Evening star., 1900-12-15

white crane flying across a f1owery ground
of red and green. Later this merry boy
girl is clad in pale ..ue satin. with eX-
quisite flowers and birds embroidered all
over the coat and skirt in silver thread
The little wives are gorgeously a5,pareled
in light coors, as become their youth.
Cream satin coats and skirts embroidered
with silken flowers and birds in shades of
blue, and further ornamented by
motifs and borders of gray-blue ap-
plique with gold thread, clothe them in
the first act. The skirts have knife pleats,
plped with blue, at the sides and are worn
over the Chinese s$arson of boomers.
Later these little ladies toddle around in
1rocks OF rose pink and in orange, embroid-
cred with golden thread, with sleeves of
pale amber color, bordered with pale green
and faint rose. The coats are edged with
six fringe in the four soft shades. With
each costume these dainty danes have
headdresses and long bead necklaces to
harmonic with the dress
w hen San Toy wears her white frock.
embroidered with god, she sports a spray
OF blushlng cherry blossoms at one side of
touch. Her papa has robe of dark blue
satin. bordered with bright green and
bright red. The blue is almost hidden by
the Writhing Scrpents and dragons of gold
ana the dozens of wee mirrors, represent
ing the eVer-Open eye of the great man.
DARN The embroidered shield of his house
ornaments the mandarins manly bosom
and his hat, of black satin, surmounted bv
a gold button and a bright red tassel. de-
notes his high rank.
All OF these 1narves in color and needle
work came from China-in trunks painted
Scar4et, the coior of iov-and even the
splendid cushions which are so ruthIessly
thrown about the stage bear the laundry
check Signatures of the human spiders who
wrought these puzzles in silk and gold
threads.
when Joe Hart and were together in
Later On tells Fred Hallen, with the
larry Williams Company I'VE encountered
all sorts of strange and startling expe-
rlences in the one-nght stands which were
altogether too frequent and too fr;sid for
the proper promotion of financial happi-
ness. But it fell to the lot of Lebanon. Pa
to provide one that will forever unpleas-
antiy remind US of that place In order
to stir up local excitement it was suggest
ed TO our manager that 1t would be a good
IDEA to hire the town band, which, he
round, enjoyed some reputation. His pro-
gram was to march the band around town
early and then admit it free to the alleged
theater we were to play in. All of US
agreed, and from afar off we heard the
hahd committing assault and battery on
the evening air. As Joe did not go on till
some time after the curtain arose IT was
his custom to take tickets at the door
While our manager dispensed them in the
box office. At length the band stopped
IN front Of the theater and began to file
In After awhile | looked out front
through the peephole and saw a goodlier
crowd than we had looked for. | slipped
out to congratulate Joe and, finding him
gleefully referred to the size of the an
dience.
Come off said he, It's the band, and
It amt all in yet
THE fact was we soon discovered by
having our manager count noses, fast
as those actually belonging to the band
got inside they passed their Instruments
out through a side window to townsfolk
who did not scrupe to descend to such a
subterfuge to get in free"
The New York Sun publishes a dispatch
fro m Cincinnati which places Nat. C. Good
win in rather an unenviab,e position 1t is
to the effect that he rdiculed the perform
ance of Byron Douglas, the leading man.
so ostensibly that women sitting near him
arose in Indignation and protested to the
management. Douglas was taking the part
of Silas WooIcott, which Goodwin origi-
mated. Goodwin smiled at the pathos and
pretended to weep at the comedy He and
Douglas have been bitter enemies ever since
Douglas was member of Goodwin's COM
pany in London. when il was producing IAN
American Citizen
One night about three weeks before the
close of their season Goodwin criticised
Douglas rendition of a line in the play
whereupon Douglas told him that he had
better learn something about acting him
self. They have no. spoken since.
1t would be hardly suspected by an unin-
formed observer that there Is almost as
much tragedy in the real life OF Nellie Nc
Henry as there is comedy in her sprightly
performance before the footlights She has
never quite given up hope of hearing from
her husband. John Webs er, who totally
disappeared some time ago A chance re-
mark of his that Niagara falls would offer
an ideal opportunity for man determined
on suicide. and the fact that he was last
seen near the falls combined to lend color
to fear that he had taken his own life
But there was no motive for such step on
his part, and the Liss." who seems so
careless in the play, is in real life devoting
herself to the hope of seeing him again
well" said Edna Aug. when asked
how she enjoyed her departure from vaude-
vile to calcium-ight opera, IT enjoyed It,
But 1 would enjoy it more if did not have
yet much conversationing to do init der
audience and more NIT der people who are
actoring out on der staich up where 1 am
vocalizationing.
''Of course" she added hastily. 'I don't
have to talk that way, but people seem to
expect dialect of me on the stage and 1
suppose 1t may as well go into print. What
l meant to say is that l would like a little
more speaking part to go along with my
monologue. and l have no doubt it will
come in time, for 1 am not afraid of work
Not q bit"
John P. Barrett, who plays Richelieu in
Harry Glaciers Three Musketeers," has
created end of controversy because of
his iouting of all accepted traditions in
making up for the great cardinal In
stead of the lean, gray-haired, aging
churchman, Barrett represents him as erect
dark-halred and vigorous. And Barrett
stands on firm and tenable ground, for Du-
mas in the novel plainly states that at the
time he was about thirty-seven years of
age. and, therefore. not the old man of
Buiwers play. Mr.. Barrett is credited with
having made a careful study of the man
who moved armies by sign, who unmade
kings and overturned empires who raised
moribund France to the first position among
the nations Of Europe.
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL,,s
LECTURE.-The lecture on the Boer war
yesterday was literally attended. Mr..
Churchill is Interesting because of his fam
lily and social connections, and his remarks
the scenes in South Africa showed a
good. repertorial sense The audience was
appreciative. 1t applauded indiscriminately,
a picture of Dom Paul receiving quite as
hearty an ovation as that accorded the
English generals. Senator Depew preceded
Mr. Churchill with a very graceful eulogy
COMING ATTRACTIONS.