The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
STAGE HEROES CLOTHES.
NEED OF soMEBoDY TO TEACH
ACTORS NOW TO DRESS.


tho women OF the stage to dress properly" said
a person who Is frequently set to thinking by
what he sees at tho theatre, ut seems TO mo
that the time has come for n man to step up and
do his duty In tho Same direction. There must
be men familiar with tho ways Of society
that could be engaged for the purpose. 1t
would DO q much more healthful occupa-
ton than booming champagne. and 1t would
DO loss e~xacting than trying to persuade
your friends to insure themselves In some
particular company. 1t would not take 20 much
time as selling haberdashery, and the risk In
volved would DO less than that Of keeping a
flower shop. Certainly, II tho actors realized
how much It would help them, the compensa-
tion ought to he very large. Tho Knickerbocker
Club ought to be able to furnish some such per-
son to help elevate the stage. SO far as his work
would aid realism it would unquestionably DO
| an elevation of the stage.
ANY man familiar with the ways OF the men
who arc most particular about their dress could
make any play of modern life striking enough
to attract attention for a long time, simply be-
cause of its spectacular quality. 1t would be a
spectacle Of u wholly novel character, and at
| tract audiences made up as we'll of people who
| like to sec things correctly done as of those who
have never seen them in real life or anywhere
else, and would go to look at the simon
| pure article for the first time in their lives.
| suppose n man VINO nau seen tne pic
turesque dressing of the men of the golf links
Mt paltusrol or the links at Ardsley should
transfer 1t to the stage. The spectacle would DO
q marvel to people accustomed to see actors in
| outing costumes appear in the cheap toys that
are hung along in the shop windows on upper
Broadway. Doubtless the actors who get them
| selves up In this way would dress like men In
society IL they only knew how. But they don't.
Most of them are still at that elementary stage
of development which comes with an awaken'
imS a and ~ full ,n'' dress re in . i"'' afternoon are are
not anod form In drsss Thos. yho have
n nosso sU pevo ,Ust this STAGE e1 have rsscbe %t tho level
Rohert Huliard. for instance. who has spont
most of his time in the East. still believes that
a largo white chrysanthemum is the distin.
Now the society supervisor. il such a function.
airy existed, might tell him that such a desOrs'
tion was long ago abandoned and 49, indeed
time to sellinerather than wearing clothes.
"The society sunervisor mr. vbatever be
might tta be called called, would SSuld'i have few %N more mOr.a difiou ns
liard' 10 F Ssat those %rsp who Tho have lear learned d nothing
there is much more hope than for those who
have learned a little and learned it all wrong.
Be%ll.crownsd silk hats with rolling 6rims: vel:
Set.coilarea trock coats aha iacGa pa.etfaeaInep
Of middle age are apt to oe SO deeply rooted as TO
f tian Hyp ti II Is to at The eU Tono ~ mem thai this neW
theatrical fnnctionary could best devote his time.
Maurice Bar ymors' who has been known n to
through a play that extended over several years.
cSntesses iramkiy tnat ne Is irfecta ~ no ror
that reason 81 S1n 1t i r1 useless Ste to OBJECT oc to- u rh Iimi ia
tions OF MS Wardrooe. for az soclely roies. lor
all parts In which he Is called upon to repre-
Sent alstlnction' wealth. ana rennenfent,
1 MT. 1ATTNIUOI6 naS u DulT u
leather boots with yellow uppers. Ihose
boots represent the society drama to nm; ana
role. Wilton Lackaye. since he wisely put on
Srdn9Gns whiskersi d mas meyer 1aken .nem h on;
man looked like no Longer ast9n nisa upper prs5
Broadway. There are the old guard who would
a n and The only "i hope is with the young men:
called up for s, 2 few lessons ,I IN the valuable na PIE
arst Few h9 9hn should o. aevoted 10 ths nn,r
Gnee s'drs..s dh msn is z n Ve Nsm lmp %d : on u = ca Erery
about the cut Of his hair as about the cut e his
Goat Co anx ne cs aoes I fot Alloy wbo h haSoan 20 RI % Se eiih ~ fSe
nearest motel or paroer sh4P: ne goes toa
a man ac men nSo arc ,9 y cms v az n rare,v 1t ac mnrs
Put the actors apgarently, have some place q
si III ~ hair cnfttno whicSS tbeu apGmire az
much. James HasEett at the LSseeam. for in:
S Wonid,' 81 The st stage Heii It !" m IA y b be- ali very appro.
inspired and GIFTED ana a. that sort OF thing.
Unti IN piass Oh ~ lffoG nSnr aSsnrohI Tat bfn u 81 10
a auS ciub' u any private entertainment among
smart people ana aiscoVer a mar WIZ h ne
hnir 0rusneu or II Gmf os as ne T Genio-o NE.
WARD MorsSn wears a curious snook OF
straight PACK mair INA 91eS 70 CLIMAX ~ tho
non which LOOKS as II IL ought 70 pc eonhnea IN
q net. over MS tempies ana IN tne oacR nhere
rs the SAM insurance OF hair that grows iiSea
vine In lts pnres.rainGd naluraihess; n1honWt
mu r = goop William T u bppddsgn o y neare
to the New YORK standard than any OF inc
ot nHn A. Da,v,s there IA cbor,es Ricbmon. who
undoubtedly takes MS hair,cnts where ne hnds
them: Lersons sax LnaI Mhilam faVsrsnaH,
meyer LOOKED so wen IA, IN any play as IN boe IL IN
time In several years MS hsir Is cut snort; IL
never occurreu tQ anSoEay oeiore .nat nS long
LOCKS Were quiIe tinPossi1le 10 q mar supp9}S;to a
70 DC In Iashlonaole LONDON or NeW iork LIe.
Ihey were c2nsiaered proper enough dor ohat,