The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-14
STAGE GLINTS.

Il Ethel Kendall, daughter of the IA
nous and virtuous Mrs. Kendall, is soon
to appear in vaudeville.
+ Herbert Kelley has gone back on he
roles and is now playing villain in
,''The Moth and the Flame. -
. Miss Elizabeth Robins will shortly
present for the first time in New York
city Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler.' -
The naughty Yvette GuiIbert is going
to open in London again and try to
duplicate her New York success.
Richard Mansfield promises to pro-
duce "Henry Vs. next season and hopes
it will produce many a ' for him.
Joseph Arthur, it is said, will send
out the ''Salt of the Earth next season
rewritten and under another name.
/ Walter Jones begins to star shortly,
and it is said he has gone into partner
ship with Scott Hayes, son of the late
sx-president.
Wilton Lackaye will head a stock
company which will inaugurate its sea-
son at the Great Northern theater, Chi
cago, shortly.
Marguerite St. John will appear in
vaudeville at an early date, presenting
version of "Peg Wellington" and
comedietta entitled "Sally.''
Gan Old Coat is the name of the
latest play, and it was written by
lieutenant on one of the ships of the
white squadron, A. II. Alderdice.
It is expected that the music hall part
of Olympia in New York will be opened
by Oscar Hammerstein, who will act as
manager for his wife, in whose name
the lease has been secured.
FASHION AND FABRIC.
Black and white gowns for demidress
wear are extremely popular.
The most popular of the new bustles are
light, pliable and diminutive.
Gray gowns are greatly in evidence this
season, many wholly gray, but formed of
a combination of two handsome fabrics
like repped silk and drap d'ete.
Changeable effects still appear among
silks, satins, velvets and fancy dress goods
IN silk and wool mixtures, notwithstand-
ing their greatly extended lease of favor.
The novelty goods and French and Eng
1ish suitings for women S wear this season
are in soft medium weights in pretty
blended ,olors, the result being very un-
The shepherdess hat is one of the new
shapes for the coming summer. 1t appears
in fine chips in various pretty colorings
and in fancy lace and zephyr braids and
milans in black.
Some very graceful and exceedingly
smart basque bodices are added to the new
spring costumes, many with open fronts
and white satin plastrons and revers trim
med with lines OF line gold braid.
The skirts of all tailor gowns are plain
with exceptions now and then like stitched
straps trimmed with tailor buttons OF
with deep hens turned up on the outside
and covered with rows of braid or silk
stitching.
The popular checked cheviots reappea1
in very light, delicate shades of mignon
cite, green, blue. Inauye, old rose or fawr
in fifth of an inch squares, alternating
with white, and will be used for travel
ing, walking and cycling dresses.
Some of the more expensive wooden dres:
fabrics just brought to view are SO woven
that an effect is given of a surface alter
nately plain and corded, the heavy reps
looking like a tiny tuck taken in the cloth
as narrow as it could be stitched, although
no stitching is shown.
Natty little eton Jackets still appear az
portions of the gown on newly imported
models, those in velvet, cloth, drap d 'ete
repped silk, etc., to be worn with a Skin
10 match, and shirt waist of roman
striped taffetas, silk dotted liberty satin
tartans of brilliant coloring in grosgrair
and satin weaves or OF plain shot surah- =
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