The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-07
Troubles and Gossip are Going
The Rounds Amongst Royalty

perhaps Mile. Badet's outlines are too
classical, and she lacks the piQuancy
that appeals so strongly to the Paris
ian. If this is SO, the beauty of Mile.
Meyan is of type that should win
vast number of admirers. She is de-
liciously pert.
Another interesting type of beauty
is represented by Norma Della. She
is the acme of daintiness and luxur-
iousness. To admire her is enormous
ly expensiv. She is proud to say that
she has never put her feet on the pave
ments Of Paris-that is not since she
became public character. Before
that she was a washer-woman's daugh-
ter. Norma DelZa always rides in
carriage or motor car. The furnish
ings of her that are in harmony with
her exquisite taste, and its bibelots
and other ronaments are noted for
their rarity and costliness.
Equally dainty is Mile. Greuze. She
reincarnates the type of French beau
ty most admired in the eighteents CEN
fury. She impersonates to perfection
the women painted by her famous
namesake, the artist Greuze, Greater
of THE Brokne Pitcher" and other ex-
Quisite masterpieces.
The French worshippers of beauty
will not elect a Queen who has merely
perfect outlines of face and figure.
She must have some strange or touch
ing some abnormal quality. About
| Lantelmes beauty there lowered a
sadness of expression that drew uni
versal homage.
The new Queen of Beauty must
have a new quality. For instance,
Folliere, odd as it may seem, despite
her touches of grotesque ugliness may
conceivably be made the Queen of
Beauty of Paris. 1t was French
philosopher who said that true ugli-
ness is the only perfect beauty. There
are moods expressions, and poses of
Folaire in which all her bizarre points
bend into one compelling form, which
Parisians, with their sophisticated
sense of beauty, find transendentally
charming.
| The French have created paradox
one must be truly ugly in Paris to be
beautiful. But although the gay city
/ cannot make each of them the Queen
Of Beauty, they will always have
many subjects-for does not all the
| women?
| An interesting story of Queen Will
! helmina is going the rounds. The
| Queen is very fond OF walking in out
of-way places round her capital, and
during a recent promenade she en-
countered little girl in whom she
subsequently interested herself. The
child conceived the idea of showing
her gratitude in tangible fashion
She thought the Queen would be
pleased to receive little present
! from her, and after considerable med
! itation sent to the palace pair OF
i gloves.
! Queen Wilhelmina was much touch
ed. and promptly returned the com
! pliment by sending another pair OF
/ gloves to her young friend. BY way
of adding interest to the present He1
Majesty filled the right one with bon
bons and placed pieces of money in
the left. Accompanying her present
was letter in which the Queen asked
! the little girl to inform her which
glove gave her the most pleasure.
The simple reply came as sur
prise to Her Majesty, your beautiful
present has only caused me trouble,
l cannot tell you which OF the gloves
has given me the most pleasure, fol
4 my father took the left glove and my
oldest sister the right one.'
+, That same evening Queen Wilhel
nina sent another pair of gloves, sim
ilarly filled, to her young protegee
Her Majesty took care that the pres
ent was delivered by a court function
airy, who saw to it that the gloves
were not siezed by others.