The morning times., 1896-06-07
n NE can read so much between the lines
| of whatever Olga NetherSole says that
~ am inclined to believe that at school
she never wrote on the lines at al

~ NE can read so filuCil between tHc hli'->
| of whatever Olga Nethersole says that
~ am inclined to believe that at school
she never wrote on the lines at al
and thus contracted the habit. Olga
has the genius of advertising as strong rs
the genius dramatic We admire the latter,
why not the former though they are
span which do not pace evenly together
Each is Better apart Olga has just gone
hack to England. One Of the first things
done wa to button hole an unsuspecting New
York correspondent, a woman. of course,
and she was permitted to press the button
and then Olga, with much proteStation ton
the iines) of modesty and reticence, did what
the kodak does. She began by saying she
loved Americans. and the women she found
adorable. This was a strong card, hut
it'Ssuch a tcdiously conventional lead. How
ever Olga held trumps. After another word
about American appreciation, how sym
and comprehension is the breath Of the truly
artistic child tread Olga rs the cunning
artistic child she went on to tell about the
trip over. Calyc was on board. She told
| the gentle interviewer that, besides me"
| there were on board the De ResZkes, Nine.
| Calve. Aucona, Piancon and PaderewSki.
| Much excitement" was current among the
paSscngPrs when it WAS discovered that
| 1.-The two CarnenS'' (all in one BREATH were
! on tthe same ship" They had never met
| and Calves exclamation when the ''artis-
| tic child was pointed ont was THAT
| little thing the Carmen every
one talks Of" The interviewer dOesn
say with what protestatious Olga ad-
mitted it but merely states that one day
| Calve came 10 the other Garments state
| room and they began to compare notes
with all the absorbing interest that char
| acteriZes ''tbe artistic temperament" Olga
| might have added parenthetically her n
! and mine" but she was posing as the
1I,;l IsIft lntrK 4. Iirn.,c
At the concert Calve refused to sing but
Olga had" an Inspiration" Somebody sent
| a box of flowers to the steamer for each
day Olga was on board, so she says
| These were sold at auction by me and
Calve'' What followed must be given in
"the artists child's" own words. "1hen
| i gave a recitation and Nine. Calve came
over and congra tuiated me, and as stood
there beside her, in simple tea gown,
quite plain and clinging, L did, indeed, fee
the little thing she had laughed at when
she first saw me. And after a great deal
OF coaxing she consented to sng-not fc1
| them she said to me in French, pointing
10 the crowded Saloon-but pour youS.
| Wasn't that nice? Was there ever such a
love feast between a little thing in {
simple tea gown, quite plain and clingng'
and a world famed prima donna? But tnat
| wasn't all. The artistic child had anothe
| inning. The evening concluded with
| an auction for two menu cards on which
all the celebrated people present had signed
their names. The company divided them
| selves into two Eides--the Calve side anC
the Nethersole side-and the autograph.
were to go TO the highest bidder to be pre-
sented to oth6rOftheCarmens. NJ
side won, / am proud TO say, and one o
my most cherish ed possessions is tbatquain
little card for which large sum was pait
by Mr.. Daniel Frohman." That was al
They all went properly to bed then. a.
Dan passed Olga he probably winket
the other eye and whispered great
and Olga whispered don't fall to send
correspondent the minute we land" Tier
lis no doubt that the artistic child
/ squeezed the Carmen Calve lemon dry
, | These affairs are so deueed reminiscent
| This tale is almost as touching as Olga