Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15
GRANDE .CHARTRESUE
is OPENED TO WOMEN
Famous Palace in the Alps. Once Inhabited
by Autocratic Fathers, Visited by Fair
Sex for First Time In 1000 Years.

I tales of daring DISCUSSES by which the
stubborn fair sought to slip in un-
perceived beside their henpecked or
doting man folks.
Of Piedmont, who for three months
practiced diligently the 'instinctive
masculine movement" by which she
positively proposed to befool a par
ticularly keen hospitality brother who
had detected and expelled the only
three ladies who had got past the
outer intelligence officers and into
his ten years of service. None had
The test Of this philosopher Ito de-
tect a female" (and he imagined it his
secret). was to throw, Unexpectedly,
| key or other small object into the
suspected party's lap.
III it be really man." the medieval
Sherlock argued. "he will close his
knees to catch it; but if it be a wom-
an. she will spread her knees apart
to catch it in her lap
The Princess Of Piedmont, disguis-
ed as "a slender scholar. passed in,
seemingly unsuspected, between her
husband and 1.-The Count Antonio" but
while the frere hospitalier was Offer
ing them a "hot soup" in the outer
hall, he must have had a doubt. The
disguised princess. seated on a bench
land always on the watch for tricks),
perceived him slyly reach up his left
pockeD. So, she had just time to
catch little apple-snap!-betw
her knees. exactly like a man.
"Smarty" she laughed. didn't catch
mel" Then she stopped, aghast, too
late, at giving herself away in the
very moment Of success. All three
were bundled out herself, Alberto
and the hnShon nd tho h4Cri<o =,
of godly woodchopper half league
down the mountain. Who would shell
ter them for the night" ct was AID.
1880 and the Ladies' Inn was not yet
built>
In a more modern version, a lively
young countess on her honeymoon
had accompanied her husband appar-
emily unsupported as far as the
guests supper. which she ate tran
gully with the others, supposing all
suspicion to be over.
TT is bedtime" said the frere hos
pitalier. THE first eight on this side
Of the table will please follow me-"
wondered the disguised bride terri
fed; and her dismay was turned to
horror as the good brother TRANQUILITY
led her husband off at the tail Of the
departing seven. The last she heard
were his vain protests that "the
young gentleman Is OF my party"
The good brother just pushed him
along.
So she let out her S. o. s. call:
Armand! do not leave mel"
She pounded on the heavy door. It
would not open.
Il want Armandr she walled.
There was no mistaking the accents
Of beauty in distress. Lift the latch, %
said smiling guest, ''the door is not
locked" They were all explaining to
her how it opened when Armand ap-
peared with the scandalized frere
hospitalier. you will find rooms at
the Ladies' Inn" were his last words.
X + + +
Madame Sarah Bernhard is said to
have been the only woman of modern
times successfully to pass all scrutiny
and spend a night at the Grande
ChartreuSe.
1t was when she was very slender,
and she had the wit to make up as
pale and wrinkled university profess
sor in gold spectacles. She wore a
rusty black frock coat and the kind of