The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
A NEW BOOK BY RIST0RI.
Beginning and End of Her Career Passing
of the HntlsnS Girl This Summrr-hed
Cloth Of Much Interest to Women-An
Emancipnted Egyptian Princess

Adelaide RistOri promises 10 finish soon her
Artistic "Reminiscences and Studies" intended
as supplementary 10 the volume of rccullections
she published twelve years ago but she frankly
cOnfcSscs that the date u the appearance uf the N"
umc depends in a large measure on the conduct
Of her grandson. The little Ma luis Giulano
del Grillu Is only five years old, Vat he rules his
grandmother tyranncally. and II ost Of the retired
tragedy queen $ time is now spent in amusing him.
Ons Of hs, eestliked toys Is the doll theatre his
grandmother presented 10 him.
Signora Rstori. like most Of the Italian actors
that become famous, was AN actress when she was
little older than the titled grandson Ia whose
amusement she devotes much Of her time nova
days. Like her famous successor Ia the title uf
the first actress in Italy, she is u Venetian. She
il now ~ years old and ON the evening she was
born the company Of srong players To which
her parents belonged were To give Schiller \ Maria
Stuart" To this circumstance is due the particular
affection she has always felt for the play. once
she acted In this play in German. and TINS took
place strangely enough, here in New York AT II
benefit performance given by German actors on
Feb IA, 1857, for local charity. She acted first
in one Of the travelling Italian companies and then
went To Turin, the city in which Dusc first won
recognition. The manager Of the theatre there
who had never before been heard Of, made himself
famous ny ulStndfBlnB hlSlOfl DctduSc Slc icIHS'u
To take his advice and play only comedy roles.
lie declared her unfit for tragedy. and when she re
fused 10 agree with him, he dismissed her from the
company When her great triumphs AS an ac-
tress Of tragedy had made her known throughout
Italy, this manager came in for his share of the
attention her renuwu attracted. But II was OF
rather uncomplimentaty kind.
At the age Of twenty five when she had already
made a great name for herself. she married the
Marquis Giulano del Grille Her stage career
lasted for many years after that. and alter n re
tirement Of several years duration, she came here
10 act in English. That was not much more than
a decade ago. The tour not successful, and
she has never made any permanent return to the
stage since that time. Last year in Turin she
took small part in the dramatic congress, but
that was done To add brilliancy TO the occasion
Giacomet wrote many plays for Ristor and used
TO send them 10 her scene by scene for suggestion
and approval once she sent him this message
by telegraph. concerning death scene he had
written. You forget that must die quickly and
canno, talk forever over the corpse OF the victim
with whom have shared the poison" The telc
graph operator regarded this message az very
suspicious and notified the police. This official
started an investigation, which finally ended III
grca, hlarity at his expense
The vogue Of the hatless girl did not last long.
Every influence was against her. She was n
picturesque sight, but beyond that there was
little in her favor. Compilations suffered and
coarscned as they never had before. Probably
last winters demands for Iow-ncck dresses had
more than anything else 10 do with the rrvulSon
against this fashion. The charms OF health
and athletics are scarcely sufficient to reconcile
u girl to the differences in tint that the summer
tan brings when no intervening hat brim amcli
crates it, This was the notwithstanding result
that decided many girl last winter to stick 10
her hat during the summer weeks that have Just
passed. llatlcSs with her hair Lying IN the
wind she was an attractive sight; but the winter
drawbacks were too strong To compensate for that
brief moment of charm. Damages in tint were
not confined wholly 10 the compile xiou. Faded
hair was nearly as common a year ago as tanned
noses. and il went over heritage from vacation
into the winter, and was the source Of dismay To
many girl who never realized how much a sum
mer without hat could do toward burning strange
and unsuitable coors into her hair There Were
girls without hats TO be seen during the summer
just closed. hut they were few in number and
generally of the kind that take up fashion during
the second year and not during the first No
body will regret, for the axe Of future beauties
that this change in the style has come. AS a
permanent summer mode. il would have been
more destructive Of feminine beauty than any
other. The evils Of golf and bicycle riding, which
were at one time discussed vigorously. came only
from the habit of going barchcaded Everything
in the two sports tended To improve woman :
looks. except the tan from sun and wind The effect
OF both Of these was much worse when she was
hatlcss. and keeping her head covered will do
more TO make athletics identifying than any
thing else.
4 New York dresSmaker. recently returned from
Paris brought small but very valuable piece
Of red material which she is going TO divide spar
ingly among her most favored customers. .\ncr
while il will be- accessible to larger circle the
material will ultimately he put upon the market
just now the manufacturers have not been able
20 cnmrlete the mAlcrial in the MhN thcY desire