Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-25

l watched the players on the stage,
An old delighted comedy was theirs
The very picture of a gallant age,
Full Of majestic airs.
Wit, virtuoso, captain, stately lord
Each played his part with smooth
Augustan grace:
And, gray and curled, tn Olympiar
peruques scared
Ore each fine oval face.
Anon, young Celia, poised on high REQ
heels,
Advanced with Chloe, the discreet
soubrette;
Her laughter rings abroad in silver
peals;
Her cOurtiers fawn and fret.
One was a whiskered son of awful
And one, the favorite, a thing OF
spleen,
Whose pasquil jests, stream of falling
stars.
Illumined all the scene.
They trod. a minuet, and evermore,
BetwiXt the cOurtesying lady and hel
thrall,
the floor,
Unnoted by them all
Alas, poor player, that was Deaths
dance, indeed.
The curtain fell; the masker's flesh
less hand
Compelled thee to his chariot, which
speed
Rolled home to his own land.
And now, with cheeks and eyelids that
confess
Grim stains of the last midnight's gay
disguise,
TIL ingenious haggard actors swiftly
Where their dead brother lies.
How strange grave-side-Oh, how
strange a scene.
The players double life in such
eclipse!
What morality would this have been
On those once hooking lips!
But they are dumb, and there's scarce
time for tears.
Nh ys,.a f.t.1r1l NJ-JYl Cr
for our plays
Ills good that arch-cOmedian Death
appears
But once in many days.
-Macmillan's Magazine.
1t is reported that Margaret Mather-
Pabst intends to return to the stage
next season, having wearied of inactivi-
ty.
Mrs. kendall, the actress, gives it as
her idea of a perfect holiday to be
somewhere with flowers and sun, a
good book and my children playing
tennis near enough for me to hear
who's winning"
Although Miss Rosina Vokes has
never asserted her claim to the divided
skirt, it is generally acknowledged by
modistes, costumers and stage dress
makers that the original model came
from her cunning fingers. Long before
she came to America she was dancing
in 'frills,'' as she called the skirt. AS
long ago as 1877 a New York lady
wrote and asked for the address Of her
petticoat-maker. Miss Vokes replied:
Il am petticoat-maker to Her Majesty"
Later when she became acquainted
with her correspondent, she volunteer
ed to make her a model. 1t was a
dolls divided skirt and showed her to
be beautiful needle-woman. The
material used was batiste, ruffied all
the way up with frills of lace. The de-
sign was reguler skirt Of the pilgrim
dress pattern, stitching down the center
bifurcating the garment. The owner
of it, now the best stage dressmaker in
the profession, has made hundreds of
copies in silk, gauze and cotton for
skirt dancers, actresses and amateurs.
Sir Arthur SullivanS new ode will be
produced at the opening Of the Imper
ial institute under his direction
William Hoey sailed for Europe yes
terday, accompanied by John Russell
J. X. Emmett has closed his second
season as a star The tour was even
more successful than its predecessor,
which was considered remarkably
large in its financial results. The ''re-
peats'' We're as a general thing larger
than the first visits. Mr.. Emmet'S
handsome schooner yacht went into
commission ON Wednesday and he wiz
spend most of his summer on board.
His new play by Sydney Rosenfeld is
ready for rehearsal. 1t it to be very
deliberately produced and will require a
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