The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
EMPRESS EUGENE PAYS ANNUAL VISIT Views Painting of Herself in the
 Paris Museum MOTHER KEEPS CHILD Pathetic Scene In Paris Court-Mother Goes to Jail Rather Than De-
 liver Child to Divorced
 Husband.
BY PAUL VILLIERs.

Speelal cable 10 me ASe-1erdiu lfom
 the Hearst News Service. Copyright
 1907, by W. R. Hearst)
 Paris June 29,-The aged Empress Eu- genie has bean here on her annual visit to the capital Almost the first thing Her Majesty did was to pay a visit to the exhibition of women's portraits to be seen at Bagatelle, organized by the Societe Rationale des Beaux Arts, and which was opened but short while since. There she was able to see again a portrait paint ed by Winterhalter of herself when she was empress of the French.
 It is said that the Empress cannot bear to see portrait of herself nor photo which was taken at that time, and that she has with her own hands destroyed all she came across.
 When it became known to the exhibition committee that the former sovereign of France intended to honor them with her presence she was asked if she would like to have this portrait by Winchester taken down. She replied that she was unwilling that any alternatlons should be made in the exhibition on her behalf and the picture has been allowed to remain.
 A pathetic scene was enacted recently in the Paris courts. A young woman whose husband had obtained divorce from her, with the custody of their only child, was sued by her husband, who demanded that the child should be deiv- cred to him at once.
 The woman, who was very fond of her child, had immediately after the di- voree had been pronounced hidden her child away and refused to deliver 1t up or to tell where she had hidden it. When told by the judge that she would have to give the child up she obstinately re- fused. saying, T am its mother. I will not give up my child"
 She was allowed a quarter of an hour to decide whether she would disclose the whereabouts of her child or go to prison for a month. She chose to go to prison. AS she was leaving the court between two policemen she looked up with her eyes streaming with tears and said, But shall keep my child."s
 At the French academy the eternal question of woman's beauty was dis cussed.
 Dr. Jacquet of the Saint-Antonio hos hital, raised the question as to why it was that very often children who were very beautiful in their childhood grow up to be ugly men and women Dr. Jacquet went on to say that he thought it was our manner of living which caused such ugliness in the human race, and that in digestion was the cause of the lack of good complexions
 His advice to all who wish to be beau- tiful, and where is the woman who does not?" he asked, is to eat slowly and mastieate well, not forgetting that the manner in which one eats ones food is far more important than what one eats
 He also recommended scientific mas sage for bad complexion, but said that this must be done thoroughly and regu- iarly or else the result would not be that looked for. pr. Jacquet gave examples Of two young girls who came to him with red. oily and spotted skins which entirely disf1gured them. After a while under his treatment this state of things disappeared and the young girls were completely changed in appearance
 Duchesse dEstissac la Rochefoueauld niece of the Duchess de la Rochefoucauld nee Mitchell has just given a successful charity concert at her Paris residence The committee was composed of such we'll known society leaders as Marquise de Reverseaux Mme P. Boillay, Mme Leghait, the Marquise del Muni, Marquise dAsbeck, Mime. Vesnich, Countess des Garats and many others.
 These ladies thought that the bazaar would be much more interesting and sue cessful if they made the bazar represent the work of the ladies of the whole world.
 Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, the Queen or Portugal and Princess valdemar of Denmark lent their patronage. The ladies of Russia sent a beautiful collection of work done by the Koustaris. such as sculptured wood work a.., small painted articles. Austria sent a collection of handmade lace. made by the pupils of the government schools.
 There were embroideries from Roumania and pretty hand painted articles from sweden. The charming wife of the min 1ster Of Servia at Paris sent a collection of costumes and carpets. It Is impossible to mention all the articles on view. for sale, and to number the countries that LOOK part in the bazaar by sending articles
 One Of the great attractions of the af- fair were the concerts held every day. at which number of young American girls took part There was also day set aside when Russian, Breton and Roumanian airs were .giveA
 French magazine Monsieur ct Mad anne, commenting on the fact that Euro pean artists now no longer refuse the tempting offers of Americans to go and perform in that country, as they did a couple of generations ago, through false ideas of not wishing to take their art out of their own country, tells us that the picture merchants and dealers in objects dart in Europe sell to the Americans five million dollars of paintings per year, while articles of luxury, pottery and knicknacks which Americans take away from Europe as souvenirs run into the sum of two million dollars year.
 Moreover, thirty thousand American ladies buy hats in Paris which cost one and half millions, and forty thousand American women leave in the hands of dressmakers of Paris about eight million dollars year. The writer estimates that altogether the Americans who come over here spend yearly in Europe two hundred and twenty-eight million dollars.
 The salaries paid to theatrical and op- cratic artists continue to increase, and Caruso, with his million francs year, is taking exactly double of what Talma