The Washington herald., 1913-02-09

Il Is 50 In England and a little In Amer
lea Very well. II they like It. and It mag
be pretty-but for me. no." And she made
little moue Of disgust.
Il suppose you are very careful Of your
self. aren't your pursued, stiil on ths
beauty quest You rest great deal and
all that sort OF thing?'
Mas<oi. no! am not careful. I sieer
when II fsh. Of course. but I work hard
and also I have good time with my
friends Perhaps I do not work as hard
and play as hard as you American
women. and therefore I am not 50 mar
vous; but certainly I am always occu-
pied"
"Wen. then. how on earth do you do
itr" demanded I've never believed
you really put veal on your face every
night. and you say you don't walk and
you don't diet. How do you keep 90
young and beautiful7"
Nathalina put her hand on her heart
and made a mock serious bow.
You find me thatI'' she gurgied Joy
ousiy. Thank you a thousand times for
the compliment. Mademoiselle. II can
not explain more about II. except to say
that am always well and happy and
love flowers and life and music and gay
ETY.. I am italian Me voilar'
HER pIsAPPoINTMENTs.
'I wish I had little italian blood In
my veins sighed plain Katie, with an
other languishing look at that fantasie at
Just the proper angle in hat love of Q
bonnet
Haze you ever had any struggles or
disappointments in your operatie careerr'
inquired
Some disappointments, OF course, but
none of the usual struggles. sang frat
in Italy. Appeared as Mimi shall never
forget it was 50 nervous ] was Just as
II glued to the stage. stood perfectly
still and my arms felt like lead when
tried to move them It was too dreadfult'
and she gave a little wrigsle OF discom-
fort after that. as you know. sang IN
Paris. in New York and In London"
Then my eye sought a photograph OF La
cavalien as Manon. It was the only
picture Of her had seen in the place.
should like you to note that, as 1t is some
thing I've never encountered before on
these occasions. There were plenty of
mirrors, but no pictures
asked:
who do you think will replace Masse-
net, Madamef'
Nathalina ruminated a second. then she
said: 'oh. that cannot answer. It Is
such a delicate question. It will be so
difdcult for any one to take his place. I
knew him well Of course. A great artist.
a great man. He was very old. but he
had q young heart, and for that reason
he could go on writing operas for SO long
a time. Every one here loved him and his
death was a blow to French music. Yet
we have many young and earnest COM
posers, perhaps some Of them will achieve
great things in time"
THE VISIT BREAKS UP.
There was the rumble Of q motor out
side. snd could see from the window
that the prima donna's automobile had
driven up to the door and the chauffeur
had prepared himself for q wait. He had
taken out a newspaper and settled down
to read. until such a time as ons OF
Madame CavalierPs faithful henchmen
should signify to him that his mistress
was about to start or on her afternoons
round Of visits.
There Is your car" said. land I
mustn't keep you any longer. But please
do let me tell you how charming think
your home. It's the prettiest little house
I've seen in Paris"
She was childishly pleased.
do you think so?" she exclaimed ''Of
course I love it and take the greatest
pride in II. but one never can tell II ones
taste will suit other people"
She followed me out into the hall and
leaned over the bannisters calling to vir-
ginie to come and open the front door for
me.
virginie appeared TO be otherwise en-