The evening world., 1908-10-15

NDLA6REtLlYNh burning of Mos
COW, and SO compelled Napoleon 10
abandon his Russian campaign.
The Countess, who has come 70
this country to lecture, ought to
know what she is talking about, for
she is seventy years old, and has never
been married.
"Womans genius is for devotion" the
Russian Countess continued. "A mar
ried woman's devotion is limited to her
husband and children. but the old maid
lavishes her love on all the poor and
unfortunate.
Love at best brings suffering. 1t
is a wound which the heart OF every
woman receives at least once. and mar
riage is nothing but amputation-the ex-
tremest measure. II the heart heals OF
itself-and it will II it be given time
the greatest happiness OF life follows.
you are deadened to all suffering
yourself. and can give all your time
and thoughts to the sutrerings of others.
The superior woman. the artist, owes
herself TO humanity, to Art. She should
not give herself to an individual
Then you really believe that only in
ferior women should marry?" asked,
incredulously.
Yes" nodded the Countess. en-
phatically. Jack must have Jill to
men!"
No Traditional Countess"
This Russian Countess. by the way.
Is quite the most different creature one
could imagine from the stage picture
we associate with the phrase. She Is nc
1.-THE and dusky beauty leaving q blaz
ing trail of intrigue and villainy through
q hve-ac. search for the missing docu
ments Of State. but an old lady of the
figure and style OF dress of Queen Vic
toria. Moreover, there is no question
about her title Her first lecture will be
given In Washington under the auspices
Of the Russian Embassy, as she ha,
known tho wife of the Russian Am.
bsssador. Baron Rosen. for twenty
years.
On her breast she wears the golt
wreath which stamps her as an Officer
of Public instruction under the French
Government. She has lived in Paris
for twenty-five years. and has writer
many books and plays.
Il am happier than any married
woman l have ever known" the spin
ster Countess continued. Think how
free l am! ] have come all by myse!
to this wonderful country-ths countr,
which says Forward to all the world
nakx 30
French women owe everything the!
have achieved to the example OF thei
American sisters. Until last year
French married woman was not entitled
to her own wages Her husband coul'
claim them at any time, even though
she was separated from him. Now tn
working woman is protected in France
We have women bill posters and womei
coachmen In Paris. l always prefer
woman TO drive me when can get one
even though the men drivers do every
thing they can 10 make their task
dangerous and unpleasant.
II am not suffrsgette" the Counties
continued. II don't believe womei
should make laws. They have noble
tasks"
Yet you don't believe a woman arts
should marry"
mo, because women artists cannot b
true TO their husbands and their art a
the same time. Take Adelina Patti 10
instance. She was madly in love witt
her first husband, the Marquis de CnuI
Yet. because she sang love duets nigh
after night with Nlcoini sne ende
by giving him her affections ana de
serung her husband for him.
THE same thing is true OF nearly g.
actresses. Contact with o;he: ne
than their husbands IN the enforced in
timacy OF the stage engenders infatua
ton. And then. where is the homer
Duse Lives for Art Alone.
"Eleanora Duse is an artist who live
for art alone, She cares for nothin
else. she has no pleasures. no amus'
ments. Her work is her life."
; How about D'Annunzio?" l ques
toned.
j "she still loves him, poor woman
But she would not give him her III
for that belongs to her art.
Every woman must love-" III
Countess continued. 1T is her destin
! her curse. But II depends on circun
a stances whether she should marry,
Marriage should be based on 10y
alone l know We have marriages
reason, OF convenience. in France an
Russia, but they bring inevitable unhsl
. plness."
= and you have never loved, Madame
e II have never married." evasvely a
: sWered the venerable Countess"