The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
RHEUMATISM

Wild over her az New York did over her
Charlotte Corday. After this Henry Ar
thur James "Carrms Sahihs' was put on
with Mrs Potter I'm the leading role II
WIS q weil-ssaged. brilliantly fersonated,
talky. disconnected. heavy. non-convinc-
fng play. and Mrs. Potter and her gowns
proved about the only thing worth seeing
In II.
The part she had was written for her.
II was a siren part, and. of course, she
did 1. TO perfection. IL was she who drew
the audiences ard kept them interested
The women came 10 look az her beautiful
gowns: the men TO envy Mr. Tree, who
took the part Of gallant officer being
bewitched by Mrs. Potter. who as Olive
Arnfson. the wife OF an absent officer,
was playing fast and loose with the
hearts Of other officers ar close range.
Mr.. Tree. who By artistic courtesy Is now
-. loves 10 play gallant Juvenile roles.
though he bookshelf. like a seasoned
and rather pathetic old sport. trying TO
be young. Mrs. Tree however, doesn't
see IL that way. She was not in the cast.
but she went to the theater every even
Ing. watching Mrs. Potter's wiiiowy.
ciinging. seductive devotion 10 Mr.. Tree,
and grew wild over II. as Is the wont OF
Tree. II Is said; but that Is never any
reason for another woman to be. Well.
II set the town to talking. and the upshot
OF the whole thing was that "carnac
Sahib" was taken of and Capt. Swift"
with Mrs. Tree in the leading role and
Mrs. Potter out Of IT, was substituted.
Mr.. Tree .'carnae Sahib" was a gal
LIANT and dauntiess officer. but as a plain
and every day husband he wasn't daunt-
taua xtsrl To s4af< he tufu nt ia la
muscular. angular wife. no matter how
II thrilled him to have Mrs Pot,er's
beautiful face resting against his Shout
der. and her long, lovely, chifYon-swathed
arms twining about his old. amorous
throat.
Mrs. Potter was In the audience upon
the occasion OF the FIRST production OF
the new play and enjoyed. with the rest
OF London, the spectacle of woman's
effort to secure revenge
Her Majestyz Is owned by the Roths-
chiids II Is the richest theater In Lon
don and all the costumes were supplied
by the management. The leading lady Is
permitted 10 design and select her own
costumes and have them made by whom
soever she chooses. and SO IL was that
Mrs Potter and Worth coliaberated and
produced for ''Carnae Sahih' the most
beautiful and artistic gowns ever seen I'm
London stageiand. They were genuine
Potter garments inuous. serpentine. in
s.-ious. trailing draperies. distinctly In
dividuai. potently Picturesque, They
would look ridiculous on anybody else
or. rather. anybody else would look ridie-
ulous In them. Mrs Tree knew this and
re.eied In the knowledge She had Sc
ieeted the cursain-raiser which preceded
Capt. Swift" and she was. Of course. In
the leading roie-ihat OF simpering So
efety actress when she came on the
audience gasped In amusement and aston
ishuent. There she was In Mrs, Potter's
turquoise blue accordion plated wrap: In
Mrs Potter's wonderful black hat sgno-
miniously turned h.ndpart before and in
sickly faded pink dress pitifui carl
cature OF the lovely eherry-coiored chif-
fon worn by Mrs. Potter In the FIRST act
OF ''Carnac Sahib.r
Tho audience was convulsed. II was a
first night. and everybody was there.
There was buzz of comment that al
most drowned the voices on the stage
Mrs Potter seemed 10 enjoy II all more
than anybody else. and the result was
that In the comments going the rounds
the Jealous woman WAS the ore who sur
fered. "a they generally do.
Mrs. Tree did not wear ell Mrs Pot
.er's costumes, por did she wear the orig
snai of the dress she caricatured. Mrs
Tree is thin. too: net thin like Airs Pot
ter. with a graceful supple thinness that
seems 10 make all flesh an abom,nation,
bat thin. with 4 large. hony. knuekled
ioiuted tsanuess that CRATES grotesqueiy
upon the eve. She belongs 20 the cult OF
women aesthetics in London who go
down picadiiiy with poppy or lily In
their hands. Her garments We're aes-
thetic. they always are. with their rare
and unspeskahle mixture OF color and
cut Her creations were more marvellous
than ever In capt Swift" She ovex~
stepped ALI bonds 90 modernism and re-
veied iu medieval madness. nut Il was
none 81 these things tbs. caught the
fancy OK that audience. II was the Tree
Jealousy ~ Mrs. Potter. that was enough
tn draw people IN Her Nalesty's for a
few days; but the public wants Mrs Pot
ter rot Ms Tree. and the management,
has since had to recognize the fact aue.
revive The Musketeers." which gives Us
Mrs Potter Na9ds Andrews In St Louis
Globe Democrat.