The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-21
THEY SHOW CARRIERS.
SOME WELLKNOWN ACTRESSES |
GIVE Us A PEEP AT THEM.

Leslie Bartlett Davis Inheriting Her
Antipathy Toward Them - Paulins
Hall Was Hsmpered by Circum-
stances-Della Fox and Miss McCann
Enjoy the situation-Miss O'Ksefe's
Carriers Are Magnificent.
CCoDuri0ht1
NEW YORK. Nov. 19.-"Actressss on
garters and carriers on actresses" was the
assignment my editor gave me. 1t was,
strictly speaking. an endless aud an elastic
subject, but trust the readers OF my own
sex. at least, will find it Of sufficient inter
est to pay them for the reading Of this
letter
Jessie Bartlett Davis never wore one in
her life. found her in her dressing room.
after the matinee, removing ''Allan-a-
Dale's" makeup. The audience had called
her back so often to hear her beautiful con-
tralto voice that she was tired aud reno we'd
her costume very slowly. When she ceas ed
to be a merry outlaw and emerged charm
ing woman | asked her TO describe her gar
tor buckles.
II can't, she said, They're all displayed
/ in shop Windows and my only title to pos
! session is envy. No, my opinion Of garters
is the same as my mothers was before me.
| she never let me wear one as a child, which
| is lucky for me. You know I'm invariably
cast for boys parts, aud a garter strapped
| above my knee would have ruined its SYM
metry. l tried once to wear one Just above
the knee, but somehow it wouldn't STAY
there. 1t slipped down and ruined my
| nerves. The side garterg Not even that.
! walk fifteen miles a day and my Stockings
| are just as smooth when l return as when |
start. This is my device. NV first garment
| is pair of thin silk tights reaching
| just below the knee. Then l pull on my
| stockings over the tights. Next comes my
| black silk pair over the stocking The top
OF them is very firm, you see, because the
last pair of tights fits very snugly. I've
not worn stage carriers either; Robin Hood
never heard OF them" l suppose it was only
| after that episode 10 the French ball room
that men began to wear the garter. That
remark OF the princes did it, but this dan
gerous topic. Ii | go on | shall break my
| resolutions.
| Miss O'Keefe wears garters galore, pink
| garters, lavender carriers, all sorts and con-
| ditions of them, ornamental for the public
| gaze and also ornamental for utility upon
something besides She young noblsman's
stage tights.
Miss O'Keefe is we'll up on the lore Of the
garter. She told me of it's earliest rise and
| its honorable position after it was made
the token of royal favor. She was the first
American actress to don the stage garter,
while Pauline Hall and Della Fox borrowed
| the idea from her. The famous Jewel of
| Miss O'Keefes garter first twinkled Oh her
knee in the BriRands," and was worn on
a pale violet ribbon around the left leg
The next chance to display it came with
| Castles in the Air, when it was fastened
| to a gray ribbon with two long loops and
ends, which fell half way to the ankle.
The jewel clasp is unique, being nothing
the huge diamond, hung upon its pivot,
shakes Ike pendant globe Of light. The
diamond has history, though didn't learn
the details up to date.
Once, before the royal Jewels of France
| were stolen and broken up for sale three
| immense diamonds were set in the center OF
the crown One was blue, another white,
and the third yellow. 1t is this canary
stone which Is now glittering on Miss
OKeefe's pretty person. The gem is simply
| immense-S]l oarats is its weight-and it is
hawless in everything except its yelowish
tinge. Miss O'Keefe explained that, IL it
we're a white diamond, it would have been
far too valuable for her, and she also asked
me to repeat her remark in this article.
But of the stage she has carriers and gar
ters. all of them different from the styles
Of the stage. The morning l called a dainty
pair of blue side garters were serving as
hosiery supports They are quite the pres
test pair I've seen, with their heavy golden
hearts covering the catch underneath They
are very new, the silkeu elastic Snaps briskly,
and the expensive signs OF affection are in
their pristine brilliancy. Evidently some
body with good taste and good gold knows
Miss O'Keefe's penchant for swell carriers.
Il can't wear the round garter because
my stockings are silk and will slip down
unless | take all sorts of preventive meas
ures. A round garter would absolutely
ruin my circulation. No, even my stage
garter is only piece Of gros grain ribbon.
| like the garter on the left leg don't you?
On both it would be decidedly oupre, and a
girl on the stage should never dream of
wearing one in sight, If she's In short skirts
There is an etiquette of garters, even when
Plainly. Miss O'Keefe knows all the
polite usages OF her means of support.
Miss Adams garter is as unassuming and
modest as she is herself. But it must be
chroniclsd here, because it's worn by an
actress who Is going to be wonderfully dear
to the blase theatre goers of New York.
My information was not gained by thor
oughly honest means, because | was sure
Miss Adams wouldn't talk directly to the
papers about such personal matter. May
she forgive me! Her everyday garter is a
quiet, unpretentious black silk elastic
band, which is not dIstinguishable from her
stockings. 1t is comfortably loose and yet
|
does not fear to spoil her knee, and, even
if she should. what matterl
II endured just one experience In tighss,"
laughed the young lady. 1T was yesys
ago, when begged the manager to give me
a pretty part. He sent tights for Blue Boy,
and when l saw myself in them was SO
frightened that ran crying to my mother.
That's the nearest approach to a boys role
l ever undertook. l shan't try it again, and
I've never taken any interest in the stage
trappings of women who are so unfortunate
as to be obliged to act male parts upon the
stage"
Charming Maud Adams May the years
bring many blessings and take none Of those
she already possesses.
Fanny Cohen, who has been playing the
part Of a ragged girl in the Lost Paradise, !"
wears very iaunty and dashing garments
in her personal role
Her garter, which was displayed in Geral-
dine McCann's dressing room the other
night, was extremely gay. Il is pink and
blue and Duckled in spots where buckles, it
seems TO me, have no excuse to be on
grounds of utility. But they are made Of
sterling silver, and they cause a little gasp
of surprise they struggle with the rosettes
for first consideration. The rosettss are
blue on one garter and pink on the other