Of course
Fanny could throw something over her, a piece of scenery, or a curtain,
and go to her hotel, but how would she look? Miss Davenport always looked
well with her wardrobe on, but it may have been all in the wardrobe.
Without a wardrobe she may look very plain and unattractive.
Anna Dickinson has done very wrong. She has struck Fanny in a vital part.
An actress with a wardrobe is one of the noblest works of nature. She is
the next thing to an honest man, which is the noblest work, though we do
not say it boastingly. We say she is next to an honest man, with a
wardrobe, but if she has no wardrobe it is not right. However, we will
change the subject before it gets too deep for us.
Now, the question is, what is Anna Dickinson going to do with Fanny's
wardrobe? She may think Fanny's talent goes with it, but if she will
carefully search the pockets she will find that Fanny retains her talent,
and has probably hid it under a bushel, or an umbrella, or something,
before this time. Anna cannot wear Fanny's wardrobe to play on the stage,
because she is not bigger than a banana, while Fanny is nearly six feet
long, from tip to tip. If Anna should come out on a stage with the
Davenport wardrobe, the boys would throw rolls of cotton batting at her.
Fanny's dress, accustomed to so much talent, would have to be
stuffed full of stuff.
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