The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02

New York, Jan, 1.-The return TO
town CT the stage, favorites, whose
tours may have been indefinitely eX-
tended. is always a cause for pleas
urable excitement among the playgo-
ers; and Holda Spones temperance
in Broadway production insures
her n hearty welcome from troop
Of old friends. By an adroit arrange
ment. the company playing "A Little
Brother of the Rich" with Miss Spong
as leading woman at the Grand Opera
House in Chicago, came into Wal
lacks Theatre directly after Christ
mas and The Fourth Estate" which
has 0een successfully installed there
for several months, goes out to the
Chicago playhouse.
Miss Spongs costumes arc always
individual, and, therefore, interesting
10 the initiated feminine eye Moth
ing that she ever wears is more be-
coming than the costume of black lace
in which she is pictured, and indeed,
transparent black will be found al
most universally becoming. Made
over black satin foundation which
has billows of frills on the train, the
tunic drapery Of figured, all-over,
black lace falls In charming lines.
The decolletee bodice IS garnished
with black embroidered banding and
straps of black velvet but the sleeve
is especially noteworthy. because II
has an open strip along the top and
full deep, graduated frill of the net
al the elbow. A long chain and la
Walters of baroque pearls and tur-
quoise add a touch of color.
In the rich princess gown OF black
panne velvet, shown IN her picture,
Leah Bateman-Hunter does not look
as youthful as she actually is, for
she IS really only seventeen, the
youngest adult member OF the New
Thenter company with the record OF
having played Lady Teazle at the age
of seven, and becomes famous as Jul
iot at sixteen. Well no wonder; for
she comes Of lineage that is dis
tinguisbed hIstrionically, her ances-
tors having been associated with the
English stage for generations back.
Thus far Miss Bateman-Hunter has
been seen In two parts at the New
Theater and she has made good I'm
both Of them, as Iras. one OF the two
lovely attendants on Cleopatra In AN
tony and Cleopatra and as Emma
the siatlernly servant of Mrs. Jones
in The Cottage In tho Air"
There is no trimming TO break the
beautiful lines of the black panne en-
pire gown just mentioned. save the
broad band OF jeweled gold which
passes around the bust, under the
arms 10 the back There are syare
motifs placed at each corner Of the
decolletee and pretty drop earrings
and alsof an ornament Ia her blonde
hair, r,sEtEes the Girlish touches that
her Youth and winsomeness require.
There is sparkle and dash about
The music and dancing of the show
girls in Lew Fields latest musical
comedy. old Dutch.' that proves at
tractiyc 10 the audience. Nowadays
the young women OF the chorus are
gowned as claboratcly as the pria-
cipais and sometimes more so.
In The second act OF "Old Dutch.
the show girls. as the wives OF the
dignitaries. appear in most effective
GOWNS. and aomng this number. Edna
Dodsworth is especially conspicuous
for her comeAless, her attire, and her
unique coiffupe
Her trained PRINCESS gown is made
OF handsomh,t corD-colored brocade in
a leaf design. The left side Of the
skirt being slightly draped and caught
under long panel of beautiful gold
bead banding. The bodice has low
Y IN the back, and surplice arrange
ment both in back and front A mar.
row gold trimming surrounds the do
colletee opening and finishes the sur
p!icc bertha extending from the right
shoulder across 10 the left hip This