Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-21
Some Women

There is nothing so wonderful about
the riot Of women at Miss Gould's we'd
ding, for 1t is q matter of record that
there have been riots at many OF the
famous weddings at London, New YORK
and Chicago in recent years. Inc
police look upon these disturbances
with resignation, and no one has ever
attempted to analyze them. The state
ment of the women that they WlSned u
see how the bride looked seems to cover
the case. The fact that they cllmpeu
through church windows, up coal holes,
over iron fences. bowled over policemen
and committed other vagaries that re-
call the riots Of the suferagettes indl-
Gates that their desire to see the bride
was sincere. Only the public was
frightened. 1t is recorded that Miss
Gould, like the duchess of Roxborough,
Lady Kay and other heroines Of other
mob weddings, smiled complacently al
the rioters.
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If Madame Cavalleri marries Robert
Chanler she will bring to a climax a
career that is really amazing. She began
as flower girl i'm the streets OF PARIS
but her beauty was so striking that a
theatrical manager put her on the stage
and she became the idol of Parisians
who frcquented the music halls. Her
performances were extraordinary. 1t
was at the time when she was on the
crest of a wave of music hall notorietS
| that she abruptly forsook all OF her
companions and the life of the cafes
and began the most rigorous and
thorough study of singing
She was laughed at for a time but
no one could shake her determination
and I'm the end she triumphed and be-
came "A grand opera artist of recog-
nized position. She has sung the lead
| ing roles in grand opera in Paris, Lon
don and New York, and despite her IN
tense application and hard work she II
one of the most beautiful women on the
stage It is said on apparently good
authority that she is to marry Robert
Chanler and, if she does, her position
in New York society will be assured
Mr.. Chanler is not only the grandson
of the original John Jacob Astor but
he is in a position to place his wife al
the head of a very large social circle
From a flower girl in Paris through the
heated atmosphere of the music halls
and the heights of grand opera to a
secure social position in New YORK is
so varied a career as to cause fiction
to seem commonplace.
Grace George is slight of figure, dell
cate of method and very sincere in her
dramatic methods. Her tempestuous
and combative husband tried for sew
eral years to force her into prominence
in connection with heroic and spectacu-
lar roles, but her real artistic successes
lie in the direction of Frou Frou and
Lady Teazle, and as there is no crowd
of aspirants for these semi-classic roles
il is not unlikely that they will soon
become identified with Grace George.
s.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's sayings and
doings are recorded with great detail
by the press throughout the country
and yet 1t is permissible to wonder
sometimes what it is all about. Hell
assertion that she cannot live away
from the Pacific coast does not carry
much conviction with 1t because she
has been living for the past ten OF
twelve years in New York and London
On top of this assertion comes her
owful indictment that the American
man is without psychology" The
| American man has been coming in fol
a hard rapping at the hands of his
critics ever since our girls began marry
ing lords and dukes, but 1t lis doubtful
| If he will ever stagger up again undel
the slur Of being without psychology
provided he finds out what it means
| Nine. Marguerite Durand is a Paris
ian and a suffragist. Recently we have
| heard much about the English suf.
| fragists. Even in America there have
been rumors that somebody or Other
might soon raise the cry of "Votes fol
Women" on this side of the wet place
But the Partisan suffragist, not much
given to brick-shying, hasn't had even
look-in so far as America is con-
cerned. We haven't known whether
French women want to vote and we
haven't cared anyway.
That is, we didn't know until Nine
Durand took the center of the stage
But we heard about her and the things
we heard made us sit up and take
notice.
The madame is a little below aver
age height and a little above average
weight. She has a broad forehead and
pair of big eyes, deep set beneath
heavy and masculine brows. Her nose
is strong. Her mouth large, the lips
set in a straight line. Her chin re-
cedes slightly and her ears. set far
back on her head, are large and as
sertive.
Mime. Durand is no beauty but she is
no freak either. She is kindly en-
ergetic woman. middle-aged and with
brain. Just at present she is one OF
would call it running in this country
as candidates for the French chamber
of deputies. OF course these women
have no legal right to be candidates
for office. Should one of them by any
possibility be elected she never could
take her seat. Their candidates. are
designed merely to present an object
lesson to Paris voters and they-or
at least a half-dozen of them-are
making campaigns that are the talk OF
the boulevards.
one day last week Nine. Durand
caused handbills to be circulated all
over her district announcing that on
that night she would meet in public
debate Charles Marest, one of the can
didates against her.
The meeting place was crowded, mer
being in a large majority, when Nine
Durand walked upon the platform, ac-
companied by an individual whom she
introduced as Marest. 1t was immedi-
ately apparent that the man was g
hopeless idiot, though he really was a
candidate for office, Nine. Durand hay
ing had his name registered.
, The woman began her speech while
the man, poor imbecile, grinned anC
chattered until the audience protested
loudly against what appeared to be q
cruel exhibition of his mental infirm-
ity.
"Marest is an interesting medica
case" said Nine. Durand calmly
"Theres no harm in bringing him here
for he does not understand what is
going on and he rather enjoys being
cOnspicuouS.