The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

Tic capacity ana training that was demanded for
eral applause. And then when discussion was
invited at the close Of the reading Of the papers
say in criticism. which was a curious contrast
to the other meetings OF the congress- where
speakers OF divergent views come forward
by the splendid elocuton OF the ladies' who read
1"Ss "hS Sasf sSpsss
iqf such ea MA ke hsFf
made an excellent chairwoman. Her dramatic
good humor Her FIRST sentenee Was ~ 10 sr sS
!Rsa she added, IN her own lnimtable st SHa
ing to business Mrs Kendall was thahk-
@ ses h Gears ks to the the
,,6n tnr Gnes ion OF the stage proef
cal She Y THAI the ssse Was Gren
test for all natures, and as a gifted writer said
It was hard TO keep straight In world that
XiterwaTd Miss Genev!eve Ward. the world
famous actress. and Q lady OF great culture, read
ths Tst PHPeh s e sSiS commencing MRS
rs the stage a, career for women' That
question Goss tnS answers itssl SHmbers q women
Place the word s the mssr. 81 sehooS
IN the practice OF the dramatic art. That IL
out G sayns "a q t he e. sfS
more numerous than the successes-it may be
well to consider the essential qualifications for
,,, First among the qualifications Miss Ward
@ 1n mental ahd physco Next
There was laugh among the ladies' at this.
Gopf n.6 good emper and G2ty for
Fer, SAID Miss WPrdi woman was va yausIes ss on
the stage; Here Is what Miss Ward said about
a. Personal beauty sometimes makes a brief
success with little ss t3 build on bpt personal
sometimes call charm WhicS really sSn i Me
tributes. That temptation must be insepara-
Bile from profession In which persona love-
Il n SsS ba srs ssa q Ssn1 Z ss
Vanity without Safeguards fnds IT., way TO per.
cupaton outside OF itself and acquires a GER
tain Gmounlt q |, sef;rsspect with the power OF
Proceeding. Miss Ward remarked that she
knew OF no career open to women which pre-
scented so broad field for the exercise OF Guilt
waited power in almost every direction as that
Of the stage But she presented such a career
as an art-not as an arena for the mere display
Of trnkets and fine clothes. To a woman who
possessed the necessary attributes there was
no field more hopeful or whose prizes were 30
equally shared by men and women. The COM
petition was terrible. but moderate success
was always within reach OF the persistent and
painstaking worker
A paper was read in fluent English by a hand
some young German actress. Fraulein Nina
Mardon. whose artistic dress OF black silk with
Eton coat faced with hand painted pink flowers
and brocaded silk was the admiration OF all
the ladies' She explained now towns In Ger
many possessed municipal theatres. which
were Just as much part OF loenl institutions
as schools and churches But she complained
that German actresses were not so we'll paid as
the actors. and were liable TO dismissal on get
ting married. .---
The success OF the Paris exhibition next
year from a popular point Of view has been
assured quite unex pectedly by the advance en-
terprise OF the tourist agent The subscrip-
ton scheme for enabling persons OF small
means to spend three clear days in Paris dur.
ing the Worlds Fair Is proving immensely pop
ular In England. Germany. Austria. Scandi-
navia, and even in Egypt and India. A shilling
week for n year enables the Londoner OF
modest income to 20 to Paris next summer.
More than 10000 have already enrolled them
selves at one London office.
Some days ago three men from Thames
dockyard came to ask the favor OF being al
lowed TO bay the fare In lump sum, as they
wanted to get the matter of their minds and
the money safely out OF their pockets. The
favor was granted with alacrity. and the exhi-
biton opens in April! Collectors over the coun-
try are encouraged to get together books Of
thirty by the promise OF n free pass.
spiritualsm. in the ordinary acceptation OF
the term, has received heavy blow in France.
NJ. Camille Flammarion, it's most prominent
leader and best known medium, hns renowned
it, He affirms his belief that the phenomena
OF spritualism are due to auto-suggestion and
not to the influence OF the spirits OF the dead.
Strangely enough his conversion is due to Allan
Kardec's book. "Genese." which was supposed
to be written at the dictation OF the late NJ.
Gale, the discoverer OF Neptune. through
Flammarlon himself as medium Flammarion
now declares that. although the book was pro-
duced in q series OF frances in which he was the
innocent and honest instrument, it is impos-
siblc that the illGStrious astronomer could have
dictated the bunders contained in "Genese.
That work states. for Instance, that Jupiter has
four satellites and Saturn eight. whereas it Is
now known that Jupiter has five and Saturn
nine. When "Gcnese " was written. however,
these discoveries had not yet been made. and
NJ. FlammnrIon concludes that the information
transcribed by Allan Kardec was merely the re-
Election Of his own IN. FIammarlon'sl knowl-
edge. and Of what was said round him concern
ing the stars and planets.
After fifty years association with tho most
celebrated Spiritualists NJ. Flammarion has
come to the conclusion that these phenomena
are in close concord with the IDEAS, convictions
and impressions OF the assembly amid which
they take place. Thus the organ melodies
| written in the group directed by Eugene Nus
were really due to the unconsc!ously "eXtc-
| rorlzcd spirit OF Bureau. the musician Auto
| suggestion Is extremely common In these ex-