The age-herald., 1899-02-19
FAME FOR AN AMERICAN GIRL.
She Illustrated Nursery Classic on the
 Wall of Paris Restaurant.

From the New York World.
 Miss Florence Lundborg, of Oakland, Cal,
 is an ambitious young artist who has dis
 covered a new road to fame.
 In Paris on little side street leading off
 the Boulevard Montparnasse, in the Latin
 Quarter, is a tiny cafe or creamery, as its proprietor calls 1t, which every American who knows the students of the Quarter. and every visiting artist, of any nationality. Is sure to visit. This Is because the walls of the cafe are decorated with Rew and suc- cessful -variety, oi mural painting, conceiv- ed, planned and executed by an American girl. Miss Lundborg began this work more
 than a year ago. She finished it last sum-
 mer, and the prestige of achievement has surrounded her ever since. She is name in the Quarter and her work is a landmark.
 Any one who is new to the Quarter and
 is not under student chaperonage may see
 Miss Lundborg's work by asking for Hen riette's Creamery" Henriette is one of the biack-eyed, white capped, neatly gowned matrons of the Quarter-there are many such-who supply delicious menu, at low prices, to a ean-purseds student clientele. Henriette is a dexterous cook, and has
 charming manners, but when Miss Lund-
 borg discovered her she was not so prosper
 ous some of her more sharp witted
 rivals.
 This seemed a pity to Miss Lundborg and
 she bent her very American mind to the
 problem.
 Let me decorate your walls" she pro- posed to Henriette People will come here
 then. And the experience will be valuable
 to me-"
 Henriette was very grateful For months
 Miss Lundborg and a friend of hers, an-
 other American girl art student, worked
 daily in the little creamery.
 Henriette employed all her Gallic ingenui-
 ty in devising new dishes for the artists,
 and all Paris-that is to say, all the Quarter
 came daily, ostensibly to get coffee or an omelette, really to watch the progress Of the painting. The creamery and its artistic
 walls made daily strides in popularity And no one who saw them would wonder at it. The design, which covers the four walls of the room is an illustration of the nur- sery classic, which tell how The Knave of Hearts, He stole some tarts, and so on.
 Nothing could be more charming than the pictorial narration of this story. The color scheme is confined mostly to delicate greens and pale shades of rose, and generous dashes of gold emphasize the decorative purpose of the work. The effect is, Of course intentionally fiat, and has certain misty remoteness most appropriate to a fairy tale. There is no vulgar flesh ana blood about the work. Even the tarts are | idealized.
 mural painting which Is singularly difficult, l is likely to result In grotesque failure. | Therefore Miss Lundborg's conspicuous l glory to America and to girl artists gen. orally. The best artists in Europe are un- l reserved in their praise, and visiting Amer l jeans are more than delighted. | Miss Lundborg is an attractive young girl l and has become very popular during her | several years' residence in the Quarter. | She is conspicuous in set of girls who ire | ouent the American Girls club" in the l little Rue de Chevreuse, near the Luxem-
 bourg. Many of the girl students live at | the club, which is conducted like small | hotel, with certain restrictions.