The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
AMERICAN WOMEN
ATTRACT ARTISTS
Portraits May Dominate the
Next Salon.
PLUCK EARNS ADMIRATION
Success of Girl Students from This
Country in Paris Attributed to
Their Push and STRENGTHENING
Another Pursuit in which Women
Are Held to Excel.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Feb. 1&-From present promises
the portraits of wen-known American
women will dominate the next Salon.
William Warden. rising young Amer
ican painter, is putting the finishing
strokes upon a portrait of Lady Car
rington, who was formerly Miss Juliet
Warden. of New York. She is very we'll
known in English court circles. her hus-
band having been equerTy to Queen Vic
toria. The young painter is her cousin
The portrait is admirable and has al
ready attracted a great deal Of COM
ment.
Jules Cayrom, who painted a remark
able picture of Mrs. William Ellis Corey
for her chateau in the valley of the
Cheuvreuse, is also busily engaged upon
several portraits Of American women for
the coming Salon. He has painted the
beautiful Countess Nostita, the Ameri-
can wife of the Russian military attache
Another of Cayrom's spring exhibits
will be a portrait Of the Countess Odom
de Loubersac formerly Miss Livermore,
Of Boston. A great many critics think
he has emphasized the large eyes and
svelteness Of Mrs. Corey. Others declare
the likeness is perfect and the picture
one of the finest the artist has ever
painted.
American Students PIucky.
Your American girl student really sur
prises and delights US. For instance,
Miss Isabelle Pearson, of Duluth, decid-
ed she would became a great organist
She had no money for her worthy enter
prise, but she owned a life insurance
policy which she sold for $1,000.
Then she went gayly to our greatest
organist, NJ Guyllemant, and bearded
him in his den. And now this young
girl has carried off a first prize as or
ganist and in a few days will be of to
London town to take an examination for
the Royal Academy Of Organists.
This is the kind of push and energy
that we Frenchmen admire. Another eX-
ample: Miss Edith Thayer. of Boston,
sings like a bird. She is popuarly called
Mademoiselle Nightingale. She is winning
name and fame at musical soirees and
entertainments. Her success has all been
due to her pluck and energy. She is
going to America one of these days in
the near future and you will all be de-
lighted to hear her.
Excel as Dancers.
1t seems to me that American women |
are our very best dancers in Paris Fol- |
ing perfect, a number Of well-known |
American women are taking a course of
dancing lessons from no less a person
than Nine Jean de Reszke. Judging
from the immense sums de Reszke has
already reaped from American women,
added to what his wife is reapfng from
her lessons in dancing, this family will
soon be numbered among the million
aires of the world
One of their most promising pupils Is
Countess de Contaut-B -Biron, formerly
Miss Martha Leishman. This young
widow dances beautifully. Mrs. Stanton
Sickles. daughter-in-law of Gen. Sickles
3 nd wife of a former secretary of the
American Legation at Brussels, is also
an accomplished member of this exclu-
5ive dancing class.
Then there is Nine. Yturde, wife Of
the Mexican Minister; Mrs. John G.
Leishman, wife of the American Am
Dassador to Rome, and the Russian
American Countess Nostitz.
Miss HaywoOd'S Art Perquisite.
Miss Florence Haywood, of New York,
has written a book on the art OF the
louvre, our famous national gallery of
painting and sculpture, Recently the
young authoress has been conducting :
,arties of American tourists through the
gallery delivering art lectures.
It has been noticed that these parties
ave access to the building on days when :
is supposed to be closed. For instance.
Monday is cleaning day in all our gal
cries and on Thursday they are closed.
But this in nowise prevents Miss Hay
wood and her wealthy friends from be-
ng admitted and making tours of in
pection. How has this young American
managed to get possession of our ma
ional gallery when all the rest of the
world is shut out? The minister of fine
rts is the only man who can explain
he mystery
Meanwhile tax payers are writing an s
ry letters demanding an explanation.
hey would like to know why a foreign
r who does not pay taxes should have
he privilege denied them.
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