The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-01
Anna Held La Belle Parisiene Tells Cunning Story
sy DOLLY DALRYMPLE


bing up serenely and hitting me right
slap in the face?
I don't seem to be able to get away
from it,
But
| Perhaps | don't want to.
| Has anybody ever wanted to, once
they've seen that beautiful adora Bile,
shapely, petite figure of the lovely Paris
| iennes2a
| But what I started out to say was this:
| Anna Held's back
There it is again.
But
Anyway
Anna Held's back. and this time in
"vodviller'
Now, then. I've gotten it out of my
systeml
And the lovely Anna is lovlier than
ever.
Truly she is
! La Belle Parisienne
Who captures all the men
With the naughty little way she has of
| Dancing-of prancing!"
Really
|
| that lovely Anglasized French of hers,
that wicked little French manner, and
that naughty, but nice, little look out of
i her adorable almond shaped eyes that
fairly smile and smile whenever she
opens them, with that "nowI ve-got-
expression in them--you what mean, for
the inimitable Anna certainly has got
hooks in her eyes"
| Oh, yes
She's not any bigger than good sized
watch charm-just piece of Dresden,
dainty, petite, lovely!
| Miss Held arrived yesterday in her own
dear, private car, with an English secre-
! tary you'll know what's she's for later
/ ON, three French maids. a brace Of
Pommeranian lap doggies, a kodak, a
Manx cat with bi-colored eyes, dozens of
| trunks, and the wonderful 100000 dia-
mond stockings of which we've heard so
much.
Something of retinue-Wasnt 1t?
| She very kindly received me Tor the
| inevitable 'interview2 in her dressing
room just before the matinee yester-
day afternoon and 1 can't remember
when I've been SO highly entertained
and carried away by anybody as by
the charming Anna.
! She sat bolt upright on the edge
| of the chair in front of her mirror
with her snow white little hands
clasped nervously in her lap and an
alert expression that flashed smile
| to me across the room. and when | tolu
her that | wanted to talk to her about
clothes--"the art of dressing she said
with that wicked little twinkle OF hera
and in half English, half French;
| Mon dieu. Not dressing; rather say
| undressing desc days"
"As you please, mademoiselle." l ac-
lquiesced.
"Of course de clothes dey make de
woman---not de woman de clothes.
Jamis." she exclaimed as She loosened
her beautiful hair and took from 1T two
wonderful jeweled pins and handed
| them to me, saying
Are dey not beautiful
"You see, my jewels--I do not bring
dem wild me as l used to since de time
| Eat | was obbed." she went on. These
are only make believes"
"And mademoiselle' stoclSings-the
wonderful 100000 stockings" l asked.
my secretary, she bring dem from
de car" she told me. "Dey are very
beautiful. Dey are real diamonds. You
shall see for yourself dare not brins
dem until | am ready to wear dem.
Marie, re door, (To her maid)
The stockings were brought IN by
the secretary, carefully wrapped and
under lock and key.
Opening the case in which they were
deposited, there was revealed the most
wonderful piece OF handiwork imagin-
able.
The finest of silk mesh nets. form
ling an entire deux, was heavily en-
broidered in diamonds. forming the
ankle and upper part of the stockings
Are they not beautiful?" asked mad
emoselle.
"More than beautiful-wonderful,
exclaimed.
"It ess my own idea,'' she said. Just
| a novelty. Every one has some little
fad and l have always loved beautiful
shoes and stockings and have always
worn DEM"
"Do you like the present mode Of dress
ing?" | asked, "when the ladies leave off
| till tomorrow all that they should wear
today?'
"De diaphanous gowns-dey are very
/ naughty" said she, but de women like
dem and de coutourieres dey make dem.
l wear dem because dey are de style, of
course, and l do not wear de corset any
more
"And your figure is like sylph," 1 OBJ
| served.
"Ah-dat comes of knowing how to
] take care of myself" said Miss Held.
"And another thing; / want you to look
\ at my skin 1 have not a wrinkle, not a
blemish--and as you see me now before
7 put on my 'make-up.' you can see | am
free of everything ugly when it comes
| to complexion
whats the secret asked, as gaved
| In admiration at her beautiful, peachy
| skin--like baby's.'
Oats just it, she said naively. Two
years ago | discovered very harmless,
| cheap, healthy, remedy for de skin. l
| shall not make it known yet, but 10 years
hence, il 1 still have no wrinkles, I will
then write Beauty Hints for re papers
and tell Anna Held's secret for keeping
young"
| And the milk baths-of tho long ago
you have discarded them?' I asked.
''Oh yes-because found something bet
| ter No, no, no. I will not tell. Some
oay--but not now" You know what dey
! say about de women in these days? Dat
re Lord begun it--but 1t takes de corr
/ setiere, de hair dresser. de mlliner, de
manicurist and de beauty specialist to
turn out de finished product. Some day l
will furnish de beauty recipes.
| Good I applauded and voted Miss
| Held not only one of the most bewitching
looking people | had ever seen, but one
of the cleverest and most original.
! Suddenly thought struck her again.
and with the same difficulty that We've
encountered with her before-that old,
old difficulty of not being able ito make
her eyes behave" she said
i've got cunning little story to tell
| you. Want to hear it?''
Certainly | do, ! responded, delighted
| at hearing something new.