The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-15

~N@@Nt AD@NAA1 ~1@AAAy 1880
Tuesday evening l attended a recep
ton at the home Of Mr.. Henry w. G.
Somborn. In Brooklyn. Mr.. Somborn
Is noted as possessing one Of the I'm
est collections Of paintings In Great
or New York, therefore / anticipated
a feast for my eyes, but the reality
the walls of his drAwingroom hangs
a Rubens for which he has refused
$4,000, Titan, Turner, and Bat
tonis Studying Madalen." A beau
tiful example Of Gainsborough is to
be found in the music room, while
throughout the artistically furnished
house are to be found gems by limners
Of lesser reputation. Mr. Somborn,
who is an ideal host, had provided
rare program of music and recita-
tions for his guests, among whom was
Mrs. Hughes, who is known tc thous-
and of newspaper readers throughout
this broad land as DOROTHY. Dix" She
is a sweet-faced woman of about SIXTY
years, and is native of Kentucky
She also writes under the pseudonym
of Winifred Black Mr.. Somborn, by
the way, is a bachelor, and it seems
the greatest of pities that there is 40
woman to queen 1t in his royalty equip
ed household.
was a guest at the first "at home"
given this season by the Baroness de
Bazuz. She occupies beautifully ap-
pointed apartments at Hotel Chelsea,
where she dispenses lavish hospital
ity. On this occasion she wore an Ok
quisite gown of white taffeta silk, hand
embroidered in gold thread, and col
lar and rope of pearls. Among thu
distinguished guests who thronged her
parlors was Lady Cook, formerly Miss
Tennessee Claflin, one of the staunch-
est advocates of woman suffrage. An
other interesting guest was Miss Alice
Ives, the author of THE Village Post
master" and half dozen other sue
cessful plays.
News reached this city a few days
ago that Mrs. Jessamy Steele, daugh-
ter of the late Bret Harte, was in such
sore straits that she had been sent to
the almshouse in Portland, Me. Miss
Eleanor Robson, who is appearing at
the Liberty Theatre here in "Salomy
Jane" founded on one of Bret Harte's
stories, telegraphed money to bring
the unfortunate woman to New York
and will give a performance of the
play for her benefit. To swell the fund
with which to purchase the house in
Rome in which Keats died, literary |
matine will be given on February IA,
at the Waldorf-Astoria, in which Dr.
s. Weir Mitchell, Miss Julia Marlowe,
Mrs. Ruth McEnery Staurt, F. Hop
kinson Smith and DR.. Henry Van
Dyke will take part Edmund Clarence
Stedman will preside. After the house
is bought there will be added there
to library of the works of Keats and
Shelley.
Some weeks ago delegation from
the United Irish Society of America
called upon Mr. Oscar Hammerstein
and requested that he cancel al en-
gagement he had with the Russell
Brothers, who were soon to appear at
- In a oHnfNh nnff. IL
tied The Irish Servant Girl" That
this organization had determined to
put stop to the caricaturing of Hi
bernians on the stage. Mr.. Hammem-
stein paid no attention to the request,
thinking that the protest was a mere {
form. The rst evening the act was I
produced at his theatre 1t was Kissed |
by one hundred men seated In differ /
ent parts of the house. The engage |
ment at the Victoria was terminated :
that evening. Not dismayed by this {
reception. the Russell Brothers pre- {
scented the same sketch under anoth- .
er name at the Orpheum Theatre in !
Brooklyn this week, and at their nrst 7
apAeA aace upon the stage received 1
a vc,. of eggs. Twenty-Five Of the T
men throwing these missiles have I
been arrested. 1t now remains for 9TH v
err nationalities who have been burles- h
qued for stage purposes to protest IN n
some similar fashion. a
New illusion. j
Mr.. John William Sargent, :
whose latest book OF verse,
Smoke and Bubbles" has achi-
eved great popularity, gave a par y
" recently at which among It's other
,hristened "Askme." II answers cor q
.ectly any one OF three hundred thous- u
md questions pertaining to history, lit .
,rature or politics. Within few sec g
,nds after any date is given Il will an q
,ounce what day of the week that date =