Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

! r ESLIE CALDWELL. Amer
lean painter of Paris. added to
his fame by furnishing the
| IL Hotel Ritz, and has long been
! the greatest decorator and fur
nisher in Paris.
! He Is grandson of Andrew Cauld.
we'll who built the first house in Nor
| risanta now the twenty third ward of
| New York. and son of Senator VIII
liam Caldwell, who was founder. pr"
prietor and editor Of the Sunday Ner
| cury-the first Sunday paper As the
parent was thus the father OF sun
/ day journalism" his son Leslie must
| be. obviously, 'own brother to the
! Sunday papers.
| portraits in Paris when ne started In
ito put butter on his bread" by FUR
nishing the Hotel Pitz.
| He is a purely Partisan portraitist,
and his subjects are notably repre-
sentative-from Sir Henry Austin
| Lee to Chenard. the French ace
| from Eanni. Marcoux OF the faris
Opera to Lewis Douglas. the ARIZONA
copper mine maEnate, and from Mile.
Moy. granddaughter OF the mlilion'
aire Gibb. to the Barcnne de Lam
pun,ere. whose husband is director OF
the Ranoue de Paris ct des Pays Bas.
| He keeps up the painting; but the
hie money is in furnishing and deco
He had a special talent tor 1t: and
| Nine Ritz. who still lives. "discov-
cred" him. When she anc NJ. RitZ
came up from Rome to see how ne
was getting on with furnishing 1nelr
new hotel in the Place Nendome thcN
| vent to the great silk house where
| C,auldwell had been choosing tissues:
I'VE thought we should have lot OF
uork to do" said Nine. Pitt. nut we
| And we have only to applaud
Two examples. AS they desired many
h,aSs hedst ca DIS (which did not exist
when the great styles evolvedl. taulo
we'll made models for them in all stEieS
| 40 also for the electric clocks 1ncruS'
| cd in the walls. He went even TO me
| length of indicating for eacn rom
| for each day of the week, i,s'S vi
cut and ported flowers best harnl1,
MIXING with style, upholstery wall
hangings, etc. ,,h THINGS
bod heep done-hotel rooms 1ur
nisbed like those of gentleman
| ,,r;y,ts house: and it became lhe
nrntotype for this class of hotels eNel
| s,nce. in holdings. carpets eiec'' IL
| a xtures. all furniture, etc.
| Immediately the great mouse OF
| xr.rinc Gillow offered Cauldwei
| the most Of director CT us faIls
hra nch for furnishing and decnratlom
He was with them hummer vi S
He had his factories, ana vas - ~,
| for everything needed IN ms uepa.
ment. Under Warlng q Il'1o"
| Ala the vast Carlton Hotel, L"hooi'
entire. Tic chose
tho FURNITURE and decoration OF the
! American Womens Club OF Parls
aft.r having furnished and decorated
Tho house Of it's president. Mrs. A. =
Connett. whose husband runs the
| C;uaranty Trust Co. in Paris.
! He did the American Chamber OF o.
| Commerce Of Paris. whose vast II
| brary. in particular. is famous: ne
! decorate ed the Pau Villa OF MRS; rem!
Rideway: the houses of the banker
George Munroe. at Chantilly and
PARIS: furnished and decorated the
paris houses of William Rrevoort and
Nrs Francis Drake tWestinghouse
Coz. and furnished the Paris mouse
of Mrs. Charles n. swift.
| All of this leads us direct to Somme
Puy. bloodiest victory OF the Amerl
can I'd Division.
Somme.Puy started the drive OF the
Allies miles from Rheims to the
| Argonne. In three days 1t cost half
as many Cd Division lives as did the
entire month around Relleau Woods
yet who knows anything about
Somme- Puy?" asked Amba ssa dor Her
rick. when he and Gen Gourauo
attended the unwilling of Leslie Cauld
wells great mural painting at Somme
| Puy's Memorial.
II watched those hills for three
years. said Gen. Gouraud. We
could never take them. Then those
splendid young Americans burs,
through in three days"
Nevertheless, except for Leslie
Cauldweil and Robert Buell. oi
Rochester, N. Y. nov United Statet
ivice consul at Calcutta>, I thinl