The evening world. Newspaper, April 2, 1900, Page 5

WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1900. Y WOMEN SHOULD NEVER WEAR SKIRTS. AND BECOME A SUCCESSFUL PLAYER. BY ELLEN TERRY. By Viscountess Harbe rton. Written Exclusively. tor The Evening World. ae HOPE OLeEEEES | The Even.ng World is al- ways in receipt of letters from young men and young women who wish to adopt the stage as % 4 profession, and who ask how and where to begin, and what are the qualifications for suc- ® cess in such a career, A suf- y ficient number of these letters ® to cover the entire fleld of in-* $ quiry were submitted to the $ greatest and most successful ¢ ot English-speaking actresses, } Mise Kilen Terry, who read them carefully and has an- swered every question of im- portance they propounded, These answers have all been written —not dictated, but » written—by the actress her- Long Dresses Necessitate Over-Dressing andWo- | men Suffer Under Load ! of Finery. ‘Plistaken Notion of De- | cency That Is a Bar to Healthful Costumes. SF ee eee linda “ TworLegged"” Dress Gives Freedom of Ac- tion and Insures Free- dom from Itiness. oF PSPOooe: Asti til tet iee te ed aoe ae f seli, and every word and 4 ¢ thought has been conscien- The Viscountess Harberton, the dauntless ® tlously weighed and consid- Pioneer in England of rational dress for 2 ered. a women, has dritten specially for The Even- ing World the following vindication of the movement with which she has been a0 prominently identified. Lady Harberton A pself always wears a divided shirt, and last year erealed a sensation by going in rational costume tea hotel mueh frequented by cyclists in’ Surrey, where she wos in- Scrmed the landlady made it a practice to refuse to serve with refreekmat lody cyclists in rational dress. Lady Harber- ton was treated in the same manner, and a test case was brought before the magistrates, Unt om a technicality judgment went for the ) landlady, although the opinion of the Bench was so strongly th Lady Harberton's faver tha! the persecution of shirtless cyclists has since been. tizcontinued. et ey SECOND SUGGESTIONS. Should take to get on the stage? HERE |e no royal entrance to the stage. Stage aspirants should walk tn at the stage door, which ts the only proper entrance for the artist. Once inside there Io an Initiation ceremony, and unless you are equal to the test you | will leave through the same door. What is the first step stage aspirants | MISS ELLEN TERRY. lel einieeeleisenie mist Kood families have hot How is the stage aspirant to secure promotion ? Jal virtues; but tradition and adapt your life- be ase by any these -—— en nee 10 everything. ‘ ON, 5 —— — tke many LONDON, ‘March %.—Ih epite of all HERE {s no promotion possible sty ke Many arts, mak the devotlon.«f Women to dress, (Cin a ie ‘4 od le a) Seplace the on Without y but the earnest and con- What is the most dificult line of At siege pete, f you ts to act " e barrel shape wou! nue in an i j conv ely. and it doesn't care wher end fact that Mis very thing has become K atious worker, work on the stage, mouern drama you a trees or who yeu ma wae Unbooxen line © ¢ Noah's ark figure) from the shoulder Yo the ground, ani though this would be no whit more unnatural than the walst-compressed | shay would be more monotonous and King. So the two things, . being In: \erdependent, will forever stand or fall together, tk Not too much to put this even | more ‘strongly, for If we pleture to our jgelves such figures as We dally and ‘hourly see among us with a nineteen oF {twenty Inch wast and think of them unclothed and with two legs, we cannot Acting is an art as well as a gift, and destiny of talent must eventually p ite reward, Promotion ja not wholly a matter of thelr worst enemy, Not because the love of adornment ts wrong, nor because the wish to be admired is other than Ratural, but because women cannot be fot to discern the great difference be- tween deformity and adornment, nor to perceive thar truth and reallty must bé the right and only foundatlon of all true art, Consequently thelr Arges bas become a or costume plays? Are the chances for a novice better 1. playa, modern or romantic, are | in America than in England? ambition; many things are done for delightfully diMoult to the artist eee love of an art without seeking material Jam very much in favor of fine rd . | SHOULD way, as thie ts much a bie reward. motern plays, Nothing would pleas me more than to play in them, although ountry and there are so many more 1 never look we'l In modern dress | impression tha: be problem playa | Can a young man or woman who is hot handsome in looks be suc- cessful on the stage ? theatres here than tn England, that ra beginner are better In beginners on the mere t ‘of materia, Ex- think of them without a shudder as ing to audien ¢ plage tremely artes eh belng In Tts-aret | “wer wonton cling 10° thle, very etranee maiter of fact, the probiem piny Is old as |W? fill an opening in the land conception apt only yideous put atso | mode of dress is one of the most pus- ERBONAL, appearance for the begin-| the hills—Hamlet’ & probiem play, | It real!y doesn't matter #9 much opposed to every maturat line, It re- | Radice en ain Diatory recent ner Is & great 4 and many other classical dramss. |where you begin ne how you finish! quires ceaseless thought and overload. for all active occupations than a skirt, ‘Theatrical mana, are not! The romantic or costume drama 1s the | nnn ing with all sorts of extraneous decor: It doubles the toll of all who have to | usual psychic in their observations, | favorite subject of the poets, and cons Will exte Y @ppeers to appeal more tntt- | 4 ‘0 the imagination than modern | large sum of money insure success As We understand {t | on the stage? have paid, the modern « Sag please be quite sure that acting Is NOt) more giMeull for me to impersi nate | Sees & profession of externals; nothing super-|than the romantic drama, for I never ficlal on the stage will have any perma-| hei a m gure. r t succens. woh romance to-day as aaa a looks are wseful anywhere, but|in some past days, Ti therefore, {f you ate a pretty w | que or smart-looking young man, managers) 1 may be more easily attracted. But ae ying anything about ), and ‘i up actually injurious 0 the necessity It iy at an un- isle, and consequently throw- | ng, the strain on the wrong muscles | In muddy weather, too, holding the skirt up is most uinpleagont and wearl- ation to make it bearable, It neems absurd to have to remind people what the actual form is which they are seeking to clothe, but It Is al- most necessary for the sake of argu- ment. Beginning at the shoulders, tt dvertising and a | cau natural | PF there is one thing is this mercenary World that cannot be bought it ts may be described roughly as an upper i a! i ; part of a nearly straight, oblong shape, some. and Indeed. impossible tf the! Goud simost say they are the least|and warm among the. py ial ane ated ; t two «1 railvely slen- all times the skirt Js singularly {Il-| Necessary qualities for real dramatic/o* witty. Folks suffer, it in the tand with not Supported upon two compa y { adapted to locomation, ing to tte re- | talent. seein) to me. as keenly in Jen | Make ® great actor or a great actress. ‘ y now as in the mediaeval past rky with porters, if you help your success, give you lety—nothing more. nd are g » be an artist you one in spite of all the money sing used for you or against wing welmnt egainat the } and tis sisting aes Nabilt twhet th wind. + "Vor iasnes Sach cn tensie horken, de. Which ts better, to study character to be positively re- parts from life or from tradition ? der le the narrowest part being at the fect and ankles, Dresses Lack Symmetry, Can this resemble anything leew than an upper part with a sudden constrie- tlon in the middle narrowing It to ab Most a second neck, and supported, not jean; it will | | no: | Wt wil HE two actors | admire most, and who have the greatest Do good breating and good fam. ily give prominence on the stage? 0 * Skirts Are Indecent, Teo. It ts curious to note that although | Of all forms of dress a skirt Is probably parts are character parts, Ham- 4 is as much @ character part LL ty usually safe to take into consid. the clown, he dramatic on two legs all, but on a long single the most indecent, many women will tlon have nm a in the Ven, barrel with the widest part on the qay tney preter it on account of its ye We ee re | aed apltal is equal te ground? For that x the outline of the [decency Yet a moment's consideration | eration the work of great actors oF nc- p Rae's : 18 orgasiaing 4 tranepoctavion wervice (9 form which unavoidably rises before iso Rat Acasa ‘wt the same time | tresses in any part you may be study- vetihd. via ane | ee 0 constructed as ‘o uncover them | ing. the mind's eye at the thought of the |e , ely. There t+ 09 | youn tly On toe least emergency, young = "Tw oerteaieyoecn ibaa |i2ttetadecent'and suggestive ess” | The traditions of famous roles should [Siorical record showing a lonn line {7208 iv perfectly certain that this com- Women ha perfect right to adopt] alway a 4 of genius In one family | Pression in the centre of the body, teing| VISCV/UNTESS HARBERTOM, [ guch a dress as in pictured by me. [1 1#| Personally I have always considered | c004 breeding, of course, gives re. | sma entirely unnatural and only achtoved by in Bloomer me. modest, clean-even in mud—and looks| and adopted rome traditions. I have | qnement, and it is to te presumed that What to do with bis e outside pressure begun in youth, does | He, Mat ort tee Batural Tones aes {nealculable harm, as nature has Planned the Inside organs to Mit Into the Véoing then more or lees out of thetr fpace arranged without tapering At} vient positions, they are unable w fulnt the watst line. The exaggerated corset-! their functions properly and become made waist is therefore produced by af more or lees c ingested, giving Mee grad. compress.on suMctent to displace thes, | velly to a | Ang of iments which Oggans to a certain extent, constantly t 9 become chronic If they remained firm and in their] Pic al Dress Needed, Piaces no alteration 6f shape could pe ere ts, however, no pos Attained, 0 it ts useless for people to fh icrs admin tore ne ee Ganiy twoe CAME EAST FOR [WOMAN BURNED (DEATH RATE "MOTHER WIFE). WHER HOWE) 10 MANILA Husband Tried to Save, !t!s Now Up to Forty Per Her, but She Will Cent., According to Die. Last Census. attempt to deny the displacement. ing Marguerite in House toontght “Faust at fi 7 . ——— mmervitiec, Hit In Ametia Sum- ght with the ted troupe and Kansas City Man Was Traced and Locked Up tion often brought forward by those Whaher the public fs fully aware of perfect health, Tt fore aetores a) te rarely te the 11 Impressions within reach of our non, Will Get Baby | South Than Ever ; for Bigamy. also considered and rejected others. ly know what js meant ) it ts to be hoped the ver seen & man dressed as here dept tt or fot, the present style of women's dress |s inimic: perfect health of a well-made one. LITTLE WAIF SOUTH POLE e ty ccndhinsiee Sc ges.. Julia Blake. Before Reached. ia | HEART DISEASE, For instance, in the church scene in “Much Ado About Nothing” tradition | has it that when Benedick goes to help | the fainting Hero Beatrice slaps h.s| it] han if tn Jealousy. a ones and Bay when Sod where It y rejected that tradition. All o” actors make traditions. Ss All parte take their birth from life- ‘apm the energles ani Towers the one | ALM, ANd one of ihe meat, Important | | Mr. Ford, of Mount Ver-! Sorchgrevink Got Further " LONDON, Apri! 2 dines E. Boreh- MANILA, March 6—The census of] julia Blake, the baby abandoned in Smith & McNell's Hotel on Thursday by | FFeVink, the leader of {te parents, who wished to save their “*Pdition, fitted out in reputations, will have a comtortapin Jeorwe Newnes, of thir city, w Hose treuhin ott male Hei te home by to-morrow le surviving indimbers of his party, ar eaca, is certainly ge Bocbes yori Supt. Blair, of the Outdoor Poor De- | "Vd on the sieamer Southern Crors at MAY be largely due to the excitement and partment, will give the child into the|“*™pbelltown, near Hluft Harbor, N, Z., ye cof pipe businews Iie, it te more keeping of William Warwick Ford, of |Yesterday, telegraphed to Bir Georges revalt of weak stomachs, of poor 3% Union avenue, Mount Vernon. | Newnes that the object of the expediiia, The Ford family occupy a handsome | nas been fully ntts | home in Mount Vernon, Mr. Ford ts 4) The position of ise Fouth Magnetic reanic, well-to-do real estate dealer He hae a! por has heen located and the expetion |,.2e “0M AS SRA’ & wine-7eat-eld | A tl) reached the furthest point South, wht int BOOt dimes died four years ago, and he is Anxious | siedge, of which there is any fovord now to get porression of Julia Blake. | nemely latitude. a rene ‘2 de N ich fame Supt. Blair gave the child. | south, The wives, two marriage certificates end & year .id baby confronted Edward C, Potter, © :Aeam pilot, before Judi Pole, of Jersey City this morning. Hi: auburn-hairea wife is now c f 2% West Lincotn fr ppc Mined West Tineolt | Manila Just completed by the Health a “ Department gives the city an unpleas- eee pth this morni*e | antly high rank among the unheaithsul kitchen, found his wife lying on the, Citles of the world. It establishes » trying 9] oor burning to death, ‘The flames were {death rate of something over @ per Mls | extinguished by her hus! cent. at a conservative estima’ The burned wi ve Mount Vernon Hespltch and the Wave fiven Manila 39.00 population. attending physician say she will die, | TMS Census was « careful count of na- Mra. Cummings, who in twenty-eignt lve and Chinere living in bulidings years old. Is the moteer of cares chi. and boata in the police districts of dren. She has not teen able to tell how | Manila, and |. gave a total of 19.714 of @ accident occurred, but It is believed | Whom 9.00 were Chinamen There are to be added ihe inhabitants GBS door whe Heempigatee MP S°r008 | Ar several ~illgges within the ite, Americans and Europea: vriests in the monasteries. From re- THEY Thy AS STRANGERS Hable teformation the officials estimate ° | their nuthber at between 1.00 and 60,0). The deaths in Manila bape report- Three Sisters im Same Sunday-|%! ‘uring the six months duly 1 Seheo! Clase Did Net Kaew | 12 Desf last years were 632 OF a these 291 were children. Some of the They Were Related. causes were beri-beri, 570; tubercufosis, Mary and Kate Chessney, seventeen | 35; bronchitis, 214; dysentery, 29; fevers, and thirteen years olf, who were sent | 37; while stomach troubles to the Snake Hill Almahouse on their Manila now has three diseases epidemic mother’s death some years thre A 4 boon fesaety lag Swithin'a. tam | Rnich would threw ihe average com J ner, 2 ner, the South Polar Some Facis Regarding the Rapid Increase 8 by Bir of Heat! Trouble ormanic divease t* incurable: but ne case in a hundred of heart trouble oa between heart trouble on i because both organs are controfied by tne same great nerves jthe Sympathetic and the Prewmogastric Aflected H another way ele the heart y the form of poor digestion Mr. Ford has a number of influentia!! Previous to the Mert lends from whom he has been procur- | Horcherevink be b Mag face. > rae eee haps ing letters to Bupt, Blair to show that the baby wicl receive the best of care He says Mayor Van Wyck is « person friend, and he went to the Mayo office this morn’ him, bar he reached there too carly and he could no walt. The baby was sent to Randall's lelens today and christened Julia Biake by « Protestant clergyman. Supt. Blair has netl> Pole to be siiuated in jatitude 73) heaviness in the Gegrees 5 minutes South and loneliiude of the distended 180 degrees East yams, Interfering with ed | ariee palpitation a DR HI N | Poor digeetio: LIS B, | sakne fo hand wea Aad watery, which irritates Th Quite the Presbyterian Chareh tm jyouuin @ Formal Letter to Chieago treatment for heart munity inte a panico—bubunit plague, insure rien 2 decided to give the child to Mr, Ford. Presbytery. This -, and this afternoon sere inspectors to) cHieaco, April Dr, WL Gray Sooms hs et, Med to-day prevented to the Chicago Pree sia Tadi bytery & letter from Dr. Newell Dwight | stores, and Hilla, resigning from the Presdycerian | lees digest) venient form. At tn wate to way that the remviar. persiet ent une of Stuart's Dy time except Sere, ‘ Dr. Hiliiie’s action is the result of bis |HOW TO GET ON THE STAGE * ‘Young Girl, Attacked by seepsia will cure of stomach ‘cancer ot the tamach, We SHE OUTED THE PGAETS, Four Women Strikers, | {ttle Mary Kronan, employed by elgar manufacturing frm oof Kre! Worthelm & Schiffer, of Fifty-fourth | street and Becond avenue. whose em- | strike, was attacked on | t hie mc by four ot gitl pickets bat Mary | ved more than a matedof r her as- ta, whom she routed after a lively ploye who {ts only fifteen years old, 7% North Fifth street, Willlams- Rogers Silver-Plated Ware. Mark that and note the prices : Tea Spoons, per set, 49¢. Coffee Spoons, per set, 49c. | Dessert Spoons, per set, 84c, Table Spoons, per set, 98c, Mustard Spoons, each, 7c, Sugar Spoons, each, 19. Berry Spoons, each, 39¢. Dessert Forks, per set, 84c, Oyster Forks, per set, 74c. Fruit Dishes, $1.49. Baking Dishes, $2.21. Fern Dishes, $1.98. Fern Dishes, with artificial ferns, $2.49. Butter Dishes, 6 patterns, $1.98.| Water Pitchers, $2.41. Ice Pitchers, $2.41. Cake Baskeis, $1.89, Cracker Jars, $2.14, Tea Sets, four pieces, $5.87. Shoz Buttoners, 67c. Combs, 48¢, Shoe Horns, 8c, Whisk Brooms, $1.07. Napkin Rings, each, 84¢. | Butter Spreaders, 89-. Cream Ladles, 89¢, Soup Ladles, $6.97, Gravy Ladles, $2.97. Lemonade Spoons, 89c. Quadruple-Plated Ware. burg, Ghe started for morning by way ferry. Refore the boat home, Mary told them to business. Then they and shook their fists in ‘The little girls suddenly der her cloak long stick, |the handie of deftly in thy hats of the strikers, In a few seconds Mary | master of the siluation with four | Used Broom Handle, what damaged hesdgears | around, These she carefully | a up, and leaving the boat started | home. Half an hour later the four pleaded for her hats. The hats were surrendered and Kronan resumed her N peace, Rogers Silver-Plated Ware. They do not needa word. strengthen their popularity. Admittedly superior. T average retail buyer is fully informed. Every a 1 0 stock bearing the Rogers impress is the best of its Table Forks, per set, 98¢. Fish Forks, each, 49¢. Butter Knives, cach, 196 Pie Knives, each, $90 | Fish Knives, each, 73¢, Triple-plated W.1% Fish Knives & Forks, sat, Oyster Ladies, each, 73e. | Quadruple-Plated Silver Table W. border, 98c. eid Cande'abra, three tights, Candelabra, four lights, Bread Trays, $1.15. Trays, $1.94. Crumb Trays and Scrapers, Pickle Castors, $1.88, Table Castors, $2.44, Chocolate Pots, $1.98, Chocolate Pots,woodh Quadruple-Plated Silver Toilet Fine Sterling Silver Articles, Bon Bon Spoons, 89c. Tea Spoons, set of six, Pickle Forks, 89¢. Sardine Forks, 89. Cold Meat Forks, $1.67. Salt and Pepper Shakers, We engrave three letters without charge on all Easter Novelties Among the Ch © hes « cold, which whi prevent |The first news of ye pee so in the : J isque Ware on the main floor tables. It represents One por most recent productions of our Rudolstadt factory. There are: broom. This she alr and knocked found tearfully te the young gift York trip i NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR 1% Advertionments for THE WORLD wilt American Distrtet article in: Puff Boxes, $1.49, Suap Boxes, $2.14, Trinket Boxes, $1.99 Hair Brushes, $1.68, of +. of graceful, odd, quaint and pretty shapes in omaments and vases, deiicaie tints and charming liness, You cannot. You have fill them, decoratipns are emblematic of Easter change t> managere and | GaSy to select gifts fiom such a marvel spread—19c. to $4.97, ii lang at Koster & Bias | the articles have no duplicates. This means exclusiveness without