The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

has undertaken. fOr boVoTui years bn0 nhS
49,. -. ,,arri,ro n. Nil.
In New York. and before her marriase, as MISE
Josefa Nelson, she was looked upon as leading in
.ashions !, : ooss .a.Sa.sas thorn ou,,ht
to- DO an improvement In every theatre that
comes under her direction. There are theatri.
cal drossmakcrs who devotothomselvcs entirely
to the designing Of costumes which shall DO
broadly efoctiyc and adapted especially to stage
~ .a.,or,, In n,,t.rie, and tho
colors that look best at o distance and In tho
gas light are tho chief objects sought py these
particular dressmakerB, and their work. Is not
Of the kind best adapted to tho plays that IN
troduce characters from modern society such
costumes require the experience ana peroep-
ton which a woman Like Mrs. osborn viii DO
able to give. Elsie de Wolfe' before sno maae
her reputation as an actress, was noted Tor the
tasto and beauty OF her dressing on the stage
and It is true that the majority OF the women
who have become actresses after somee1pericnce
In social life dress with q distinction and taste
rarely seen among women VINO nave ooen
trained to the stage. In the rev opportunities
shoThas ever had to wear anything but cotton
frocks or sunbonnets, Annie Russell has shown
herself one Of the best drosseo aotrSssos IN
inv = J II.hr ny xnnnu Irnnen IN pTiyate life. Isa-
bel Irving dresses we'll, and that can sometimes
be said OF Viola Allen AT inc hmpire al.nougn
vi. r Mains Elliott Georeia Csyyan.
Agnes Booth, and Rose Coghlan all belong to
that group OF actresses who WOULD ponenI m1ss
M n W storno Rnse rorhlen' Who was never
in her long career better dressed than she hap
pens to be at present, mas aiweys 5een more OF
imnr rvsaIe npns. pa s%1ii Ia dye To tbe fact that
sns Is IN w Z pia Sss sh and Il raieen' Z % S%Rifs si%iia y to
ME. vspo,ns. : hoatr;caI dr"ssn,sLsr
'ot't' -
Tho performances of tho opera company al
houses and thero is NO doubt of tho poounlary
continue to maintain their present proper
also been commended and there never can b
any doubt hereafter that Now York Z win SUP,
nort,cuIer art,sts Az. IN the oomnany. The
pafticuiar ARTISTS arc IN .no oomp.ny Ime
sSSo,ar Srsa SSs1 Ps., Ta' r eSaaa1p to- ,s ps,n' sna
%a,asa c.'ns ia 49, arranesm.n,s 60 ~
main in Paris. That prospect made opera ap-
pear impossible to Mr.. Grau, and there were
omo u p es aS.a.s. NM. 49,
u wv "ooAS sn H..I.~ so.l. =
nave SHOWN IiA opess nS ~ .no o,ma.Uu
ono w wv h" n
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saniIa.ioh' wv 40 one1 ~
eepeci"ny = sno W
nos reuufe a so,s,oos y. . ooe. IN
Tue company. u - onAl ~ eno So
nan peFiorih"n'oe - oe"n wv ehoesn '"
niahe = pun 'n"o nie oN "oeAs ' op.,"
couio have ooen suo0,uny et'er noio W
S u swddcn,I hecon,e r. was never SonnS in
| the past that Mime. Melba alone was a strong
drawing attraction. With the dc Reszkes,
1 OF iii ~ OOuDlo bl1 WIN II IL
was the only well. known singer who appeared.
AIDA" was never one of the most popular
SSp1raS have been heard by smaller audi.
onces. The number of persona In the Metro
politan on Monday night meant. either that
eager for opera. Nine Media is this year tho
U Urey Of Z the adnlation that Vent to ali has been.con.
| centrated on her. But ic is more probable that
New , York so was g rsSaya f." Sor the cst SRsrG; There tbs @S are
cal taste Of New York as the opera indicates it.
The complete public indifference to all new
works shows that. But there are occasional
than some persons suspect.
ohe ehoefiui epo' o. ufoppou u iDio"
way Il peuostri1ns Nv Nv Ionko, e.auuo
Dy QUO customary HisI' ions m me
hirtJ1Socohu e.iee'' WHISKY IL ~ u g
=,
shop "nicn us9a W W tn',1 wee .no a'ones
sieht on upper niosu"as. won = we "ain
enough 70 hAvo q uoofso pen sneto was away
merry group ~ 20 ssen taetuo u no' tm
qnenuy inc mon mo'eo tner charS ous u Inc
steps and chatted comfortably about tho pass
ing crowd. There wore, of course, certain in.
Is.nt., s,,,ts a. tho hsotoronnd vhich ,rer,
eiaeh.Ai sisn,s III tno pHoAouA "nIon "ete
not OF an exhilarating character but they rath'
ar served to accentuata tho cheerful spirits OF
~. IJtt,o narties that usod to gather within tbei,
the nttie parties INA uSou 'ok1'nef "i'nih 1he
shadow. None Of these persons was SO Opt
mistic and contented In looks, as tho proprietor
of the establishment, who looked out at the life
of Broadway with an expression Of uIcomm91
contentment and satisfaction with the world
and himself; In the winter. when the doors
were shut. the customary group was TO DO seen
behind the glass. and no livelier scene was to be
encountered on upper BFSsdway than S this pn,
been moved away. and the Broadway pa
rade Is assured OF no such agreeable sight as II
used to present. There ts a card tackled on the
building which tells TO what place the proprie.
tor, his friends, and the chcerless decorations
quiet Gohte1tment relieved hy htmor ought to