The Washington herald., 1911-01-22
Washington Artist, Living with
Daughter in Moliere's Old
Mlnsion, Rises with Dawn
Miss Ethel Lauds Another
American Painter Likely to
Win Honors-COl. Marchand
Steps Into Hornets Nest.
Nv VANCE THOMPSON.

Salon will be those by Mrs. Clifford Bar
ney of her two daughters, the Misses
Nathalie and Laura Barney. MIS- Bar
: ney also exhibits a portrait of MIS-. James
! Brown Potter and one of herself. The
question that arises is how did the afllsl
pose for her own portrait?
Simply by taking her place at the SIDE
of a mirror and putting the easle in front
of her These four portraits represent
only a portion of Mrs Barney's Work
this winter She lives, with a dauSh-
ter. in Molieres old mansion near the
Ecole des Beaux Arts. and rises every
morning with the dawn. When not work
ing at her daughters house. she paints
in the Colorossi studio, in the Boulevard
Mont ParIasse. Prior to the opening Oh
the Salon, Mrs. Barney will hold an ex-
hiSition of her own works.
One of the most beautiful portraits at
the coming exhibition in the Salon OF
French Artists will be that Of Mrs. Ash
ton Knight, who has the reputation Oh
being the handsomeSt among the young
matrons of Paris. The painting Is by
her husband, Ashton Knight. who is al
ready well known as a landscape painter
He is a son of Daniel Ridgeway Knight.
whose favorite subject is Girl in
Flower Garden in the Month of July.
and grandson Of Daniel Rdgeway
Knight, noted Philadelphia architect.
Another picture destined to achieve
notoriety at the coming Salon Will be
that of Mrs. Frederick w. Vanderbilt.
formerly Miss Dresser, by Boldini, prob
ably the most brilliant of modern por-
trait painters. Boldini has already
painted Mrs. Harry Lehr and many other
well-known American society women.
Boldini claims that since the automo-
bile craze it is difficult to get women
TO pose They are generally restless, and
their features lack the calm necessary
TO a successful painting. but Mrs. Van
dcrbilt, he says. has the repose of
statue.
Young Prince Painted.
The Marquse de Wentworth is paint
ing a portrait of the young Prince de
Sagan. which she hopes to have ready
for the Salon. She has only recently ar
rived in Paris from Washington. where
! understand she added some notable
portraits of the Washington series. the
Young Prince de Sagan is the son of the
Princess de Sagan. who was formerly
Anna Gould and is sixteen months old.
The Prince and Princess are constant
Iy in attendance during the sittings of
the young prince. who. by dint of much
coaxing. consents to the ordeal of pos
ing very well indeed. The Princess de
SaEan has begun her weekly receptions
for the first time since her marriage
with the Prince de SaEan de Talleyrand.
Another American painter likely to hold
an exhibition of her work preliminary
to the opening of the Salon is Miss Ethel
Sands Miss Sands is from New York,
is 4 niece of Henry Sands. and is well
known in Paris society. Her exhibits
will he in the Daudouin Museum and
is under the auspices of Princess Alice
of Monaco. formerly Miss Heime. of New
Orleans. The pictures. of which there
are twenty-one, are original and poetic.
Row Over Colonel.
Col. Marchand, a hero of Fashoda. has
stepped into hornets nest, much after
the fashion of George Dewey when that
gallant Admiral decided to his wife the
house in Washington which eighty mil
lions of people gave him.
Quite recently Col Marchand married
beautiful American. or semi-American,
girl. Mile. de Saint Roman. She
is Il daughter of the Countess de Saint
Roman. who was formerly Miss Slidell.
of New Orleans. The young woman IS
also niece of the Baroness Erlanger,
we'll known in London and Paris society.
Mile. Saint-Romain has long taken an
active part in the work of the Red Cross
Society and has organized Il brigade of
nurses for special service in French
Africa She was engaged in this work
when Col. Marchand met her. The mar
rage of the two soon followed and was
celebrated by Mgr. Tell. canon of the
Cathedral of Notre Dame When Col.
Marchand returned to Fashoda, his
friends and admirers presented him with
sword the hilt of which was studded
with costly gems
The gallant colonel in turn presented
the sword. jewels. and all to his wife
This greatly displeased those who had
contributed toward the present, Just as
minor contributors to the Dewey house
in Washington were displeased, they
claim that the famous sword may now
so to America and be lost to France.
Col. Marchand takes the stand that az
the present was given him uncondi-
tionally, he is free to do as he pIeases
with it, and that it is perfectly safe in
the hands of his young wife. |
But this sword has caused nothing but
trouble. 1t has led to Marchand's res
ignation from the army. for the sword |
was presented chiefly by Nationalist,
who tried to exploit the hero of Fashoda
for political purposes. Indeed. the brave
colonefs path has been thorny ever since
Joseph Chamberlain ordered him to leave
Fashoda. and now that he has just mar |
ried a young and beautiful wife, this
jeweled sword gets him into trouble |
again.
An the celebrities of Paris from Rodin
to Guitry applauded Isadora Duncan's
plastic interpretations Of Greek tragedy |
at the Theater, Du Chatelet this week
She was accompanied by the Colonne |
Orchestra, under the direction Of M |
Pierme. She danced to divers fragments
Of "Orpheus." while in the wings Marie |
D'Otto and a chorus sang. Her greatest
success was in the second act, where,
robed in red. she portrayed the Dance |
of the Furies."
Miss Duncan sails on February I for |
New York. where she viii appear with
The Damrosch Orchestra. ]