The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14

damped. A royal order does not by
any means imply that royalty Is going
to pay the biggest prices for everything.
Princesses usually recognize their own
value very well, and a %trousseau Is fire.
Q~uently supplied to a princess at a
cheaper rate than It would be to an Or
binary person because of the advertise
ment that Ii sure to accrue from such a
distinction.
Naturally quite the loveliest thing
that has been produced in recent years
Is "The Book Of Beauty" about which
there has been such a lot Of gossip
lately. Some of the prettiest women
and most artistic pictures in the vol
ume have been painted by that Justly
weli-known artist. Mr.. Percy Anderson,
whose portraits In water colors have
come to be considered very much "thc
thing" among the most fashionable
people in London. He has painted
most Of the most beautiful women OF
the day and his success as n portrait
painter has been as rapid as 1t has
been wcll-deserved. He lives in a most
attractive house close to Regents park,
and is, by the way. an earnest advo-
cate of the bicycle. His studio Is quite
unique and remarkably pretty. 1t was
originally the b%rick-paved yard Of
the houee. but he has built 1t In with n
glass roof and deep-windowed walls,
and the result Is a spacious and we'll
lighted studio. Here In n deep ingle-
nook Is n great fireplace, the dark oak
woodwork and crimson hangings form
ing an admirable contrast to the wealth
of light that pours through the glass
paned ceiling. One OF the walls Is the
original garden wall" and up its
side ~traverses the green luxuriance Of
a fig tree, and the effect OF color and
freshness Is as pretty as 1t is original.
A flight Of stairs leads to n balcony
overlooking this curious room, in
which abound lovely pictures, rare
crockery, masses OF flowers and an en-
tire restfulncss and reposefulness OF
aspect hat is conducive to an I'M
ruflcd frame OF mind.
Lady Beatrice Butler, for example
tho daughter of the Marquis of Or
monde, n perfect type OF an Irish girl
tall. splendidly formed, with limpid
eray-green eyes and n mass Of curly
hair, brown in the shade and gold
where the sun strikes II. And then
there Is hat other lovely young de-
butante, Miss Enid Wilson, the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles VIII
son and the niece Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Wilson, Of Tranby-Croft fame.
And then there Is the Countess Of
Huntingdon, who was also a Wilson
Miss Maud Wllson-but no relation TO
Miss Enid Wilson. Lady Huntington
Is tall and slender, with blue eyes and
dark hair. She Is remarkable more
for her grace and charm OF manner
than for her special beauty Of feature.
Mr.. Anderson's picture, without hav-
ing idealiZed her, gives the compilerf
OF the beauty book" every reason for
including her In this collection of love
ly m Another lovely picture that
Mr.. Anderson has inst completed Is
that OF Countess Eugene Einsky. Il;
shows the shoulders OF the pretty Hun
garian enyeloped In clouds of flmy
gau2e, her head thrown back. the chin
slightly lifted. There Is no coloring in
the composition, only the yellowish
tone of the hair, the red OF the lips and
the soft pink OF the cheeks giving re-
lief to the almogS neutral tint OF the
rest OF the picture. The effect Is quite
lovely, and the face looks out from
It's gauzy, color!oss surroundings like
a flower. But | might 20 on forever
about Mr.. Anderson, his studio and tho
lovely women he paints, fer they are
all attracti'e subjects, and none moro
so than the artist himself.
ANNE MORTON LANE.