Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-14
Valeska Suratt Soon to Quit Stage for
Man She Loves in Denmark
The Style Barometer Says
"Sateens" and Famous
Vampire Will Quit
Vamping Because
She Is In Love.
BY ADELAIDE KENNERLY.
Valeska Suratt is herei

by ADELAIDE kENNEKLY.
Valeska Suratt is herel
Valeska Suratt is in lovel
Yes, the Valeska of the movies
Valeska the vampire-Valeska the
heartless!
We begged, bribed, coaxed and en-
treated her to tell us his name, but
nothing doing" was all we could
get from Miss Suratt.
He is a good looking man with
stern features, clipped mustache and
stands in a leather frame-an expen-
sive leather frame---on her dresser.
He is a Dane and lives in Denmark
and when they are married the stage
will see no more of its famous varn-
pire and New York will sadly miss
its gay bird of plumage-its gor-
geous peacock of the Avenue.
"You ask me, what is love-" she
laughed. well, it is an Indigestion.
I suppose, and / haven't found a
remedy, to say nothing of a cure"
Her Children.
In minute we shall tell you about
clothes for the coming season, for
indeed, is not Valeska Suratt the
best style barometer in the country!
But first we must whisper word
about her children. Seven is the
number she has educated, cared for
and lavished her wealth upon, Some
of them belong to the most wonder
full brother in all the world" and the
others are progeny of the darling
est sister God ever created" In fact
she declares the seven Of them have
kept her so busy that there was no
time to have children of her own.
But she loves theml
She adores them!
She is mad about them!
Life isn't worth a cent without
theml
She dislikes the stage and fendish
roles, but when they are given to her
and contract with many figures
presented for signature, she digs in
and does her best" What she real
ly is ambitious,to play is Japanese
or Chinese role.
Now for the clothes and fashions
forecast.
Blue and White Bingham.
Four years ago Valeska Suratt
made the checked gingham popular
yea. even famous. She was car
tooned and sketched and New York
papers and ma gaines had stories
about her blue and white checked
Bingham dress and parasol to
match. Then she had other ging-
hams and plain organizes and dimi-
ties. Buyers for New York stores
tell how she brought ginghams into
favor and the quality up to its
present state of hnesse. Four years
have elapsed and we, of Omaha, are
buying it for the first time in large
quantities. 4s
Tell me something! Where shall
| find a good dressmaker who can
make me sateen dress? / am
bringing out sateens this season be-
cause they are so pretty and prac-
ticable," she parenthesised between
relevant remarks.
Then Miss Suratt brought forth
a lovely piece of sateen, dark blue
ground with dots. White collar and
cuffs will be used to relieve the one
piece frock.
All expensive clothes owned by
this popular actress are worn at
private parties, dinners and abroad.
A few are seen on the stage. The
wonderful natural Kolinsky coat
which she wears in her act, "The
Purple Poppy" is valued at $4,000,
and the only one "in captivity" A
$4,000 chinchilla coat she has worn
but FIVE times and says, with a wave
of her hand and the Suratt smile:
"Oh, bother about such expensive
things as chinchilla coats and pearls.
I am going to sell them and spend
the money on little kids who haven't
shoes on their feet or food in their
stomachs."
Going back bit to one of Miss