Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-01

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IN LILY Langtry is passing the
6SHfine this week tol catch the gold
x I'D Philadelphia's Upper TtA'. -
M ksen quite tempest in teapot,
7}Ia0ussion whether the Jersey Lily |
IN M a flowed to recite her " a bsent-
"A " Beggar," at the benefit of the
If@41kDce for the British soldiers
Nstk& hospital ship Maine, with
i&tis)phia's aristocrats. As usual the
,4xJ f3fly has won. She won in New
i FIN She will win in Philadelphia.
aEfi& opposition is but fine, free
3btIs]ne for the leading lady OF
y Y ID enerates - The Jersey Lily
1on5e back to us with very matured
Ill " N Coming up in the car, yester-
3 II kanrd a Young socIety miss re-
! H 6ur opos Of Mrs. Langtry, Pretty?
y dhesjs as homely as hedge fence"
what degree of unsightliness this
dstes the English actress | know
4 tb9fe are hedge fences and hedge
81 Methinks / have seen some
sbfnfed for beauty, but evidently
I Iyoung debutante was not struck
II MFs. lang try's charms. She, how
4. se8s with very young and preiu-
"a YES, for Mrs. Langtry is un-
! bi96ly a handsome woman, despite
fs6b that Father Times pencil has
4 hX6vy and harsh lines upon her
q Albeit beauty or not, she has
rjt43 Sbettersthan any other woman
\, "a, carry her clothes. True, her
III NJ disagreeable, and she can
y hill then-.she is Mrs. Langtry,
/ rSa]l rush to see her in the play,
jvhs IL not an attractive one, this
rf4spsl of the life of high class
u3Si1 If low class morals the author
NJ Lape try, | know not which,
IL NJ cpnyince us of the sincerity of
3 ketbine's reform, which is sup
ssEj III be brought about by the APP
I y,s,fs of innocence on the scene.
lii 6pparition is impersonated by her
ukbfSf Una, who comes home in
I 5abtently without having sent word,
5.siife the sudden return of the
Xxi: MA who has gone away on bust
III nsets many smoothly laid plans.
III al7aKens Mrs. Treveylan from her
Generate career and straightway she
terhires to walk in the narrow path
a tskds MS companion in that path
bro| III down roue. who has been pay
Z h6r Assiduous court. There is moth
K yefy convincing in this. Ihey
FIJI hath tired Of "the-pace-that-
NUT EJt nails after a while on the
0st 4 flepepeIate. Then, again, it is a
fdufhftbp to a woman whose reputa-
III ibas become tarnlshed by being
1seiy Handled to veneer 1T with a new
sr,8 ~ the way of an honorable mar,
nifes \ Nevertheless convincing or moi
Ifh6 f,iay may be, beautiful or not as
IA. I.afIptry is, the box Office receipts
ed5A the managers.
While The Degenerates' is flourish
ID d. philadelphia, in New forl
Snth6H nightly fills the theatre to il:
,paSity. That Olga Nethersole il
ddey &frest for presenting an immora
IaY {nNno way Trims out the audience
ia EH1ho" is being magnificent,
All along Twenty-third street, tina
hopping mart OF the fashionable womal
jkjrs who heretofore sold creepin!
licAs impossible beetles, Jumping
,cl<s, and on occasions hot tomales
i tiDwf giving for in their nasa
yang Here's your Soto, ten cents.
(JoninR over on the train, the othe
Heirloom. homely looking Germa
ouseWife with her husband and tw
fhrss little Katrinas pulled at he
firts, sAt deep in Autograph copy c
he much talked of "Soffo. What he
uetanic, virtuous mind evolved frol
lie poftrayal Of the Paris grisette an
er 8rofic habits, | wondered. How
Val, The " Saphos'' and 1.-The Degenel
kes' IRE not the worst sorts OF Play
-,at throng the Thespian halls.
1 ( cah read the Elisabethan dramas
haF6 read Rahelais; ibsen does NJ
hook HE and ] believe in lola, yet
swsre The autocrat for stage morals
S9sould spppress with "SaEho" ar
The pegenerates," the vulgar, SUI
estise, bonnie operas. That vice los
all it'd epil by losing all it's grossne
i q maxim. for which the world cam
. too thankful. Now what we get {
be- A1nerican stage today in the
pectaculhr plays like 1.-THE Rcunders,
iThe Belle of New York;" 1.-THE Gi
IRON paris, ~ "Me Fiji" and their SC
j the gfossness without the vice.
Their words, we get the insinuation
Y i'd THAR excuse is that you M
heHn apything SO long as you 8
! pinethine ese." We Americans, wi
!, ur fasIiIon of spelling French impt
I htions, make vulgar French doubl
b tqndfe. simply bring about a vule
Aeu]t, One could enjoy the sparkle
ISitA and The rich halo of comedy pla
, pR around situation undoubtee
,inrroper,'' but with our clum
c,and ling the situations in the bro
ID hre8l OF today become vulgar. L
-fntn ialthat everything depends ur
RS6a ttaent and atmosphere.
Y! otneh. married or unmarried, W
stojd themselves above any loose 81
N y tjdha or actions in life will II
Y han1a6lves hoarse over songs a
)taal dBg in these farces that col
NJ " hg fold to the ultra marines. lib!
hot allewed to unite shoe latcl
..yE th& interest of truth, while
y knaer I08u burlesque manager may i
b whole army OF girls in tights a
y low tbem to sing suggestive son
hH ind VEL, / only say 'suggestiv,
hghe wording possibly is not out {
drdut initnoral, but only "suggesti
,r.ln T6thel words they throw the S
end M prowth depends upon the {
/, ipou Wki6h it falls. The artists
I not Rilowed to look at life steat
fis III IA but it is licensed tic wink ;
'sigle {s61n behind its blinkers. Whet
sSaph6 and 1.-THE Degenerates"
" Hays thai are likely to spread
Dnofal among the masses ] know |
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