Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-29
MISS DREW HAS !
STUNNING GOWNS
TWO ARE HAND-PAINTED IN
WONDR0US DESIGNS
Jet Is Used to Make Immense Snake
on One, and Monster Pansy
Pattern on the ~
Other

Dorothy Drew's gowns will be about
the most brilliant and prominent
things seen at the Orpheum this week.
Miss Drew's stunt is to sing, but the
beauty of her costumes makes up
great deal of tie act.
1t took a dressmaking establishment
in Paris thirty days to make the two
gowns, but they are wonders. When
these artists received the plain cloth
it was pure white satin, but when they
were through with 1t the color had
changed to a greenish blue. The goods
was painted, the only possible way to
make the delicate shadings, which ap-
pear when the lights change. Coiled
around the front of the dress is a huge
snake, with its heao resting on the
shoulder, This queer effect is produced
by the use of jet, matched With the
incest care, and which reflects the light
in q multi-colored brilliancy. Padding
Is placed under the jet, which is sewed
on by hand, in g. solid pattern, until 1t
stands out almost quarter of an inch
from the goods.
The other gown is of the color of
cerise, also painted, and with a pansy
pattern, carried out with jet. The de-
sign for the pansy, which Is about nine
inches in diameter, was first painted on
the wrong side of the goods, and then
the dressmakers followed the lines of
the brush i. sewing the ornament,
matching each single piece of Jet to the
color of the paint it was to cover.
Straps for Safety
When seen in her dressing room at
the Orpheum last evening Miss Drew
was just preparing for her act and she
kept strict tab on the time, listening
1Hy w
clap at the end of each act.
She laughed when the shoulder straps
on the dresses were commented upon.
"The dressmakers die not do that"
she said. "They would not put any
sleeves or anything else in the dresses
They said it would spoil the effect and
makes it look too ordinary, but
thought that it would be safer to have
something to hold the dress, so I hunted
all over the city until 1 found some
large beads that would match the col
ors. Then I strung those and sewed
them on the dress to use as shoulder
straps"
Miss Drew is a Philadelphian by
birth and New Yorker by residence,
but she likes California best and she
says although her act finishes next
Sunday eveniI she is going to stay in
Los Angeles another week just to see
the Fiesta.
Talks of Profession
When questioned about her profess
sion she replied:
"I have been on the stage since / was
Is years old, and l enjoy it immensely.
1 have not always been in vaudeville,
but 1 think like it better than the le-
gitimate work because ; ou have moree
freedom. The only thing that bothers J
me, you are SO close to the people and
you can hear all the remarks that are
made about you. Last night I had
hard work to go on with my act, L
wanted to laugh so bGdly. Some peo-
pie in the stage box were talking about
my teeth and every time l opened my
mouth to sing they would make some
remark. 1t was very a---using."
This talented actress has Travelled all
over the world and she has many in
teresting stories to tell of her expert
ences.
En- route to Australia a part of the
engine of the ship in which she was
travelling blew up and seven Lascars
were killed. Miss Drew made a grim
ace as she said
ST looked over the side of the ship
and Just as 1 did so they slid out one
of the bodies of those poor men into the
ocean. 1t went to the end of the plank
and then seemed to stand straight up
I did not want any lunch that day."
Just then the audience clapped again
and Miss Drew stopped her ticking to
finish her dressing fefore the time for
her act.