The National tribune., 1908-01-16

Tor legal separation from ner nus
band, demanding alimony which he
considers eXtortionate, spent some time
in Germany several years ago, when
she and her husband were travelling
around on his magnificent yacht. 1t is
claimed she was great favorIte IN
Berlin society, and that Emperor VIII
liam took q great fancy to her. visiting
the Goulds several times on their yacht,
and openly expressing his admiration OF
Mrs. Gould's beauty and vivacity of
manner. Mrs. Gould has been in evil
dence lately in the suit brought against
her by some millinery company TO re-
cover nearly $4,000 which they claim
Mrs. Gould owes them for goods 1t
may be interesting to women to Know
that all these things were purchased
in q little more than month, and in
cluded two sets of furs, two wraps,
skirt which cost $500, with alterations
which cost an additional $50. Nearly
everything had to be altered, which
shows Mrs Gould has not the ready
made clothing" figure. Mrs. Gould
claimed they were all articles of neces-
sity for woman in her position, and
that her husband was responsible for
the payment of them.
A wonderful pageant is now under
preparation in England, to be given in
London next July 1t is intended to
make il more magnificent even than
that remarkable OXfort pageant, or, IN
deed, anything that has previously bern
given in England or anywhere else. All
the prominent artists, actors historians,
etc, of England are thoroly interested
in the scheme, and are already hard AT
work upon it, 1t is noped that Regent
Park. with its II acres, which would
easily accommodate 10000 actors. and
afford seating room for 1900 special
tors may be secured, but as this would
require a special act of Parliament there
is some doubt of it. The park has also
a large sheet of water, which makes II
doubly desira BILE. for this purpose. The
expert who managed the Oxford pa
geant is to have charge of this, and he
proposes to represent scenes from Eng
lish history with an elaboration of de-
tail and finish which will make them
nothing short of awe-inspiring. Among
the scenes to be represented will be
the coronation of William the Con-
queror, a specially gorgeous spectacle;
the return from the Crusades of Rich
ard Coeur de Lion; 4 water scene repro
senting the coronation procession OF
Anne Bolyn, the galleys having golden
sails; Charles Is last journey to White
hail. and n splendid 18th century pic
ture representing the principal person
ages of the Georgian period. Over 500
people have volunteered to take part
and this number includes all grades of
society. from peeresses to parlor maids.
With the old, historic city OF London as
a background for the setting of these
thrilling pictures, the scenes of many
of which actually took place just there,
nothing would seem TO be wanting to
complete the illusion, and we'll worth
the crossing of the Atlantic will it be
to witness this pageant. So far in this
country nothing on the scale of these
English pageants has been attempted.
The Mardi Gras parades in New Or
leans or the flower parades in Califor-
MIA have been probably as fine as any
thing yet given here, but Americans
are not slow in catching on" and un-
doubted,y some enterprising person or
persons will before long propose MAX
ing use of some occasion to present
scenes in our own history in the form
of a grand pageant.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
the majority of men do not like to see
women smoke; that is. they do not like
to see their wives, sisters. daughters or
sweethearts smoke tho they may not
object TO the habit among those women
of their acquaintance with whom adj
miration counts for mere than respect.
Especially is this true of pubic smok
ing by women, and much has appeared
in the papers lately regarding the var:-
Gus opinions of New Yorks restaurant
keepers on this subject. One OF the
Aldermen of the metropolis, Little
Tim" Sullivan, filled with honest indig-
nation for the attitude of some of these.
introduced an ordinance the other day
prohibiting women from smoking in
the restaurants, cafes, hotels or other
public places, and imposing a fine upon
the proprietors of such places for per-
1nitting it. Little Tim says he thinks
the practice is an insult to decent wo-
men, and il is for their sake that he
has introduced the ordinance. Smok-
ing among women in their homes, eth
er alone in their cosy boudoirs or in the
presence of their guests. has been stead
lily increasing during the past few years.
even quiet, questionable women of un-
questioned respectability indulging in
an occasional use of the soothing weed,
but smoking in public has only recently
appeared in this country. 1t cannot be
countenanced by refined people, and it
is therefore to be hoped that Little
Tins ordinance will result in a dis
continuance of the practice.
Nine Vigee Lebrun, who painted ali
the great people of her day, lived dur
ing a very exciting period of Frances
history. She was born in 1856 and died
in 1912, and she not only painted, but
knew well many of the principal actors
in the stirring drama which preceded
the Revolution, and who were its un-
happy victims. She made several por-
traits OF the unfortunate Marie Antoin-
ette, the first one when the Queen was
in the heyday of her youth and beauty.
This royal lady was tall and somewhat
stout, with charming feet and hands.
There was no woman in France who
could walk with her grace, and she car
ried her proud head erect, with 4 dig
nifty which stamped her as a Queen.
While her features We're not regular
and her eyes rather small, she had the
most wonderful complexion, SO bril-
liant, so delicateIy fresh that Nine.
Lebrun found it very difficult to repro
duce it in painting. The Queen, who
vas most sweet and gracious toward
all, was exceedingly amiable and even
friendly during these sittinSs, and when
she found that Nine. Lcbrun had some-
thing of voice passed the time singing
duets with her, tho, if the truth were
told, the Queens ear was quite faulty,
and she generally sang a little fiat, never
perfectly true. On one occasion, when.
thru illness, Nine. Lcbyun missed an
appointment with the Queen and has
tened the following day to Versailles TO
explain her non-appearance and arrange
for another sitting, she found Marie
Antoinette attired for drive. The
Queen most kindly inquired what had
detained her the day before, saying she
had waited for her all the morning, but
when the artist, profuSe and humble in
her apologies, her heart beating violent
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