The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Mary Helen Carlisle, Gra-
cious and Clever, Is Re-
freshing AS Well Regulated
Spring Breeze-Yet She's
Famous.
Her Career Proves That
Greatness May Cone to
Women Without EmanCi-
patton From Skirts and
Without Sleight of Hand
Working.
BY FLORENCE f. IODER.

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many more great men
than there arc great women. Look
at tho number of artists. There
are very few great women artists
And perfectly content with this
statement. the world has for a good
many years solemnly insisted upon
woman's incapacity to be truly
great. at least in an artistic line,
except ~ rare and isolated in
stances when weird looking wom-
en- creatures, with either short or
messy hair rudely invaded their
world.
But every day or two now. popu-
lar theories regarding women are
being exploded with loud bangs,
ami that the number of famous
women art SITS Is materializing comes
ONLY - n mater O. sequence.
Mary Helen Carlisle, OF London,
Eneland has reached a place IN the
wor d OF nrt which entities her to
be numbered as on of more than
transient fame. and her career is
merely another undenablc proof
that the ability to be great" as far
as art IS concerned. is NOT a jewel
tOnlpIiPu DN ~ UlNlne p'ONluGnCt
upon the male Sex alone.
Her Claim To Fame.
Miss tarlisle's pa ntings % Eng
sh gardens. on view at tho Moo
galleries. ere on outgrowth Of trip
to california but are by no means
the only claim which she has on
fame. Before they became the talk
of the art world both in America.
England. and TIVE Continent. Miss
Carlisle had made n name for her
self as = miniature painter and be-
fore that as n Drotro.t painter.
Strange to say. Miss Carlise has
neither long hair. nor Is she
messy" nor Ia she possessed "f
anv excess temperament which
might stamp her at sight as deN-
otoe Of AIT instead of the nursery
In fact she's tall and gracious
and clever. and as tactful and re-
freshing a. wcll-rcgulated spring
breeze.
contrary to all popular theory ira
dition. and fireside chatter she is un-
mistakably and hopelessly feminine
and human. Yet is at tho same time
a truly famous artist, not in the max
ing. but already stamped. ticketcd,
and acknowledged as such.
l ne next question, How did she
do IT, was the rather blatant and
utterly cold blooded manner In which
the interview with her really began.
Mary Carlisle is no sleiEht-
worker. She does not need to hide
away to get her "effcCts." and since
she Is so open minded she was per
fectiy willing to explain to the best
OF her ability. just how she succeeded
in clambering up the ladder of fame
Without taking off her skirts and cut
ting, her hair.
Nov, I'll just begin at the be;
ginning" she stated briskly, and
YOU can decide for yourself just how
] got on
! here is no use in trying to repro
duce the Colonial accent OF Miss Car
Isle. Another interviewer once tried
to do it. and only succeeded in filling
the article fun of all sorts of refresh
ing and cloying adjectivcs and ad-
verbs. without really conveying the
actual sound at all. That. of course.
was Very clever way OF fillinS up
space, but takes such a long time,
with such negligible results. that
will not try II.
First. | studied in Paris at the
studio ot Julien for five consecutive
years. and won four medals. That
Was in the COS. was portrait
painter. but one day friend Of mine
came to me with the request that