Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-30
Alw avs
Finds the
Way
Even M ae t er Ii n c k
Thinks He Has
Found His
Bluebird.
By GABBY DETAILS.

WuClC tuC IdHiouS DSl6idh
poet, Maurice Maeterlinck. has just \
taken unto himself brand new wife
and this right upon the heels OF
A divorce secured by the poet from
Georgette Leblanc, the French OPP
era singer. News dispatches say:
Great secrecy was thrown
around the wedding, which took
place at Chateau-Neuf dc Contes,.
small village IL miles from
here. Only four villagers were
invited, and they acted as the
witnesses the law demands.
Maeterlinck, who has lived
here ten years, is 81 years old.
His bride is e. Their marriage
crowns romance which began
eight years ago, it is said here.
Maeterlinck's marriage to
Mile. Dahon did not surprise
Henry Russell, close friend of
the poet-dramatist and American
representative of the Interallcd n,
Art association, under whose, d.
rection the Maeterlinck plays -
are produced.
The bride, Mr.. Russell added
is popular in Paris as an actress,
having become famous several
years ago as Tyltyl in Maeter-
linck's THE Blue Bird"
In an interview in New York
she said she fell in love with
Maeterlinck after reading some
of his books. 1t is said she is
student of psychology and an
adept in crystal gazing. She
wrote ten commandments for
wives of which the fifth is:
Don't fondle your husband
before mealtire-kisses to a
hungry-rran are as soap bubbles
to a parched throat"
Do you suppose, kind and honor
able enemies, that Maeterlinck has,
at last, been able to sprinkle salt
on the tail of the Blue Bird?.. Fifty
seven and 26? We wonder! And
too, we remember that he said to
his former wife, some years ago;
'Why do you screech like that when
you could be good actress" which
leads US to the conclusion that the 1.
poet does not, and never has, cared
for opera. So we hope that the
bride will conhne her efforts to act
ing and writing commandments for
wives while we watch with interest
for the year 1889 when he is II and
decrepit and she is just lovely 46.
are funny things
some go cause they have to,
about; others cause it's prop
er, as il were; some to say they've
heard or seen someone; now and
then one because there isn't any
thing in the world they want so
that is just what three
little girls wanted-unless appear
ances are deceiving.
Before the violin began they were
three giggling, funhy little young
sters and you couldn't help noticing
them just because they looked like
they were exactly where they want
ed to be-and such is not always the
case, sad to say, at concerts rare.
They couldn't have been more than
IL and their hair wasn't combed
well and their finger nails would
have been glad just for the sight of
! file-to say nothing of complete
manicure-and< their dresses were
Mt neat nor their faces terribly
"well groomed.'
Bat you didn't notice that long
the music sounded and one of the
three little heads leaned over on the
chair in front and nodded in perfect
time to the music.
The other in the center clutched
with every BIT of strength in her un-~
hands rather old fash
Toned silver-rimmed opera glass that
looked more like stereoscope than
an opera glass-which she was en-
tirely unconscious of-for every
time the player made the slightest
move the little come nearer ma
chine" moved too.
'Jest look at him." she'd sigh.
The third one sat-well no, not.
gracefully, but you could call it
nothing if not blissfully-with her
head way too far forward for Mad
anne Etiquet, and twisting her fuzzy
braid that hung down her back until
it was all over and they all looked
at each other and laughed and their
eyes sparkled and shone and they'd
remark about his hands and his ex-
preston and his grace, and whether
or no Jascha himself knew how
much he was pleasing someone or
would have guessed who it was--he
did indeed-and who knows who
these mysterious three may be.
r ISTEN girls! Ere long we can
| breakfast in Omaha aud have
- supper. in New York at mini-
mum cost of only $500 or 5000.
which is a mere bag-o-shells com.
pared to what we MUST pay fof
cosmetics, hosiery and the non-es.
sentials these days. And it isn't Z
dream but an honest-to- goodness
plan of some folks in, New York
who have formed a company and
are making plans for $50 foot dir
igible, fitted out with every COM
fort. including air cushions, dining
service, library and all the acces-
series. At a cost of 65 cents mile
some of us may have. a trip to I
Council Bluffs for our vacation and
others, no doubt, will reach New
York. There is one encouraging
prospect however. The men who
are forming the company's plans
say that by and by the price may be
reduced unless there is "a postwar
tax or income tax or some other kind 3
of tax imposed. This is just tip,
OF course, along with others. e.
thrills and summer vacations