The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
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wifo haa been Hborhlly oApioltcu Dy tho yelhoW
journals a. q matinee idol" and that IN Just
whit Z. J. Radcliffe never was, Thoro arc some
actors In Now York to-day who arc admired by
tho young women that go TO matinee perform
anccs, and tho most popular of u csc used to BIO
Edward Sothern. Whether he will retain that
favor after his marriage is n question yet to DO
answered. Some Of New York's other actors
attract large audiences of women to the matt
necs, and to-day Faversham, Hackott, and Rich
man are the leaders in this respect. But Rat
cliffe was never at any time one OF the actors
who gained popularity with the young women
who go to tho theatre to feast their ewes on the
hero while tho curtain is up and nibblc carninels
while IL Is down. He was never placed In roles
that made il possible for him to gain their sym.
pnthy. Nor was he ever prominent in plays
that appeal to the matinee, audiences. Bar
ring q brief experience at tho LyCcum The
ntrc, Ratcliffe has been associated chiefly with
melodramas OF a kind not particularly liked by
and there never was a villain beloved otthe matt.
n6o audiences. But there was n way of de-
scribinE, the actor, that was Incorrect, and the
toriety Is recognized as a damaging influence
IN an actors. career Ia shown BY the fact that
his company next week. 1t is undoubtedly
tiuc that much, notoriety, has II bad effect on
the public, but it is usually not Of a very lpst.
Mr.. Coghlan found that 1t might be best for
him nat to- p%pSSstpone hiS appe a,rSIis at the s,r Ei..h
to devote all OF It's attention to his acting. Ho
was n prominent figure just then in q matter
Both Incidents are in a high degree typical Of
stage life.
When tho Board of Aldormen'nnishes chang.
ing the names of tho strccts now under consid-
Grafton 1t would DO q public benefit to call the
attention OF somebody with authority to the
names Of the uptown apartment houses. A
man who builds a f1athouse is at liberty to call
It whatever he cares TO. although THE Pearl
or 1.-The Maudo'' might to unintormed.persons
seem no appropriate title for the residence of oven
moderately serious persons. As II these names
were not bad enough, a new plague has arisen,
and the ma mes of popular signers and operas
buildings. THE Mciba," offering six rooms
and q bath, steam heat. and free gas, The . S9r,
Iohongrin' with possibly a somewhat smaller
| rent, are natural results Of the present system
Of III, naming uptown houses; Probably nobody oboe
lords might be tho reluctance OF the public to
move into houses burdcncd with such titles.
layed by the fact that there arc numbers on
the houses as well as names, and 1t Is not wholly
title Which Ra prsGrsGte to please the owners taste.
New York apartment houses were first named
almost entirely after English counties and
tender "Gladys,"" pearl and "MaGdo" came
much later, and when the opera singers are ex.
full still in store.
The circumstances of Miss Sibyl Sanderson'a
marriage in Paris to Antonio Terry were quite
unlike what might have been expected in connec.
ton with any well-known stage celebrity. Miss
Sandcrson became Mrs. Terry in a convent
which is filed with the daughters OF aristo
cratic families as pupils and boarders. The
arrangements for the wedding were made sc
quietly and the character of tho ceremony sc
simple that only two or three persons in the
building knew what had taken place. Mrs
Terry Is said to have made plans to return tc
the stage after her honeymoon. She is to sing
in Paris in a series of semi-private concerts, ant
may later appear in opera. All her engage
ments to appear this winter In Italy have beer
cancelled. Another young American who Il
rs proud or her high notes as Syhil Sandcrso1
used TO be Is just now in Paris studying to TAKE
II real place among singers after her remark
able career of two years in this country. ElleI
Beach Saw is in Paris learning to sing, and thi:
will be news TO some persons who may have
heard the most remarkable press agent stor,
that WAS ever devised TO boom u waning favoritc
This story was that Miss iaw. in strnining for
high note. had hurst "A blood vessel and died i'm
mediately. This was too appalling an ctior
on the press agents part to md very genera
were to appear promptly was quite lost. as thu
unsympathetic public refused TO become OK
G cited oSsrs The dreadful 1So a 1nnn fat. sor which y Miss se iaw t
having made, through the remarkable adver
| tiscnent of which she was the subject, a cou,
Portable if not extravagant fortune. retired I
Paris, where she is now making her prepare
tons for a debut under somewhat more digni
fled surroundings, and it Is said that on her re
turn she will appeal to the public with som
stronger claims TO its consideration than a FEY
notes which, If very high. were so thin that
would have needed a mcgaphonc TO make theI
audible in a theatre OF ordinary size.
Now York is following London In many pal
ticulars, and the last development OF our sim
IL. III T. 49,
fashionable millincr. who announces that he
business has been turned over to a stock con
pany. hat the shares have been assigned. an
that she will be controlled in the future by
responsible set of officers and n digniiied Boar
of Governors. Only n few months ago the fl
nous Virot house of Paris, long one of the fasI
ionablo bonnet shops of the city, was made ini
n stock company with a capital of 81, 600. 90,
In the present instance the millincr. who We
for years on Fifth avenue. announces that 81
will retire, and it is probably true of the ne
co npany that only the Old name VIII be usc'
punies which do SO large u business in this cuul
i, try is so newhat on the same fashion as that
city theatres and are always known by the nan
Of some woman. Such a person, IN many ease
aocs not exist at all, and tho namc is only
: trademark used to attract attention. 1t III
: been found that even. considering tho longevit
} OF the vaudeville singer. It Is safer 10 Use
l name than rely on the personality of some u
tuul person. The same plan is followed be-
!, in the case Of half u dozen Of the millineI
I shops. The French names on the doors arc 5
lcctcd only with the idea OF finding somethir
T; which sounds Partisan and has not been us,
! before. The first instance of u New York wol
= ans undertaking anything Of the kind has ju
! been announced. Similar to this plan, howevt
I was the action of the young widow who opcnt
$ n bonnet shop and put her husbands coat-o
arms on the window. When she married abol
n year later the question OF tho damage TIL
might come from the loss of tho family nan
was very ingeniously answered by putting in
the control Of the shop another young womi
who had married into the same family, and
0 spite of her divorce continued TO bear the nam