The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-12

Crabtree, her mother. Lolita Is almost un-
known TO the present generation OF theatre-
goers, but her eyes are as deep blue in color.
her voice as infantile, and her hair OF the same
reddish brown as when she was about the most
popular Coincidence on the American stage.
She accumulated n large fortune. which is
said to make her. next to Joseph Jefferson.
the richest OF American actors. Some OF
Il has been lost In recent years in one
way or another. but she Ia still a woman
OF large wealth. Mrs. Orabtree is her con-
slant companion now. rs she has always been
during her career on the stare. She Is past
eighty, but is the same active, interested per-
son that she always was, thoroughly informed
on the affairs Of the day. and as alert rs she was
during the years In which che so judiciously
invested her dauRhter,r fortune. For II is
Sent that her dass6ter,s wealth 70.
s seSsS life e' that tF Might al haSSs s0 BEEN sGnS ceoanSsfserSa
harmful. but invested her. fortune as wSllL.
a sissS S Sss o oSSss sia tsSo sSS f Ct trstpFG5i 6ssp t. J n:
ssgsRt to sj join him and the other stars who gave
%co ant S'N Gotta sS az iirst s sensep Tea but she took
advantage Of tho privilege OF her sex VERY soon
nfterward and changed her mind with a pos
itiveness that was not to be moved.
One young woman who is better known in
New York for other qualities than her taste In
dress acquired last fall q garment which her
friends found difficult to admire, while the few
enemies she had made remarks about tin pub
lie. 1t was the solitary specimen Of its kind
seen In this city during the season. While Its
rarity made the thing dearer to its possessor.
there was attached to It the penalty Of
greater conspicuousness. So this unique
article OF apparel has managed to get
its share OF attention during the season not
only from the young woman's acquaintance.
but from all who saw II as we'll. II was OF a
kind to attract notice. for 1t was q coat made
entirely OF leather-unmistakable, ordinary
everyday leather. Sometimes on walking
skirts. or as an ornament to wcmen's out
ing jackets. the English tailors have used
leather. But a whole coat OF leather was
something quite unknown. particularly as it
was evidently worn just as a cloth coat would
have boon. The fashion apparently did not
grow. No more coats OF that kind were seen.
This particular one held the field without RI
yalry. The reason for its existence and for its
excl:siveness only became apparent when a
woman returned from Paris with an eXplana-
ton that cleared up the mystery in the case.
In Paris, where the automobile is nearly as
much OF a fad as the bicycle used TO- be; a
person who naviGates one of the vehicles.
When the Duchesse d'UZes was arrested on the
Champs Elysses f9r running I'M her her a nno nc tEss at
coats. The. mode demands that the auto
mobile and the leather coat shall 60 tQgether.
The clouds lifted when this news reached the
young woman's friends. The leather coat was
understood for the fret time. II had been IN
ported by "A dressmaker who thought that tho
automobile might become popular enough
here to make a demand for the coat. Ihat
hypothesis proved to be untrue. although the
coat was disposed OF.
Somebody has been discussing the origin OF
the skirt dance. which has Just begun to lose
its old popularity. not only on the English
stage. but in drawing rooms as well. The
management OF the multitudinous skirts could
be so discreet that young women danced in
them In drawing rooms. and this diversion
came to he regarded as wholly proper. But
the skirt dance has OF late years lost much OF
its popularit,. Even on the stage its most skill
full performers have varied their methods, and
the simple gracefulness of Sylvia Gray. Lefty
Lind and PHYLLIS Broughton Is a thing of the
past. The woman who invented the dance
seems to have been more famous than any
body supposed. 1t was no less a person than
Emma Hart. Lord Nelson's Lady Hamilton,
That is tho person Francisque Sarcey has Sc
lectedIas the real originator of the dance which
in its somewhat degenerate and present, estate
goods. A letter which NJ. Sarccy quoted was
French critic takes to be the origin Of the dance
The famous German wrote in March, ISL
ish II m SSaasl'saadeor'i here. after having studied the
works of nature for SO long a time. has found q
thing In art or nature. She is. an Englisl
woman. very beautiful in face and figure, Sht
gives an ENTERTAINMENT dressed in a Greek cos
tune. Her hair hangs loose. she takes two
shawls in her hands. aud she so varies her at
titudes. gestures. and play OF features that II Il
like a dream. Kneeling, standing. sitting. She
assumes by turns an expression OF eXaltatlon
repentance, anxiety. remorse. affection.
The skirt dance now is SO much the work o
the electrician and the limelight man that it !
agreeable to find the original inventor OF it
grace ard beauty was q woman.