The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-10
NICHOLAS KISSED HER
Which MdIIe. Verena de Fe-
raudy Rather Liked
BUT FURTHER THAN THAT
People Have no Right to Talk,
Says That Sweet Lady,


return of Mile. Verena de Feraudy. the
beautiful sculptress, whose attachment to
the young Car of Russia was a subject
of general comment last winter when.
abandoning all friends and associations,
she went to St. Petersburg and there
established herself in magnificent style.
The Russian correspondent OF a great
Paris daily mas sent a letter TO his paper
in which he states that Mile. Ferena was
expelled from Russia because she made
herself too conspicuous there by repeated
attempts to renew the friendly Intercourse
known to have existed between herself
and the Car at the time of the latter's
| visit to Paris a little over two years ago.
Already all sorts of complications have
sprung from this affair, and more Of them
undoubtedly viii follow.
| A prominent weekly having compared
! the expulsion of Nile. de Feraudy from
| Russia to the expulsion OF La Belle Otero
! from Monaco (Which took place some
weeks ago.. the sculptures now sues the
editor on the ground that her reputation
! is besmirched by this insOlently suggestive
I comparison of herself with the notorious
! Spanish dancer.
| Whereupon the hot-eempered Otero in
! turn comes forth in great wrath, and
alleges, through her attorneys, that the
| reflection upon her character contained
| in these first legal papers has injured her
feelings and damaged her TO the aggre-
gate amount of 100000 francs, for which
sum she now sues Mile. Verena de Fe-
raudy. Out of it all the public is having
lots Of fun, and promises itself more be-
fore the end Of it all is reached.
Meanwhile everybody is rushing forth
to say what he or she knows, until it be-
comes extremely difficult to extract the
real, undoctored truth from this mass of
assertions and denials. The World cor
respondent has seoIred Nile. Verena's
story. Although reluctant to speak at
first, she seemed to state the facts in all
sincerity.
Nile. Verena de Feraudy is quite
character in Paris. at ease alike in the
upper sphere of her artistic Bohemia and
in the most exclusive sets of society to
which, in truth, she belongs by right Of
birth. against her good name nothing
was breathed until some things began to
leak out about her extraordinary friendli-
In physique she is opulently endowed.
Her features are regular and naughty;
her figure and every movement show high
bred perfection.
In his book, Beauties Parisiennes,"
Paul Chardier describes her as twenty
five-a Juno just matured, whether seen
in the flowing robes she wears in her
studio or in the proud creations which
at great functions let her bare arms and
shoulders dazzle men and torture with
envy women who have been less favored
by nature
Mentally she IS well equipped, as her
work shows. SShe was the favorite pupil
of the sculptor Toenaar. Her statues
have been admitted TO the Salon three
years in succession; her bust of Sarah
Bernhard is well known, and her little
bronze statuette, Premier Corset" al
though It would never do IN America, is
conspicuous in all the shop windows Of
Paris, and artisticany recognized as a
thing of great merit and strange con-
ception.
The following IS a precise translation Of
what Mile. de Feraudy said Of her first
and subsequent meetings with the Gar
I
submitted to her by the World correspond
ent and approved as absolutely correct:
4 am sorry that the story should have
| become common property, as do not be-
/ Heve in having my private affairs dis
( cussed publicly ~ they now are in several
/ countries. But It is none OF my doing,
/ and could not very well be avoided, since
! there were other people present every
/ time I met the Gar. Now. so many ma
/ licious things have been said that shall
very willingly give you the true account.
''One morning I went to Detaille's studio.
! France was wild with enthusiasm because
4 the Gar and Czarina had reached Paris
the day before When 7 reached Detalle's
/ place L found my old friend in great ex-
/ element and he cried: Why, my dear
/ g.rl. you can't come in; you can't stay!
4 The Car is due here every minutei Please
go away I laughingly declined to leave
I and lose the opportunity Of seeing the
/ great sovereign at close range, although
/ De-ailIe explained that one may not ap-
/ pear in such august presence without
( special command and all SORTS Of formaL-
ties.
We We're stiu wranSlinE about IT when
. the imperial party came in. There were
President Faure, the Car and quite a
suite of officers and great qersonages,
whom. Of course I did NOT know. For
tuneately two artists We're there too Pu-
studios mad already been visited and who
h2d been invited TO join IN going the
rounds Of the others.
While peta-ie was showing his pic
lures and trying tn md the proper words
= 20 acknowledge the compliments of both
Nicholas IT, and Felix Faure 7 remained
quietly in q c0rror talking re whisper
with Gerome who mad just been dec3rac-
e. by the Car and was feeling as happy
as You please.
Suddenly the Car stopped before a
terra-c1t-a statue-a portrait Of my I1-Ie
brother as a gypsey b1y-whlch / had
made and given 70 DetaEle.
"'Ah. yais IS s5od' said The Car. I
think this Is exceedingly me.
And he began To look al IL from dif-
fereEt points of view.
"Gerome whispered 30 me, Isn't that
thing yours. Nereuse'
III is
Then. look out. Your e7ins to ne dec
grated too said ;as dear old chan with
q merry twinkle En- his egs.
r And before 7 could realize urf- had
happened. pe-aile having ,el5 WHO was
the whole PARTY was ID front az me- g-r-b
the Gar SAYING he vas glad 10 snow RE
% because my marble statue -Grier- v-5s.,
? is .n s. Petersburg palace. w4s one -
his preferred Bits If sculpture
= After the frs; surprise / recovered ms
: wits and besan 20 answer him. The esn-