The Washington times., 1894-11-11
PEN DRAGON AND PLAYERS
FOllies and FoiIbles of Leading New
York Actresses Touched Upon.
CREAM OF THE DRAMATIC NEWS
Young Men of the Town Worship at the
Shrine of Musk-scented Diskey Harlow
Fanny Rices Penchant for Exhibiting Red
Silk Hose-"Little Christopher Columbus"

NEW YORK, Nov 1O.-With the rustic of
silk petticoats and an odor of musk Miss
Diskey Harlow, of the "1492" company, has
returned to US again in ali her glory, and the
young men of the town who have been saw
ing their spare change TO buy flowers with
are happy They worship at the feet OF their
"Queen Isabella" and regard her nile green
teas as social events.
Nearly all ladies of society have some fad,
and Miss Harlow's is that Of leading the style
| in underwear.
| Her various suits, which are made of the
most delicate shades of finest silk and
trimmed with baby-rIbbon and silk lace Of a
contrasting color are certainly beautiful to
look upon. Even her corsets are of the fin
est material and made in colors to match the
trimmings of her chemise, thus presenting
striking and artistic effect to those who are
so fortunate as TO catch a glimpse OF their fair
owner in deshabille.
Miss Harlow believes that black silk hose
make the ankle look more tapering aud dainty
than any other color, and she wears them
almost exclusively, relieving them only by
gorgeous pair of garters with solid gold
| buckles, presented TO her by an unknown adj
mirer OF royal blood.
When asked TO give her opinion on the
much-dlscussed bloomer question, the bright
color manted to her cheeks, and she saucily
exclaimed: "Bloomersi l wear bloomers!
| Nothing is more disgusting TO gentlemen
than mannish lady. 1t is unladyltke TO ride
| q bicycle at all, but to ride one attlred IN
boomers is beyond my comprehension.
Miss Harlow believes that lady should be
| a lady at all times.
Fanny Rice has Just closed her season Of
miss Innocence Abroad" OF course she has
only closed in order to rehearse a new piece
| which she may put on next season or the
season after She couldn't give it proper at
tention while she was playing the great part
| of molly Flower" She hopes We won't
think less of her for that" ana we don't; in
fact we think more of her, for there is one
less shallow, rattle-brained coDglomeration
of nothingness before the public and we draw
q sigh of relief to think thar no longer will
be lured into theatre by that picture where
a lady sits on q pedestal smelling OF a rose.
and is so completely lost in reverie as 10 for
get TO remember that she is a big girl now
and should keep down her dresses.
II Miss Rice wants to show rs her red silk
hose why doesn't she wear short dress in
the play and we will judge for ourselves
whether or not she is as shapely as her litho-
graph indicates.
Although Miss Rice's dresses are of the
richest material, she displays no extravaganza
10 wearing long skirts, for what she adds 10
the bottom she takes from the top. Evening
dresses, house dresses. and street dresses, II
matters not, they are all as low as the law will
allow.
Little Christopher Columbus" has sue
ceeded ''l492" at the Garden Theater, and
while it is similar in many respects, it is a
pretty poor substitute and destined 10 be
short lived The chorus is the most perfectly
padded one in the city, and in very attractive
costumes, each member appears to be an
ideal Venus. Tall and short thick and thin,
straight and crooked it matters not, they are
all built over into perfect proportion. The
original living pictures are retained as Mr..
Rices experience has taught him that the
vacant upholstery does not appreciate their
absence as much as New York connoisseurs
OF ART do their presence
The cast is bad and the whole thing is such
fat, weak imitation OF "14g2" that one feels
weary all through the performance.
Helen Bertram plays the part OF Little Chris
topher Columbus. In the first act she wears
boys suit of gray material, with short, tight
trousers. and jacket not extending below
the waist She is very plump, and as she
walks up the stage makes one forget to ad-
mire either her back hair or French heels. In
other words. she looks more attractive going
of than she does coming on.
Can she act? Oh, one forgets to notice any
thing of so little Importance as that.
l. Verona Jarbeau, direct descendant of a
boarding g-house keeper, is what one might
call falling star. From her stellar position
of a season ago she has shot downward until
she is now doing speciality in variety show.
Although she is getting passe. her figure re-
tains its old-time charm and there is no iiaT
in its moulded symmetry, unless 1t be the sud-
den iut from her waist to her hip. showing
the many agonizing hours the lady must have
J passed under the pressure OF tightly laced
corset. She is at present giving limitations OF
Calve as Carmen and Mrs. James Brown
Potter as Cleopatra in ''The Passing Show
at the Casino.
With her husky voice OF about an octave's
range. she attempts to sing short bit from
Carmen but what she lacks in voice she
makes up in action, by introducing a SEN
suous wriggle on the style OF that much
talked of dance seen at the Worlds Fair in
the Midway Plaisance. and with naughty
little twinkle in her eye" she succeeds in con.
vincing us that she is the greatest and only
} living Carmen.
Her cleopatra costume is dream ot
hopeful bliss and Joy, and we who have beer
shocked by living,pictures now call them mod
est and inn nocent.
} They make no pretense of being clothe:
and are limitations of genuine high class art
What one sees, he sees direct, and in a
graceful and quiet pose. In Miss Jarbeau's
case we see the workings of the nude female
: form under the guise OF wearing apparel.
Her entire body, from her shoulders down
is clothed in thin silk fiesh-coiored tights. anC
over those she wears a stylish filmy black
: gauze evening dress. She has a long acting
scene where she breathes, sighs, weeps. walks
turns kneels, sits, and falls. thus giving the
| beholder ample opportunity to admire her.vo
luptuous form.
Another feature of the "Passlng Show il
the costumes worn by the four French girls
Their skirts are made of black spangled tull,
5 and come little above the knee, being me
: by black silk stockings. When they stanC
= still they appear to be clothed entirely il
l black, but as soon as they begin TO dance an,
3 kick terrible shock is transmitted to the oh
server, from which one usually rallies in
/ few seconds, and after regaining conscious
ness he sees that IL is a garment after all, if
7 is only pair OF fiesh-colored tights.
Olga Nethersole's passionate and amorou
t Camille" is a great Improvement on her act
t ing in 1.-THE Transgressor." Her chief faul
0 is overacting, especially in the love scenes.
D Marie Jansen and her red tights are in tow
) at the Biiou, where they are appearing il
9 Glen MacDonough's latest farce, Miss Dyna
!, mite" At the end of her four weeks engage
f ment, Manager Rosenquest surrenders hi
+ lease OF the theater to Canary and Lederer.
q G. B. Jefferson, klaw & Erlanger's mucl
2 talked-of Palmer Cox's Brownies" come t.
!, the Fourteenth Street Theater, November Il