The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-25
HER UGLY MAKEUP.
Miss Remington Chats About Her
Grotesqua Stage Display.
Her Comedy Face Has Been a Good
Friend 10 Her and She's Proud Of Il

| What on earth can possess anv uy,r,.
an To make such an outlandisb o,,v =,
| herself?" asked a lady al Keith,s o.
terday afternoon, referring 10 Earl,
RemingtSS's 5 grotesquely comical inn
personation of'the new woman tramp. %
During her act. Miss Remington nor-
| trays a variety OF characters. but IN -,
single instance does she max. NM, -,
such manner as 20 offer the sl,ht,.-
excuse for any one TO accuse ber 80
| trying 20 took pretty. whllo ina "a,
case of "the new woman ,ramp" tha,o
is an undisgused attempt to max. ,.,.
SELF look about as ugly as possIbl.
1 The question first quotad ,.-,,,,
some curiosity IN the writer's n,i,,Ii
ana the result was an entertalnirf, Itt
| tie chat with Miss Remington v,b, t
| one of the most cntertaluipo al
| brightest NOm n In YaudeVu. tof,,,'
! may be inferred when il ia known M,
all the cleysr sketches present i h,
herself and MI Hines (her hu>bao1G
are from her pen, While many of tbs
popular songs OF the day are of 'So
same origin.
How doss il seem Tor woman q,
make up ugly?" said Mist Rer1i,c-
ton. repeating the writer's oucetn3,
Wen. / can't say how it might M;
10 others. but 70 me, somehow. n fasls
perfectly natural. ] guess I mus, b3y.
been born with a comedy face. and
when / look around me u m. profag.
sion and see So many of my 1Id p,.,-
fCssiOnal friends with new husbands o,
new wives. as the case NAV ba so,,,n.
how I'm rather prOut OF my con, Nv
face after all. IL has be IN a very gn,d
IN md % me--just cne cf the kind of
friends that girl sometimes needs
when she gees on the stage YOU knoU-
"Ch. no. I'm not going ,0 ten Won
how long ago ] began my stage career
thOugn / don't mind saying I'm ove,
seven: but I VIII admit tht i made nv.
first appearance out Wea and "A yary
early one right here i'm Providence when
John ID. Hopkins was here. I was SOU
brCtte then. and with the same comedy
face: ard / do remember for my nen,-
ory is retrospcctively elastic. th3t som
Of the boys used To shout for me ana
throw flowers AZ me. ana sometimes
they are sal TO have fousht for me. or
rather over me.
Back of that yet? My. ] didn't sup-
pOss they had revived thc study Of sn-
ciert histoTy here in Providence We'll |
was born right down in Stamford |
Conn. My ersndfathcr was a Method |
list minister. but my father was an ac- |
tor. now retired. | have q sister also |
who leads the Holiness meetings ANA |
who considers that she sirncd morally /
the only time she ever entered n thea |
tire she II sincere. however. in her bo-
lief; and, as th2t is all that can b. |
asked Of any one. | respect her for il
though Of course | think good women
and good men can make themselves an
the better by going To such theatres as
Mr. * s whore eXerXthing Is elm.
waiting and refining in tendency and
surroundings. Ny father didn't want me
to go on the stage. He said was fool
ish that | was little and homoly and ,
had no talent and never could be an ac- 1
q IS. ! am woman. and being such |
that explains why that sort of talk led /
me 70 dc terrina that would show |
him thing or two
Father never saw me act buf once. |
was about 30 years ola and as q SOU |
brette played the pagto girl of Is. Af- |
.er the play asked father now he liked |
my acting. j don't call that acting, |
sad ne quietly: you've been doing that |
way all your lie
When | first played IN Providence. 7 |
vas fortunate enough 20 fall in with a |
protector who assisted my face 70 keep |
he beauN away. She was KITTY Clarke /
club sWinger Weighing 2j0 pounds. I
md as strong as John l.. Sullivan. with !
he same capabilities for indulging i'm !
iuid pleasures. After the performance
ne would take me willy nilly TO a
aloon, where she would practically
hroW me into a chair in "a corner and
rider lemonade for me 20 amuse my
ell with; and then she would stand up
o the bar with the men and drink as
nuch as she wanted-that u.s. II the sup
'ly held out. Then she would tuck me
nder her arm ana carry me of home
nat the way she pt the boys
way from me.
Finally. Mr.. Hines. who was appaar-
lS al Archie Stalkers old Washington
ailetes as song ana dance artist
aile on the scene Of action. and then
mere was trouble. Look here kid
ald she 10 me one day. L believe you re-
)hu or that niger singer and ar. 60
lg tn marry HIM ! denied the soft
impeachment. 10 which she only re-
lled oy shaking her fist ominously I'm
~ iace,and saying. Well IL YOU do AZ
iSt had TO confess 10 her that she
AZ right, that | was really gu!ng ID
larry Mr. Hines and that brought q
I've alton TO me, for found that, after
~ she was a woman. She simply sat
own ana cried like a baby. Poor Kitty
Ie nad a heart as big as her body aud
fft-f - T1rtv " fUT STT0ng 7T7UK. 6TT
D YOU know. sometimes I think n big
hpCrlectlons when we come tO strike
? me balance OF human character
On dear | am getting reminiscent
men sn't the thing. YOU know. for
odern stage beauty: but 7 could run
, 'u'S way Tor an hour. telling YOU ~
uhE tnlngs the old days right
ere In Providence vour day
nat? You're 40? on. dear me lat
e our on that. then" and with jolly +
ugh inc sprightly little lady wh'sked
WY to her dressing room.
-tithoueh Miss Remington seems 20
Joy Joking at her own expense ta-
'F0 ms her 'Dlainness" Of face. She n
'es hersclf much injustiro f.r. while 7
Ie is not I'm the beauty" class She "
tac. .ndicating strop~ .h4fac.er 7
+, lndi' duahty. = face fun of interest 7
lu animation, With gray s,as thof G
i1V talk and teeth thar may vru y
me envy Of any STAGE beauty and ! v
f 'rd'narY convers7ficu fairly hr's- 7
IS Win Wit and ou'et hun,lr to which a
'r facial expression lends an aalsd
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