The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10

nay to color and divans with five Buddhas of as
many sizes and materials TO emphasize the Oriental
suggestion
Although brought up as most devout Catholic in
Ad-France, she is occult, esoeric Buddhstc and SUI
porstitious a degree She consuts fortune teIIers
Is herself something OF medium believes in reincar-
nation, and regards death as but change of existence
Somebody has said You never think of any one
else when Cave is on the stage" 1t is the same in
room. Every seems tame and COMMONPLACE and
Ike every one else.
IL IS not only that she is very handsome but that
her type and her personality so pronounced
She is typical gypsy, and her proper draperies
shaws and kercheis. sashes big earrings bangles and
rag two No matter how elegantly she is dressed
TINS picture forms double about her that be
shaken of.
ton, and that into which she drops with little chucke
OF relief the moment the door shut on the last of
her grand guests, is that of crouching the floor
III front OF wood fire. which by choice she has burn
ing on the hearth instead of in CRATE.
An now Tor comfort, she cries, dropping down
crossed over her knees ndolent content envelop
Ig her whole attitude, the freight painting Murilo
flashes over the rugged of dense black hair
oing about her round cheeks, the flesh of face
arms and the large white throat, the dark glnts OF
eyes half closed, the marked brows, the full red lips
the sweet womanly chin and the black and gilt franz
ing OF her dress. Oh, how wish had something
Toast she says pong the embers with little branch
How love to roast raw things in fire."
No one would mistake the picture for that
OF Fifth avenue belle. Anything like "Bo-
Aernian" bfeathed.
She lives alone here with her maid Jenny" pious
AlsatIan maid who regards the Buddhas and etiches
OF her mistress with askance the sign OF the
and appeal to a saint
With her company manners on, Calve is strange
mixture OF child and woman surprising by we'll
TUNED phrases and ideas that forcefu, and
original; again dropping the chidlike ex-
pressious Fitfu and moody she can paw the most
concentrated attention the subject or person inter
ests her. She passes from thing and one person
another more with the air OF good-natured child
heT-,c ~ Nv 1fOa
he- guests.
At her table the same peculiartes prevail nat
ural grace and real goodnatured desire to have peo
PIE served and comfortable govern her manner much
than the trained effectiveness her guests which
belongs to the conventional society lady Cordial frank
easily diverted, young-spred easy-going, she
Unable 10 neglect any one or to say or do anything
abrupt harsh You have the feeling that IL she felt
ike IT, no social laws would prevent her from doing
shed any 'ii's '''A' s"e
Her choicest toy is Edison phonograph, which
the first thing she bought in America. She is
never tired Of listening to II, singing and talking
IT, and having her friends try their voices She is so
excited and interested find that no one can recog
nize his voice but that all can recognize the voices
q others She finds too that all local faults are ex
sgerated. She has Obtained many hints from her
phonograph She understands the practical makeup
d the machine. Just how the wheels go round" and
why anything is the matter. She has many celebrated
voices Gagged in her musical box
What does she talk and think about? Oh, well,
everything and anything that suggested with strong
undercurrent toward the stage. Not talk about her
self and acting, but about plays and characters and
TOYS. She can tell good story with both tears and
laughter in it, and she seeks suggestion and help in
her work Just she is much concerned as to the
manner OF being Ophelia mad.
The conventional Ophelia she finds fiat and inspid
its endless and unbroken paintiveness, which does
not to her according to nature. She says
ter how sweet and gentle persons may be- lunacy
changes the character and makes them do the op
pose OF the natural bent The most modest and tmid
to be all that opposite and the gentle
subject to fits OF frantic violence.
In Milan she visited the unatic ASYLUM pursuit
OF this idea, and paid special attention the young
girls crazed by love affairs She found her theory to
be universally carried out in fact. Now she wants to
vary the Ophea representation by those sudden and
unlocked for outbursts but afraid OF shocking the
than by truth.
Speaking OF these unhappy girls the came to
Calves eyes, as she remarked that all OF them
rocking dolls making the motion OF rocking babies
in their arms. She did know whether it was the
memory OF childhood that alive or the maternal
instinct feeling for such subjects as some years ago
be herself passed through very fierce love experience
the marks OF which will bear on her temperament
through lie.
She asserts very gravely that she will never mary
As 10 married woman being on the stage, she has
strong and very straight ideas. Never, ear
she says should show such dsrespect to
her husband as going upon the stage while his wife.
il hurts his name ofends him in all his tastes preju-
dces and feelings. 1t makes him object OF ridcue
whether he feels not If rich. why should he per-
nit bis wife to gain her money? If poor, so much
the She is the stage subjectng herself to
all sorts OF possibilities make money for him to live
b. Bah! Disgusting, mpossiblei | could not play
d married. Besides woman who loves Alright cannot
give the necessary attention a stage life.
Then there are the iealouses which abound-jeal-
ovsy OF stage attentions jealousy OF each Others gifts
both the stage" and she laughs and makes
an laugh heartily at the memory OF the poor tenor who
for eight months actually restrained his voice one half
not to outshine his jealous soprano wife After
that time, however, he began the selfshness OF
s partner; he sang out swept the glory and granted
the divorce.
One delightful trait about Calve she never bores her
listeners with her triumphs, public or social Such
srelie as this is
Speaking of the immense revenue which she receives
and is TO receive for engagements for the coming years.