The morning call., 1894-12-29
in FINE ATTIRE.
Miss Martinez Has Ele-
giant Raiment.
LACES AND FINE LINEN.
A Peep Into the Boudouir of
the Coincidence.
HAS A FONDNESS FOR SILKS.
Ravishing Hosiery, BewiIdering
Gowns. and Dreams
of Coats.
HAS A FoNDNEss FOR SILKS.

Miss Sadie Martinez, who is playing a the
California Theater. said last evening that
for ten years she has made a fad of
clothes. That her stage gowns are work
of art is evidenced by the way in which
women haunt the theater, scanning her
through lCrgnets and opera-glasses. Her
private wardrobe is even more elaborate
than her apparel for the footlights.
Miss Martinot said. in speaking of street
dresses: Il don't think that actors and
actresses should dress gaudily on the
street, for they attract so much attention.
Behind the footlights they have the adj
vantage of paint and powder, and they
cannot possibly look SO we'll in private
life. So by wearing startling clothes they
allow the public to become too
familiar with them, and much of the
illusion of beauty is destroyed" Miss
Martinot's street clothes are simple but of
the richest materials. She herself is not
at all a tailOr-made style of woman, and
she does not affect the extreme straight
lines of her masculine sisters. She is es-
sentially a creature of chiffons, laces, silks
and the finest musIins. She says she stud
les fashions, but never allows them to in
terfere with the mode that she knows
brings out her good points. Her trunks
contain but two or three cloth frocks, the
rest are all of silk. The cloth gown of
which she is foDdest is an exact reproduce
ton of a creation by Felix that took the
first prize at the Antwerp exhibition last
summer. 1t is of light tan English cloth,
made perfectly plain and cut in the smart
est possible French way with full-gored
skirt and cloth of the same piqued
around the bottom. The coat of the suit
is double breasted and fastened with large
pearl buttons. The sleeves are enormous
and tie jacket very full about the bottom.
With this she wears picturesque brown
hat decorated with large plumes and a
boa of fur and velvet comb ined. This is
quite the plainest costume she has.
Her raincoat is smart enough for the
most exacting fashionable woman and is
cut like long driving-coat Ii probably
cost pretty penny Of $50. With this she
wears a patent-leather sailor hat, and is
quits as bewildering as in a ball dress.
She revels in house frocks, and if Miss
Martinot could only be induced to exhibit
her wardrobe for charity her rooms would
be crowded with women. This season she
wears great deal of accordion plating,
and one exquisite French gown has an ac-
Gordon plated skirt of old rose silk and
bodice of chiffon of the same color The
sleeves are of silk, chiffon and handsome
pink brocade.
Another Rhapsody of color is a pink bro
cade with plain skirt. having the correct
width of eight yards, and a pink chiffon
bodice handsomely trimmed with rosettes
of the same.
nnr af nnhf Iva
that in Paris was bought for 5000. It is
something that most women would do
penance for for months to possess-an ex
quisite confection of real lace and light
blue brocade. Nothing that she possesses
but has silk Innings, as she Is devoted to
silk.
Miss Martinez has probably one of the
most beautiful opera cloaks in existence.
II is OF white satin completely covered
with cream Valenciennes lace, and lined
throughout with ermine. She never buys
shred OF lace that is not real. and she is
as enthusiastic over her lace as she is her
ART.
She has six fur coats-one the collar of
which cost $500 in Paris. and the tiny muff
matching it is worth half that sum. Miss
Martinot does not care for Jewels, and
rarely wears any. She sold her entire col
lection Of jewelry in New York last Nav
at public auction for $4,000. but small
fraction OF what 1t cost. One of her pct
fancies is her lingerie, and 1t is dainty and
rich enough for princess. Her stockings
for house gowns would drive most women
to despair, for they are of silk, and very
many of them have real lace inserted in
the front. They are in white, pinks, blues.
reds and black
The comedienne explained how she came
TO have such q collection of underwear.
u was Ill in. Paris for several weeks two
or three years ago. and Felix, the great
costumer. sent his saleswomen to me with
such tempting things that I hadn't the
physical or moral courage to refuse them.
bought everything. and the moment that
Recovered escaped in self-defense."
Miss Martinots underwear is OF muslin
trimmed with real lace and she has with
her several night robes worth from $50 to
S12o. If good clothes bring pleasant
dreams she ought to sleep peacefully. She
was asked how she disposed of her old
clothes, for she says she never wears anv.
thing out. and she replied: 81 give soma
away to younger actresses who cannot
afford to buy new. Sometimes sell other
gowns to beginners. Dozens and dozens
of frocks / sold in New York at public
auction last spring. 1t was really sad
Gowns that had cost me from $3.50 to $500
In Paris brought only 81 TO $50. Very
often women come to me when l am tray
cling and ask to buy my dresses, but I
never sell them"
With wardrobe like Sadie Martinots
as an incentive it is not at all stranps That
there are so many stsge-struck girls,