The Washington herald., 1908-07-26

magazines, while Mrs. Carr, another
daughter. has inherited her fathers tai
I ent for drawing. A year or two ago her
annual royalty from the sale OF one OF
B her pictures. showing q little girl kneeling
with her dollies at her bedside for evening
l prayers. amounted 10 over 5000. The
rear admiral by the by, is marking his
/ retirement by busying himself with pen
and pencil. the latter. however. being used
much less frequently than the former
Though she has revealed herself 10 be
I possessed Of some Of her fathers ability
with the brush Miss Laurence Alma
Tadeua. the elder Of the English paint
er's daughters. is best known as q writer
/ Of novels, poems. and essays, her more
I important published books numbering
about a dozen. She il was who toured
America some months ago, telling US IN
unconventional lectures how 70 be happy.
and attracting considerable newspaper at
teUtIOn by her rather unusual views on
this and other subjects. including that Of
I diet. In England. Mss Alma Tadema's
I views on happiness. diet. and other things
{ not strictly connected with literature. are
said 20 receive more serious consideration
I than they did here. possibly because Of
/ British regard for her fathers position
Jeanette GfIders Father.
I In the clerical and educational circles
al q A4L-A LlE AA4DhEA L--U AaAA-CL UA GE8AA-
nette Glider founder OF the Critic. and
one Of the cOuntry's leading essayists.
was held % be an extremely gifted man;
at one time in his career he conducted q
woman's college Of considerable reputa-
/ ton while he was az the head Of It Also
( the daughter Of clergyman. Christine
/ Terhune Herrick probably inherits her
I literary proclivities from her mother. who
I IS known 20 the women readers of the
/ land as Marion Harland Like her moth
I eT. Mrs Herrick IS an expert in household
matters, her books on various subjects Of
I this phase OF wOmaus work being too
numerous 70 mention here.
/ Closely allied with the literary coutir-
/ gent Of talented daughters IS the art and
musical quota
/ By reason Of her enviable position IN
New York society. Mrs. Harry Payne
I Whitney. daughter Of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt. IS probably the best known OF
I these daughters. her serious work as a
l sculptor having been exploited broadly al
I the time she did the caryatides fo- the
/ balcony IN the dining-rOom Of 2 compare
/ lively new metropolitan hotel Leading
] sculpcors have praised her work. and SyI-
J vain Saliere. the French sculptor who was
Z called 70 New York 20 execute Ms. Whit
I ney's designs for the caryatides, declared
] LEGL i WIS haL4 LDE MN 10 De4leEH ELlaL
! the giriish-lOOkiug young woman who
I frequently stood with him on the scanoid.
helping him 20 put the figures through,
was only an amateur with The chiseL IN
( I'll she gave Il Cp. Mrs Whitneys studio
/ n IcD0ugau alley'was one OF the most
. talked-about workshops IN New York
7 City. Mrs Whitney's first serious work.
I her caryatiGes. resulted, by the way, from
. a suggestion she made. half in Jest. TO the
N e~rfF~nf~~ "a ~ -he fs-~ar that she ha nffN-a-aE
. 70 submit designs for the supports OF the
I dining-r0om balcony. Last spring the
{ public became acquainted with another OF
AIRS. Whituey's talents. when several OF
/ her paintings We're exhibited II New York
I City, one-of them being awarded q prize
Daughter of Venerable Man
Ellen Day Hale. who makes her home
with her father. the venerable Edward
Everett Hale. has built ID quite a reputa-
tion for herself as a painter Of portraits.
landscapes. and genre pictures After re-
ceiving a private education in this coun-
try. she studied art here and IN Paris, and
after working for some tine IN the latter
city and London. she came 20 this coun-
Try. where her work. unlike that OF many
other native artists, finds an appreciative
market Miss Anna Alma Tadeula- Ike
her father and mother. handles the brush
dexterOUsly, and as long ago as 1883
painting by her took the second medal
at the Paris exhibition OF that year.
Naturally, her distinguished father IS
markedly proud OF this daughters recog-
Eized ability n his own especial line.
Miss Flora Wilson. daughter Of the Sec
rstary o1 Agriculture. has shown quite
little talent before the easel, but It is as
singer that she particularly shines A
pupil OF Jean de Reszke, It g her inten-
ton 70 go into grand opera for her Iife's
work as soon as she can gain her fathers
4 consent Recently she was praised IN the
foreign press as the possessOr Of a voice
that made her superior 10 most American
song birds known 70 Europe Miss VIII
son has also tried her hand at writing
poetry Another American pupil of de
Reszke who has shown considerable tai
ent IS Countess Gladys Szechenyf (nee
VanderbHt); professional musicians have
given it as their opinion that II it ever
became necessary for the countess 10 earn
her own living she could DO so easily with
her voice
Clara Clemens, the witty daughter Of
Mark Twain, made her American debut
as q concert singer n this country some
time ago Her first professional appear
ance occurred n Florence, Italy. where
she spent several years cultivating her
voice under the best masters obtainable
after she found out thai she had a voice
that was really worth perfecting. Persons
who have been fortunate enough to have
heard Mss Clemens sing have been
pleased not only with her rich, clear con
tralto voice, but with her personality as
well Wherever she goes she Is a great
social tavorite, and not long ago, on land
ing in London, she set the Eng1ish-speak-
ing world smiling by naively declaring
that she had gone abroad 10 sing IN order
ID escape her father, who always began
TO talk when she began TO sing Her
many years spent abroad have made OF
Mss Clemens an exceptionally brilliant
linguist, and she sings her SONGS in the