The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27
n. JOSEPH &. CLARKE.

s-rrFS disappear. 1t is the story
ur the world socially as well as
IN the matter of insects. Blu,
first NJ all they modify and then
.r erd perfectly satisfied to lose
,t,,t lets them 20 chcerfully. One 4
,.. .,., rr the ladies of the salon" our
,f. Lgrrl. died last week. and one
,y.. attribute II to the world shaking
v., a.w DEVASTATING Europe that SO
..t.o r,to was taken Of 1t. And mis-
..,,.. were made in the brief biographies
eliza, announced her passing away which
brought a smile to many a face that the
,,o. whereof had locked into the years
century.
One read that the Baroness de Bazus
Law dead AZ the age OF ga good ripe
are FOR any lady; but when the lady
must in that case have ceased growing
oder FOR some twenty years there should
have been a gallant footnote TO tina:
effect. For you sec the Baroness de
Bazls was our old acquaintance Mrs
Frank Leslie and all the kings horses
and all the kings men could not make
her entry into this world as late as 1851.
as the aforesaid biographies would
have u.
The matter NJ lady's age may well
10 a moot matter unless Il Jars uncon-
sciousy with historic events. True. the
events themselves In this case had BEEN
waived ont ~ existence by process Of
elimination. sut their ghosts we're abroad.
and what more natural than that they
should come IN the grim way that
ghosts have and sit around the sad
casket-a queer crowd, too-looking
visfullv down at the dim face that
seemed IN its calm so innocent OF stir
rms experiences.
No Il 'uht the mourners saw little Of
this Tho literary aud artistic habitues
of THO Thursdays of Mrs. Frank Leslie
Baroness de Bazus, pondcrcd more upon
the fact that tho goodly fare. liquid and
solid that they were wont to consume
on those halcyon evenings would he no
more fr them than that their soulful
commun.ngs were q an end Little they
fT0NtlPi ABOUT INC 'ldNt w lIlt blTln bl
their hcncfaCtress. For. alas. the worlds
OF literature or art to which they be-
'orgod were the worlds Of Vain Hope
and rallid Performance and the art
pathways they trod led nowhere. In
such cases a solid meal and decent
drink had a. real meaning.
They hirl>cd back 20 the mental pic
ture Of the salon at It's best with the
g., g,r, 4
10 IN tho comfortable room. hailing
each other with chcerfulpess that
was supposedly hon ton. salu'ing with
as good an Imitation If the grand man
ner a. they could muster. and saying
what th!ngs Of fattery they could COM
pose % the curious figure made To
simulate long departed youth which
occupied a chair Of state on a das. II
vas fantastic scene. a bit pathetic
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Under the mask Of great age 'ay
the traces Of great beauty that could
ro' 20 '1rgotten. Amid the inanit.es
and surface smdrtness and the primping
,Wl-s there flashed al times from the
figure .u ;ae chair bits of clear intuition
and acute observation. making one re-
volt all the more at the baronial hum
hug and tho learned prctence So tire
,omolv labored over and so assliuously
aided out In stream level with the
flowing II the punch at the side. or
course IL all was because the lady pro-
'agonist lived for admiration and was
willing to pay a little for IT,
Now aad again a real celebrity would
he gathered In. But did he or she ever
reappear? one glance at the gather
ing was usually enough. If one fingered
'ong enough one heard Of the resurrec-
Ion ~ the salon right here in New
York and references 20 the glory days
- Nine. RecamIer and Nine Edmond
Adam ms like as not saluted the ears.
And yet the celebrities made a mistake.