The Washington herald., 1912-05-14
LILLIAN RUSSELL
is REMARKABLE
An Artist in Acting, Writing, and
Dressing.
~ JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

ffBy JULIA CHANDLER MANz.
Lillian Russell, who will be seen Il
the Belasco Theater at q matinee per
fornance OF Hickey Pokey." to be givei
by the Weber & Fields Jubilee Company
on the afternoon Of May % is one o.
the most remarkable women on th'
American stage.
Long before her daughter Dorothy 81
much as thought Of lengthening hel
frocks and i'doing" her hair on the TOT
OF her head Nine. Russell, her mother
made up her mind to take no account oi
the years as they should come and go
That she might be able actually to DC
this she set about learning the secrets
which would assist her IN the preserva'
ton of her youth, an undertaking which
she accomplished with a SUCCESS which
only those who see the fresh, youthful
beauty of her face and ngure after 10
these many years, can realize
Writes for Washington Herald. Z.
The woman who can wage war against
time and win is clever. But Lillian Rus
sens cIeverness does not stop here. As
every woman who reads the Sunday edi-
tiou of the Washington Herald knows,
she consumes a big illustrated page every
week In telling other women how she has
more years than II would be polite TO
mention.
Because she Is an actress and gives
so much Of her time TO the stage and
to her personal toilet folks have some
times wondered II all the practical talks
published under the name Of Lillian Rus
sell are really written by her.
She personally writes every word OF
her Sunday talks, and, further more, she
n
she likes being actress, which is saying
a good deal, for Nine. Russell gives her
self to her work. heart and soul. She
is one OF the highest salaried women on
the stage, and the sum she receives for
her newspaper work fairly makes ones
eyes pop with wonder
In speaking of the remarkable achieve
ments Of Lillian Russell 1t would be
mistake to omit her gowns. which are
as artistic as they are costly.
Wears Wonderful Gown.
In Hickey Pokey'' she will exhibit
three costumes which represent $4,000
in cold cash, including her jewels.
The first OF these is a fiesh-colored net
made over the same colored chiffon, the
net being embroidered with opals, Sc
quines, and diamonds in a fine leaf pat
tern. This gown has a long pointed
train. finished with silver and diamond
tasseI Draped around this, in a sur
pIice manner, is a shawl-shaped tur-
quois set in scarf, embroidered all over
the gold. diamonds. and aquamarine
stones.
The shoulder straps on the blue side
of the gown are composed OF twenty
superb aquamarine stones. The shoulder
on the other side is made Of narrow
bands Of diamonds. The chtmezette and
little sleeves are made OF point de VieA-
nese lace, entirely studded with tiny
diamonds.
The hat worn with the gown in
the second scene is black velvet, turned
straight back and pinned with a comet
of diamonds and aquamarine stones.
The top OF the hat is entirely covered
with pale pink ostrich plumes. Gold
shoes. with large square diamond buckles
are worn. A shepherds crock of ebony
with a diamond top Is carried to COM
pIete the costume. As Lillian Russell
stands on the stage in this she repre-
sents a cool $4,000. including her jewels
Another Creation of Art.
The gown worn in the second scene
is Of pale orchid net, embroidered with
a sunburst OF diamonds on the skirt.
A foot trimming Of orchids and dia
monds and running up from the bottom
of the skirt is a vine and bees OF dia-
monds. The bodice of the short waist
is made of two butterflies whose wings
touch back and front. These butter
flies are entirely made of sspphires and
diamonds. The sleeves are composed
of smaller butterflies, made of the sap
phires and diamonds. A court train is
worn with this, made Of dark orchid
coIored soft satin, embroidered all over
with orchids in their natural colors,
together with sapphires and diamonds.
The head dress worn with this cos
tune is composed of a bird of paradise
of the orchid shade, held by a head of
diamonds onto two bands which go
around the head.