Evening star., 1915-04-18

Special Correspondence of The star
PARIS, April s, 1915.
MA HELD might make big
IN money in America.
N\ Instead, she stays in Paris.
- q y So ] went to ask her about
the sayeties of the French capital
If anybody knows about the gayetles
it is Anna. child of theater. races, dress
makers, modistes. restaurants.
"How passes the day of a Parish
enne?' ] asked her. 'Once she posed
a film based on the title.)
I'VE used to lie a-bed till noon,' she
said Now we get UP at q"
"Why?' 1 asked.
Because breakfast is ready then,'
she said.
Why
Because we're hungry-we go to
bed SO early
Why"
because were tired-having SO
much fun alt day. Excuse my cos
tune | sing "Tipperary' at the Odeon
matinee in an hour And don't mind II
I stand l bought this Boy Scout suit
ready made for S.. But you ought to
see my Joffre hat, from Lewis. Is 1t
true that magnesium flashlight Injuries
pearls?"
She began pulling off her rings, great
solitaire pearls of three tints
Hide your hands behind your back,
/ told her.
Then | can't hold the placard: The
cocktail that Anna held. sell COCK,
tails at the buffets, and at teas. and
openings The Parisans know just
enough English to think it a great
pun
Are you sure it don't hurt pearls:
II / pose in the Joffre, I've got to wear
my necklace and ermine. Look you,
when a lady dresses specially to do
certain thing. she invariably succeeds.
II is a momentous fact in social econ
omy Now. ! have always had the luck
to be able to dress the part. but when
| think of the millions of women there
are in the world. Say, there ought TO
be a iaw-I don't know how, but it is
bound to come--the government should
make it possible for all women to dress
approDria tely.
"A big job" I said.
NO bigger than war she answered.
And think of the resulting sweetness
and light. So much talent going to
waste. We could do anything. II
you want an example. see the furore of
American trained nurses in this war
They look the part. and it gives them
a chance The Boy Scout is to sing
Tipperary,' and the Joffre to sell
While she went to turn in" the
Boy Scout collar under the Joffre
ermine, ] reflected on this astonish-
ing woman and her astonishing cock
tail, a veritable killer of her own in
vention. Half gin. half French YER
mouth. few drops of Angostura, lot
of hazelnuts and the rim iced with
lemon juice and sugar" When forty.
fve-year- French non combatant
has three helpings he forgets war
stringency and waves back the change
of five-dollar bill. Anna began SELL
Flnf. The Joffre.
She re-entered the grande dame,
the necklace. the hat, and wrapped in
ermine down to the feet. l shifted
haunting perfume.
Like it?" she asked. The poor
wounded boys call it the Anna, because
! put it on their handkerchiefs, but it's
the Blue Hour-l'Heure Bleu-by Guer-
lain, the great artistic of Paris Per-
fumes give courage. The Parisienne
loves them subtle. Violet or lilac are
too simple: we delight in compositions
put together as painter composeS a
landscape or sunset.
She neglected to add that she also
gives "the boys" their handkerchiefs.
She sat beneath her full-length por-
trait by Belief, which might be called
study in mauve. purple and rose. be-
side monumental pedestal holding
the American theatrical silver cup. l
read: Presented to Miss Anna Held
by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger. in ap-
probation of her success in F. Zieg-
field. jr.'s, production, Miss Innocence
and to commemorate the record season,
190S-9. in the New York Theater. May
!, 1907
From her window she sees President
Poincare's front yard. just across the
street. 1t is the real Palace of the
Elysee. not it's hotel namesake. Nine
de Pompadour sold 1t to Louis Nv and
made barrel of money. The great
Napoleon fled from it to exile. Two
sentry boxes stand directly across from