The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-12
MEN WHOM WOMEN ADORE.
The Delicate and Refined Type of Actors
nnd Singcrs Get the Smiles.

The Delicate and Refined Type of Actors
and Singers Get the Smiles.
The excess of devotion that Pader-
ewsh receives from enthusiastic women
calls attention to the fact that it is al
ways the more delicate and refined type
of manhood that inspires this sort of
hysterical idolatry among the women.
There never was moro superb example
Of handsome manliness than that of
Edouard &c Reszke, the French tenor.
but he was here and is in his own coun.
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 ungraciousrecipient.
Alvarv was small and slight in stature.
His shyno was almost painful His
devotion TO his German frau and numer.
ous olive branches hopelcssly prosaic
and unromantic. Eat the women stood
about the stage door in groups for a
glimpse of their divinity, and 81 uiudcrod
their entire allowance ON opera tickets
when he sang.
Kyrlc Below was in his day another
victim of woman's devotion. They
Antony had his hair clipped and bribed
the 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
how he will settle it with the recording
angel is n mystery, for not even the
Sutherland sisters could have supplied
all the locks that were surreptitiously
dealt ont to the fair devotees for time.
Pierre Lott, in France, now one of the
mmortals, is another man of the marked
feminine characteristics which appeal tc
the enthusiasm of women and claim
their championship. II was on shipboarl
that this writer, whose real name is Jean
Niaud, got the name of Lott, which j;
japanese for violet" and it was as Nio.
let that he was known among the grace.
less, but discriminating subaltcns. Men
call his writing feminine i'm disccrmmeut
and cloying in style. and say that lie
chooses his words lao bonbons. But the
strong and brilliant Nine Adam and heI
followers, in their enthusiasm for Lott
at the time of his election to the acad.
envy. opposed n man of distinguished
larseness of thought and marked gcuiUs.
Dignity and elegance are both winning
cards for gaining popularity with WON.
en-. 1t is TO the former that Walter Dam.
rosch previous to his marriage gained
his following of fashionable women. and
it 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 womer
who rave over these types of men are
welded to husbands of the practical 70.
tund school; men with plenty of devel.
opment in the aldermanic region; mer
whose wedding vests won't meet by sew.
eral inches and whose bald spots are fast
growing glossy; men who couldQ', ul.
derstand their rosettes any better than
Amelio Rivcs' unfortunate hero. and who
laugh Mt the little womcr.lnd their raw
ings over long haired hSors, confident
OF their own charm and liking the WON.
en- all the better for their pretty enthusi.
asms.-New York Sun.