The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23
Paris. Oct. :.

Paris. Oct. 5.
A lovely bright September day. a drive
from Paris 10 Versailles with the peas
nre Of a visit with the Warehouses OF
Angiesy upon your arrival What can be
more enticing9 I wish I might convey to
you even in small way some OF the
beauties Of this lovely villa, which boasts
for its Chatelaine la hsrauise d'Anglesy
tnes Minna King. daughter OF Judge
King, Of Georgia). II is filed with quaint
and original furniture. much of II made
10 order for Lady Anglesy. who has not
only penehant but a decided talent for
interior decoration. This delightful
hostess and charming woman has. think
beyond the question OF a doubt. one OF
the most brilliant minds of the day. She
not only has read and absorbed all that is
best in literature. but she has a manner
quite her own OF presenting 10 you any
question under discussion, and you realize
that you are In the presence OF one who
has thought deeply and well Her gift
for the languages is unusual She speaks
French. German, Italian. and Russian.
Among those present to-day were
Princess DemidoH. Princess DORA. Mrs.
Potter Palmer. Mrs. Legget, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.
1 met Nine. Emma Calve at Lady
Anglesy's on Sunday last. She came into
the great salon with all that charm and
naivete that seems her peculiar charac-
teristic. Nine. calve looked and seemed
in the best of spirits. She told me that
her physicians had forbidden her to go to
America this year, but she would sing in
Gluek's "Armide" and in Georges Hue 5
"Titania" at the opera-Comique in Feb
ruary, The great artist does not like the
modern operate music She claims that
she cannot sing it nor does she care TO
attempt it. prefering TO remain in the
domain of the old masters, where melody
and harmony are the prevailing charae-
teristics Nine Calve said that not long
ago one of the new French composers
came to her with a work he was about to
create and begged her 10 take the leading
soprano role. She consented, but when
she began to study the role she gave il
I'D finding 1t so exceedingly difficult and
not to her taste Lady Anglesy has added
to her villa very large new room, which
she designates as Sale de fete.' Some
one remarked that IL ought To have ex-
cellent acoustic qualities, whereupon
Nine. Calve asked, Would you Ike me to
test it for you? Lady Anglesy expressed
great pleasure and Nine. Calve went TO
the piano struck a chord and then with
out accompaniment, sang three exquisite
ballads of her country. "Chanson des
Paysan." Her voice is gloriously fresh
and rieh and doubt If she has ever been
in better form voeally.
II seems hard 10 realize that the exhibi
ton will be closed on November 8. Vari
GUS timid proposals for some prolongattor
having never been seriously needed. The
| authorities are now considering three pro
iects for the concluding fete. In one il Is
suggested that the Champ de Mars SHOULD
be profusely decorated with tapestries
| flowers, and foliage, and that, gathered or
on a large and elevated platform, singers
and orchestras of the opera, and opera
| comique &c, should give an impressive
performance, winding up with the "Chant
| du Depart" torchlight professions, and
| the playing of the "Marseillaise" at mid
night by massed bands. Supplementine
| these proceedings. another proposal /:
| that the fetes should be opened at ar
| early hour to all corners, and that a mem
| Der of the government should deliver {
| speech, in the course of the morning
| in the Sale des Fetes, the programme
| including a musical entertainment IL
the afternoon, and torehlight process
! sions and fireworks later on. The thirC