The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-14
VOICI CLEO DE MER0DE.
IN 4 SHABBY GOWN TIE PARIS
BEAUTY INTERVIEWS REPORTERS.
Asks. Right On. where tho King IL and Is De-
pressed on Learning That There Hsn't n
KipE-GoinE TO Dance Here for About Five
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AsEs, Right on. where tho KInE IL ana Is DEE
pressed on Learning That There Isn't n
K~lpE-GoinE TO Dance Here for About Five
Hundred Times Her Paris sainry-Hns n DOG
Mile. Cleo dc Merode of tho ballet reached
New York yesterday morning on the Spree.
She has left the back row OF the Opera at.Paris
at $40 a month to stand on her toes In the
middle Of Roster & Balls stage at a price large
enough to console her. In Paris there were
visiting royalties to look out for her bdndedLr
and applaud her grnciously. There is none Of
them here, and there had to be something In
the salary to make up for such a deficiency In
q ballerina's life. So Milo. do Mcrode comes
to New York for about one month to mako as
much Us 1t would have taken three years to earn
in Paris.
She was divulged In the root garden Of
Roster & Balls yesterday afternoon. She
IL slender and youthful. There were no
shaded lights about her. Tho AFTERNOON
glare was mitigated by nothing but the clouds.
She wore no veil and her color came and went
in n way that no expert in makeup has ever
been able to reproduce. Her eyebrows, arched
and black, were indeed stationary, although
there wcrcindications that they might not al
ways be just as marked. Hor lips were rcd
with something that never came out OF q box
or a bottle, and her blue eyes were bright.
Cleo is serious. She never said that she
loved America or that New York was the most
beautiful city she had ever seen. No such
superficial observations escaped her. She was
Interested in deeper questions Of our institu-
tons. She wanted to learn about tho Govern
ment.
And where Is the Kingl' was the first
thing she asked.
Somebody told her that we had no King
that like her own country we had only a Presi-
dent. She shrugged her shoulders and looked
for a moment as though, she regretted having
accepted five hundred times as much rs she
had ever before been paid to dance.
French, there must be a King somewhere.
Kings-something besides only Presidentsi"
Mile; do Merode had her first lesson IN our
we have no kings OF any kind, barring those
that never count much unless from two TO FOUR
of oro then hHSpP pc h to @ be tSss5hs sna T refused seGk ,S n re.
tice a suggestion to the effect that we had many
millionalres. She was interested more in our
The Paris newspapers. say that Mile. de
Merode has come to New FORK TO dance because
she is abroad. She brought a mother along
with her. but MadameInot dc Merode' Tor ina.
mothcrs-strayed behind to unpnck the trunks
looked as though Madame had not got far
down into the contents OF the trunks before 1t
was time for Mile. Cleo TO keep her cngagement.
She Is the first visiting celebrity that ever
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view for the first time. licgownlwas an opcnworS
affair of coffce-colored silk and linen that had
with white silk that was distressingly bedrag-
gled. Her high collar was loosely caught by
one another, and the De Merode hat was badly
faded. 1t was q Panama straw that might
havS; seen three months hard hare, service !, nc = ON mh the
velvet ribbon punctured with the black sow
enirs Of bygone hat pins. Coos classic P'aits
Palais Royal. There were two or three pins
perfunctorily stuck in her Cnfs an 'ait frock.
nG,nyO Gism %,ep she Ead IN s she s: arHsi suddenly Z
and repeated. Diamonds
Yes, aiamonds" :aid her r, manager ANA r s ,s;n n
and ratified of a list of bracelets. pins. and
But IL her plaits were n little bit out OF order,
her bdndedur were smoothly brushed down
over her ears. her skin was beautifully and
Guilty Vas to reconcile her talk about the kings.
% nss ssP" Almost s shab byF c Io | she wo ~s.A But
the French are resourceful and maybe she de
h SsSss t s SHsH t oG. % ~ ) psSss f hsSPa S SstoFe s OF a
favorite OF European royalty that was not
TTs ssp4s %as n 5e iSaS ae TA9 for 'e Gis rep ers She sat msy
have put on her old clothes for that reason.
and not because her mother hadn't tho time TO
take the new ones out of the trunk.
Mile. de Merode is so slender that thin ballet
girls may yet have their vogue. Her figure is
toned. Alter a While she was Wiling TO Tell
something about the European Governments.
when she was satisfied that there really were
no kings in New York, OF for that matter any,
where in reach.
MY dogs. name is Leo. yes, and that is the
little name for Leopold. and the King of Bel
GUMS name is Leopold" she said with the
smile OF a babe. but what OF thatl
at may have been chance. or I may have
given the name. ! don't remember. But that Il
such nonsense about the dear Leopold. He
saw me at the opera. He applauded. He came
back to see me during tho cntract. He was
late in returning to his IoDc. People asked,
All, why was he later That was all. 1t Wal
nonsense.
And tho statue by Falgutre. 1t was my
face, yes. and my bust: 1t was not n good HE
/ did not pose for him. How could he rec mt
like thRti Why, ! never even show my ears.
1t began to rain after that, and the reporter
left while Mile. Cleo stood under an umbrella
and said good-oy TO them. Nobody could Be
her cars.
THORN,S TALK WITH O'BRIEE.