The morning times., 1896-04-12

The Butler, dramatiZc Boots at EPsoW'
immortalizc The Pasty Cook, neglect not
The Footman, with his high tragic possi-
bilities, bring forward The Laundry Lady.
with her soileu linen. The Female Page,
The Scullery Maid, The Hostler. The Un-
der Gardener are all yearning for an OPP
portuuity. The cabman, the barmaid. the
slavcy and the others have but pointed the
way. The door Is only opened 10 host
of elevating he eroes and heroines. The
renaissance is at hand and the back stairs
trumphS.
lave you observed the hyphcnated name
- fad among the women of the profess
sion? 1t has not for many years been
| been the custom 10 parade the preIlx
to an actress name. denoting the mar
ried state. Just now, at time Wbeh
woman $ influence is being asserted In every
other possibie fashion the husbands OF the
stage women are asserting their rights, at
least and as a result cur gentle and win
some little Julia Marlowe becomes the
stately and matrunly Mrs. Julia Mario We
Taber Minnie Maddern. whose Htienish
way of curling into the far corner of a sofa
and shaking down her Titan curis made her
the darling of everyone who saw her. ex-
PLOTS the existence OF another by in
sIsting on being called Mrs. Minnie Mad
dern- -Fiske and Selma FCtter is Mrs. Fetter-
Royle. We don't care Ia take to our hearts
Mrs. Taber and Mrs. Fiske and Mrs. Royle
especially when they cr6le 10 drive out our
fair Julia and fascinating Minnie. But
It'sthe fad. As was remarkedthe other day.
you needn't be bit surprised if in the
course OF a few years. yen find yourself con
frOnted on the high ways and byways by the
announcements of the farewell tours OF
Sarah Bcrnhardt-JOncs. and Eleanora Duse-
Smith. The little husband and the big
hyphen are asserting themselves. But what
would you say I" the announcement of the
annual event of Rose Coghlan- -Edgcrly-Sul-
ivan. Fanny Davenport p rice -MCDo we'll
Margaret Matbcr rHabcrkOrn-Pa abst. Lillian
Russell l-Braham-Solomon-P or bet
tina Gera rd Ordway Padlcford Rafaei'
Wolfe?
Seriously. is il not N imposition upon
the part of the husbands? Ii takes years of
toll, inCeSsant, insisting labor 10 build up
Il name which the public recognizes and
values and looks upon as Il trademark.
Then comes an ambitious husband who
c6vets the three-foot fame OF billboard
lettering aud paStes his name up with hy-
phenatcd glue. The value of the trade
mark is impaired. if not destroyed. 1t
provokes the public who know their own
by one name and don't care to be rubbed
the wrong way by the assertivc spouse.
They all know Julia MarIowe and Minnie
Maddern; few know Mrs. Taber or Mrs
Fiske. IT dispeiS the old illusion OF maiden
hood and jdvenilty in the stage heroines
but Husbands. like murder, will out and
women must work while men weep"
T HE battle OF women was waged In
Boston recently. Fanny Davenport
and Sarah Bernhardt have been pla Y
ing "GiSmonda" at the same time
Bernhardt by Dayenport's perms.
sion land cash consideration. Wed
ncsday afternoon matinees are not given
by the American actress. So she bought Il
box at BernhardtS theater, and attended
with members OF her company. Bernhardt
sa " her. She gave such Il performance as
She has never given OF the role before
She worked with such intensity that she
tainted after the third act Of the ewing per
formance, and for time ii seemed doubt
full whether she could continue or not
A facctious Gotham periodical carries q
stercotypcd head for such oCcuranceS as
this, and il read, How these women love
one another"
y USE appears to be very womanly ant
somewhat weak in certain phases o
- her character, When last in Amcric;
she visited Chicago. The engagement
was timed at a season of the yea
when the smoky and windy city was at it
worst. But the weather was not the onl,
disappointing feature, though the Italienn'
made it a subterfage for her chagrin. Chi
cago critics could not discern absolute
genius in her art, and Chicago theater
goers did not recognize a bargain in an in
vestment of 81 in three hours OF her acting
| The womanly instinct manifested itself
| and in little Sicilian temper Ele0nora salt
| that she would never again go back to tn
| heathens by the lakeside.
But ah, the ring of the American dollar
| Cannot art be subyerted to Il means insteat
| of an end, just for once? Eleanora opinet
! it might. Middleman Schurmann, the
| lofty and uninposing. WAS told that tn
Latin Sphinx had changed her mind condi
| tionally. Sarah was going TO Chicago
| She could not bear TO see the Titian-cro wIlet
| French woiflan monopolizc Chicago prais
| and Chicago gold. She would consent {,
| share the praise il The woOlly WeSterner
| would manifest a unanimous and substa n
| tial inclination TO come see her. Sounds Iik
| the reluctant politician who won't accep
| any other than unanimous nomination
| doesn't il? The date was made and tn
/ subscription paper was passed around
| Alas and alack, when Ii came back" il
| virgin purity had been sullied by no ira Gin,
| of Chicago ink. Chicago refused to humo
| the little pet of raven-lockcd EieonorG
| Now, what is she to do? Will she turn dc
| feat to such victory as she can achieve b
| bravely facing the critics and populace c
! the western metropolis? Or will she sui
| merge her grief in a continuation OF tb
| undignified sulks and give Chicago a detour
So far the honors in the little game ar
| with the Windy City. VIII Duse retriev
/ herself, storming the town? 1t is wort
While watching.
| A STRONG protest was entered last wee
| ~ by Il New York paper against the e,
pensive costuming seen on the stag
these days. Many failure is force
| 10 run aud all manner OF unworth
| tricks and deceptions are resorted TO i
| order TO keep the play in use, because th
| manager cannot afford TO cast aside q
once a piece on which he has staked Il fol
| tune in silks. sa atins and laeeS. For instance