The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
TRILDY on THE STAGE.
She Is 10 become IA Living Picture,
With Her Foot I'm the Foreground.

She Is 10 become Living Picture,
With Her Foot I'm the Foreground.
From the New York sun.
Trilby IS to be put upon the stage here.
Not the whole piece. but just the dear
Trilby by herself and that as a living
picture Manager Edward E. Rice Of the
Garden theater conceived the idea of de-
voting one picture nightly, in the series
shown in Little Christopher" to Du
Maurier's heroine. He inserted in the
personal column Of yesterdays papers
the following advertisement:
TRILBYS WANTED, AT THE GAR
den theater; ladies who think themselves
fitted by nature to impersonate Trilby in
the kilanyi living pictures can apply daily
at II a. IN. to Manager Rice, at the Gar
den theater stage door, 9th street
Long before II o'clock yesterday morn
ing there was long line of women around
the stage door of the Garden theater. each
and every one of them quite sure that she
look more like Trlby than her neighbor.
IL was by far too cold day for a person
TO stand still any length time on the
sidewalk, so the whole line Of would-be
Trilbys marched up and down the street.
never taking their eyes from the stage
door, though. There was every STYLE of
woman in this crowd, old and young.
ugly and pretty, light and dark; some
suggesting Trilby, while others looked no
more like her than Svengan did The an
parel of some of the women was plainly
copied from Du Maurier's pictures This
was particularly noticeable in the stvle
in which the hair was worn and the cut of
the collar of their waists. Some Of them
carried bundles under their arms, the
contents of which proved to be Trilby cos
tunes. One woman was noticeable on
account of the shoes she wore. She was
evidently a faithful follower of Trilbv
and did not believe in cramping her feet
In stiff, unyieldy leather. She had on
pair or soft, undressed kid slippers, over
which she wore cloth spats Her feet
We're by far the most conspicuous thing
about her, principally on account of their
size. She was fully so years old, and IL
took Manager Rice a very short time
to decide that she would not be a success
as living picture.
Promptly at Il O'Clock the stage door
was thrown open and Mr.. Rice's smiling
face appeared, and he announced:
Now, ladies, just step inside in the
hail. and come into my room one at a
time"
The women were all anxious to be pass
ed upon and there was a squabble to see
who should go in first. This was finally
settled by making them form in line and
take turns. The first to gain entrance to
MI ANlNG , AuOiiA ana stdnu before his and
kilanylS critical eyes was pretty Young
woman, fiustered and red with excite.
ment. She as well dressed, and when
asked why she thought she would make
a successful Trilby, she replied:
Because Jack says I am the image Of
her, and he calls me Trilby. Won't /
do?"
Her name and address were taken as
well as those of all the rest who cared
to give them. To one elderly candidate
Mr. Rice said:
Madam, I did not advertise for Little
Billee's mother. want a Trilby"
The woman became indignant and
founced from the room.
Another queer applicant was mannish
thin-faced woman, with her black hair
cut so that II just reached to her collar
Though she suggested Svengali rather
than Trilby, she willingly left her name
and address. One woman posed for Mr.
Rice in a costume she had brought with
her. Her figure was so bad that she was
pitiable. There were al applicants by
1870 o'clock. At that time Mr.. Rice was
thoroughly tired out, and he closed I'D
his room for the day. Shortly after he
had done so a carriage drove UP, and a
little woman muffled in furs ran up the
steps leading to the stage door She told
the manager she belonged to a well known
and wealthy family, and asked if he
thought she could pose for one night
without her family knowing it. Jack had
told her, too, she looked like Trilby. Mr.
Rice gave her some good advice and put
her in her carriage.
Out of the III applicants one was Sc
lected to attempt the part. She is a pretty
little woman. and has the broad forehead
and figure of Trilby. She will pose as Du
Maurier pictured Trilby on page II. look
ing ''wistful and sweet" in the old SOL
dier's coat and the big slippers. Mr.
Rice intends giving many different pic
lures of Trilby, and for each he viii have
a differer; woman. The work of select
ing wou,d-he Trilbys will go on all the
week.
II am tne absconding cashier of the
Bustup Bank" said the sad-eYed man
who walked into the police station. and
want 70 give myself Up. Very we'll"
said the police sergeant, have you any
one in this city who can identify you?"