The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02
MANY SEEK ARTS
. TO STUDY MUSIC
Remarkable How Many Ameri-
can Married Women Are
Pupils There.
HUNTING A S C U / P r OR
Chicago Lawyer Seeks Artist to
Make Statue of Poet
Heine.
HUNTING A S C U Up r OR
ny MARQUIS DE cAsTELLANE.

q BY MARQUIS DE CASTELLANE.
[spec,a! Cable to The -D!spasch.1
Paris. october lit is astonishing
how many American married women
come to Paris to study music. There
Is. for instance, Mrs. John A. Drake.
OF New York. who has been for some
time one of Jean de Reszke's most
faithful pupils. There is also Mrs. Will
son Smith. OF Washington, who leaves
Captain Smith at home while she goes
to study with signor Braggiotti. who,
by the way. is son-in-law OF 3.
Schlesinger. the composer
/ learn also that Mrs. j. H. Van
Dyke. wife of the Standard Oil mag
nate, not only continues to go to
schol. but imposed as condition of.
her marriage that 1t should not keep
her from the stage. am also In.
formed that Mrs. j. Harrison power.
OF Mississippi. has resumed her musi-
cal studies. The last time she was
here she might be seen every morn
ing driving from the Ritz to de
Reszye'sfstudio to take her lesson.
1t liz no exaggeration to say that
continuous stream of wealthy Hmeri-
can married women flows to the va
rious popular musical instructors OF
Paris since Mrs. William Spragu of
Rhode Island, set the example good
many years ago.
Chicago Seek. a Sculptor.
have lust met II. Rubens, the Chi
cago lawyer. who is on the quest for
a sculptor to make statue Of Heine
Tor the great central metropolis. And
why not? The Chicago women whom
have met over here know more about
Plato than they do about pork. and I
am told that Browning clubs are
thicker than gambling clubs in that
city OF the West.
Now we have monuments OF illus
trtous foreigners like Washington and
rankin and Shakespeare, bu. they
were all presented to us. Chicago
wants statue OF the poet Heine and
she wants to pay for It herself
But why not let an American sculn-
TOT make the statue destined for the
most American city of the Union? All
the more SO. as there are many ex-
cei!ent American sculptors in France
why overlook Frederick Mac Monies.
why not give the order to Paul way.
iand Bartlett: why not try George
Gray Barnard, for II local feeling
enters into the matter. there is tho
e. esterner, David Edstrom. OF iowa.
me mantle Of Saint Gaudens is not
without wearer.
No sooner Is the romance a, ~.
royal suitor for the hand of tha
nalsers only daughter shattered man
ahother comes busting into action A
ie" Gays ago 1t was a1inounce.l that
me Princess Victoria Louise was an.
sased to the young Archduke car,
franz OF Austria. That was denfed
ana now hear in German circles maj
p D.. ensasement with Prince. Carol AZ
so ruI VIII soon be announced.
~ ms charming young princess has
s,s, nealthy qualities OF the young
har m h mas romped a good bit with
hi, ~ o'ners. She is now eighteen.
ou' the German Emperor believes -,
early marriages. Prince caroi - -.
h ~ is son OF the Crown pr,n -
~ mat country and direct heir ~
lne throne. He is young. hsnds.
ano oraFe-a veritable Prince c.hsrn,
Is Alfonso XIII. to lose his +,t,a !.
ms Most Catholic Majesty" 81 nre,s
~ worn by his predecessors. Charles y
ana Phinp H.? Is Spain to become : :.
"ation OF agnostics? =
mere IS no likelihood OF e,,he-
e es know that Prime Minister
e,,n nalepas is quite as devout a Cath.
~ as cardinal Merry del Val. But
nor+,,na realizes the I'm
torrance torrance OF bringing Spain more n
aa,In with certain commercial and
educational principles GU
Millions OF dollars % ,,,v
sustain the church. while only ,eN,
thousand dollars are set as,da ~
educational purposes. and this nnann :. !,
distribution OF spain's money Is o oua'
s.g nI lacking in modernity. WV
Inen. too, 1t must be ren1er,h
mat Alfonso XIII. is the godsnn 80 80
rope Leo. and ] do not think he9is - -
any danger Of losing the title a. "1z .n
most Catholic Majesty" or thar ths
peUple WIZ give up the faith Of their