The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

| the second apartment a dining room,
where the pretty mission table and its six
chairs, as well as the low cabinets were
also part of the original making. Here
one of the attractive bits of furnishing
il the built-in sideboard, whose mirror
reflects the cut of many pretty pieces of
crystal for Madame's table, and a low
cellarette is another cosy adjunct to the
furnishing. The last of the trio of rooms
| is the kitchen, whose gas range adjoin-
ing the pantry, built-in ironing board and
kitchenette, make it an ideal place for a
| woman too busy for the small details of
! housekeeping.
A pretty blue and white tiled bathroom
completes this little house that has ex-
cited such - wondering interest among
| passersby. Bedrooms it has none but
| since one must sleep, it may be explained
that the big mirror in the living room
conceals a gerat brass bed which, with
| the touch of small button is revealed,
and that the big sideboard in the dining
! room has such a button and such an ar
| tcle concealed, though Madame has very
| practically removed this one, thus max
| ing of the. space into which it went most
attractive dressing room to add to the
smaller one in which she has placed her
chiffonier.
| This would be a charming home for sew
eral bachelor girls or mem: art or music
students would make of it an ideal place
| to live in, just as Nine. Lorraine has
| Contrary to the expectation of the build
| er, however, she was two maids to watch
her needs. and one can but wonder what
| they find to do in such a tiny place.
| though as 1t is always perfectly cared for
and Madame perfectly groomed, this is
perhaps the answer.
| The flowers which in great clusters
adorn her music room and dining room,
each big cluster with card depending
and the photographs of many of the
worlds famous singers, violinists and
| pianists, which line her walls, are a pro-
found and eloquent tribute to her as
woman and artist. AS she sat at the
piano the other morning and talked of
! her teaching, and of her hopes for Bir-
mEgham in a musical sense. her face
| lighted with the eloquence of her theme:
| her wonderful voice magnetized with the
cadences and the tones and the feeling
which her own great masters made part
and parcel of her own splendid tone pro-
duction-as she talked of her students and
her work with them 1t was easy to see
why they sit at her feet, fguratively
speaking Her charm is compelling, her
power a characteristic that is verita-
BILE part of her extraordinary personali-
position on the wall, the great 1saye
seemed to speak the words scribbled
across the lower part of his photograph,
ITO Madame Lorraine, who could make
a crocodile sing" He is repeated up
there on the wall. in many poses, and
with many friendly salutations to this ex-
traordinary woman inscribed across his
photographs, and companions to his own
photographs are the 1ikenesses of the
great actor, Richard Mansfield, of Nine.
Lillian Nordica, of Nine. johanna Cad
ski, of Miss Adele Ritchie, a devoted pu-
pil of Nine. Lorraine, and of scores of
others among the artist celebrities who
have been her friends. So the atmosphere
of this charming room is conducive to ar
tistic development, strengthening the in
fiuence of Nine. Lorraines personality
and of her teaching power. Her express
sive eyes, which seem so dark in con-
trast to her fair skin and her golden hair,
form a brilliant combination and one
would always know that here is an ex-
ceptional character, woman who has
had varied and wonderful experiences.
When she came to Birmingham three
years ago, she fingered a few days as a
guest while en- route to Florida to rest,
| for her work Is at all times fatiguing and
| cor fining She was invited to meet a
small company of singers one evening in
| Mr. and Mrs Gussen's studio, and to talk
\ to them of their work. Within week
she was called upon by several members
of the group with entreaties that she ac-
cept them as pupils. It was with evil
dent reluctance that she consented to
teach even one or two, but gradually as
she became interested her classes have
grown, her teaching lics pegun to show
results, and she is an integral part of
| the musical life of the community Her
| Saturday musicales have become an in
I-4t& o,,1 t1,a a1ra s,f ataa Of
her students upon a programme, an event
hailed with satisfaction by music lovers
who understand
Nine Lorraine at home Is charming,
| for her artistic surroundings are a fit
! ting complement to her delightful person
ality. In any gathering of music lovers,
with one of her advanced students pre-
| sentng some selection that she has
chosen and given the stamp of her ap-
proval, she is as charming, for her crit
icism, saniingly given, whether adverse
|