Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-16
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doors. Especially alter she haS lost her only son young brilliant officer in the navy, everybody is showing her the sympathy of receiving her 'dans l'intimite.'
 At the dansant" at Baroness Ed the bewitching Pierat, the most talent ed actress of the Theatre Francals captured the hearts of all, even the ladies.
 Madame la Presidents M. Poin- cares charming and beautiful younS wife has already become the idol Of Paris, She dresses in the most eX- uusite taste and whatever fashion she will choose to set, we will all bow to her decree.
 One thing is certain, the Palais Elysees has never seen such a charm preparing to entertain lavishly after Easter so all Paris is looking forward to a series of "saisons" the like of which nobody has seen since Empress Eugenia received the elite of all the world at the TuillerieS. Even the Royalists have succumbed to Mme. Poincare and members of all our nob- lest and most aristocratic families ,Nil be seen at these first Republican courts am told tl,at the various ambassadors have already been espe- cially requested to introduce distin- guished visitors to Paris from their countries to the President, and no American girl who stands well with her minister here should neglect to have him get an invitation to the Elysees for her.
 The burning topic of the moment here is Are the majority of dramatic authors justified in choosing dark women as villainesses and adventures es?'
 M. Sacha Gllitry, one of the authors to whom this question is addressed, laconically answers Yes" but he has not so far taken the public in to his confidence beyond making that categorical statement. We are there fore without knowledge of the reason on which he bases his opinion. M. Glaretie. on the other hand, is far Ia " say whether the blonde or the brunei te is the more dangerous, but he points out that on the stage, just as in life, all the notorious female cha racters are not dark. M. Henr Lavendan goes much further, the bru nette advcnturess. according to him is really an anachronism, it is the blonde who is the genuine 'femmt fattale.' Only he is careful to poin out exactly what type of blonde ht means It is not the delicious crea ture of cream and roses, blue-cye( and golden haired. It is quite another type. small, thin, bitter, acid, witl pinched lips and nostrils, with eye; of glaucous enamel that come straigh 1 from the Renaissance ObviOusl such a woman would be capable o anything, but she is really no mor l typical than the dark, serpentine ad tenturcss of melodrama.
 As one might expect, the ladies wh have been asked to record their oQin ions on the subject take up rathe more personal standpoint. Thus tn charming Mrlle. Mistinguette, who i not. l believe, known in theatrica circles on your side-thc loss is your says pointedly that the evil reputa ton of the brunette is "an rot O Parisian slang to that effect. And sh rankes up the ancient about Helen C Troy, besides citing the more mOdcr instances of "CasQue dor at on time Empress Regnant in the bes apache circles. Mdlle Regian Badt also defends the dark sisterhoo from the "aspersions cast upo
 them. Her theory is that the great est proportion of dark skinned dra matic villaincsscs is simply due to tn
 prcpondcrance of the brunette in re; life.