The times., 1898-11-06

by her W0rk as a mooeier ana arUiSt.
1t was she who introduced into the So
cial circles of the metropolis the former
fad, and has become immensely pop
uiar. She has recently obtained impress
sions from many hands. some of them
among the most famous in the country.
Perhaps the best bit of work she has
ever done in this line Is n form OF the
clasped hands OF Mrs Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, made
on the occasion of the elder lady's eight
ieth birthday. This excellent cast at
tracted considerable attention to Miss
Conquest. who was soon being talked of
IN the magazines and newspapers of
Gotham more than ever before In her
life. The first thing of the sort that the
clever little woman accomplished was a
model of the hand of Ella Wheeler Will
cox. and the next was that of Nine
Calye. Besides these she has souvenirs
of the same sort representing labor with
Gen. Lew Wallace. Col Robert G. In
sersoli, La Loie Fuller, Paul Du Chail-
lau and Olga Nethersole. All these have
been copyrighted, of necessity. Miss Con-
quest having learned by experience that
there is always some one ready to profit
by the efforts of others.
The interior of the actress home in New
YORK city is suggestive of art in nearly
every article it contains. Pictures of
every style adorn the walls, though all
are so arranged that they do not stand out
as If for exhibition. The corners of the
apartments are filled with busts, plaster
casts and other things of value many of
which have been presented by people of
note One OF Miss Conquest's suite is
called the theatrical ROOM" and besides
being filled with photographs and souve-
Mrs Is papered with programs and draped
with patchwork cloth manufactured
from bits OF the costumes the actress has
worn since her debut on the stage.
Outside of her work with hands, Miss
Conquest has made several death masks.
The first of these was of a prominent
politician and was manufactured in the
vaults where the body lay From this i'm
preston she has made a bust She has
also death mask of Admiral Porter and
number OF others, though she does not
relish the work and only does 1t occas-
lonaliy. The entertainer has also an am
bition to write a book and is at present
working on a painting of herself Alto
gether there are few. women in the coun-
try of her versatile abilities and no one
who better deserves the title of artist"
| Everyone who has ever heard THE
| Belle of New York" will remember the
beautiful flag song of the second act,
Here's to Good Old Glory" The comedy
iis now being presented in London and an
appropriate version of the lyrics has been
! made and is said to be greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm nightly. The words
used by the English organization are:
Come take your hat off. boys. and cheer the flags,
| Wen set 'em floating on the breeze together;
The two, my lads against all foreign rags,
o, let the Lion wear the Eagles feather;
| For its brother now and brother,
IT'S the loyal child and mother
rs the Stars and Stripes AMI Union Jack toge;h
| CHORUS.
Then here's 10 Old Glory
| And the dear old Union Jack,
| In battle fierce and CORY
| Let's fight. boys, back TO back;
We won't forget
| We're brothers vet
| And birds of a single feather,
| With our flags unfurled
| Against all the world
| Wen stand and die together,
The verses are poetic, the words ringing,
the music inspiring and the sentiment
good. Small wonder the Britlshers are
! cheering the song,
Frank Daniels says that before last week
1t had never occurred to him that an
honest man could be bunco dealer and
| wise one his victim. Yet in Philadelphia
one of his best friends played him for
| 80 cents, and this is how it happened.
The comedian had just collected his salary
and was walking down the street when
| an old-time chum met him and, after a
moments conversation. asked If Daniels
could give him greenbacks for $50 In gold
Delighted at being able TO oblige, the ems
tertainer complied with his request and
the exchange was made.
| Not long after Daniels was walking
| past the Mint and, having found the coin
rather cumbersome, made up his mind
to re-eXchange 1t for paper. thus demon
strating at once his willingness to please
friend and his confidence IN the Gov
ernment's ability to meet its obligations.
But to his surprise. when he handed the
specie over the counter the clerk instead
of giving him the amount demanded.
quietly threw the money into a pair of
scales, weighed it critically and handed
the comedian $500. Somewhat abashed
Daniels asked the meaning of the trans
action and was informed that gold was
estimated according to its weight and
that just so cents had been worn off his
collection since its issue The comedian
took what was offered him but he is go
ing to Philadelphia next "Wednesday to
look up his friend and get back what he
lost by being courteous