminine one. 1t was
unanimous. 1t 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 Barrymore. And for once |
went "wid de gang"
LITTLE ODDITIES OF THE STAGE.
Funny what different opinions people
have-especially about the theatre.
Now, | think nothing is so absolutely
beautiful as to sec a young woman in an
evening frock, with diamonds on her
fingers and in her hair, stand in blind
ing snow storm and tell the audience
she is starving--don't you agree with
me.
| think there is nothing so absolutely
beautiful as to hear gentleman with a
creamy brogue, dressed in Il light check
get up, wearing a fanciful tic and dia-
mond horseshoe, announce that for gen
erations back his people have been gen
tlemen-don't You agree with me!
Now, think there is nothing so abso-
lutely beautiful as to sec a young woman
in an expensive French frock, cut very
low in the neck, cuddle up TO the lead
ding man and announce to the audience
that she knows nothing OF wiekcdness
and she fears to go out Of the great city
of New Eork-lont you agree with
me?
Now, | think there is nothing so abso-
lutely beautiful as to see the servant
maid wear diamond earrings, and an
nounce to the audience that she is of
noble birth, and is only taking this posi-
ton to support her mother and seven
small sisters-don't you agree with me
Now, ] think there is nothing so abso.
lutely beautiful us To hear the wronged
maiden insist upon being righted, while
on her finger is Il most conspicuous wed
ding ring-don't you?
But | think there are so many abso.
lutely beautiful things in the world
don't you agree With BAB.
A Presbyterian Minister Dead.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 2J.-The Rev.
X. II. Allen, ID. D., secretary of the