The herald., 1895-03-09
HER CURVES ARE FETCHING
A Talk With Shapely Miss Adele
harrington
She Hates Tights, but You Would Never Know
1t from Her Appearance-FromQ Quaker
dom to Comic Opera

They say exceptions prove the rule, and
Miss Adele harrington of the Calhoun
Opera Company is certainly an exception
to the rule that hattery and homage spoil
woman. She is as unassuming, as
modest, as natural off the stage as on,
and just as gracious, high-bred and
charming.
Miss harrington is one of the most per
fectly proportional women on the stage
nothing more beautiful can be imagined
outside of marble than her curves and
dimensions, and these are most charming
ly put in evidence in the second act of
Amorita.
Il am sorry l had to keep you wait
ing" said she as she came into the Hol-
lenbeck parlor yesterday morning, but 1
have just had my hair washed; 1 don It
wear a wig in the Black Hussar and my
gown ISM as fresh as it might be, so
thought ought at least to have my hair
clean"
With that she sat down and entered into
a friendly and quite informal chat with
the scribe, who said:
Have you ever been in Los Angeles
before?"
Eyes, once, with Frank Daniels Com
pany, but | had a slight cold, and he
wouldn t let me go on, so l sat in front
every night.
Then you've not always done opera. -
mo. indeed, this is my very first sea-
son in opera. | went on the stage for the
first time in 1890, and have always PLAYED
farce comedy until last fall, when / signed
with the Calhoun Company; in fact,
don't know as much about singing as
ought, to belong to an opera company; |
studied and gra iuated in instrumental
mnsic before | went tbp bIIt
have always sung because liked to do so,
and to give pleasure to my friends.
was almost afraid to try even comic
opera.
"Your Angelo in Amor ia is an artistic
triumph; how long have you played
mems roles?"
"Never in my life until joined this COM
pany, and if you only knew how l hate it.
| stand in the wings every night before
go on and shake; it is an iwful ordeal but
that is one of the disagreeable things in
our life on the STAGE we can't always do
what we want. Angelo is the first part
in which I've had to wear full tights, and
the first time put them on didn t know
what to do with my feet, nor which way
to look, but you may be sure it WASH t
down-if had done that l should have
been more miserable than l already was
And my hands, too, you don't know
what a comfort it is to your hands to
have on skirts you can take hold of them.
or hold your hands behind them. but in
tights you are helpless in every way
Are you New York girl, Miss Far
rington?''
pie are Quakers think of that; they were
simply Mortified to think | was going on
the stage, and they won't come and see
an act even in farce comedy unless | in
sist''
"Do you find the life wearing?''
NO. it has been as free from disagr ee-
able things to me as any other manner of
life. OF course, it depends good deal
on the company, and some managers are
very hard to get along with. The
hardest thing l find is the one-night
stands. 1t is much pleasanter where one
can be one or two weeks or longer in one
place, but otherwise find much that is
pleasant, and some things that are very
agreeable about it. ?"
"Of course, you like Los Angeles better
than any other place-except Atlantic
City?"
"Los Angeles is very attractive in manv
ways, and the people | have met are more
than good to me. | have an engagement
for luncheon today, two invitations for
sides, and dinner; and yesterday | was
afraid should give offense to some one.
had so many engagements to keep that
| got them all mixed up. Do you think
it is going to rain?" And Miss Earring
ton looked anxiously out of the windows
She was simply dressed in shirt waist
and plain skirt; ribbon belt with silver
clasp and slide. and the belt was pinned
to her skirt with Yale class pin, which
bespoke at least one conquest on the other
side of the continent A natty little hat
with jaunty wing on the side rested on
her pretty, light, freshly-washed hair,
and her skin was as fair and smooth as
if grease paint had never touched it.
In response to the question, Are you
troubled with impetuous and importu-
nate notes from women when you play
your boys part?" a slightly merry twinkle
crept into her gray eyes, and crept around
the corners of her mouth.
"Well, l have had few, she said, "and
they are very. funny. One such was sent
me- signed H. H. H., which was a chef
d ouvre. l showed it to the manager
and he had it published in the next morn
ing's paper in full. That is all the answer
it received. and then sent it East to my
people to let them see what favorite I
was.
At this point Miss Gertrude Lodge came
into the parlor She and Miss Earring
ton are great friends and room together
at the Hollenbeck. Miss Lodge is genial
and bright an has spontaneous wit
that is very attractive. She displayed
silver-link bracelet with the air Of a
particularly pleased child and said the
chorus girls in the company had pre-
sented her with it on her last birthday.
Miss Lodge has been West several times,
with Nellie McHenry, the Evangellne Com
pany, and she was one of the original Cal
houn Company and played with them ten
weeks three years ago. Then she left
them for two years, and joined again last
fall.
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