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. SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
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March Gras Observed At the Southern Club
Annual Bal Masque Attended By Many Members and Their Ladies—Pierrott Pierrette and
Harlequin Costumes Predominate Though Other Impersonations Are Noted—Other
Incidents of the Social World—Notes
nr MYRTI.K MILES
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The season, a mild one ni best, you may
say. cT!maxed itseir In Hie Mardl Gras
hall at the Southern dub. but the dtmax,
from a pleasure standpoint, might have
been the pivotal point for a period of
the most elaborate gdyety, for everyone
there thoroughly enjoyed this last and
biggest of the winter evening parties.
Console yourself as best you ran. if you
missed it you missed it. that s all.
This bal masque Is one of three certain
Southern dub hospitalities during the
y ear. First comes the Thanksgiving ii-ve
opening reception and dance, a foi mal
function; then follows the Christmas
dance and finally the Mardl Gras mas
querade concludes the season. This last
is always quite informal, an occasion
lacking decorations other than the crush
of <olor aft,i costume brought by the
•dancers thems* ves 1 suajly the broad*
est latitude is observed in the choice
of these which range from the gorgeous
ness of courtier to the humhble attire of
Swiss peasant. But last night the. Pierrot
influence which lias been popular this sea
son in many sections of the country' lor
fancy dress prevailed to the extent that
the great majority of the costumes were
of thin order. Pierrot was there in many
ada ptations of his saucy attire; Pierrette
accompanied him, the daintiest and most
frivolous of fair ladles In brief skirt and
high cup. Harlequin was seen many
times, so often repeated that there were
many humorous mistakes, and one had
to learn very early that an Inspection of
hands and feet were necessary in deter
mining whether the mask of the scape
grace fellow hid feminine blushes or may
be a bold moustache. Lfittlo slippered
feet, however, soon made this a simple
problem, and Harlequin proved l ot un
willing to lead Harlequin in the measures
of the dance.
The grand march began at 10 o'clock,
led by the vice president of Hie club,
Mr. Henry I*y Milner, with Miss Susie
Martin as his partner. Mr. J. W. Mc
Queen. president of the club, and Mrs.
McQueen, arrived quite late and looked on
for a brief while, her mourning and a
serious illness besides having prevented
her active participation in social life this
winter. Mr. Milner and his partner wore
Harlequin suits of white with big dots,
the counterpart of each other, and un
der their expert direction a particularly
attractive march was enjoyed. They were
followed in the march by tlie board of
governors ami the entertainment com.
lnittee, and their respective ladles. Mr.
Milner proves himself always a versatile
W eel* Ilf
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Announces
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At Hillman Hotel
Admission 50c Per Couple
MISS SUSIE MARTIN
As Harlequin. Miss Martin with
Mr. H. Key Milner, vice president of
the Southern club, led the grand
march which opened the Mardi Eras
ball.—Photo by Stephenson studio.
artist, tripping it ever so lightly and
without favoritism from the lulu fad a
and the omnipresent fox trot to the
dreamy measures of the waltz, and Miss
Martin, who is comparatively a newcomer
to Birmingham, is also a delightful
dancer
In the march were seen Mists Carrie
Yates, a pretty Yama-Yama girl in black,
with big tango-tinted pompons dotting
the front of her suit, a cap in this color
hiding her curls. Mr. Byrd Haley was
with her in Pierrot guise. Ids costume
white and black, the prevailing color com
bination. Miss Jessie May Perkins’ ider
retto lrock suggested the gay cowr of n
recent magazine double white tarleton
skirt of prodigious width and a black
velvet pointed bodice cut quite low and
worn with a high ruff touching her
cap; a quaint velvet cap completing it.
Mr Burnham's costume was the usual
J Pierrot type. Miss Emily Dixon was one
t of the prettiest of the debutantes, wear
ing the clown costume with big white
I spots on suit and cap. Mr. R. R. Stotlar
in similar attire accompanied her. Miss
Rose Owen McDavid came with Mr. Al
i wyn Lewis, dressed in lichen green Harle
j quin suit and big. white tulle ruff, Mr.
Lewis in Pierrot suit of a bother color,
i Her -pretty, guest, MJ>s Mary Catherine
j W'altei wore purple.
I Miss Augusta (’lark's Pierrette frock
was on** of the loveliest seen and it was
worn with a charming grace. White satin
composed it and the big dots which
trimmed it were black velvet to match
her bodice. Mr. Val Kolb was with her.
wearing a black and white Pierrot suit.. I
Miss Mary Ellen Perkins wore a clown
suit of black and white, and Mr. W. F.
Bell was with her wearing the Pierrot
attire. Miss Fannie Dunn's pink domino'
j was laid aside when the dancers tin- i
j masked, to disclose a becoming evening i
i gown. Mr. John <'. Lusk, who accom
j panied her to the ball, wore a Pierrott
; suit and Mr. W. It. J. Dunn wore this
. type of costume.
I One of the beauties of the ball was Miss !
Helen Eubank, whose Pierrette gown was)
| made of white satin with black velvet
; dots, her black velvet tricorne cap having;
an English cockade as its ornament and]
j her little pointed basque having points
1 in front and back. Mr. Mark Andrews, as
j "Made iu KlIrminKham'' j
!
PERFECTION MATTRESSES
Are
The Greatest Values
U At All —
February Furniture Sales _
fit We would not ask your consideration
of PERFECTION products if we did not
know and guarantee them to he SUPERIOR
j to all others from every viewpoint.
fir When buying PERFECTION products
w|| you are not only getting tin* BEST on
the market, but you are discharging a duty
to your city. No loyal citizen can ignore the
call of PERFECTION—its claim to SUPE
RIORITY. <
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GUARANTEED BY THE FACTORY
'icrrot, was with her in the march. Miss
Mi« «- Jones a? Pierrette in black and
vhite, with .Mr. Martin Bide as Pierrot
Nas one of the pretty girls noted In the
narch; another lovely debutante was Miss
STell Cosby. whose red und white frock
tad a minaret skirt and whose little red
ap had its pointed top caught with a
)om pon. Mr. Robert Chadwick was her
aacort.
Miss Boulse Bong was one of those who
lid not observe the Pierrot and Pierrette
style of costume. She was in a beautiful
adaptation of the Spanish dancer's cos
Lunic. made with broad Roman-striped
*ash andfmany bright ornaments; emer
ihl green bloomer trousers with black
iet overdress composing the lower part
>f the costume, a Jaunty jacket complet
ng it. Mr. Sanborn Smith, who was with
her. was In a fancy costume. Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Brown wore beautiful white
tnd black costumes, as Pierrot and Pier
rette; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fitts were
here, Mrs. Fitts appearing in a particul
arly attractive white and red Pierrette
York. Mr. Fitts, who recently recovered
ift*r an illness, coming as a spectator.
were Mr. and Mrs. Paschal Shook.
Mr. and Mrs. ( \ M. Williamson also failed'
:o mask, as they were accompanied by
Miss Rosalie Philpot, the latter’s sister,
a ho has been ill; Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Dowman were there as Pierrot and Pitr
ette; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morscheimer,
w lu) always show originality in their
masquerades, were especially Interesting,
• cr black and white Pierrette gown hav
ng as Its complement a tall headdress of
• lack and white tulle surmounting a
Jghtly fitted black cap. beneath which
her short curls were showing. Mr. Mor
jeheirner’s enormous ruff and Tipperary
fiat distinguished him even among the
tew men as tall as himself. Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Wi lton were noted, both appear
ing in black and white, she* as Pierrette
u- as Pierrot. Mrs. Cook of Atlanta, Mrs.
Henry Fitts’ guest, was in red and white
is Pierrette; Mrs. Harden Fitts wore a
•f.vpsy costume. Mrs. Jack Asbury’s cos
tuna was a strikingly original Pierrot
model, hit.) Mr. Anbury went as Harle
quin. Among many others noted were
Mi and Mrs. Richard W. Massey and
their guests. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Harda
way of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stanfield. Mr.
and Mrs. Lovell Yerkes, Mr. and Mrs.
Maclin Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Don
nelly, Mr. John W. Luke, and the follow
ing gentlemen, all of whom went ns either
Harlequin or Pierrot:
Mr. Frank Wilson, Mr. W. L. Wilson.
Mr. X. F. Cross. Dr. Cecil Gaston. Mr.
Millsap. Mr. R. B. Lange. Mr. Hugh Mil
ler. Mr. Allen Jenilson. Mr. B. G. Eaves.
Mr. Banks. Everett, Mr. II. M. Brooks.
M. \\ . B. Dicks. Mr. C. M. McCrutn. Mr.
Pilfer Smith, Mr. Robert G. Thaeli. Dr.
W. S. Rountree, Mr. Paul Savage. Mr.
Ossiun Drake.
AFTERNOON TEA
AT ORCUTT RESIDENCE
Mrs. M. I). Orcutt has arranged a silver
tea for this afternoon to be given under
the auspices of Circue G of the South
side Baptist church between 3 and 5
o’cdoek at her home, lf>2G South Eleventh
avenue. The tea promises to be a de
lightful event. Mrs. T. G. Bush, presi
dent of the circle, has been asked to
preside over the tea urns, and among
others who arc to assist Mrs. Oscutt ore
Mrs. Smith Cullom. Mrs. Arthur Abbott,
Mrs. Hill. Mrs. B. K. Pegram, Mrs. Pres
ton Blake. Mrs. Tingly, Mrs. P. J. Pon
celor. Mrs. Simpson and Mrs Mack Rog
ers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Kennedy School Improvement as
sociation will meet In the kindergarten
room this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Plans
will be made for a Valentine party. A
full attendance is desired.
At the First Methodist church this aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock the young people's
branch of the \V. C. T. I’, will have a
Willard memorial service, at which time
Mrs. Angus Taylor will make a talk on
the life and work of Frances E. Willard.
Miss Ruth Sims 'will sing an appro
priate selection, and the programme will
be of much interest.
SOCIETY BRIEFS
Mrs George Westmoreland of Atlanta is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Charles E.
Dowman.
Mrs. Henry Rutherford Howze is vis
iting Mrs. Preston Haskell in Richmond.
Miss Marguerite Evans is expected home
today from Augusta, where she has been
visiting friends.
Miss (’ora Gregg has gone to Dayton.
O., to spend probably two mr.nths as
the guest of relatives and friends.
Miss Marguerite Nabers Is expected
home Thursday after a visit of several
weeks to Mrs. yaul Danner in Mobile.
Mr. R. F. Smith returned yesterday
from Anniston, where lie was best man
Monday evening at the Matthews-Well
| born wedding.
! Dr. and Mrs. George Archibald Hogan
! have named their little daughter Anne
A BAD CASE
AND ITS RELIEF
Lady Tells Details of Ten
Years of Suffering Which
Now Lies Behind Her
Wallace, Ya.—Mrs. Mary Vest, o
l this town, says: “About ten years age
! 1 was in very poor health, and for fiv
i years it steadily got worse. I coul<
j not stand on my feet. T got so I couli
I only drag about in the room. Mos
of the time I was not able to do m;
wu>rk.
*1 had terrible bearing down pains
my back ached all the time and \va
very weak. T could scarcely carr;
anything and suffered agony when
lifted anything. The muscles in m;
abdomen were so weak I could scarcel;
lift myself up straight, and I though
1 would surely grow crooked. T ha<
difficulty In walking, it was so painful
I suffered in hips and back and couV
hardly raise up at all. At times,
couldn’t sit on the chair—would liav
to lie down I was in such agony,
just sat around and cried.
At this time, about five years agi
| I began to take Cardui, at my mother*
i Insistence. After two or three weeki
use 1 saw an improvement. The pain
| got less gradually until they disap
I peared. In two months 1 could wal
i without pain and could do most of m
I work. For about three years my ini
I m ovement was steady and continue
j until I had back my health an
I strength.
I The cure has been permanent, for
I have been in good health for the pai
wo years, due to my having take
: Cardui, which effected the cure."
i All druggists sell Cardui- Try It.
Marion Hariands helping hand
3t/ Marion Mariana
Lett .\o Address
The Corner is sorely perplexed and not I
a little* sorrowful over an incident that has |
lately come to light. Perhaps t wo months I
ago Mrs. E. C. wrote of a “dear old lady”
who suffered much from the cold when
she arose in the morning to make the
kitchen fire. Would not kind readers
spare a warm sweater for her? I know
of at least one knitted sweater that went
to the axldress of the friend who pleaded
for the poor soul. Many Inquiries were
received for the address of Mrs. K. C.
that other comforts might be sent for
her protege. Letters are returned from
the postoffice of the friend marked. “Re
moved and left no address.” Should this
meet her eye will she redeem the credit
of the Corner and let us know that the
sweater reached the shivering fire builder
by communicating with us? Perhaps the
blunder may be with the postoffice.
Crochet Patterns Wanted
“1 sent a bundle of pieces to Miss L. W.
and received a letter of thanks. She also
asked for toys for three boys. I have
none. Perhaps some one else has. L also
sent to S. D. the eyeglasses after 1 had
them repaired. She lias not acknowledged
them. 1 sent them to her early in De
cember. I meant to write this to you be
fore, but as I have five in the family and
do all my own work it is not easy to get
a chance to write. 1 have several num
bers of good magazines for any one who
wants them. I cannot pay postage. I djgj
so on the quilt pieces. She just said to
•Send ail I had.’ and I did not mention
postage. But as they were for her motner,
and r have no mother, r didn't stop a
moment. Will some one please exchange
or give me some crochet patterns?
•*E. M. T.
A later that requires no comment. It
reads like an account of stewardship well
performed and modestly rendered. She
will not fail of her reward.
Not Much to Read
”1 have never written to the Corner be
fore. but I have had lots nf help from
leading it. fin lonely sometimes and can't
get much to read here. So 1 come asking
1 til 1T IICIJI. 1 nuu it niiuiuiusi.'
terns which 1 can’t use tuat 1 will ex
hang^ for reading matter. G. N. M.
We cannot let her exchange her pat
terns for anything: certainly not for read- ,
ng matter we should be only too happy
to send to her. 1 enter her name and ad
Iress upon our bonks for that purpose.
Will not readers of like mind and spirit
write and send without delay for her ad
Jress and give her at least a book apiece |
:o cheer the lonely evenings? s*he must
not be left to lonely musings over the
‘days that are no more.’’
From a Brave Little Worker
■‘I am a girl 14 years old. Mamma is a
widow, f am an interested reader of vour
Joiner. Iam crippled in my right leg from
in accident. I have had six operations
on the leg. 1 am taking up millinery at
m evening school. I wonder if some one
will send me some old trimmings for
I tats, such as silk and velvet pieces; also,
as I am fond of reading, if any one has
the book called ‘Tempest and Sunshine,’
that they no longer care for, would they
please send it to me? Books ami games
would be Sppreciftted. V. M. 6.”
Need I plead for this brave little work
er? A mere child who has had six surgi
cal operations without losing heart and
energy for the work laid to her hand
should be taught without loss of time liow
the Corner esteems such heroism in the
face of disaster. Look up materials for
her millinery!
Formed an Electrical Club
r am a boy of 13 years and would like
to apply for the lelegraph instrument you
are offering in your Corner. There are 10
of us boys who have formed an electri
cal club and all study a telegraph alpha
bet in my electrical shed. As we are all
too poor to buy a telegraph instrument,
we heartily wish you would send us the
address of E. B. i'.. who offers it. You
would make not only one happy, but 10
of us. JAMES J. V. D."
More bravery and settled intent to
reach a worthy goal, and now manifested
in a boy. I wish 1 had not to say the
Instrument the club wants has been be
stowed elsewhere. Can’t another be found
to encourage the hand in its laudable
purpose? Every line of the well written
note bespeaks will and ambition. Please
observe the reference adroitly introduced
to the immortal, "ten times one is ten."
It is something worth trying for to make
10 such lads happy.
Marshall in compliment to her two grand-jI
mothers. . '
Mrs. \V. A. Abercrombie ami little Nel- '
son Abercrombie are spending a few days 1
with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Nelson at Em
pire. J
SOCIETY IN '
GREATER BIRMINGHAM
Miss Roberta Moore gave a Valentine .
party in Woodlawn. to which she asked i
20 friends. Hearts and Cupids prevailed
in her decorative plan, palms and ferns,
making an attractive background. Heart
dice was played and the guests were nut.
by the hostess anil Miss Mary Hill Moore i
and Miss I .aura Robertson. | '■
The Study Circle of tin- First Methodist j I
Episcopal ehuroh of Woodlawn met with I
Mrs. C E. Brooks Monday afternoon j
when the Valentine season furnished In-1
splratlon for an exceedingly attractive
decoration. "The Child In the Midst" was
the subject of the meeting and Mrs. W.
E. Morris led the programme.
The Young Matrons' class of the Fift>
sixth Street Baptist church gave a de
lightful entertainment yesterday afler
I noon at the home of Mrs. R. 1. .ncw
I som. She was assisted In receiving by
Mrs. Eugene Newson and Mrs. K. S.
Cooley. A salad course was served to 351
guests.
I A monthly reunion of the \\ ood famlli .
will occur Friday afternoon at 2:30 at I
tlie home of Mrs. .T. R. \\ ood.
in Fairfield yesterday Mrs. C. II. ICibbv j
entertained the Amlcitia club in the aft
I ernoon. The score was kept on small
I hatchets and the tables, placed in the
! living room and dining room, were sur
rounded lrv grouos who enjoyed a series
of 500 games. Mrs. Sophie Krahenbuhl
won the first prize, a bit of lingerie, and
the second trophy, statuary, went to Mrs. ]
.lack Krahenbuhl. A two-course lunch-j
eon was serve<f. the guests, besides the .
club members including Mrs. J. B. Dun-j
can Mrs. J. W. A Men. Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. ,
Lee Mrs. W. A. Bickell. Mrs. Met ully, i
Mis. Tom tnglls. Mrs. Sophie Krahenbuhl,.
Mrs. IV. W. Garrett and Mrs. Jack Kra-j
henbtihl.
The Twentieth Century Mothers club
will meet with Airs. Will Hamilton this
afternoon in Ensley.
Mrs. L. TT. Pennington will he hostess j
tomorrow to the Thursday Afternoon 5001
I club. !
Mrs. M. H. McDow ell is spending a tew i
days in Tullahoma. Tenn.
Mrs. C. W. Cole is In Fremont, O. j
The monthly missionary social of the!
Methodist church, south, occurred at the
home of Mrs. J. T. Rogers in Pratt City.
Mrs. C. N. Carraway w ah in charge of
tile programme, which included some
especially attractive musical selections.
Twenty-five members enjoyed the pro
gramme and the delicious salad course
served at its conclusion.
A colonial party will be given Friday
at the homo of Mrs. C. N. Carraway.
Miss Louise Hamilton of Apalachicola.
Fla.. Is viBltlng relatives in Pratt City.
Dr. C. S. Seay is spending several dajs
in Cullman.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Copeland or Tus
cumhia are guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Miller.
I Ml-. Jesse Davis, who lias been the
guest of Mr. C. W. Overstreet, has gone
to his home in Nashville.
Miss Regina Downey and Miss Maybellej
I Downey entertained in lnglenook. inelud
ing 24 guests, at a Valentine party.
Hearts and Cupids were interspersed
among foliage and house plants taste
fully arranged. Music was presented
by MIsb Cora. Westbrook and Miss Mary
Young: Mn W. Cummings also giving a
f pleasing violin number. An animal con
test was followed by the award of a
e Mrs. J. F. Carlisle and Mias Ola Walker
j entertained GO little folk yesterday aft
i ernoon with a Valentine party. A post
office was a feature of the afternpon and
1 tntisie. a conteBt in which an elaborate
v Valentine was presented as the prize, kept
the children interested an hour or more,
i. after which tempting refreshments were
s served.
y Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Kenny and their
. son. Clyde Kenny, left yesterday for
Ricnzi. Miss., to be with friends for two
* w'Ceks.
y The Rev. L. F. Goodwin has gone to
1 Decatur to spend two weeks.
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1 How They Got Ahead
"Capital Is made only by the process of
*, earning and saving.”—Albert \V. Atwood.
8 Some of our readers have asked js to
3 publish more stories of the actual suc
8 cess of thrifty persons. Following are
three new ones that have come to our
knowledge:
' A St. Louis police sergeant, during 3£
^ years on the force, with a salary novel
4 more than $115 a month, saved $20,000, and
.nvested in real estate which yielded him
. an Income of $153 a month, enough to re,
1 :ire on and grow old gracefully,
it _
i’ Dennis and Daniel Sullivan, Irish twlr
rcthers, worked for two years as bell boj
.lid doorman, respectively, at the Hote
/
St. Regis, Fifth avenue. New York, and
saved enough from their wages and tips
to buy a couple of taxicabs and go into
business for themselves.
“We have several other brothers," said
Denny, "home in Ireland, and as soon as
we can make the money we'll have the
whole lot of them working with us in
partnership. Sure, an’ there’s one family
of Irish brothers who started restaurants
over here the way we intend to start in
the automobile business, and it' they made
money we can."
Mrs. Annie Baseley, of Southern Cali
fornia, though she started out poor, can
now write her check for a very large
amount as she has become almost a mil
lionaire from her huge chicken farm. She
began in a very modest way. living in a
little cottage on a single acre of ground.
At a poultry show in Los Angeles she
bought a rooster and half a dozen hens of
the best breed. This Investment of her
savings came high, but it was worth while
as Mrs. Baseley s subsequent success am
ply proved.
The motto of millions of thrifty, in
dustrious, happy citizens of the United
States is. “Live respectably and save a
little.''
This is an excellent rule, and if you can
save a good deal, so much the better.
T. D. MACGREGOR.
TRADE BALANCE
FAVORS AMERICA
Washington. February 16.—Foreign
trade during the week ended February 13
netted the United States a favorable bal
ance of $30,320,207, according to returns
announced tonight by the department of
commerce. Compared with the preceding
week this was a decrease in the balance
by $(1,813,619.
Exports last week were $o4.18'j.43») and
imports $23,S65,823 compared with t59.581.10ti
and $22,446,880 respectively for the week
of February G.
Cotton exports amounted to 286.C49 bales,
j making the total for the past 10 weeks
1901,981 bales.
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ARTIST BEHIND THE PICTURES
ROUND AT THE LYRIC
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It isn't often that the “interviewer"
has an experience like tlrat afforded by
Maude Henrietta de Serrlss. whose Re
productions of Famous Works of Art,’
'round at the Lyric this week, are among
the most beautiful, artistic and original
"acts" ever presented in vaudeville.
"Moving pictures." "living pictures’ and
all sorts of pictures have been produced |
on the stage, but it has been left to the j
device of this clever French woman to
originate and present an entirely now j
and unique creation which the w'orld of
art has highly commended, and which the
casual art lover enjoys with unlimited
pleasure.
Madame de Serriss is "the artist behind
the pictures." and while she does not
appear herself in any of the "reproduc
tions.'’ it is her master hand and master
miiul that has conceived this beautiful;
idea, and put into practical effect an i
achievement which look years and years j
of study and hard work to accomplish.
It is a bit unusual in a theatrical story j
not to have the ‘interview” with the (
“leading lady"—that is, the leading lady!
on the stage—but Madame de Serrlss is j
more than the “leading lady in this,
case: *fhe is the "whole show," for it is'
her wonderful talent, her colorful eye. !
and her artistic gift that has made these
pictures world renowned and world fam-;
ous.
Madame de Serriss does not speak a sin
gle word of English—absolutely none—but
her French is wonderful with that ador
able accent which cannot be acquired by
any save those whose lives have been
spent among French people, and she was
born and bred at Bordeaux, where the
wines come from, and she chatters in her
native tongue with the softest and most
euphonious accent imaginable, quite to
he*- owr delectation, but to the despair
of the poor “interviewer." whose French
is confined to the commonplace phrases
o.Vthe “menu,” between the "consomme"
and the "demi-tasse.'’
But niadame has provided against that
evil day, by the presence of her manager,
Mr. Albert Leroy, who, although French
himself, speaks English charmingly, and
is one of the most cultured and delight
ful of people.
Madame de Serriss speaks innumerable
i other languages—Italian. Spanish and all
of the soft Latin tongues which belong
to those exotic climes in which she lias
spent her life, and I suppose she even has
the Russian language at her command,
but as 1 did not enter eloquently into any
of these foreign tongues, and she as
sured me that "zee English” was not in
her line, Mr. Leroy gallantly threw him
self Into the breach and began to “in
terpret" something that had never hap
pened to me before, not even with the
“Divine Sarah’’ or the lovely Pavlova,
both of whom are the bane of “interview
ers." *
Madame listened with her head on one
side like an intelligent bird when Mr.
Leroy had translated into voluble and
polished French my questions, and she
closed her hands and laughed delightfully
and nodded her head until the very top
i most "Marcel" of them all. if it had
| not been attached by the roots to its
resting place, must Inevitably have
rolled off.
! Then she spoke softly and the aoconi
! pHshed Mr. I-eroy translated into Eng
i llsh the story that 1 wanted to hear.
Madame de Serriss proclaims her
French nativity by every word, gesture
and sign, and with her quick French wit
and clear understanding and the earnest
look in her eyes which resembled nice
broken autumn leaves, she indicated that
she is appreciative ot' your interest in
every shape and form.
“Madame says." Mr. Leroy began, that
1 shall tell you that all her young life
was spent in the studio of her husband at
Bordeaux, where she studied art and
posed as an artist's model. Practically
she has never known anything else but
beauty, color and ••Vet, and her love of
j the great masterpieces and of really beau
tit ul art works is innate as w'ell as cul
tured.
“It was in the year 1900." Mr. Leroy
continued, “that Madame de Seirress
decided upon the idea of the ‘Reproduc
tion of Famous Works of Art' before
MME. HENRIETTE DE SERRISS
Whose “Reproductions of Famous
Works of Art” are world renow ned
public audiences. She had conceived th*
idea and studied it out long before
that, but not until that time did sh*
formulate her plans for public approval.
President Emile Loubet was her pat
ron saint, so to speak, and she gave a
private presentation of the lirst of her
works or art before him at which time
the Bey of Tunis, the Shah of Persia,
the Khedive of Egypt and the King of
Greece, with many other celebrities*
were present. This private audience
commanded such terms of adminration
and approval that immediately Madam*
was deluged with requests to make a
public presentation of them, vvhich she
decided to do and the premiere was on a
cf the most brilliant ever held :n
Paris.”
“Just how did she go about th* idea'.
I as\ced. “How did she get tho color
the nuances of light anil shade, the
wonderful stroke of the artist's brush
in the living models?”
"Turning to Madame Mr. Leroy re
peated my question and in her quick,
foreign way, animately she expl lined
with many gesticulations how long
years of study and a natural love for
such things had achieved success for
her.
“In the reproduction of such pictures
as ‘The Regiment fs Passing,* which is
after the orginal of Ridgeway Knight,
the great American artiat, whose pic
ture hangs in the Luxemburg," said Mi
Leroy, ‘Madame spent months and
months of study before she ever at
tempted its presentation. You under
stand that the works of the living ar
tists are shown in the Luxemburg while
those of the other artists who are no
j longer alive are shown at the Louvre.
•The Angelos.’ ‘The Slave Merchant and
‘Spring.* the highly colored pictures
i which Madame is presenting, are all to
have been seen in tho Louvre.**
"The bas-reliefs—where were those
studied?" I asked.
“In the various art galleries and at
private exhibitions.*’ said Mr. Leroy.
"Francois Rude, one of the greatest of
French sculptors, was the inspiration
of some of the most beautiful reproduc
tions Madame has made. To the Palace
Tcrvueren at Brussels—the royal castle
of the King of Belgium, many of Luui- -«
masterpieces were sent. Also in the
‘Town Hall, at !Louvain, at Verviovs, at
Antwerp and at Leige. in Belgian'., his
works were shown—many of them now
destroyed—at Louvain especially—
since the town is merely one of ruins
now. At these places Madame had ac
cess to the bas-reliefs and made a
study in the reproduction of ;hem.
Aladame’s work is known and appre- 1
dated all the world over and she in
cludes in her reportoire practically all
of the great pictures ever painted. The
unique character of her work and the
h'rotofore absolutely uninvaded field J
which she has entered make her world ,
famous as an artist and it may be of
interest to you to know that the scen
ario for her pictures—the people—the
stage properties and the rest, is larger
than almost the largest theatrical com
pany carries. Artist and layman alike
appreciate what Madame de GerrUs
has done for the world of art and she
has made it possible for many who
would never have had an opportunity to
see the great masterpieces to have a
life-like reproduction of them oroughl
to their view."
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