Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-15

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whose fortunes depended on his turning "
/ the right card, was 1t any wonder that al
! last she had descended 10 the distinction OF
| an unmaSked queen at bail distinctly de
| claSSeel
As a glimpse at the neither side Of life
! that side which properly belongs 10 81
lence-this swell bail had its value ]
heard one man call it ''sawdustn But to me
| it seemed more like those beautiful apples of
tradition which TUNED to ashes on the hps
Everybody has saiG admirable things of
Mrs. Kendall But they cannot have said
| all They cannot have SAID what 1 want to
say. Before / saw her on the stage, inimita-
bic in comedy, I had the privilege Of a chat
with her in her private parlor at the Victoria
hotel, 1t was a fresh, sunny morning; a
shower of brazeu notes from a band playing
on Madison square broke on the stiffness as I
waited for her; a score of Jacqueminot roses
burned their fragrant lives out in a large
vase on the table
There was q iangle of rings on the port3ere
rod and a woman in a walking gown of dark
blue entered. A Garrick cape fell in soft
folds about her ample, shapely shoulders; a
wide hat cast a soft shadow upon the upper
P-Ai Va hoA ASlCC quo NSzS Dtl4As stCct III
good TO look at: her hand was extended. and
there was welcoming light in her candid
eyes. 1t occurred 70 me then that if Mrs
Kendall were on trial for her life, the expires
sion in her large, frank eyes would disarm
hundred judges. At once she seemed a har-
monious part Of the breezy, azure morning,
while the accompaniments of sprightly mu-
sic and sunshine seemed by right to belong to
her.
She is a woman in a hundred; an actress in
a thousand, If. indeed, she has her cOanter-
part upcn the stage at all Wholesomeness,
truth, simplicity make themselves felt in her
every gesture and glance. Withal she IS
merry and inpalsivc a girl of 16, minus the
gush. No wall of conventionality kept the
real woman away from me no stereoCyped
phrases fell from her lips. In five minutes l
knew her 50 well l could have borrowed a
hairpin from her in the most delightfully."-
confidential manner.
She talked very freely Of her Hife IN Eng
land, OF her children (eigut Of them. be-
lievel of men and women, life, aud tnings In
general, and everything she said bore the i'm
print of her own delightful individuality.
When she spoke of Ger husband there was
something in her manner that Just gave the
fainbest suggestion Of her lifelong affection
for him. II You are susceptible to sensations,
you will understand the peculiar magnetism
a stranger, met, say, in horse car or in a
shop, may possess over you, TO such degree
that il is with a feeling Of regret you see her
depart. 1t may be something in the move
ments OF the hands, an unusualness Of ex-
preston, or something else equally unimpor-
tant, which fascinates you. There is nothing
of romance in the feeling, for frequently the
stranger is Of your own sex
1t is purely physical magnetism, and this,
together with other charms of manner ana
speech, Mrs. Kendall possesses in an extraor-
dinary degree. The play of her white fingers
as she fastened rose i'll my jacket and the
swift upward glance of her eyes gave the
graceful attention the strange Importance
and pleasure which I have rE-ied to describe
but which seems beyond definition.
She has been called a charming woman
many times, but 50 have others who deserved
it Ass. To me she seemed true woman,
gifted with heart and brain, full of a subtle
fire and winning sOftness, a good wife. a good
mother, minghng with her steadfastness Of
character the wit of an Irish woman and the
espieglerie Of q French woman. When vii
the stage produce such another 50 true, so
sympathetic, 50 utterly unspoiled by success
As for the rose she gave me. nave it yeJ.
Every year or 50 feminine extravaganza
breaks out in a new spot. Vow it is for bath
rooms like gems stolen bodily from the Ara
bian Nights" OF course, alas, thezs are only
possible to the fortunate ones who possess tns
almighty dollar in tons and to whom per
fume, soft textures, Ice, half liz room, are |
everyday Affairs Poets and artists have :
raved over Marie Antcinetoe's bathroom at ,
Fontaineblsau which has been CALLED dream |
Of beauty, poem in marble. II has been the |
inspiration for architects in modelling hath |
rooms for less famous and more fortunate |
beauties
Mrs. ". r valderbilts is considered /
triumph Of advanced decoration, d medley d /
white marble ana gold, and lined with mirrors /
on which are painted bUnches 0f apple bios i
SONS in full blo2m. Tie tub in the center L 4
OF solid marble decorated with profusion Of 1
twisted shells