The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14
NINE. IDA RUBlNSTEIN.

wounded and sent back to the hospital
he can lie in his bed and listen to some
of the famous grand opera prima donnas
sing to him, or else sit up and see some
of the celebrated Russian ballet beauties
dance for him.
Nine. Calve, famous for her interpre-
tation of the role of Carmen" is a Red
Cross nurse in a Paris hospital. She is
said to be an excellent nurse who shrinks
from none of the most disagreeable Of
duties The Cigarette song from her
famous opera is the favorite of the
wounded Trenches and Tommies.
Il sing ditties to the wounded" she
says. Ito soothe them and lull
them to sleep when they are getting
better-sweet songs of France that
make them shed tears of joy, and war
songs for those Who after being healed
of their wounds, are going back to de-
fenI France
Ida Rubinstein, famous Russian dane
er and actress. who was loved by both
D'Annuncio and Bakst. presented to
France fully equipped hospital, includ-
ing her own services as nurse. She
works nearly sixteen hours a day at her
HOSPITAL duties, not only in doing actual
hospital work, but in planning little per-
formances for the convalescent.
Lima Cavalieri, famous for her beauty.
GevOtes all her time to the care of wound
ed soldiers in Paris hospitals. She ID
not a robust woman, but she works as
90 tiA \ao
afternoon she gathers the colvalescents
together and sings for them as they
have never been sung to before.
The popular and charming Mile
Delysia has gone to London from France
end is helping not only TO cheer able
bodied Englishmen in new sketch, but
also wounded soldiers in the hospitals.
She became famous in England for her
amusing work in My Lady's Cndress,
which is still remembered for its realistic
strivings after nature. and as the bar
maid in a sketch, 1.-TWO in Bar. Twice
week she gives voluntary and gratul-
tous performances in the hospitals in ana
about London.
Two other French actresses have ar
rived in London. and with their beauty.
charm and talents are doing their beH
for London audiences and for English
soldiers and sailors in the hospitals.
They are Mile. Fortuna THRILLER and
her sister. Mile. Ghika Raymond lhull-
Ter Both are of that exquisite type OF
beauty for which the French women are
famous and have charm when only
French women have. In Paris they are
as famous for their love of horses and
horse racing as for their looks. and are
always on hand at the Paris race meet
inps wearing the latest gowns and hats
that have come from the studios OF
French designers.
Every morning they are at one of the
London hospitals assisting in changing
bandages and doing any of the hundred
and one things that have to be done IN q
hospital. And every afternoon they are
at the same hospital singing patriotic or
other songs, or else doing little dancing
or a posing turn.
Mile. Mado Minty, Partisan actress. 10
famous for her cleverness in many direc-
tons She appears only in the most
original of sketches. variously as dane
err a mime and an acrobat. Once she
startled all Paris by dressing in im!ta-
ton Of a spider and climbing all over the
stage. up and down, sideways and across.
ON a huge, glistening spider web. Again.
clad In a few jewels and silks. she DID
startling acrobatic stunts on a golden
calf which set Paris by the ears
Now she is in London doing these
things and several others for the English
public. But like her sister actresses sne
considers this as only part of her WORK:
All the time which she can devote 70 II
in the mornings she gives to cheering the
soldiers and sailors who are Temporarily
ont of the combat She has even donned
her tights and given some OF her aero
hatic specialties on improvised stages In
the hospitals.
It isn't so bad, after all. this business
Of being Q soldier.