The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-15
MEN WHoM Q Nj ADORE.
The De'icats and Refine re of Actor,
and SiIirers Get the Smiles.


The Delicate and Refine. ne of Actor,
and Singers Get the Smiles.
The excess Of devotion that Pader-
ewsat receives froi Enthusiastic women
calls att.l-sion 10 the fact that it is al
ways the inore delicate and refined type
of manhood that inspires this sort of
hysterical iaolatrv rnong the
There never was a l4ore superb example
of handsome manliness than that of
EdoEard de Reszke. the French tenor,
but he was here and is in his own IL
try but vaguely admired by women, and
with none Of the mad, rapturous ecstasy
and alteration of which Alvary. the Ger
man tenor, was the u%ngracious recipient.
Alvary was small and slight in stature.
His shyness was almost painful. His
devotion to his German frau and numer-
Gus olive branches hopelessly prosaic
and unromantic. But the women stood
about the stage door in groups for a
glimpse of their divinity, and squandered
their entire allowance on opera tickets
when he sang.
Kyrle Beilew was in his day another
victim of woman's devotion. They
ound out where the effeminate Mare
Antony had his hair clipped. and bribed
h barber into saving bits of the sacred
fleece for them to wear in lockets and
watches. How that barber ever recon-
ciled things with his own conscience,
nov he will settle it with the recording
angel is a mystery, for not even the
sutherland sisters could have supplied
all the locks that We're surreptitiously
dealt out to the fair devotees for a time.
Pierre Lott, in France, now one Of the
lmmortals. is another man of the marked
feminine characteristics which appeal to
the enthusiasm of women and claim
their championship. 1t was on shipboard
that this writer, whose real name is Jean
Wand, got the name of Lott, which is
Japanese for violet" and it was as Vio-
let that he was known among the grace
less, but discriminating subalterns. Men
call his writing feminine in d~iscernment
and cloyins in style. and say that he
chooses his words like bonbons. But the
strong and brilliant Nine. Adam and her
followers. III their enthusiasm for Lott
at the time of his election to the acad-
envy. opposed IA man of distinguished
largeness OF thought and marked genius.
Dignity and elegance are both winning
cards for gaming popularity with wom-
en-. 1t Is TO the former that Walter Dam
rosch ppesl MS to his marriage gained
his following of fashionable ONE and
1t Is to the latter quality, as well as his
dramatic talent, that Riddle is indebted
for the admiration of the women who
listen to his readings. Perhaps it is the
unexpected strength and fire in the guise
OF an exquisite that charms. The odd
thing about it is that the very women
who rave over these types of men are
welded to husbands of the practical ro-
tund school; men with plenty of devel-
opment in the aldermanic region; men
whose wedding vests won't meet by sew
eral inches, md whose bald spots are fast
growing glossy; men who couldn't un
their rosettes any better than
Amelie Riyes' unfortunate hero. and who
laugh at the little women and their ra
over long haired heroes, confident
their W charm and liking the won.
en- all the better for their pretty enthusi-
York Sun.