The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21

just &c up front and say to the audi
ence, 'awfully sorry 1 have such a cold
to-night-you know how it is your
self. +" with a grippy shuttle that
brought tears to my eyes.
DO it here" ! advised.
4 don't know you well enough" Miss
Russell demurred. You see, they know
me there when I haven't a cold"
Isn't this big theater rather uncom-
Portable after the little Weber & Fields
hCuse?"
That's just it," the actress said. AT
our theater We can lean over and shake
hands with the people in the boxes.
Sometimes do. Why, Peter"
You mean Pete"
I'VE call him Peter ''-gravely-
will say, Hello, Sheriff. or any other
person he happens to see, and make
a song up about him right on the spot,
under his very nose. You can't do that
with your audience half a mile away"
Mr.. Daley gets no thinner under it.
mo; and he always has some new
remedy" Miss Russell laughed. She
looked down a little consciously at her
own plump shoulders as she added:
He came in just now to tell me he
had found a sure cure for ones super
fiuOus self-a sort of rubber band that
you rub all ever you"
The shoulders reminded of the sea-
green gown that rippled up to them,
and Miss Russell asked: DO you like
gowns?"
Even a female reporter"
IL fr.1-.
maid: Get out the gray dress, Mar
garet."
Margaret obediently exhibited a
dream in gray point de Venise, then
a Redfern creation in winey rose tints,
a white miracle of embroidered silk,
and so on.
"Paris?" I asked.
Yes"
But home industry"
style, my dear"
They fit as well in New York"
Better. 1t is not that. Look here"
and Miss Russell's five feet six or so
rose royalty before me- This was de-
signed for me by the - Sisters Of
Paris. Isn't there something"
There certainly is" 1 acquiesced
heartily. And there certainly was. The
gown was designed in deep sea
tints, all clear, cool greens, with a
gracile arabesque Of strange sea flow
ers and starry-eyed fish, and the cav
ernous green of emeralds as garniture,
the whole fitting like the skin of mer-
maiden.
You go over to Paris for them?"
"No, Worth, Paquin"-I forget the
rest-"all have a model of me. Some
times I can put the dresses right on
without the slightest alteration. Why,
MOOtsiel'
had been using part Of Mootsie as
a tablet and she objected here. How
did you manage to get Mootsie into the
Putnam" 1 asked then.
"Oh. I hadn't any trouble about
that''-AIiss RusselI's Inconsistencies
was all but absolute-"why, the conduc-
tor could hardly keep away from her!
Achewi Your nice California weather."
How did this happen?" 1 said.
WELT was yesterday" the actress
owned 1T rained, you know. Oh,
love a rainy day at the racesi There's
no one there much, and it's so fresh
and pleasant. was all over the ground
at Ingleside yesterday, in the hospital
where the little fellows are looked after
when they get hurt, everywhere"
How did you come out?"
ooh, I won,'' she laughed, tod day,
too s165."
You lost on Gloriosa last Saturday"
! said, darkly I had had what Miss
Russell calls a straight tip to the
effect.
But I won 500 during the day" she
laughed again, after giving due need
Of surprise to my omniscience.
DO you really know how to bet, I
mean how to choose a good horse? Or
is it just chance?"
Miss Russell leaned forward earnest
ly and said: mo one can tell, you know.
One follows-I follow-the records of a
horse and usually bet according to
those. But sometimes bet just be-
cause I like the looks OF the horse, or
the name Of it, and I come out just as
well as the rest"
Newly wise, I venture then: "It is
only another form Of speculation?"
And you have quicker finish for
your money" the fair speculator main
tanned IF you go in for stocks you
never know where you're going to come
out. A race settles it right there"
You're really very fond of racing?"
It's fascinating" Miss Russell
owned. IF you win you want to bet
again to make more, and if you lose
you want to bet again to make your
loss good. Still, if lose the first two
races I go lightly. If 1 win 1 what we
call force my luck'-bet more"
What was the most you ever won
If I may?"
Certainly. Well, won $4,000 once on
Princelet. But that was a 40 to 1 bet.
The most I ever lost was $500"
I think you should give me the
straight tip. for to-morrow's race"
suggest
Did you ever bet?"
"A pair Of gloves on Fabiola day in
Oakland"
Isn't that dear?" she laughed. "Well,
/ think if you wager a pair of gloves