The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-16
BEAUTY UMAOORNEO.
Miss MoreIand Does Not Believe il
is Adorned the Most.
Mildred Irving Has Pleasant Chat With
the Clever ComedIenne.

mo, l don't agree that beauty un-
| adorned is adorned the most" said
Beatrice Moreland as she was showing
me her magnificent stage gowns i'm her
dressing room at Keith's.
don't think the clever comedienne IN
OF such a nature that she meant any
personal application OF her remark;
but she might have been excused for
doing so, for she has long been known
as one Of the handsomest blondes on
the stage. with wonderful "sunchine-
kissed hair that neither the camera
Kisses hair that neither the camera
nor words can picture and she is real
ly much prettier than her photographs
ln the lobby indicate,a woman To whom
photographs do not do justice at all.
You see" she continued, while was
mentally casting up the value OF these
gowns TO something like a thousand
dollars for the five she had taken out
FOR my inspection, IL am one of those
who believe that 10 dress the part is
quite as important as TO act IL, and
that one should seek TO delight the eye
just as much as the ear or the mind.
ANA did you ever see a woman who
didn't delight in fine apparel and lovely
gowns. any way?"
OF course, I had 10 admit the TRUTH
fulness OF her remark and at the same
time | ventured comment on the cost
Illness OF her outfit.
"Ah, yes, they do cost a lot Of money,
TO be sure; but that is a part of the
business, you know; and il shows you
that when you hear Of the big salaries
vaudeville performers receive YOU have
very little idea how much those salar-
les really net them for | needn't tell
you that stage use is disastrous 10
clothes and that they don't last long"
And i wondered whether il was real
~ worth the expenditure of so much
money. just TO enjoy her reputation of
being one OF the handsomest dressed
women on the American stage.
Then she showed me some OF her
jewels, for she does have just the most
delightful way of taking one into her
confidence. or at least of appearing In
do so. for. while she wins you easily in
this way, with rare knowledge of
the proneness of human nature thus to
be flattered. she is far too keen and
shrewd a woman not in her own mind
To draw very sharp dividing line be-
tween this kind of confidence and the
real article. The confidence into which
she takes you. is> just one OF the little
arts which few better than she know
how TO exercise i'm making a visitor feel
entirely at ease: and with them she
combines charm OF manner. a frank
ness and evident sincerity that makes
one feel that after all she is really art
less and that exert a fascination the
influence of which is not easily dispell-
ed, and which / don't know that one
would not care TO dispei If it were pos
sible.
Il am very fond of opals as you see."
she said. II have a collection of over a
hundred of various sizes: and this one
is the queen OF them all"
she held out magnificent specimen,
as large as "a small hens egg from
which flashed that marvellous fire OF
color TO be described by no other word
but opalescent. by FAR the handsomest
opal j had ever seen.
II got that in Buda- -Pesth last sum-
mer." she said; "and Lillian Russell |
offered me four times what il coss me-
but ! wouldn't part with il for any |
thing for. instead - being unlucky | |
opals the luckiest of all stones. |
judging from my own experience, for |
you know all actresses are more or less |
superstltlous. Oh dear. no. | haven't |
felt yet that ! could afford TO have II |
set, for IL should be surrounded - din
monds and settlng fit for il would |
cost fully S4OO However. perhaps some |
lay | may realize my hearts desire. |
Don't You think this heart is pretty?"
And she took from a box coinbna-
ION pm ana lOcket, containing l4l dia-
nonds set in the form or heart with |
single stone in the centre weighing |
me karat: and as / helG il in my hand |
md permitted my eyes 10 be dazzled
~ its brilliancy, / began to wonder
whether poor newspaper woman is
n ii at all nowadays. and whether some
" the rest of us might not find that we
possessed sufficient ability to go on the
tage and wear diamonds and opals
\nd then j thought of the hard work
nd NeXations and disappointments and
Ill that sort of thing and concluded |
wouldn't De tempted to try any risky
for | reanzed that just
possibly she couldn't have been able To
wn so many beautiful jewels if we
ewspaper people hadn't at least been
ind and fair and generous to her when
he was in need Of encouragement and
boosting"
And then 1 asked how she ever came
o go on the stage, while | helped my
elf to the contents OF several other
ewel boxes-just for inspection, of
curse.
well, as a mere child had a sort OF