The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
GREEN ROOM TALK

Butte, May PA good many news
papers print a good many fake inter
views from many sources, but 1t !:
doubtful IL there is any other sourc'
half so prolific OF this character of mat
ter as the theatrical profession. Judg
ing from experience IL is safe to say
that 80 per cent. of the alleged inter
views with eminent actors and &C
tresses, published all over the coun-
try, were contrived and written by con-
scienceless managers or cheap advances
men. The surprising thing about the
discreditable business is that there IL
never a protest from the sensible mer
and women who are credited with say
ing all sorts of idiotic things in these
interviews i'm which they had no voice
A few days ago Ada Rehan arrived
in San Francisco and a reporter sought
an interview with her. Why. she was
so surprised she could not Immediately
answer the astonishing request, and
when she recovered she said why,
Mr.. Daily always attends to that for
me. l am never Interviewed
A fair example of these ready-m ade
interviews was sent to the Standard a
few days ago, and as a sample of that
sort of thing, overlooking the idiocy
credited to the interviewer and the inn
becility evident in the young lady in
terviewed, IL is interesting. out of re-
spect for the excellent and sensible
woman imposed upon by the interview
her name and identity are omitted.
Here is the interview:
If you want to see anything as clear
and crisp and up-to-date as Maxine"
off the stage, you should meet Miss
Blank herself at home. not necessarily
in one of her latest tailor-made gowns
which are as naturally a part of her
as the chic and stately Maxine" but
as i saw her the other way in her
dressing room at Maguire's opera
house. radiant in the gayest of silk
kimonos, leaning back in a rocker, one
softly-rounded arm thrown up over her
head, with its golden creole of hair
glinting above the broda, white brow,
and her large gray eyes lighting up an
intensely magnetic face. Nothing
slovenly about this deshabille de bou-
doir. simply the permissible neglige of
a well-groomed woman. And then You
should hear her talk of the new wo-
ingly in her play.
1.-THE new womanl'" she exclaimed,
when some one preached the subject
what do think of her? / think ev-
erything of her j like her; / believe in
her, with her healthy, wholesome ideas
her reaching out into new fields of
thought and study"-this with all the
earnestness In the world. There's
nothing so delightful, so charming as
the up-to-date new woman. Now,
don't misunderstood me-" she went
on; II don't mean that / don't like a
fluffy woman, but ] love the tailor
made girl. with her chic and her trig
attire, just a degree or two better.
When / speak of the new woman 1
mean the taiior-made, up-to-date wo-
man in all respects. not the old hen
lii .le
and shoes without heels. who goes
about with bulging umbrella and a
reticule on her arm, making speeches
and constructing platforms a Ia Mrs.
Lease. loud-voiced. aggressive, i'll
dressed-and don't mean the bloomer
woman, either"
80 you object to boomers" I inter
polated.
"Of all horrible garments. the bloom
ers are the worst" protested Miss
Blank. raising aner hands in holy hor-
ror when Solomon Isaacs came TO
discuss 'Maxime's' costumes with me,
he insisted on boomers in one scene
I insisted to the contrary, no bloom
ers for me-'let me dress Maxine !
said, and IL you don't like my cos
TUNES I'll agree to yours And / cloth
ed her as thought a chic, up-to-date
tailor-made woman should be clothed
free, untrammeled. with a mannish
trick of coat and collar here and there.
but still always womanly. Isaacs was
satisfied. and there was no further talk
Of boomers / hate them" she con-
tinued; why should women who go in
for athletics or for reading and think
ing, make themselves hideous. That
may have been the idea once but"
"Antre jours. antre moeurs," i sug-
gested. you see no reason why wo-
man should not dress well, and, at the
same time, have an intellectual bank
account TO draw upon-isn't that it?"
asked.
Yes" replied the young lady. smil-
Ing. that is exactly my idea"
THE phrase new woman is so va
riously defined" put in some one else,
tell us. Miss Blank, exactly what you
mean by that term"
What do l mean by the term new
woman" she returned. Il mean the
woman who has learned to take care of
herself, who understands herself who
thinks for herself who adds TO other
benefits of education those whose ply
steal exercise and the care of the body
bestow-one who is fond of outdoor
sports, who can manage a horse or
boat who can swing Indian clubs, or
enjoy a i0-mile walk; with whom the
morning tub is a daily habit, who keeps
up with all the questions of the day,
and is able to discuss them intelligently
with men. oh, yes. l know" she ex-
planned. Men are not supposed to toll
crate serious discussion with women,
but bright-minded men really prefer
bright-minded women as companions
and help-mates TO dolls In short, the
real new woman as we use the phrase
in it's best sense, is the one. of all 9TH
ers, whose mental, moral and physical