The age-herald., 1897-10-03

should have caused an expectant pub
 'lic to begin to analyze her claims to
 beauty either of face or form. Miss
 Kuehue Beveridge, a sculptor, has be:n
 interviewed on this absorbing interna-
 tional question, and unhesitatingay ex
 presses her opinion of Merode from an
 artistic point of view. Shs says:
 I have been asked to contrast from
 the sculptors standpoint the beauty of
 Cleo de Mercedes face and figure as
 compared with that of an ideal Amer
 dcan beauty. I saw Mile. de Meroda
 oIten while l was in Paris, and l must
 say that l was always disappointed in
 her. Hers is not the beauty which ap-
 peals to me either as woman or sculp-
 tor.
 She is not sculpturesqus by any
 means. By that term I meant that
 neither her face nor her form comes up to the standard of artistic demands She is an exceedingly. graceful, dainy little French doll, rather superior to
 the average vaudevillist who drifts over here, but by no means a great bsauty.
 Why is she not beautiful?
 Chiefly because her face absolutely lacks expression. There is no more play CT lighting up of her features than
 thare ds on the face of a marionatle.
 To be sure, the eyes are beautiful, large, soft, serious; the hair is worn artisti- ca1ly, and suits the oval of her face That oval is poetic IL is not like many of our oval American faces, ca- daverous and haggard, and res smbling
 a soup plate more than anything else r can think of, but 0 full oval. The space between the eyss is eXcel- lent, the eyas being set far apart This
 detaif is in harmony with the rest of her face.
 The nosa has pretty curve now, but
 wait until Mile. Cleo is old. Then noss and chin will both be very ugly, and
 will be In great danger of meeting. The lips are Too thin. She is too pale for beauty. woman needs blood ard
 fire and color to make her beautiful.
 While I was in Paris I often saw in
 Falguieres studio the statue, sThe
 Dancs," for which the Merode is said
 to have posed. I must say that the pose was exceedingly awkward. It is strain ed and ungracsful, and if one were obliged to have it in the room where one would be forced to look at it every day it would soon become a veritable horror.
 Cleo is very, very slim. Her figure Is more like that of young lads than that of a young womans. In a statue there should surely be some difference between man and woman, should there not? Neil her Cleo'S face nor form can pre- tend to any artistic distinction. As I be- fore said, she Is merely dainty, soulless little French doll.
 Now in opposition to Mams:dle Merode Miss B;veridge places the statue, Light More Light" which represents woman, nude, with eyes closed, as if groping in the darkness. For this statue fourteen Am =rican models posed, each supplying some line of baauty or pose of grace. Hence this statue may be regarded as the typical Amarican woman. Compared with the statue for which Merode is sup posed to hava poeed and which therefore repre sents the most popular type Of French beauty, the measurements are
 rather remarkable.
 height of the American woman is feet inches. The American woman has much heavier neck, hers being 14 inches, while Merods's is but II. When 1t comes to waist the American woman goes Me rode better by just one foot. It takes but 16 inches to span Cleos zone, While the American woman's belt must be sufficient for 2S inches.
 The Georgia club women among other good works are greatly interested in es- tablishing a successful library system which will bring wf.l1in the reach of the people of that etate free libraries for their use and, -improve The fol lowing letter from Mrs. William B. Lowe, president of the Georgia Fedora ton of Womens clubs, explains the db- ject these progressive Georgia womsn have in view and the means they have l adopted to attain a successful result. l Mrs. Lowe thus writes to the presidents of ths, different state clubs:
 My Dear Madame President-The
 Georgia Federation of Women's clubs. | recognizing the educat tional value of
 public libraries. their impetus toward wider knowledge. more liberal culture and higher citizenship. at the meeting