The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-06
BABS BABBLWGS
The Scarcity of Male Visitors at the
Various Resorts During the Season
Which Has Just Closed,

even though they be wealthy, are not
| mt mates for any good woman.
She said that the startling informa- :
ton which she had received upon her
arrival at our uncomfortable nest was
the last straw I'm "A large mass tending
I'm the direction OF convincing her that
her summers campaigning had been a
very unwomanly proceeding. She would
go home, live well within her means.
make some sacrifice OF her tastes and
preserve her self respect. IL the right
man happened along. she would marry
him without reference TO his worldly
possessions, IL she loved him. and. If not,
she would die single and happy i'm the
consciousness that the one unworthy
act Of her life had passed over without
working harm To anybody.
But when the time came 10 leave,
this reformed would-be husband ca tcher
could not resist the temptatio 10 inn
nortaliZe her sentiments upon the
scarcity of eligibles at the summer re-
sorts, and she thereupon indited in the
hotel register while the proprietor s
back was momentarily turned the dog
gerel which appears at the beginning Of
this little screed:
OF all sad words OF tongue or pen
The saddest are these: There were no
men!'
The admirers OF pretty and talented
Virginia Harned-and every matinee
girl in New York city is in that catego-
ry--are just now i'm high feather. why?
Simply because she has the opportunity
of her professional career in "The Ad-
ventures OF Lady Ursula" i'm which she
is appearing as the leading woman with
her husband at the Lyceum theater.
Sothern is nominally the star. but the
piece is so essentially a womans play
that Miss Harmed really gets the lions
share of the applause and sympathy OF
the audience. i hear that when her
spouse produces his next piece she and
he will separate though only in "A pro-
fessional and temporary way. and that
she viii then begin "A tour OF the country
in THE Adventures of Lady Ursula"
BY the way. Miss Harmed wears some
charming gowns I'm this play, and the
fact is additionally worth chronicling.
since 1T is her proud boast. not that they
all come from Paris but that they are
made in this country under her own su-
pervision.
While / am on the subject OF theat-
ricals / wish To express my astonish-
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so frequently attends entertainments in
New York city whose only recommen-
dation lies in the fact that the dresses
of the women are cut high at the bot
tom and low at the top, naturally af-
fording more than liberal Wow OF the
anatomy OF the wearer I have often
questioned the sagacity of this policy,
but am forced TO abandon my pet the
ory. for, so far at least as New York is
concerned, these shows always fall fat
unless they contain something which is
q sop to those who affect to like the
French school of dramatic art in it's an
plication TO the lighter forms OF enter
tainment. This is usually interpreted
here TO mean vulgarity or. at the best.
poorly yelled suggestiveness. but IL is
supposed to be the right thing" and
we, poor fools that we are, proceed tn
swallow IL without a murmur 1t has
never seemed TO occur to some OF our
managers that possibly real merit in
exhibitions OF a light. frothy character
might prove an acceptable substitute for
double entendre." However. if the pop-
ular impression as to theatrical mag
mates be correct, they are not addicted
to the mind wearing practice of think
ing. and as IAN open confession Is good
Tor the SOUL i must admit that the per-
nicious habit is also tabooed by