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Through the medium of the prrBS we
have all known for ever bo long that
Mrs. Langtry journeyed to Paris es
pecially to have Jean Worth build her a
fresh set of frocks with which she
might dazzle the dear American public.
,1'his bit of information has interested
the feminine portion of the community
tremendously, and I should not be But
prised if, in the long run, it counted for
as much in the filling of the Garden
Theatre as the p'ay, or Mrs. Langtry
herself.
It is not every day that one has the
chance to see so happily exploited erec
tions fresh from the hands perhapp I
ought to say brains of the great maker
of modes.
Mrs. Langtry may have her faults,
but she certainly possesses to a superla
tive degree the virtue of wearing clothes
well.
I confess frankly that the clothes
were responsible for my being at the
opening night of Mrs. Langtry 's season.
First nights, whatever their charms
in formor years, are no IoDger amusing.
The placers usually give their poorest
performances through nervousness, or
because their clothes have gone wrong,
or because they feel that they have not
gotten all the wrinkles out of their re
spective roles, which they must do in
order to have a perfect fit.
The audience is made up, for the
most part, of critics of one kind or an
other, whose every expression makes it
clear to the most casual observer that
they are there strictly for business, and
pleasure must not dare to enter in.
Why, you can almost see, and fre
quently hear, the mental hammers with
which every competent critic must be
thoroughly equipped.
Ihe din of them often gets into one's
ears; sometimes with such persistency
that they seem ready to burst forth at
any moment into a regular anvil chorus.
Now this is not the fault of the critics
poor dears for critics "are built like
that," as Mrs. Trevelyan says, but it
certainly does create a depressing at
mosphere, and as a Modish likes to take
her pleasure lightly, I make a point of
avoiding first-nights when I can.
The quick change that I knew Mrs.
Langtry's frocks had made fiom the
atelier of Jean Worth to the Garden
Theatre piqued my curiosity to see ""the
really truly "latest thing from Paris," to
that degree that I could not possibly
have waited even for the second night
to gratify it.
I cannot say, though, that the really
truly "latest thing from Paris" develop
ed any ideas that were radical depar
tures from the things we are wearing
over here, except that Mrs. Langtry has
more etuff in her skirts and lees in her.
bodices than I have ever seen on any
one before. The tails of her gowns
one muet say tails, it's so English, you
know are all but endless and sweep
the floor for yardB behind her. I can
not say that I think endless tails add to
the grace of any woman.
Mrs. Langtry became quite in
volved wUh. hare several times during
the play, and their ungainly length
caused her to stumble perceptibly more
than once.
Luckily, Louise, of London, who is
responsible for the gowning of the other
women and what a responsibility it is
has docked the tails of their frockg
and brought them down to moderate
dimensions. Had they all had Mrs.
Langtry's sweep it -would have neces
sitated a duplex stage.
Mrs. Langtry's first gown was pale
green satin, brocaded with huge clus
ters of Easter lilies in pink.
These clusters of lilies were the only
things on the skirt, which was cut on
plain, straight lines and with one wide
box pleat in the back.
The bodice was built of a few inches
of satin, like the skirt, and what little
else there was of it was made up of
pearls and diamonds and a bunch of
Easter lilies on the shoulder.
There was a little more to the bodice
of Mrs. Langtry's second frock, and it
was vastly more becoming, as well as
more pleasant to contemplate. There
really is so little to the first bodice that
one is in a constant state of wild anx
iety for fear there may at any moment
be less.
The second dress is exquisite and de
cidedly the best of the lot.
It is ciel blue satin how Jean Worth
adores satin! brocaded all over in a
darker shade with stars, and- about the
feet in a paler shade with moons, The
whole gown, which is princesse, is
thickly sewn with brilliants. The bod
ice has a deep V front and back, which
is filled in with beautiful lace, sewn so
closely with brilliants that it is a blaze
of light. The lines in this gown are
perfect.
Mrs. Langtry wears broad bands of
diamonds over her shoulders with both
gowns. Of course, no sleeves.
Her jewels are wonderful, as usual.
With the gown she wears in the first
act .there is a diamond chain with a
pearl pendant. The pearl must weigh
pt least a hundred carats; the diamond
chain reaches down to the bottom of
her gown and the pendant swiegs
against her feet as she moves. I was
sure she would trip over it before the
act was over. Between that fear and
the uncertainty I felt about the lady's
bodice I was much relieved when the
curtain fell, and delighted when in the
next act she came on more securely
garbed and with the chain wound
several times about her throat, well out
of harm's way.
Mrs. Langtry in this second act
gown makes a beautiful picture in
which the most captious critic could
find no fleck nor flaw.
I did not care very much for Mrs.
Langtry's morning dress, as it makes
her look short.
It's one of those impossible things to
picture with pen and ink, so won't at
tempt to. I did not care for the coat of
orange-velvet, with chenille wings,
either. It, too, shortens Mrs. Langtry
and thickens her as well. But why
'hammer?" One should feel the even
ing well spent to have had the picture
of the blue gown, and Mrs. Langtry in
it, stamped upon one's memory. Town
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SHERIFF SALE
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Notice Is hereby given. That by virtue of an
Order of Sale Issued by the Clerk of the District
Court of the Third Judicial District af Nebras
ka, within and for Lancaster County, in an ac
tion wherein Mrs. Eldora Waldron is Plaintiff,
and William F. Sweesey et al Defendants I will,
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The East half (EH) of Section thirty-two (32)
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Given under my hand this 2)th day of Decem
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John J. Trompen.
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First Publication Jan. 6. 1900
Notice is hereby Riven that under and by vir
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NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
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