The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
|NAT|ON
NOT EVEN SHAKEN
Edna May Has No Desire to
Return to the
Stage.
SHE'S SATISFIED NOW
Married Life Has Taken Glanaoi
OF Footligilts Away
From Her.
SATISFIED
NOW
NJ CHESTER D.. oyERroN

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London. February lS.-The remark.
able welcome which greeted Mrs. t,s-
car Le"isohn (Edna May al the Sa-
Foy Theatre during the seven perform
ances OF The Belle of New York" has
not shaken her determination 10 retire
forever from the stage.
Few successes have been so en-
2hatic rs that Of Mrs. Lewjsohn. On
Thursday night Prince ana Princess
Alexander OF Teck. Prince and Prin-
cess Henry OF ~Battenhorg and Princess
louise were in boxes. Equally nat
:ertng vas Inc record breaking line
1or cheaper seats. AT dusk each eve
the London public Tne amateur com.
pany which supported Mrs. Lcwisohn
included Mrs. Lawson Johnson. cor-
rnerly Miss Fannie Dunlop, OF New
York.
To-day Mrs Lewisohn's apartment a,
the Savoy Hotel. overlooking III.
Thames, IS filled with huge floral
pieces; one showing the British and
American flags. made up OF violets.
hyac!nths and red roses. Underneath
the American emblem is the sentence:
Lest VIC forget"
Speaking 70 the correspondent, Mrs.
Lcwisohn said
II shall be glad really, when the ex-
element IS over. am unused 70 the
:igors ofthe tneatrenoT. Next week my
husband and go to Cannes to golf
This Whit OF the stage has not aroused
the least yearning 10 return TO II. l
know there is supposed 10 be a deadly
fascination about the theatre. bat my
life is now completely happy. l am
devoted to our country place near
Windsor. and love 10 golf and travel
with an occasional glimpse Of the city
Raiety. I ind all this sufficient com.
pensation for the fun and thrills or
u stage career
u can't say generally which is the
better lot for a woman, a successful
married life or a successful profes-
aional NE. | should say the quality
OF the husband hh- a. much 70 DO VIII?
the case az tile temperament of the
woman involved
ASKED whether It WAS not cthiccil3
wrong TO cheat the public of the en-.
~toyrncnt OF her talents. she laughed
and replied:
That's Ia compliment and not 2
question. THAT applies 10 Bcrnhardt,
Duse or Mc,ba, but not to poor little
nc. 1t would be pitiful If the women
az such talents as theirs retired from
The stage The yare peerless ana can
no, be replaced. I feel that am eN-
cuscd and may consider my own
w,snes first. | have been invited 70
play FOR charity once a year ioF a
week. but I shall decline.
~ nave lust received ali offer from
a music halt manager Of s3,Ioo a weck
TOR four weeks, but ] shall decline nat
also. Its jollY 10 he about again alter
four years idicness. but | uont caFs
10 rcpcat the experiment Ny maid,
who has bean with nc for gears, said
the onen!ng night was just like cid
Tines Personals. l prefer the new
ones"
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor vas admit.
ted 10 he tAe handsomest ana pest
DRESSED woman 1T = notable party
given By Lady Charles Bcrcsford 10
celebrate the birthday OF her popular
husband. 5llst retired from active ser
Vice in the navy. MIS-. Aston wore a
wonderful gown OF rose red vcivet. a
large cluster D. diamond flowers across
her corsage. and in her gray hair an
other strap OF the same stones.
After Mrs. Astor, the most effective
ngurc was the beautiful Countess OF
Mar and Keilie. IN white satin, with
diamond and pear ornaments.
The party was remarkable for the
numbcr of people present who are dis
t!ngulshed in the world OF diplomacy.
politics, art and literature.
Mrs. .Astor is ono or the few Anleri-
san hostesses who have grown SO at
tached to England that she does not
care to leave 1t even at this time OF
the year, except for a flying visit to
Paris 10 bay new gowns. During the
coronation season Mrs. Aston Will re-
eurae her series OF wonderful dinner
parties for dukes and diplomatists."
Too Much of n Tiara.
The Countess Of Granard offended
soma critics by wearing g largo dia-
mond tiara at the opening Of Parlia-
ment. The Taller, speaking OF this.
says:
"one OF the newest peeresses. Lady
Granard. gave ocular demonstrations
OF the inevitable dollars, wearing on
her small American head an ~all-rouad
tiara Of such vast dimensions that the
lady herself was very nearly forgotten
underneath It"
AS Lady Granard is a niece OF Am
bassador and Mrs. Reid and OF Mrs.
George Cavendisl -Bentinck, the criti-
cism is discussed widely.
The ha-em skirt IS no longer a freak