Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
What is Going on in the Stage World Briefly Told

designated as time allowance Miss Tflley
is the finished product of the English
army. Her scarlet coat, with Its raring
skirts; the broad white belt and collar, the
white gloves, the rakish cap, are there.
Sidney is he of the ribbon counter and
the soda water fountain, who in summer
times does the swell thing at the races
and the smart thing at the tracks,
but you soon know his real occupation IL
you notice the curve in his back. Sidney,
according to the song, lis in the city,
works 30 hard and more's the pity Sidney's
holidays are in septem-bar. He's been
saving up since last Novem-bar." And he
finds it hard on fifty pounds a year.
1t takes but a moment TO make a sidney
out of a Tommy Atkins. The song says
Sidney's getup is a sight, and you don't
dispute 1t or feel inclined To. When COM
plete he is dressed In white ~flannels, turned
far up his canvas shoes and showing a
band OF bright blue sock which matches
exactly the color Of his short coat and his
necktie. A soft felt hat Of white, crushed
into a carefully arranged abandon, is set
far out on his head. Tommy's little
swagger stick is replaced by a large one
which can support his weight. and the
oN obbt ANoNAA Al oS dA1NllACN 1OlAAIg .
as is the costume. Sidney goes to the pier
end to hear the band play, he saunters into
the smartest, highest priced hotel in the
place and asks the time; he stops a woman
Of fashion and is told that 1t was not at
Sir Thomas Ldpton's that they met, but
that she bought ribbon of him at White
ley's, and he RECEIVERS with difficulty.
Sidney has four suits in his repertoire.
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trousers, lavender coat, waistcpat, tie and
socks; another has tan coat. a green hat
with tiny feather at the back in Alpine
style, green socks and tan shoes. He wears
a large pink rose in his b~uttonhole, for
Sidney likes the finishing touch that a
single blossom lends to his striking beauty
and modishness. This change is made so
quickly that Miss Tilley has time to call
attention to the fact that Sidney's coats
are particularly we'll made and represent
in colors, cut and flare the regular sea-
side of the Londoner on his vacation.
1t is a transformation so quickly accom-
plished that you feel as If you had been
looking at a moving picture.
Tommy Atkins is peeled off, all his glory
of pipeclay and smartness gone in the
wink of an eye, and Sidney takes his place.
Sidney is the hero of Miss T1lley's most
popular song this tour, entitled "sidney's
Vacation" running 'Piccadilly Johnny
With His Little Glass Eye and Follow
owing in Fathers Footsteps pretty close.
Sidney's graceful non~chalance on the
stage is replaced by a seconds exhaustion
In the wings and then a third and last rush
to the screened enclosure, from whence
after the usual interval a trig Elton boy
emerges to sing the popular Following in
Fathers Footsteps"
She has put on for this a boys short
bosomed shirt, gray and black striped
trousers, the pointed Elton Jacket. turn
down collar and Elton necktie, the top hat,
shoes with patten leather vamps, black
waistcoat and dark red gloves with black
embroidery. She has received permission
from the college authorities to use a spe-
cial kind Of cloth Of which the Elton boys
suits are always made, and the perfection
or the costume is shown even in the fragile
gold chain, facsimile OF the kind worn by
the students, which holds an open faced
watch, repoussed and enamelled, which
looks like an heirloom given to son and
heir on a birthday.
TITS an expensive little watch and Tn
always dropping it, says Miss Tilley,
but I simply could not wear any other