Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-17

"ThiB IL to delicate n question 10
have my name mixed up in,D he ex-
plsined. ~ think Miss Rehan Is
n great actress and rs wo-
men 70 nowadays finely formed one.
But she Is not perfect.
"why? In the frat place, her head
is too large for her body. Look ut the
Milo thore, and the artist pointed to
the cast OF u perfect woman. Her head
looks small for the rest OF her body,
doesn't II? That Is because II Il In
perfect proportion. HerBhoulders look
broad, you say; that is because the
head Ia small again. Our women
nowadays are all bust, hips and head.
Their feet, AMI often their hands, are
smaller than they ought TO be.
al cannot give Miss Rebnn's mea.
surements. She weighs l67 pounds.
An artist makes his measurements In
heads. For instance, Miss Rehan IL
little over "a heads high. The
average Is Z. The Venus Dc Medicls
is S but about a 4. considered tho ideal
measurement. The width OF the
shoulders In an Ideal figure 10 twice
tho head, and tho extended arms
measure the same rs the height OF the
figure. In Miss Rehnn these proper
tions are exact. Miss Rehan Is o feet
81 inches, but have made my statue
q feet, anu everything In proportion.
OF course, no artist would give the
measurements OF his models In feet
and inches to the public. cannot
give you, either, the measurements Of
The statue, because the figure IL not In
the reposc, anu OF course the drapery
would interfere"
-.
There will be plenty OF ncliyIty nj
the theater next week, the doors being
opened i've nights out OF the eis.
Monday and Tuesday Mr.. Brnuy's
Afler Dark company holds the boards.
and on Thursday, Friday and 5atur.
day, the new star In the theatrical
ornament, Minnie Solegman, aided
by the husband whom she recently
took from New York's swell society
ranks. Mr.; Robert Cutting appears In
Gunter's play OF "My Official Wife. -
Following that Frohman's comedians
open Monday, the 2Bth, holiday night,
In Settled Out OF Court, which by the
way Is the night the Choral Society
nave chosen for their Tabernacle
event and "rhe Light OF Asla.n
= -
Professor Stephens probably never
undertook a greater task than that
which he has laid out for himself in tho
production OF 1.-THE Light Of Asla,U
since Dudley Buck put TO music Ed.
win Arnoid's tender and magnl III cent
poem, we doubt II a dozen societies
In tho world have had the enterprise 10
attempt II. IL Ia a tremendous under
taking TOT n society OF age and experl-
ence, aud In conquerlng II with the
new choral society, and the solo mate.
rial IL contains, MI. Stephens shows
.he ambition and energy which
have always characterized his
career. We believe he will sue.
coed artistically-we hope for The
best financially, Tho Light OF Asia
VIII appeal TO the very highest poetic
and musical tastes, and as the posmN
ntleast that part OF 1t which Mr.. Buck
has used-will be- printed Ia full, the
evening VIII DO one OF pleasure both To
those OF u literary and musical turn
OF MIND. We nre not sure that Il
would not be fitting 20 have the
cantata preceded by Ave or ten
minutes talk from some one OF our
leading literary men, on the
character and scope OF the
poem The Stephens chorus mum.
beers TWO hundred and fifty, and
the solo voices will DO Mrs. PlImmer.
MrH' Sykes, Mr.. Piper, MIR. Peabody