Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

at length decided to appear next March
In "CyranO de Bergerac," which has not
yet had a London performance in Eng
lish. Irving bought the right, but, after
mature consideration. decided not to use
1t. THE title character did not appeal
to me as an actor" he said. when in New
York lately. II saw Coquelin in 1t, md
he made much of the low comedy side
Of the role" Being told that Mr.. Mans
field was stronger in the romantic and
tragic passages, he added; Possibly I
was mistaken, but I decided that the part
was not a good one for me-" Wyndam
has both serious and comic abilities and
is a great favorite in London. He may
express all there is in Cyrano or make
his audiences think so.
Mrs. Langtry's gowns were marvels Of
the dressmaker's art and fresh from
Paris. avs the New York World, speak
That of the first act was of sea shell
pink satin, brocaded with great clu sters
and stalks Of Easter lilies; the same
lowers being worn at the corsage.
Her jewels were wonderfully effective.
she wore a long chain Of diamonds with
q spear-shaped pendant, also of diamonds,
mat reached almost to the edge Of the
q oioO u lOIiS SlEllS OI
pearls caught up by a huge solitaire dia-
mond. In her couture, that was dressed
as simply as could be, was a dagger if
diamonds.
The second-act gown was a decided
dream. 1t was of ciel blue, and it's scheme
OF the train was embroidered with cloud
enects, and the entire gown (Which was
cut princess) was spangled with crystals
brocaded with blue stars. A beau
tiful necklace Of turquoise set with dia-
monds was worn with this gown.
In the third act the same gown was
worm, with a wrap of orange velvet shot
with gray and rimm with chinchilla.
The last act gown was a house dress
OF cream colored panne velvet, covered
with white chiffon and Chantilly lace,
and effective.
The Hebrew Actors union of New York,
whose member supply most Of the en-
to the east side citizens, have
publshed the following remarkable mani
festo regarding their struggle with fate:
the Jewish actors are reduced to the
level OF the toilers in the clothing trades
whose hardships have been so much
talked about. Though belonging to a high
profession. such is their condition that a
tailor or the helper of a tailor is more
than a Jewish actor at the pres
ent time. The actors are even sometimes
by the stars, who are as often as
not managers of theaters. Tn managers
getting richer every year, but do
actors get rich? No. They are only
getting rich In glory, but glory does not
mean money. They have to play the
parts of kings and wealthy ~potentates on
he stage, while their families can get
hardly enough to eat. Though they ought
% be earning comfortable incomes, they
ire in the same boat with other Jewish
Many Of the latter die Of
by working to hard. while
he actors die Of heart disease by hard
work., exerting their efforts to please their
These doleful players are not engaged
m a x salary, like the favored sons
md daughters Of the drama in fashion,
bile theaters. They perform on the COM
n~onwealth plan, which consists in divid-
the receipts after expenses are paid,
t Is a good system in theory. but appar.
sntly a a one in practice.