Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-28
ACTRESSES ARE SHUT OUT.

| which this glorious land of ours is so noted has hollow meaning for one class of women. Strange as 1t may seem in a country where women go abroad unveiled, there exists g certain class of women who are prohibited from some of the common customs, such as riding on street cars, lunching openly in restaurants and even waking through the throughfares in the broad light of day.
 That this class of women includes some of the best known makes It seem all tbe more incredible The civil law does not prohibit them, but the law ol publicity. which is sometimes the most exacting of all rules of government. Where other women are priyleged to jump upon the passing cable car Lillian Russell must wait for a car riaoe. The convenience of the trol- lev or the elevated is forbidden to her. Whatever and whenever she wants 10 leaye her. house she must order cab or her own turnout regardless of her hurry. It is not that the city ordl- nance has anything against Miss Rus sell. but the concentrated stare of ev- cry occupant of the car is something
 
 The embarrassment that she would feel prohibits Miss Russell from the use of the common trolley car.
 It isn't likely that Maude Adams misses the privilege of the street ear service as a general mode of convey l ance any more than Miss Russell, yet she could probably tell of many an in stance when, if she could have slipped I %a saved her time that was worth some thing. If Miss Adams were to be seen walking on Broadway she would ] find mob at her heels that would l frighten even a less timid girl than the i one who graces Quality Street."
 If the red braids of Mrs Leslie Car ter were exposed in q well known res taurant every table would fill up with I budged until Mrs Carter vanished ] from sight.
 If Mrs Fiske were to parade the shopping district she would be fol- 1 lowed by crowd of admirers who and how much she paid for it and which shops she patronized.
 Lillian Russell entered q Sixth ave- nue store one day not long ago and was obliged to appeal to the floor walker for protection from the crowd. She couldn't get near the counters, and 4 was finally taken to one of the fitting ! rooms, where the goods she desired to see were brought to her. The few shoppers who respected her right and had some respect for themselves suf- fered next, for the saleswomen had hnap hn mo Rif sell is here" and their curiosity made them forget their duties.
 At the recent bazaar given by the Professional Women's league at the Waldorf-Astoria, Anna Held, who at tended Thursday, was so obstructed in her endeavor to get near the booths by the curious crowd that she begged help and sought shelter behind a i screen, where she succeeded in getting her breath and strengthening her clothes and hat She left the bazaar and also a generous sum of money. and her parting injunction that they need not expect her again the next 1 day.
 Amelia Bingham. Clara BIoodgood. Elsie de Wolfe, Sadie Martinot, are all obliged to consider the expense of H. vey them to and from the theater, call ing or on business errands
 For some reason men are not m. moved to the same extent as women John Drew. William Faversham. Will ton Lackaye, Robert Edeson, DeWolf Hopper and many other well known actors are frequently seen walking. I Whether they are not as readily recognized as womet1t or whether wo- men are more conspicuous by their dress, even when dressed as quietly as the stars already mentioned, cannot be said, but it is natural that the sunset glory which crowns Mrs Carter and rests upon the brow of Mrs Fiske. are not usual to the vision, and the slim figure of Maude Adams is too distinc tive to go unnoticed. Annie Russell could no more go about unknown by the multitude than Anna Held,
 It may not be that this prohibition privilege causes any one of them tc mourn, but the fact remains and also
 the fact that most women long to dc
 the thing they can't more than any thing else in the world.-New York Telegraph.