The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-30
ACTRESS WILL WEAR A
WONDERFUL GOWN HERE
Miss Janet Waldorf to Exhibit Co.'S
tune Made With Rare Jewels.

: ties production of 'GTauStark,
a adopted from George Barr McCutch-
: cons novel, is one of the very few
a actresses who have made tour of !,
q the world.
' The East had especial attraction
: for Miss Waldorf, and she made up
I, her mind that she would see Japan,
/ China and India. Soon after com
: pleting her studies for the stage
: she organized a company and sailed
for Honolulu. They spent several
: weeks there and then went on to
Japan. Hers was the first compa-
: ny, to give performance in English
in Tokyo They played las You
Like IT, first in theatre and then
in the open air Aside from the
members of the English and Ameri-
can embassies, the audiences were
made up from natives, and they
played to crowded houses.
After playing in Yokohama, they
went to Shanghai, where they play
ed at the Country Club in the Bub-
bling Well road The club is the
most exclusive organization of En-
glishmen in China. They also play
ed in one of the Chinese theatres.
In Hongkong the company played
Romeo and Juliet Twelfth
| Night and "Ingomar and then
sailed to Manila.
From Manila Miss Waldorf and
her company went to the Strait
settlements, and gave the first per-
Torrance ever given in English and
Sanganora. They made several
sight seeing trips into the interior,
played at the English clubhouses;
sometimes living almost in the
jungle and could not be abroad
after dark because of the tigers.
After Manila. followed Rangoont
and Calcutta, where they played
six weeks. They spent the rainy |
season in Mussoorie, in the hill dis |
trict, giving frequent outdoor per-
'ormances.
From Calcutta, Miss Waldorf tooki
Ter company to Delhi, where theyi |
rave two performances in the thea
re owned by Ballywallah, Hindu :
otor, The educated classes among =
he Hindoos are earnest students ori -,
zen giving them Shakespearan
lays for years. ."i
After leaving Delhi they spent -.
wo weeks in Ceylon and then sail ~
ID to Australia, spending several =.
months in Australia and New Yea -
and. From New Zealand they went -.
back to Shanghai Hongkong and =,
Manila, and from Manila back to ce
,apan ana "a asa san Fras,elsoo riley
had been away for nearly three
years.
Miss Waldorf is a born collector, 1t
and delights in picking up" rare
and beautiful objects. While on
her tour around the world sne Sc AL
cured many beautiful ana serVlcea- sic
bic articles, including ornaments, or
iewelry and dress goods, and as the WI
character she assumes in "Graus- mi
ark" the Princess Yetiye, admits Th
If elaborate dressing she has en- sol
oloyed a few of her many finds" M
N forming a creation of magnifi- tn
cent splendor.
The clasps which confine her long eri
ruby mantel at the throat are in or,
reality Hindu bridal ornaments, In,
which rarely find their way out of an
India. Only the high caste maidens IN
are permitted to wear them, and ca
they do so in way that would drive ca
a Western bride to distraction. At mi
ter two or three thicknesses of bridal o.,
veil has been adjusted an enor- 60
hious puttoh' Digger IMAM the ram Ri
GUS "cart-wheel' silver dollar, is ne
placed over each ear, completely
hiding it from view, while third G.,
is fastened directly in the center of IN
the crown. Both tradition and SEN A
timent forbid that these thres should =,
match, Thus, one must be of bril- 70
liants. another of emeralds, the re- ~
naming one is mixture Of both =,
Green, deep lustTous green. would c,
seem to be the mascot color OF In al
dia, and Miss Waldorf brought with N
her one of the famous "good luck" n
dresses in which the desired tint is IT
supplied by beetles wings The bur- s
nished surfaces would seem to indi- /,
cate that live insects furnish forth n
these trappings for miladis gowns
Indeed, Miss Waldorf says that 1t Is a
rumored that the cruel practice goes r
further still Not only are the I'M r
fortunates thus denuded, but they I
are turned adrift in their crippled
condition. 7
However, one forgets all such '
matters in marveling at the wonder ,
full skill with which these cleaning
filmy bits are inserted along the
: gold thread tracery. By what pro- 5
cess they are preserved is another
: of these craft secrets which the ar
tisans of the Orient keep strictly to
themselves II
The fabric upon which the deco I
ration is worked is one of these >
: / Oh ierir 20 OF, 10 L. :