The morning call., 1894-04-23
MODJESKA HERE.
She Talks of Her Home
in California.
Prefers This Topic to Dwelling Upon
Her Brilliant Stage
Career.

Nine. Helena Modjeska In private life does
not pose. She does not dress showily. She
does not dazzle with jewelry.
She talks of anything more readily than Of
her triumphs.
And what is remarkable to one seeing the
struggles among heresses to win titles, al
though her husband Is a Count she speaks Of
him as "Mr."
These are some OF the reasons why she Is an
unuSualand charming woman.
Yesterday afternoon this adopted actress Of
America was found at the Occidental Hotel.
surrounded by masses Of beautiful roses, evil
IDENTIFY tokens from ola friends here.
Nine. Modjeska speaks the English language
with just slight accent but she has improved
much n the asst i've years.
"We Just came in," SAID madame, land am so
glad TO be here so thai Pll not be compelled TO
travel again. II tires me So" and madame
gave sigh that fully expressed the horror OF
the Nevada desert and the plains. My en-
gagement ends In Oakland, so you see that We
have only 10 go TO our ranch IN southern Cali
fornia."
When she mentioned her ranch her fine dark
eyes became animated and she exclaimed:
"Xou should SEE It, We call IL Arden. 1t Is
wild, rocky and uncutivated. just like Shake
SpeaTe's Arden. We called II Arden because
Z there is everything that there was In the old
Arden. II Is a canyon, and We have palms,
tees, birds. an occasional bear. some chch ems
| and lion. On, we have everything in the wild
i
would mar the beauty Of it,
"LeI me see" the Count interposed. chow
much land Is there? I've quite forgotten the
exact humber of acres"
Then madame turned to her husband and
said Nov don't try to think. / don't want
| TO know. What's the use OF measuring 1t?
Don't ever measure anything that you love-"
But the Count continued: 81 ought 10 know
l paid the lakes Just short While go"
"Taxes!" madame said III surprised, panied
tone. "Now that is sad. l didn't think that
"A lnNfa Of nfrtY
! that no one but us cares for. l wonder why
they don't tax the sun, the sky or the ocean,"
Then the actress described the house on their
ranch.
1T isn't large or elegant-that would just
annoy us-but 1t IS so comfortable. we have
everything We Want 10 make US happy. We
| have piano, several musical instruments and
! a great many books. Isn't that enough?
"Our house. we call II bunk is only one
story high. We had an artist paint the inside
! walls and they are very pretty"
A woman about 40, friend of madame's,
was present, and when she engaged III the con-
| versatiOn IL calico TO he actress mind her
first appearance mere eighteen years ago. This
is my English mother" sht said. This lady
| taught m English when first came TO San
Francisco. l couldn't speak word three and
half months before appeared here, and she
II was so difficult When Camilla would
! speak with me | could understand instantly,
bu when would Try to talk with others was
| as bIainless as doll.
| II like to talk with Americans better than
with the English, for they articulate more dis
Iiutly. When l went TO England 1t was so
hard to understand them, aud sometimes
| didn't know word that was said to me.
81 had an amusing experience with my hus-
bands uncle.
III he would say. st is nice day. he would
| begin, 'I-i--i-t Is a n-n.l-n-n-ice d-d-dday.
| just stared al him. supposng that he had q
| different acc ut from the rest and thought that
he must be making some very important re-
! marks.
"Of course, did not dare to speak to any one
concerDl ng his peculiar style OF speaking One
day some one told me that he stammered.
didn't know what IL was before, but l gradu-
| ally grew to understand him."
Nine. Modjeska said, when asked IL this was
her last visit 10 this city:
al can't say. You know we artists can never
! plan. We make plans only for the pleasure oil
dIsarranglug them. We are birds OF passage
and go with the winds. l expect 10 make a
far well tour, but l dislike travelling SO much
that don't know that Eli ever be i'll San Fran
cisco again.
II think that after that will settle in Pc
land. where l Intend 10 endow a thealeT. The
| Government is also Interested in the theate
| and will pay whatever the thealer loses. will
| have the artistic MANAGEMENT of it,
Nine. Modje,ka VIII app ar al the Baldwin
| Theater this evening in MARY Stuart"