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Lyons Mail He wanted it to fall in
a certain place, but no use of the cal
cium thrown from off the scene made
that possible. So after long expert
ment he hit on a plan that accomplish
just the result he had desired. He
placed box against the back drop,
or background, and had it so painted
that it could not be distinguished from
the background by persons seated in
the audience. In this he placed the
light, which fell on the right spot in
the way he wanted it to. Very few
men would have taken so much trou-
BILE for SO small an end. But no other
men get the same results that Irving
does. Many of his results are the re-
suit of just such elaborate working
out of what seem unimportant ideas.
"A manager who produces burlesques
here and is especially praised for the
manner in which he dresses his Choir
uses told me after he came back from
Paris this fall that he had never seen
here such beautiful costumes as the
women wore there in the reviews. He
thought that for taste and originality
But there were not half so many of
them as would be thought necessary in
an American burlesque. This made it
possible to dress them not only with
exquisite taste, but also with greater
elegance and richness of material. He
was so impressed with the beauty of
the costuming that he tried to get de-
signs from the artist who produ ED
them for use in his own burlesque here
But the artist would not give them
unless his costumer was allowed TO
make them up in Paris, and the mat
ter of duties put that out of the ques-
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gleS paint and canvas, while the per
formance under the artists eye Show
ed the result of an artistic mind and
training and was dominated through
out by one artistic influence that knew
what results it was striving for and
how to attain them. But | have never
heard in spite of that one successful
experiment that this same artist or
any other was ever engaged afterward
to repeat that experiment.
THE story told about the shabby,
colorless and dull look of Sir Henry
Irvings scenery in the daylight and of
it's great effectiveness at night sums
up one great difference between the
scene painters here and in England.
There they paint without allowance for
the fact that the picture is to be sub
jected to the strong illumination of the
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ART IN STAGING PLAYS.
The Differences in Methods Here and
Abroad.

Abroad
II read with interest" said an actor
who has just returned from an en-
gagement of several years in London,
the Suns account of the trouble taken
in the preparation of a play for per-
formances here. I was especially i'll
terested in the managers remark that
he had not met here with any Ameri-
can artists who came forward to help
in designing scenes for plays. In
London Edwin A. Abbey is to design
the scenery and costumes for Henry
Irving's Richard II Alma Tadema
was responsible for the beautiful pic
lures of Roman life that were the
chief charm of Beerbohm Trees Ju-
Illus Caesar 1t is undoubtedly quite
true that famous artists in this coun-
try do not take any part in designing
for the stage, but ! do not think it
is because they are too modest or
would object to doing such work. 1t
is because they are never asked and
their services would never be accepted
by any manager to whom they applied.
He would probably wonder at their
presumption in assuming that a man
merely because he happened to be en-
artist should suppose he could instruct
professional cOstumer in matters Of
design, color and accuracy. The pro-
fess.onal costumer and designer knows
enough about these matters TO suit
the manager. He would look upon the
artists intrusion as presumptuous and
go right along with his wardrobe wn-
man or the department store or the
regular costumer who makes his cos
tunes for him. The artist would not
get a warm reception, and the reward
for his pains would probably be a
snub
81 don't believe that anV artists have
ever made any attempt to take a hand
in this kind of work here. In one
Shakespearean production made here
two years ago the scenery was all de-
signed by an artist and so were some
of the costumes. The scenery was very
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"In plays of modern life the star or
the leading lady usually has the first
choice in the matter of costume. She
decides what color she wants and the
rest of the performers select theirs so
that they shall not be out of harmony.
But beyond the leading ladys pref
erence and taste, I don't believe that
any other standard is ever regarded.
This is readily enough shown three or
four times every year, when in some
play two or three women stand in
group wearing ,colors that not only
swear at one another, but make the
spectators feel like swearing at them
as we'll. Such a thing would, of course,
be avoided if it We're seen to first that
the colors of dresses as we'll as the
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stage light. They make no allowance
for that difference, but color the can
vas just as if it's effect were to he
made in the daylight But in this
country allowance is made for the
light, and the colors are laid on more
famboyantly. with the idea that trey
will be subjected to the strong stage
lights, and for that reason need intens-
ification in every detail. The result of
this difference is that the English
scenery when it is on the stage has a
mellow quality, a depth of softness
that will not be found where the art
list has increased the allowance of color
and exaggerated the qualities of the
picture in order that the strong light
to which it is submitted may not de-
prive it of the effects he wants. Seen
cry painted in England naturally looks
rather dingy when compared in the
daylight with the kind painted here;
but when each has been set up in it's
place the advantage is not so much
on the side Of the local product
THE use of materials here and in
Europe differs in quite the way that
the manager quoted in that article ex-
planned. Rich stuffs are growing COM
moner every day in London and New
York, where they Were always more
used than they are in Paris With
of design and color. There the fact is
very properly appreciated that color is
really the important question. So long
as the effects in that respect are well
done, the texture is not important. A
drapery that hangs we'll and costs
only So a yard will be distinguished
from one costing 10 times that amount
only by a man who sells the goods or
somebody else equally expert. The pub
lie and the artist will be interested
only in the color and the design. The
first of these is really the more impor-
tant. That same principle is followed
in London with greater extravaganza
as regards the price of the goods. Man
ayers will pay much more than the
F'renchman for the textures. The same
thing is true of this country, but the
same effects are not secured and the
fault comes in nine cases out of 10
from carelessness in regard to the nice
ties of color
Il will explain just how that hap
pens. An American buys what is pro-
fessionally known as the production
of a foreign success That means the
plates of the scenery, the costumes and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

Written for the Sunday Standard.
New York, Dec. 2s.-There are always
novelties in the world of woman's dress,
for those who can afford them. Yes,
even in tailor gowns on the LIST of jan
uary. which is trying to say the least.
We who have purchased and worn our
one or two street costumes, and felt, as
we lifted them out of the mud, that we
were suffering in a good cause, and are
now told that it is the corret thing to
have the skirt clear the ground.
Fashion, in this instance represented
by the swell London tailors, has re-
Tented and we can be comfortable in the
future, if we like. Here is description
Of one of the new models. OF gray
tweed, with a good deal of black in it's
mixture, it had an element of smart
ness impaired to its sobriety, owing to
the introduction Of bright glace kid in a
deep shade of blue. This took the form
of inch binding around the bot
tom of the skirt, faced the revers of the
coat, and appeared in the shape of
small gauntlet cuffs. The skirt fastened
placketwise by means of a double row
of cut steel buttons of a rather larger
size than those generally employed for
this purpose, but lost nothing thereby;
indeed, gained rather. The coat was
double breasted and semi-fitting and
adorned by a double row of the same
buttons. The kid revers and cuffs l
have already described, but, in addition
there was a cravatte of gray glace silk,
bound with the kid and clasped by a
steel buckle. The smart hat of gray
felt, inclining somewhat towards the
sailor in shape, bound and banded with
the kid, was innocent of all adornment
save a couple of pheasant quilts, kept
in place by another steel buckle.
This whole model is a novelty worth
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should have two coats as you viii IN
derstand after reading my description.
The gown / saw had tiny fiat
fiounces applied SO that they looked
like tucks. These of course are very
chic, but, oh! the exquisite workman
ship required! 1t was built of mauve-
gray Amazon cloth; it chung closely
too closely for my taste-from the hips
down to the knees, and thence flared
out into a round dozen Of the fiounces
above described, the edge of each of
these being ornamented by piping of
dark violet velvet. The coat-or rather
coats-were respectively Directore
and short sacque. We will take the
Directoire first.
This, as it's name indicates, was cut
with a long-tailed basque, reaching
nearly to the bottom of the skirt, but
giving no indication of it's existence in
front. The broad revers We're faced
with violet velvet of the same hue as
that employed upon the skirt, and this
in it's turn covered, or nearly SO, by an
application of white ribbon braidS in
the shape of true-lovers knots; the
deep gauntlet cuffs and the very tight
fitting sleeves being similarly faced and
embroidered. The vest, cut in one with
the coat, was of the velvet braid en-
broidered Also and there was cravatte
of lace and fur mingled with soupcon
smart in the extreme. The coat, lined
throughout with white glace silk striped
with violet, was piped with violet velvet
right round the edge, pockets and rev.
ers; the flaps of the former-there were
two of them, one on either side-being
of the violet velvet, with a single appli-
cation of the ribbon braid embroidery
in the shape of a lovers knot in the
center
The sack coat of the cloth intended
for wear over blouse, was of fascinat-
ing shortness, and reached only to the
waist it was double breasted, with one
of the new funnel shaned collars and
rather small revers. collar and revers
alike being faced with the violet velvet.
There was a mannish yet extremely
dainty little outside pocket, high up on
the left hand side, containing a pale
mauve silk handkerchief edged with
fiimy lace, and cravatte of stock-like
aspect completed the throat when the
funnel collar was down.
The hat accompanying this costume
was of violet velvet in paler shade
than that on the skirt, with two droop-
ing ostrich feathers of it's own color,
kept in place by a big diamond buckle.
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beautifully done, and the particular
merit of the thing was made more ap-
parent than it would have been under
ordinary circumstances owing to a
simultaneous production of the same
play at another theater The other
production was done as usual, With
only the scene hands and the ward
robe woman to settle the questions for
which the artist had been responsible
in the first production. The difference
was astonishing. In one there was a
merely tasteless tumble of silks, span
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
Captured in Strange Fashion.

An English defaulting bank manager
who had eluded the police for three years
by staying in a seaside village near Ply
mouth has been discovered by a strange
accident. While strolling on the beach
with a young woman watching the war
ships sailor on board cruiser. who hap
pened to come from the town whence tho
defaulter had ahsconded looked through
a telescope, recognized him and Informed
the police.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
Origin of Dogs.

The view now generally taken by natur-
alistS is that the dog is neither a species.
in a geological sense, nor even the de-
SCcndant of any one species modified by
domestcation, but that dogs of different
parts of the world have correspondence
various ancestry, from different wild spe-
cies of the genus CAMS, wolves foxes
and jackals.
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colors of all furniture and draperies
were made to harmonic.
One other point in which the for
eign preparation is usually better than
ours is the music. In France and Eng
land well known composers write the
incidental music for ambitious produc-
tons. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Edward
Mackenzie, Hamish McCunn and 9TH
ers have written music for recent
spectacular productions there. In
Paris Vincent d'Indy, Gabriel Pierne
and even George Bizet have composed
Incidental music. But one rarely hears
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buy a sufficient number to make
necklace The very newest idea is to
thread big single stone with golden
wire and sling it around the neck
with thin chain. When the stone
is a diamond you can imagine how it
flashes when it's wearer moves.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23
Am Excmrsion MeeIs.

This week promises to be n great
excursion week. as five large excursions
are already booked for Norfolk.
Two came over the Atlantic Coast
Line one from Wilmington, y. c.. and
one from Goldsboro, n. c. This latter
IS an annual excursion that usually
brings from six hundred to seven hun
dred people and comes in two sections.
TWO Will come in over the Southern
hallway. one from Raleigh and one
from Durham. The fifth will come i'm
over the Atlantic G Danville Railway.
ana is expected to bring in about five
hundred people. The Goidsboro excur
sion VIII have as it's points of dcstin--
lion. Norfolk. Ocean View. Virginia
Beach and Washington. 1t will reach
Norfolk Monday and returns about Fri
day The visitors will rhus have ample
opportunity to do their trading in Nor
foik and take advantage of the many
midsummer bargains offered by orr
merchants in ali lines of trade.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23

siVe Euchre Club meeting Friday morn
irg at 1870 o'clock. Eight tables were
hIled and the prizes. which were quite
handsome. We're won ny the following
ladies: Miss Mary Lou Cooke. first
prize. :. cut glass vase: Mrs. Mary Paul
MaGuire. OF Nashville. Tenn, second
prize. a miniature of the Duchess dc
l. Ancons; Miss Lucy Hayes. BOBBY
prize. card case. The consolation prize
which was known to be Il Japanese
kimono in pale blue satin. created n
nutt@r of excitement among the ladies.
ana was drawn by Miss Mary Vermil-
lion. The club meetings have been n
source of great pleasure to the guests
of the hotel and cottages The third
meeting takes place on Thursday night
in the cottage of Mrs. George w. Cor
don, and Thursday week Mrs Hondren
Will entertain the club in the ball room
OF the Princess Anne.
Mrs David Reid, Miss Mamie Camn
Reid, of Roanoke; Miss NJ. Creacy. Of
Knoxville. Tenn. and Mrs Ewing. of
Nashville, Tenn, are staying at the
hotel.
Miss Mohler, OF Oregon, is at the
Boush cottage.
-''4 WV 'pii i-Strs, o. MeIlpNlS, Tenn,
who has just finished the law course a
the University Of Virginia. is the guest
OF Mr.. Richard Cooke.
Mr. j. r. Judson. of New York, is the
guest OF Mrs. G. w. Gordon
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Todd are stop
ping at the Etherdge cottage.
Miss Ke.rns, of Portsmouth is visit
ing Mrs. Carr
Mr.. f. D. Bradford has bought the
FISHER cottage. which he will use as
q hunting and fishing lodge
Mrs: Jos F. Bailey and children and
Mrs. +. T.. Gornto left last Monday for
Ocean View, where they will spend the
summer at the cottage of Mrs. II. n.
Fentress.
Mr.. j. p. Cowpcr, of New York. Is the
guest of his sister. Mrs. Christie r.
Jordan. los Charlotte street
Mrs. VIM. Carr. of Tanners Creek.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23

Jovharto nv, r,,- t,i, ~,
owned r,, ~ .ic roam mare
eton ~ II. -3D'ooh' oi w IN
Cor, me ndhGs oI rom
Camm ~ me he!uSVii!e mile track.
c"hh"h' VINO VIII take her East for fur
est se' rr ,a'n'g, says she is one Of me I'm
~ Seh pIoSptctS ne ever saw. for,
ino T., ~; - "'',r az -'-' g. "Atvr De
Us IHs7.. "a ms n"IuS only a month.
r. 'ono'e NrsiniA circuit:
ro,r 10y circuit TINS year includes
dor n.y. al az cape Charles and four
uuEs at Iasiey. va, as follows;
CAPE CHARLES CITY. VA, AUG.
10, 10, IL AND is.
August 18th
2:i0 trot. open s15O
2-ycar class Eastnrn chora Of ~,
and Pocomokc civ. mile heats
III " 100
ZIG trot and 2:1S pace. open. $50
August 10Th
o:32 tro.. Eastern shore Va and Pa
comOkc city,. - 15o
3-ycar old class. Eastern shore Va i0o
2:2i class trot. open. " 90o
August 18th
2:37 trot and o:4o mace Eastern
shore. Va. and Pocomole. $50
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23

The American Horse Breeder OF last
weeks says Of Norval NJ. the PAGER re-
Gently purchased by MIR. John Mariner
that he Is no other than Tar Tartar
alias Amboy. etc. We are under the
Impression that there must be some
mistake about this horse. This horse
was bred. raised and driven by 4 lady
in kentucky. He was bough, from Par.
rick Mulqueen. a wealthy hotel man OF
bradford. Pa Mr.. Mariner is an old.
experienced horseman, and we do not
think he would buy an old stager under
the impression that he was securing n
promising youngster.
S. y. Paddock. better known as the
racing farson who had host OF
friends In Virginia ard the Carolinas.
and who was always conspicuous on the
Norfolk track. with string OF PAGERS.
Gied recently at his son-in-law's resi-
dence at Brooklyn, y. Y. Mr.. Paddock
was the owner of Maximlllian. with a
pacing record OF ":l0h. His string has
been sold at auction 10 various parties.
sS.0Co.
The catalogues for the Virginia State
Fair are now ready FOR distribution aud
can be had on application.
60
Royal Baron. the bay geldng that on
Thursday Won the big $4,000 Mer-
chants and Manufacturers stake at
Crosse Point track Detroit, Mich. raced
in Norfolk two years ago and drove
Wilton Boy 10 his mark OF 2:21H. Will
ton Boy has now become a PAGER with
n mark OF 2:l7h. At the Norfolk race
mentioned Royal Baron barely won by
n neck. and his speedy rise is consider
ed phenomenal
The local horse market has been quiet
Tor the past two weeks althou Oh nrices
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23
HORSES AND HORSEMEN
MaximIIian Sold For $4,000 Mr..
s. A. Paddock Passes Away.
Misunderstanding nv 10 SoryuIH
State Fnir Book Ready For Dtss
tri5ution,

Among the recent winners pictured in
the Horseman OF July 4;h. is Wilton
Boy. 2:19. the bay gcldng by Wilton,
one of the star performers OF the Cot
tage Stables. Norfolk. Wilton Boy won
the 2:io pace in the recent pace at Nc
KEGS Rock; best time. 2:l9
The IIorseman for July 4th, has on It's
outer back cover page half-tone cuts of
noted flyers. No. 5 shows Miss Chill
dress. by Muscovite. with her driver.
Colin Steele, of Norfolk, in the sulky
Miss Childress won a heat in the .: 80
irot al Rockport. Ohio in 2:271a. then
lost the race to Lochnagar by ST Bel;
best time. 2:23A.
The black gelding. Fitzhugh Lee.
2;29A. is now owned by Charles Mitch
ell. Of Harrisburg. Pa.
In the recent races ut st. Marys. Pa.
Wilton BOY won the 2:40 class pace.
purse $500, in three straight heats;
time, 2:l1ia. 2:2o. 2:2iM. Atkinson driver.
Lady Moyra, in the 2.27 class. trotting
ana pacing, purse s4O0 took fourth
place in the third heat. and third posi-
ton in the other three heats. In the
2:29 class, pacing, purse Si00, Wilton
BOY won in three straight heats. Baron
Wood. bay geldng. by Baron Posev.
owned by NJ II. White. of Hereford. y.
G.. driven by Burns, purse 500. took
fhlrd money. winning third place in
each OF the three heats
go
The half-mile track at winston. n.
C., is being graded and put in good
condition for fall racing.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23
Sl.75 Umbrellas for 81,
Fine Black Gloria.
Roll Very C'ose.

for what stock has been sold have been
quite satisfactory. Inquiries for horses
are now beginning 10 Gene in freely.
and loca! dealers expect 20 be doing a
good business in the net week or TWO
The demand just AZ present is for heavy
work horses tor Northern cities. WASH
inSton and Baltimore have been taking
many horses from this market and
some buyers have come up from the
Carollnas ana the western part of Vir-
snia. y large order for mules is expsce-
ed 10 be placed here next week. Alto
Sether the market can be said to be-
satisfactory for this season of the
year and dealers have no cause for
complaint.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-23
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