The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
The fact affords her a great deal of con-

1flenI'
Lord Ashley, after visiting at Strath-
fieldsaye dined with me at the Obser-
vatory here; he alluded TO conversat tons
with the Duke-one was the Duke OF
were clever men. Soult especially
" But how was 1t, Sir, you always had
the better Of them? asked Lord Ashley.
Why / blundered as well as they, but
my men got me out of scrapSs, theirs
left them in was the reply. Notes and
The Countess d Brazza, who has made
q name for herself by reviving the lace
industry of Italy, was a New Orleans
girl, Miss Cora Slocumb, and her work
in behalf Of Italian peasants has made
the people of her native city, naturally.
quite proud of her. As the story goes,
when she removed from her American
home to her husbands castle in Italy she
found the peasantry surrounding 1t in
tie EXTREMIST poverty, condition OF
affairs which appealed to her kindness
of heart while she felt powerle5s to
remedy it. Acci1ently she found two
women who were the sole repositories
of an art which, through their instrument
tally she has revived, and now the
Italian laces, made by these poverty
stricken peasants, are taking proud posi-
ton in the markets OF the world.
The Countess di BraZZa has thrown all
her engeries into the regenerating work
a handsome display of these laces was
brought over, and personally displayed
by her, al the Worlds Fair, and she
OF the demands OK her adopted people.
There have been two sensations in New
York recently of the social-dramatic
stamp. one OF these was the suspension
or assignment Of the much-adVertlSed
Ollie Teal, who aspires to the leadership
of the 49," and who manages, through
these aspirations to get good deal
of newspaper nOtOriety. The other was
the absolute divorce granted Keuhne
Beveridee from Actor Charles Coghlan.
This latter was the final chapter in an
affair which strangely enough mas NOT
been turned against the woman, CoSh-
Ian unquestionabiy acted the perfect cad
or worse in his treatment Of this talented
girl, who was as a perfect cCih in ms
bands and those of her own mother. Mo-
body who has watched the progress or
the case can help blaming THIS mother,
who was Wiling to have her child UNDER
20 the horrors of a questionable marriage
Just simply to gain notOriety for them
both. Miss Beverage was too bright
and too attractive girl t. have been
used in this way. She IS wonderfully
talented as a sculptor and has already
attracted the attention Of the art world.
There was no need, indeed, for any such
advertising in her case and certainly
there was nothing - be gained from
reputation and personality Of Charles
Coghlan. She may thank her lucky stars
that she il well out OF it.
\ great deal more is expected Of Miss
olga NetnerSOle. who is now on her way
across the Atlantic Ocean, than OF any
other foreign actor about TO visit us-W
Mr. Beerbohm Tree. for instance. VIII
is Il London actor-manager, and mat
of an odd and eccentric personality, and
waoT. We know beforehand, Sc mus
grow to like by slow degrees. Miss Meth,
ersole, after seven years Of hard WORK
on the English stage, barring less tnan I
year spent in the antipodes, is acknoWb
edged TO be too great an actress for any
stock company too strong in the expires.
gil of n
any Of the hrmly-ensconced London
stars. too original and too greatly gifted
to play second fiddle 10 any other actor.
She has done all she can do at present
I'm London. She has gained recognition.
She has made the cynical, blase theatre
cal critics forget their cherished remem-
ORANGES. Last March Labouchere. IN his
Truth. paused In his noble work of eX-
posing public shams and telling what
the Queen did Sunday to predict a great
future fer her. 1t would begin, he Sid.
with an american tour. So English great
futures frequently begin. Amcrica--the
United States thereof-is the land of dol
lars and enthusiasm Laboucherc thought
Olga Nethersole would be hailed in this
country as the successor of Adelaide
Nelson" II she is thus hailed by a ma
jority, she will need no other advertising.
Miss Nelson. in few years before her
untimely death, became a great "etress.
She always mad the charm of rare beau
~, and the magnetic personality that
leads to greatness. Mr.. Eahouchere said
OF Miss NethersOle that 'all the great
hcroines Of dramatic fiction were at
her command" This is saying much,
little too much, probably, for the great
herones of dramatic fiction include Cleo
patra and Medea as well as Juliet and
Beatrice. Clytemnesta, and Lady Mac
beth as we'll as Ophelia and Rosalind
But Mr.. LabOuchere is fond Of hyper
bole.
Marcus r. Mayer, who is to be Miss
Nethcrsole's manager, was storped on
Broadway by a habituallv -inquijtive re-
porter, and asked about his star.
My dear boy" said Marcus. "there S
nothing to say about her She doesn't
need any advance notices. She's an
actress not p fad. She doesn't owe her
fame to any Prince or Duke, or any
set but TO her art"
How does she compare with Mrs. Ber-
nard Beere?'
"Do YOU notice" Marcus relied. how
fast these cable cars run nova days?
Oh. Miss Nethersole is an actress. / don't
want TO say anything more about her
now. She's not the kind we make posters
for"
Somebody said up town last week that
Il mon had told HIM Augustin DAILY said
that Olga Nethersole was the greatest
woman the English stage had produced
in half a century The man could not be