New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-11

very near the top IN their respective lines who
have not spoken to each other for ten years be-
cause Of a dressing room row. 1t was not over
q dressing room, either but over a red plush
chair which woman's room had and the
cther's had not. They never lose chance to
Iot a thrust at each other. and it viii so on
,.ntil they dead"
How about the actors?" asked the citizen.
DO they fight over dressing rooms?'
We set along well enough with the men,
they are generally satisfied with what give
Them If they do not like the arrangement of
tie room they change it Men don't mind
dr. ssing together nearly as much as women.
I-If a dozen men will splash on their paint IN
'front.' Of the same mirror. and there is never an
il. natured word except for the management
" hich does not do better than cracked mirrors
and bottomless chairs. Give a bunch of chorus
girls a cracked mirror and tell them to set to-
her in front of the same glass, ana you u
have a riot on your hands which no show of
severe dignity threat of fines would quell-
When Lillian Russell and Della Fox went on a
Joint starring tour some years ago the manage
ulent quaked over the matter of dressing rooms
Neither woman would give an inch to the
other in anything, and if one got the better
dressing room no one could fOretell how dire the
consequences might be. They got around it by
building two dressing rooms on the stage, and it
is said they were alike even to the number Of
nails used in their construction.
Otis Skinner always gives the star dressing
room to his wife when she is in his cast. He has
not much use for a dressing ROOM anyway. His
friends were astOnshed at the meagreness of
his outfit when he played the hunchback in
Boxers Francesca ia Rimini." 1t was a most
elaborate makeup, yet Mr.. SINNERS dressing
table showed three sticks of grease paint, an old
topth of
brush which looked as though he had carried
them for years.
William Collier, who has been playing Per
sonal" at the Bijou is just the opposite lie has
fine big dressing room, with running water
L irrors. dressing table and wardrobe. His
dressing table as every possible convenience,
and it is neatness itself. Every article Of his
wardrobe must be in exactly the same place
each night or he is not comfortable His wife.
Louise Allen has an adjoining dressing room,
which IS neither as fussy shipshape as
hcr husbands. They had trouble over dressing
rooms when they were both in the Weber &
Fields cast Mrs Collier found it impossible to
secure a room her husband. and he was
forced to partition his rooIn which had been
small enough before.
The finest dressing rooms in the city are to
re found at the Manhattan and the Beiasco the
aires. The former belongs to Mrs. Fiske. who
plays there several months each season, and
David Belasco built the theatre which bears his
name for Mrs. Leslie Carter Both women
planned their dressing rooms, and one may pre-
sumo they are satisfied with them.
Mrs. Carriers dressing room is large well
lighted and deliberately furnished. Sometimes
she entertains her friends there When she
played Du Barry 1t decorated in pink and
blue but she may change ii when she again
comes to New-York.
Mrs. Fiske's dressing room is equally charac-
tcristic. 1t is artistic, but puieter lines than
that affected by Mrs Carter. II is done in dull
gray; the wall decorations are simple and have
some personal signifcance-like a letter which
: received from Robert Ingerson shortly be
fore he died. which is neatly framed with his
picture.
Annie RusselPs dressing room is almost ruri-
tarical in its simplicity. She has a fashion Of
pinning her first night kilograms and letters
OF congratulatiOn upon the wall where they
hang throughout the engagement
1T is surprising how many Of the 'stars' get
along without maids" said woman who has
many friends among the topnotchers of the