The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
MARRIED WOMEN
 STUDY MUSIC Number of Americans in Paris Is Astonishing
WILL GO TO AFRICA
in the Footsteps of the Distin- guished American Hunter.
 Robins in Paris

I tonishing how many American women married come to Paris to study music. Married French women with or without babies would never think of going to school at such an age. To mention of few names there Is, for instance, Mrs. John A. Drake of New York, who has been for some time one of Jean de Pejske's most faithful pupils. There is also Mrs.
 Wilson Smith of Washington, who leaves Captain Smith at home, while she goes to school to Braggiotti at Florence. who, by the way is a son-in-law of B. Schles- finger, the composer.
 learn Mrs. J. M. Van Dyke, wife of the Standard oil magnate, not only con- tinues to go to school, but imposed as | condition that her nuptials should not keep her from the stage. I am also in- l formed that Mrs J. Harrison Power of Mississippi has resumed her musical studies. The last time she was here she might be seen every morning driving from the Ritz to De Pezske's studio to take her lessons. It Is no exaggeration to say that continuous stream of wealthy American married women has flown to the various popular musical instructors of Paris, since Mrs. William Sprague of Rhode Island set the example a good many years ago.
 | The widowed queen of Italy has decided to go off to Africa like Colonel Roose- welt. The precise date of her departure is not yet fixed It will depend upon the state of the health of her mother, the Duchess of Genoa. The queen expects to meet her kipswoman, the Duchess D. Aoste in Central Africa. The duchess has such success hunting big game last year she has determined to leave for the dark | continent as early as October.
 | It is to be- regretted that the elephant is dying out in Africa. There are many places where 1t is forbidden by the gov ernment to kill the female. Queen Mar i gherita loves out-of-door life and was once President of an Alpine Congress. When motoring became the fashion she was one of it's first votaries. She Is now | 90 enthusiastic over aviation that she Is actively encouraging the foundation of club, having for it's object flights over | the highest Alpine peaks from Italy into France. There Is only one out-of-door | sport in which her beautiful daughter-in- | law, Queen Elena can rival her, and that lis rifle shooting In which Italy's young lqneen is an expert Queen Margherits Is l 58 years of age and Is as much beloved 1 by the Italian people as when they used to shout after her; There goes Mar gherita. There is no Princess like our Margherita."
 | It is said that gentlemen know each other instinctively so I think do prin- cesses. Hence was not surprised to see the Princess Malgarani de Baroda of In- dia entertaining Miss Elkins at dinner Iparty the other day at vichy. This princess is one of the most illustrious descendants of the Rajahs of India Her lline is quite as long and her caste. as high as that of the MaharJah of Kaparthala. brother-in-law of young Thomas Ross l Winans Of Baltimore. The princess was | assisted by her son in receiving and en- | tertaining the guests at the dinner which I refer On this occasion her priceless solid gold service was used. Miss Elkin's mother was among the guests. Also Mrs. George Law of New York and Paris. The Elkins family made the acquaintance of this Indian princess in India during their visit to that country. This acquaintance ship ripened into warm friendship when the party met again in London.
 I have just met Lawyer H. Rubins of Chicago, who is on the lookout for a sculptor to make statue of Hefne for that city And why not? The Chicago ladies 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 We have monuments of illustrious foreigners like Washington and Franklin and Shakespeare. but they were all presented to us. Chicago wants statue of the poet Heine and she wants to pay for it herself.
 l But might it not be as well to let an American sculptor make the statue -des- tined for the most American city of the union? All the more so as there are many excellent American sculptors In France. If the people of Chicago were afraid that Frederick MacMonies would make a statue of Goethe too nude for Lincoln, why not give the order to Paul Wayland Bartlett or sgain to George Gray Barnard, or if patriotism really en- ters into the thing there is the westerner, David Edstrom. who is said to have walked from Iowa to Paris ten years ago. The mantle of Saint Gaudens is not with out a WeareH
 | hear in German circles that the en- gagement of the Kaiser's only daughter | With young KTlAC0 ,SaroA VI IsoufhdlAld I will soon be announced. The princess bears the names Victoria Louise, the former after her great grandmother, Queen Victoria of England and the latter after her great aunt. Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife This charming young Iprincess has the "Tomboyish" qualities of the young girl who has romped a good
 bit with her brothers. She is now IS. but lthe German Emperor believes in early
 marriages. A futile effort was made to
 secure her hand for the Young king of
 Portugal.
 Prince Carol of Roumania is son of
 the crown prince of that country and di-
 rect heir to the throne. He Is young, handsome and brave, veritable prince
 charming. Should this marriage take
 place Carmen Sylva, the benevolent queen of Roumania, who is renowned for her gentleness and spirituality she is a
 poetess as well as queen, will have her hands full of tanning the militant little l. German tomboy who Is colonel of the reg |iment of the Second Hussars. As the
 Kaiser has 55 palaces he can well afford ! to give one to his only daughter for a