The Ogden standard. [volume], May 22, 1915, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 21

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I THE STANDARD MAGAZINE SECTION OG DEN, UTAH,
Jfe !1C WEARS iX CORSET I
, Would you wear correts for 12,
I nnii a v.-e( k 0 No. t hie Question is not
addressed to women. H is intended
to be answered by the uncors ted
sex
Just offhand you may find i diffl
1 cult 10 conceive of auy situation
l where the eompress'ng of your man
ly form in stays could result in sneh
1 an Income But ih situation has
been found and Julian Eltingc. fe
'"j1 male Impersonator and athlete, is
ftS i filling it to a nicety.
After glancing at this comfortable
! stipend, an.v man might be excused
for his hesitancy In replying In the
negative, especially when it is ftg
ured that a season of forty weeks
means a sum approximating ?5'.o.itrni.
This doeB not mean that the popu
lar Julian pockets this entire for
tune yearly, but his share of it is
not to be sneezed at by anyone not
burdened 'with a healthy Income.
4B0UT MONEY
I HKST.
The avaricious aspect of his en
deavors is mentioned early in this
'C tory for the simple reason that n
'H I forms about the only imentive
which urges Eltlng to ear skirU
j ar.J lorture Ins squalor with Stays
Instead of appearing in conventional
male attire. Feminine impcrsona-
tlon is to him only a means to an
end and that cud is ibe accumula
i tion of a competencj and accumu
! lating it quickly. When that com
ssi'"' pftfncv :s anained the stagy will
1 -r lose Julian r.ltinge and his marvel
0." ous art. which, although not gtntr
tl vh aiv Known, is really the revival of
c0 h custom as old as the theater itself.
3lt" I (iomp ba 1. yearn to the time
of Charles II., hen all roles ere
m ,w enacted by men or boys, it is found
aflfr I that tii Luglisa stage was soine-
I
what scandalized by the importation
of a theatrical company from France
in which the female roles were Ac
tually played by women! Prynne.
the Puritan, was so enraged that j
styled these actresses as "unwom
anish and graceless." not moaning,
however, lha they were untmininc
or awkward, but that the stage was
im place for ladies born in an era
of grace.
FIM. CENTURIES
AGO.
Another writer of that period.
Thomas Brand, recorded that 'they
were hissed, hooted and pippin-pelted
from l lie stage' aud ihat "all
virtuous and well disposed persons
in this town were justly oitended."
although there is evidence thai the
broader minded among the specta
tor! did not fall to see the propriety
of Juliet being represented by one
01 her own sex rather than by a
youth. In this connection it is In
teresting to note that Shakespeare
never saw one of his heroines por
trayed by any other than a beardless
boy
Killigrew and Davenani were ibe
firsi managers given authority, aft
er the return of Charles II., to em
ploy actresses to represent female
characters, alt hough these patents
were not awarded until the public
came to resent Hie enactment of
"women's parts being represented
by men in the habits of women.''
By 1661 the ocatlon of the "boy
actress" had altogether passed aw a .
but until the year mentioned, they
were essential factors Of almost ev
ery dramatic performance.
Of the men who became celebrat
ed si interpreters of female charac
ters there were three In Kllligrcw'6
company, Hart, Burt and CIuxl Hart
was Pepy'i prime favorite, though
Bun and CUin achieved fame in
tragic roles both mak and Eeinali
As to the real manliness of these
players, there is a story that Hart
and several Other actors in iIim name
line of work fought on the King's
side at Edgehlll in 1 642.
tXOTHEB HWDSOMK
mum nr."
Another young actor a hop.e name
has been handed down as the hand
somest "woman" as well as the
handsomest man of his tim was
Edward Kynaaton The critical
I'epy's describes his first glimpse of
Knyaaton as follows "Torn and I
and my wife went to the "heater and
there saw "The Silent Woman
Among other things here. Kynoston,
the boy, had the good turn to appear
In three shapes, lirst. as a 0OOI
woman In ordinary clothes to pleas'
Moroij then In fine clothes as a gal
lant and m ihtm was clearly ihc
prettiest woman In (he whole house
and. lastly, as a man and then,
likewise did appear the handsomest
man In the bouse. '
Contrasting the earning powers of
the impersonaiors of that day with
th only actor of the present iimih
who has succeeded in this art. It is
found that Hart and his contempo-
rarles revived each about three
pounds (515) weekly, vhcroas El
iluge's s?lary and percentage a;ies
anywhere between 3,000 and 16.-
000 for the same amount of time on
the stage
R0W TIMES
1 ii kNGE!
Not since the da; s of Hart, Burt,
Betterton, Clun Kynas'on. Mohun
and Nokes has there appeared a
masculine Interpreter Of feminine
roles to compare with Julian F.l
tlngc The present day offers noth
ing but a horde of hopeless imita
tors whose efforts are confined to
burlesquing the charms of the fair
sex Eltingc occupies a niche in the
Temple of TbeapiS alone and un
rivaled and not of another actor of
the day can these words be written.
His susi .1 Ini'fl rl ano'i ti rat ions In
"The Fascinating w idow " aud bis
901 B amazing artistry as rpvcaled at
present in "The Crinoline Girl" have
marked him a9 the one man who has
dlcnifled feminine delineation by an
art which will endure long after he
has laid aside skirts and corsets for
all time.
Although Kltlnge earns a salary
which equals that of ihe President
of the i nited Stales, it must not be
forgotten that he epends probably as
This Man's Enormous Earning H
Power Is Furthered By His Grace H
Of Figure and Supported By a H
Public Who Revel In Clever H
Feminine Imitation H
fashions which are litre set ionn
In his ow n words
"I nave traveled ibout ;hi coun
try a great deal during the pa?i few
years." he says, 'and I hav' come
to the conclusion ihat an American
thrown on his own resources usual
ly rises to th" occasion All the pa
pers now say tha we. shall have 10
look to 'h's fide jf (he Atlantic for
our feminine styles now ,hat w;tr
strlckn France is unable 10 BUpplj
1 hero . Well ind good! My predic
tion Is thai America will now adopt
a style all her own and thai bv the
time th" war is over poor Pari6 will
find that she has lost control of
women's styles forever."
Minor DetgJL
"Great show were going to put
n. my boy," sajs the impressar.o
o the critic.
"New one?'
"Brand new, and a v. inner Four
hundred thousand square feet of
cartas required for the scenery
alonf In the first act. $6(1.000 worth
of gold ieaf to gild th spears,
nnd "
"But what "
"And two thousand separate
pieces of properties for the whi le
show, and nine hundred supers on
the stag In the big sene and "
"But what '
"And a ballot of three hundred
glrla. and six live elephants, two
camels, a raj.- or uon?. a horse HrH
race, n auto smashup and a steam BStS
cran- in actual operation, and " jB&jSi
"But what Is the name of the IgtBij
piece?" KSBB
"Name of ii? O. thunder! I LB
didn't pav an attention to that- lfe
We can find that out and hire the Ira&l
actors as soon as wp get the orsr HKn
matic requirements pertected." sw
Hovf it Vforkad;
' I hear that your minister intro- i&fei
duced quite an unusual Idea at the 2n!fal
Easier services." Bays Mlggiee. sS!
"He did," replies Higgles, "but It HySiv
didn t succeed. He had all the ladies K
check their bonnets in the lobby. LEh
thinking that this would keep their figgS
minds on the serv.ces while they ifspaf
were In the pv. s Km!
And did it fall?"
"1 should say so The ladies all
staid out in the lobby after their BvJ
hats were checked, to examine the Bffiff
bonnets at their leisure. " Wont
Ledbetter Sugs. the son of Pud- w&M
diford Sugs. said to have a wonder-
ful future as a railroad man. He tV-'i
hax devised a time table with four
brand now unsolvable features. Rt&-
Alfareita Bingo who is to gradu-
ate this spring. Is now suffering WB
from brain fag. She thought for ESSM
two weeks steadily about how to 11
make her dress. Rjff1
much in f vear on clothes as does
the President n entertainment Bv
er slmc his firs, appearance is in
impersonator Eitiugc realized :hai
his chief stuck in trade was his
ward robe.
Immediate!) he became n og
niz?d b the public as a novpl en
tertainer he began 10 secure himself
in the admiration of hi: followers
75 per ceni of which are women by
"plunging" In the gown market
Himself something ot a connoisseur
of drapery, he was able to design
modes which were Juat a bit P80r
Ultra than the mos' fashionall, ral
menl and employed ibe best dress
makers i" carrj out his ideas.
FIGHTING
C RITICISM.
Bach year he fortified hims if
against criticiam by -,rips abroad,
and although he began by buying
many details of his wardrobe In
Paris, he ha6 since come 10 the real"
Iration that (he American mad
dress is better suited to his needs
He found thai ihe gowns, wraps and
bais designed in this country' invari
ably elicited greater praise than
i hose imported from across th wa
ter This revelation has resulted In
some very timely observations on
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once there ilved a Wflmnfc Mo good for her hui dho. wU u.a
admitted that bar hwMnd loo MTr cenwriw.
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