Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], May 22, 1910, Page 9, Image 53

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MAY 22, 1910,
MEN AND WOMEN
FEW men have had a more ro
mantic carwr tlinn M. Au-
Kiiste Kodin. As n boy In
ran about the Street! of I.iris
unkempt and uiirarod for, depend:
ing for a livelihood on the charity
of passers-by, or performing sundry
errands for artists in the Latin
Quarter.
His first permanent occupation
(■insisted in mixing clays for n now
famous sculptor. It was daring
those days that he developed n love
for modeling.
At nineteen ho made a model of
one of his street companion*, and
had the temerity to submit it to the
Academy of Fine Arts in the Mo
tion for "all comers." Not only
was the work rejected, but it was
condemned as showing not tEe slight
est evidence of talent.
But Kodin persevered. lie lived
in the meanest quarters in Paris,
toiling incessantly and exhibiting
on every possible opportunity, but
with no success. Then some of his
work came under the nut ice of
Barye, the most distinguished sculp
tor of his day. Barye encouraged
him, and not long after all France
rang with the praise! of the young
sculptor whose "Man with the
Broken Nose" was put up tor ex
hibition. That ended Kodiu 's strug
gle.
Vflß. LOUIS X. PARKER, who is
to Ik' responsible foi the Eng
lish version of Rostand's "Cban
teoler," in which Maude Adams is
to appear next season, is a mun of
varied attainments, says it. A. I.
His father im an American, his
mother an Englishwoman, he m
born in France, his first language
was Italian, and ho was educated in
Germany,
Mr. Parker first came to London
as a student at the Royal Academy
of Music, and while Studying music
bees me an ardent first-nighter at
theatre and opera. Of his many
friends in those days was Sir Her
bert Tree.
'' I remember one famous first
night," says Mr. Parker, "at the
Lyceum when we stood before tho
pit entrance from ten in the morn
ing in order to see Irving as [sgOj
Booth as Othello and Kllen Terry
as Desdemoua. The crush was ter
rific, and just before opening time
an old gentleman immediately in
front of me fainted. As there was
no other way of getting him out,
we hauled him over the people's
heads.''
But Mr. Parker did not wnste his
time at the Royal Academy of
Music. Shortly after leaving, ho
was made Director of Music at
Shorborne school. Here he got
through an enormous amount of
Helena Lewyn, Texas Pianiste, and a
Berlin Graduate, to Debut with
Dambosch Next Month.
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE
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The A^eteran French Painter, Harpignies, in His Studio.
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Georgette Le Blanc, the Wife of Maurice Maeterlinck, at the Abbey of
Wandervjlle, Beckntly Purchased by Her Husband.
musical composition, anil he was
also responsible for the erection of
n '' model theatre '' on the site of a
barn.
Jt was in this little theatre that
Mr. Parker's first play was per
formed. It was called "A Buried
Taloiit,'' and had quite a romantic in
terest. Mr. Parker had given the man
uscript to a local man to be printed.
The late Norman Leslie one day
entered the printer's little shop,
saw the play, took it to his lodg
ings, and then found the author,
with whom he made arrangements
for its immediate production. Mr.
Leslie, however, disappeared, and
for long nothing further was heard
of "A Buried Talent" until one
day Mr. Parker received a letter
from Mr. Ben Greet offering to pro
duce it at the Vaudeville theatre.
ONE of the oldest of living paint
ers is the veteran Harpignies.
An exhibition of his works was
given lately in New York, the ear
liest example shown having been
painted thirty-five years ago, and
the most recent bearing the date of
1!MI7, when this remarkable man
wiis almost ninety years old. His
progress, and the resultant changes
in his technique, were well displayed
in the pictures painted between
these two periods, and are ample
evidence of the maturing of a talent
almost unique in the annals of art.
'T'lIE purchase by Maurice Maeter
•*• linck of the Abbey of Wandeo
ville from the French government
]iuts the poet in possession of a
beautiful and historical estate, which
he and his charming wife, Georgette
Le Blanc, are enjoying to the ut
most. A few months ago a repre
sentation of "Macbeth" was given
by Mme. Maeterlinck at Wander
ville, each scene being played in a
different room of the abbey, the
audience following the players from
scene to scene.
UIELD MARSHAL Sir Evelyn
' Wood, perhaps the most bril
liant soldier of his day, hardly looks
the part in mufti. One day he was
at Aldershot railway station in plain
clothes, unattended by an A. D. C,
when a smart young private came
along. '' Why don't you salute me,
young man?" said the general, in
his suave, off-duty tones. "Because
I don't know who you are,'' said
Tommy. "I'm Sir Evelyn Wood,"
was the response. '' Yah,'' said
Tommy Atkins, '' if Sir Evelyn' card
you say that, 'c 'd punch your 'cad
for you!''
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\ £**$ J^^A /
Lieut. Wilhelm Filchner, who Will
llave the Support op the Kaiser in
His Search j'oa the South Pole.
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