The record-union., 1897-10-03

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gotten m creature. the embodiment on
the staee-and off it, too-of the silks /
and satins Of life, as it were, that one +
inagines that she is exceedingly dainty (
in the selection of all her surroundings. +
You can fancy the beauty OF her
boudoir. her drawing-room, her ped |
chamber-the dellcacy Of taste in their |
furnishings, the completely harmonious |
effects that are q framework to sur
round her personality.
Yo1 have perhaps, pictured to your
self the Caiety girls lady's maid, who
is ever in attendance upon her-the trim .
figure set off by the neat, well-fitting /
dress, the pretty face beneath the jaunty /
little cap. the white apron and snow
white cuffs-in herself almost as pretty I
a picture as is her mistress.
Rubbish my dear sir; rubbish. You've I
got the conventional stage singing /
chambermaid" in your mind. Just take /
a glance at the real article: see what |
sort of guardian angels watch over the |
Gaiety girl and minister to her wants.
Nothing very esthetic about them /
Nothing overpowering,y picturesque
and graceful. You should see them when /
they're lead over 'eels" in work, their /
sleeves rolled up perhaps, hurrying here
and there behind the scenes, rushing /
after this, that and the other, by no
means so comparatively tidy as they
We're when they were photographed, |
hOmeward bound.
No; the Gaiety girl may be thing
Of beauty and a joy forever or at least
for a time, but the maids that wait on
the heavenly creatures are anything but !
examples Of the esthetic.
Look at that good, motherly old soul
who attends upon the beauty of the
company. Miss Marie StudhOlme of the
"Gaiety Troupe" Not unlike a farmers
wife from Hackensack. There's not
much Of the singing chamberbaid" in
her general makeup, is there? And
the dressmaker who fitted that polka /
dot waist for her didn't make Miss Stud /
holmes gowns I'll be bound. And /
though she is wonderfully sdllful in ar
ranging Miss Studholme's fluffy hair +
like an aureole about her shaoely head, /
she doesn't seem TO waste much time
on her own. does she? Just brushes it
back smoothly and lets it go at that.
But if she couldn't successfully pose
for a singing chambermaid' she can !
pose for something that's much more to /
Miss StudhOlme's purpose-a careful, (
competent maid. who sends uoon the /
stage nightly a stage beauty beautified. !
And she has a way Of sizing up" in
0uisitive callers that is quite useful. |
Do you notice the quiet firmness of that
face? If she were to ask, You wanted
to see Miss Studholme. sir?' don't you
think you would imagine you had run
UP against something like a stone wall
when your path was barred by that ca
pacious and business-like front?
Tho Tennessee Pardner Company
boasts Of having a baseball nine among
it's members, though Arthur c. Aston
says that no one over u years of age is
eligible to play on the opposing nine yet
a while.
A feature of Fanny Davenport's new
play will be a terrific sword combat be-
tween Melbourne Mcdowell and her
self. which they have been rehearsing
all summer under the direction of Will
lam Seymour Miss Davenport has so
much confidence in her new piece that
she now advertlses all her Sardou plays
for sale.
Xaver Scharwenka, the renowned Po-
lish pianist and composer, is at work on
Several New York managers have al
ready made offers for it.
During VIII Il. Bray's Oakland en-
gagement the audiences vociferously de-
manded "PaDa's Baby Boy" and his
other famous old favorites, though he
had a batch of new songs to introduce.
Bray appears in Sacramento tonight
with Gibneys company at the Clunie.
san Francisco Music and Drama: The
superior merit of American actors
abroad is evidently a matter Of grave
interest TO the foreign contingent, who
have. for years, had things their own
way to the utter exclusion of the native
product. From the days of Lester Wal
lack who was, perhaps, the first man
ager to import foreign talent, there has
been a constant procession of actors
mostly English, TO this country, and
they have virtually had their own way
in almost everything pertaining to the
stage. For years cne has had TO pos
sess his soul in patience when listening
to the peculiar { Eplosive, barking deliv-
cry of various players who have come
heralded as finished artists At the
same time our own American actors
have had no easy time especially in
England where until very recently
they have been granted little. if any,
recognition But it is now apparent
that the quiet, subdued and wholly re-
fined methods Of the better players that
have gone there are gaining deserved
credit. The success achieved bv Gil
lette in Secret Service" has paved the
way and now others are coming in,
much to the distress of foreign artists.
Speaking of the affairs abroad the New
York Herald" SAYS: London actors
are becoming alarmed at the American
invasion, which is taking bread from
their mouths, and are particularly in
dignant against DOyly Carte. who is
reported to have engaged Lillian Russell
for a revival of The Grand Duchess
New York Herald: Isn't she SWEET
OF course, it was a woman who said
It. No man who was a man worth
considering ever made such a remark
as that and in the one tone that all
women use who use the words. A
man might think great deal about
sweetness all TO himself in wordless
thoughts but so sure as he puts his
thoughts into such words as that he is
an effeminate sort Of q fellow. who is
not worth considering. But ii is diff
1erent with woman. To be sure. a
woman may use the same words TO ex
press her admiration for a great many
widely different objects. but that does
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