El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-13
Professional Charmer OF Early
Victorian Days Has Lost Caste
Even Most Beautiful of Women Must Have Some
thing Beside Personal Attractions to Make
Success in Modern World

HAVE you a little siren in your
1 home? Il you have It is safe tc
say she Is IS or Whereabouts. for the
girls OF this generation do not go il
for being professional sirens to the
I extent they did 20 years ago.
If they have the fatal gift" today
it is in the nature Of a side line. it's
not "woman's whole existence" as
Byron says. It takes a good deal OF
intelligence to be a successful siren
and then the season is so short Other
and later style sirens elbow them
out OF the way.
So the modern up to date Gree
makes the discovery that there is a lot
more wear to her fasci1ations If they
are combined with something else
successful pursuit Of som4 bf the kin
dred arts.
To illustrate. no one viii deny that
I IN her day Sarah Bernhard was a
super charmer. But suppose she had
gwen her whole attention to being
, would have lasted2
Would we still be paying $3.50 plus
the war tax to see the divine Sarah at
lUZ / think not. In her youth this
astute woman had genius enough 10
realize that beauty without intellf-
gence is lamp without Oil
Stage shop Window.
How long have any of the profess
siOnal beauties lasted who REGARDED
the stage merely as medium to dis
play their beauty For a few years,
perhaps, they are able to real through
some silly musical show of the Flub-
dubora type, and that is the end Of
them Sex solidarity prevents me
from giving their names, but you can
count them up by the score.
How long would Sarah Bernhardt
have lasted If she had depended on
past 40, perhaps-not a year longer,
certainly.
But Sarah. having considerable tai
ent and good long business head,
combined genuine art with her fasci-
nations, and we still pay $3.50. plus
the war tax. to see her. though she is
past 40, has a wooden leg and-it
wouldn't be kind to continue the list
OF Nine Bernhardts understands for
missing physical attributes.
About a week or so ago there was
sold at public auction in New York
the remaining effects OF Clara Ward,
Of Detroit better known TO two con-
tinents as the princess Chimay. Cara
ward was vivid Illustration of the
folly Of being a siren for the adven-
ture OF the thing IN spite OF youth.
and marriage TO a prince Of splendid
old title. she did not last long.
Stil a Mystery.
Clara, from Detroit. held IN her
hand what might be called a royal
flush" Old king Leopold. OF the Bel
gians, was one OF the crowned heads
who ate from her hand, and prince
Baldwin, OF Flanders. who was to sue
coed him to the throne, was another.
The others need not be mentioned
Prince Baldwin was found dead
from a bullet wound in one Of the
royal parks Of his native country The
mystery has never been explained,
probably never viii be. Uncle Leo
pold, il win be recalled. was not
squeamish. but after the death Of
prince Baldwin he dropped the beau
tiful American princess. In the words
OF the old song She had no charac-
ter left at all. and he'd hardly suffi-
cient for two"
Clara, in spite OF her royal flush
was catholic in her tastes; she was
not above fascinating her bootmaker
or anyone else who came within range
Of her siren glances.
The hero OF the next chapter OF her