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low, and she takes OF her gloves with a

yellow silk and a yellow velvet. Her
bodice was -well-so-that the audi.
ence feared that what there was of il
would fall down; but they eventually
came to the conclusion that sheer wick
edness held it up. She talked at the
top OF her voice to the man who helped
her to adventure, and she could easily
have been heard out in the box office.
Yet other people in the play, some OF
them not one yard from her, were not
supposed to hear what she was saying.
The gentlemanly villain is no longer
given over to well-pressed trousers and
cigarettes He is the son of rich and
noble family, who has gone to the dogs
of his own free will. Later on, he CON
fesses all that he has done, at least all
that he thinks would interest people
around him; he reforms and assists the
rest of the troupe.
PAPA is VERY OLD.
The stage father has also changed
within the last two years. | have fire.
quently seen him with daughter several
years older than himself, but just now
there is desire to make him very old,
SO old that you are surprised that he
has strength enough to speak. He tells
his daughter about her mothers early
youth, as if she could have had late
youth, unless she was in her second
childhood, and then he and the daughter
moan over her picture. He has u moan
that sounds not unlike three howls of a
dog, and scream from cat; but he
calls it Desartean. | should think Fran
co.'s Delsarte would turn in his grave if
hn L. nf tha thak
nitted in his name.
INNOCENCE AT HOME.
Here the talker stopped to take a
breath, and that gave opportunity for
another woman to say: "But what do
you think of the heroine? The present
one is walking around in brown cash.
mere frock, with her hair so arranged
that, as 1t is very pretty, it can tumble
down at any m mute, and she is so very,
very innocent, although she is nearly 20
| years old, that she understands nothing.
And, when bold, wicked man tells
her that he is furnishing cottage for
| her, and that he has diamond necklace
and tiara waiting her pleasure, and all
that he asks of her is that she will be
pleasant to him once in a while, and
that they will not bind themselves with
the iron letters Of matrimony, under
which so many slaves are held, or some
thing to that effect, then she is innocent.
That good girl opens her eyes very wide,
and tells him in a most plaintive tone,
that, unless she can take the family to
live with her in the little cottage, she
cannot GO. And afterwards she Won
ders what he meant. And she goes
around telling all the men on the stage,
who then say, 'rhe sweet innocent and
then they agree not to let her know the
worst about the man.
INTERESTING CLOTHES.
sometimes her mother is CAV
woman of fashion, and when she is She
wears a purple MORE trimmed with
black lace, and large hat with plumes
and pink roses. If she is not after this
type, then is an honest, hardworking
woman, and we all know that this is
true, because she wears a calico frocll
and all her diamond rings She even
has a ring on her foretinger, because she
read in one of the papers that the
Czarina OF Russia wears one. | should
think that when she is honestly scrub
bing floors, some of the diamonds would
get loosened, but they never do. Hei
frock is never soiled and her apron is
immaculate, and yet she means about
how hard she works for the dear chill.
dren, and how, thank heaven, she takes
care OF the rooms Of u kind hearted gen.
tleman, who every Christmas sendi
them turkey. The supposition is tina
they have nothing else to eat all the
year round. Sometimes the good girl i!
rich, and tells the audience that She
doesn't care for good clothes, but sht
spends her money to encourage til,
workingman. Then she
WEARS VELVET,
because she wishes to look dignifled anC
philanthropic. She has cousin who i
lively, and tiirt, and who wears frock
that are entirely to short for her, anc
prances about in fashion that WoulC
be unbecoming in child of 10, bu
} whichis considered the essence OF mirth
; fulness in this young woman"
Here there was stop to get anothe
J cup of tea, and the girl who wished L
know asked, "What is the difference i,
the acting of Ada Rehan and Georgl
Cayvan?"
5 And 1 SAID: "Georgie Cayvan Away
! seems to me to act from the heart. Some
I how she touches your heart, and sh
. makes you believe in the woman tina
: she is tor the time being, Ada Reha
!, seems to
c ACT FROM A BRAIN,
n but not from her own. She al ways SIG
l gests to me those wonderful things thu
e are wound up and make music, G
e dance, or sing, according to the butte
you touch. She seems to be rcceptiy
As If she took very easily the brains
2, somebody else, and US if she wei
u coached aud told exactly what she mu
e do in every situation. Of the two
n honestly confess, as most women do,
J. liking Miss Cayvan better"
Is Somebody said what lot of tea v
y have had, and somebody else said TIL
'r was because it was well made, and iu
y then the mullins came in, aud we we
r, absorbed in them. Forgot all about Il
n stage people, and were interested on
r, in ourselves and the good things. Tin
le is very often the way. If you are
ne woman, you like hot mullins and te
jr don't you? Indeed, most women d
:. They are very good, and if tile butter
fresh and sweet, as 1t should be, and II
mullins are light, as they should be, al
is the tea is strong, as it should be, The
m you are at u tea drinking that is wor
q while. That is the kind of one that
V, worth going to. At least, that is t
a. sort OF one that is gone to and is Civ,
10 by BAB.
al BEDROOM Closets.
~ There seems to be no good reast