The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-27

shop kind. One night a man came
along and asked who the tenor was. L
pointed proudly to myself, and he
asked me il ] wanted to go on the
stage. Then and there I threw up a
good job and Joined a quartet.
The salary was 500 a week for the
four. | thought SIS a week for singing
a few minutes eaeh day was wonder
full. Then they sent us clear to Can
ton, O., and out of the SIS we had to
pay carfare and board. | was back at
printing a little later. For the first
five ear I was OF the stage every
company I joined busted up
And yet you stuck ] commented.
"And got stuck" Mr.. Evans added.
1T seemed to me that people who are
as anxious as that to stay on the
stage are just a little demented," and
he looked anxiously at the reflection of
his black c-ountenance. "All jokes aside,
I've realized my ambition. / always
wanted TO head my own minstrels, and
if I've succeeded in his I'm happy"
and he stroked contentedly q black wig
on his dressing table. It's a salts
faction to get ahead in your chosen
line. isn't 1t?
".And when you do, you should be
glad, but not too satisfied. for self
satisfaction is a Knockout blow to am
bition."
With this bit of philosophy ringing in
my ears. l wandered in to see Miss, |
should say Mister Julian Eltinge, m of
the best-dressed and most graceful
women on the stage.
Sh-he welcomed me cordially. The
big voice rave me a shock, for was
absorbed in the details of that silver
sheath gown. 1t is a marvel of fit and
you would be surprised at its workman
ship, on close inspection.
I'm suffering dreadfully from indi-
g~estion tonight. SO you'll pardon me if
I'm a poor subject, won't your" asked
Mr.. Eltinge, applying quantities of
liquid powder to his arms and hands,
Il have to lace SO terribly that my
stomach has no room to work, unless l
dine quite a while before ! dress"
Did you ever know a real lady" 20
admit that she laced?
Eyes, / design all my gowns" sh-he
answered my question, land I'm a
regular crank about knowing what L
want. They must fit perfectly, or not
at all. I've left gowns in the best Fifth
avenue places because they didn't fit
properly
How many fittings do you usually
have?'
-Four. l design my hats and arrange
my own wigs, too" From a hamper
he produced a dark red %pompadour wig,
topped by a picture hat of blue, with
long streamers. This is my own idea,
building the wig right into the hat.
Pretty good, don't you think" He adj
justed the whole over his W closely
cropped black hair, and began to ar
rangs q number of little eurls about his
forehead, to remove the "wiggy" effect.
Lots of people won't believe I'm a
man." he asserted. even when l re-
move my wig. They think I'm a
woman with my hair cut short. Even
my deepest chest tones won't convince
them. especially in the smaller towns.
In Paris | played for several weeks
without bothering to tell them any
thing about it,"
How do you keep your arms and
shoulders so soft and fiexible?"
you ought to see me exercise. I've
a regular series of movements that
to develop without hardening the
muscles. I use exactly the same
of making up used by Lillian
Russell, and the same creams, etc.
Oh. l know a lot about such things
now. and whe l started l didn't even
know how to apply rouge. having had
in which | played.
II never wore a train until / intro
duced my Gibson number, and then the
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