Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09

jennie Notes.
turns from rehearsal and is asked by all
hands the figure he was taxed by the stage
manager for being late, he employs the
pantomime of the umpire, for his disgust
and grief are inexpressble in words.
When they return from rehearsal-which
they attend in their old clothes, men and
women, in accordance with some unwrit-
ten law-the darkness seems TO have quite
evaporated from their lives. AS they enter
the hotel in groups the fusillade of talk
among the men, the epidemic of humming
among the women, is something to give ear
to. The quite haggard-looking woman of
forty. with the voice that is musical after
the serio-comic standard, and who Is
known as the queen of American bur-
lesque." is accompanied by the two women
OF her company who do leads" One of
them-from the roots of whose hair, sadly
enough, the peroxide IS beginning to disap-
pear-has evidently been very faulty at re-
hearsal, and the queen of American bur-
iesque Is informing her of her shortcom-
ings- She speaks incisively enough, but
what she says would not be entertaining
here
Approve of Themselves.
The very low comedian is inspired to stop
in the middle of the hotel lobby to practice
a new pas seul He is delighted with his
efforts.
Won't that win. 'em. thought" says he.
The leading woman with the matronly
figure and The contralto voice, which she
has the habit of using theatrically off the
stage as well as on, is expressing her gen.
eral condemnation of Washington as a
city-'-pretty, but jay is the way she
sums the capital up-and is grieving for
'dedh old Moo Yawk'-which means 18th
street and Broadway, or any other portion
OF the queer Rialto in the queer town.
The leading man who is beginning to ac-
quire just the suspicion of adipose and
whose hair Is thinning out, stops to gaze
in the looking glass in corner of the corri-
dor, and he appears to approve Of himself
upon careful inspection.
The pretty little ingenue. whose costume
looks as if she had clad herself in a very
great hurry, and whose hair is in a lament
able condition of disorder, is telling the
very heshy, middle-aged woman who does
-old ladies'" how many notes she had from
the Willie boys" last night,~and what rat
ting good curl papers they make
All of which indicates that the rehearsal
has taken the kinks out of the morning
trance. And after awhile the corridors be-
GIN TO echo with song, and with the tin
king OF mandolins, and the PUNK of ban
JOS, and the soft Sentimentaizing of gui-
tars Songs like this:
Down wheah We roamed togetheh,
Dawling, you and l,
Sunshine and stawmy weather.,
Dawling, you and l.
and many another saccharine melodies ex-
pressing love of fresides notices that hang
the ditto, and SO on, for half hour or so,
for this musical seance Is not of the dura-
lion of the one that comes later, long af-
ter the hour for the retiring of burgomas-
tiers and citizens.
Dressing for Luncheon.
1t is not prolonged. because the guests of
the theatrical motel dress for Irncheon.
Dressing for luncheon is a function that
lequires TINA. for the mutual inspection in
the dining room ct luncheon is critical and
exhaustive. The rehearsal clothes are dis
carded for the best in the trunks, and the
luncheon room of this theatrical hotel
might be mistaken by the layman for a
stage whereon is being enacted a modern
society play.
Just why such pains are taken for all
this regal appa reling is not clear for i'm
medlately after luncheon the splendor is
all discarded for the looseSt possible char
acter OF garments, and slumbercus reace
broods over the theatrical hotel for sew
eral hours. About two in ten among the
Thespians go out in the afternoon and
look around them, the other eight keep to
their rooms and read a theatrical paper
between doZes- The utter indifference with
Whlch most theatrical people regard the
sights, however remarkable. of the cities
in which they find themselves is almost as
remarkaDle as their complete disregard of
all matters of news Of what is going on in
the worid-except the theatrical world.
mere Is a general stir in the neighbor-
hcod OF o'clock in the afternoon. The
Dell boys make the rounds to guard
against the overlapping of guests The
carollng begins to proceed from the rooms
again, and the confirmed theatrical MOTEL
habit of talking through transoms beg1ns
to manifest itself.
Hey. there. Jim." the leading man calls
out to his chum in the next room; I'm all
out Of red to make up with tonight. How
Is 1t to touch you for bit?'
Buy your red me boy; dig up and buy
your red! Is the quick response ..Let's
see. I've been mixed up in different com
panies with you now for twelve years. and
L guess you've bummed about twelve
pounds of red of me in that time. Rnv
your red, me boy!
"Oh, he amt got no red,
For to decorate his head,
But rather than to buy 1t he would hum
bum, bum"
and this decline into impromptu song marks
the finish Of that conversation
''Such Rank Business.o
wonder what kind Of a house wen have
tonight" the ingenue inquiries of her next
door neighbor. did You ever, ever. ever
see such rank business as we've been doing
In this burg? About forty dollars clear in
the house every night? And how Is the
ghost going to walk on that, I'd like IN
know? Talk about your Council Bluffsr'
1t may be parenthetically remarked that
these digs are given to all the cities in the
country from Maine to California excent
deah old Moo Yawk