TIIE SUNDAY OREGCKXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1913.
MME. BERNH ARDT'S LETTERS ON LIFE TO AMERICAN WOMEN
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Na Danger on the Stage for Girls Properly Reared Use of Rouge Permissible if Done With Delicacy Women Should Not Complain Against Fate Perfumes in Bad Taste Is Ridiculous.
BY MME SARAH BERNHARDT.
(Translated by Le Marquis de Castel
homond. Copyright, 1913. Rocham
beau Newspaper Syndicate, Philadel
phia. All rights reserved.)
JP WOMAN Journalist in St. Louis
LjL asked me, the other day, what I
would do if my grandaughler
wished to go on the stage. I told her
that, for my own part, I would not be
opposed to it if she had the "vocation."
for I think a theatrical career is both
beautiful and noble.
This woman did not understand what
I said, and she wrote some rubbish that
made me laugh heartily, but I will now
explain my Ideas on this subject per
sonally. I quite understand a. family's
doubts when one of the daughters says.
"I should like to take up a theatrical
career."
- Certainly, at the first glance, it la so
different from other careers and offers
so many difficulties that parents nat
urally become anxious. But the more
surely the girl has receives 3 good ed
ucation, all the more surely will she be
protection from the dangers of the pro
fession. Beyond everything it Is the inter
mingling which causes aiarm. because
in theaters there are many inferior
people, but it is so easy to avoid inter
course with them.
Tcll of Her Paris Theater.
There are many actors who play In
the same pieces that I do with whom I
have never spoken! It is Just one of
tne reasons why I took a theater In
Paris. It is a magnificent theater
which the city had the grace to accord
me, and which is called the Theater
Sarah Bernhardt. It is certainly one of
the most beautiful theaters in Paris
and, as I manage it, I never engage in
my theater any but artists who are
well reared, among whom there are
some of much talent.
To accompany me on one of my tours
I choose as the members of my com
pany those I like best, and in this way
I am never in contact with undesirable
persons. I know It appears difficult to
choose one's theater when one first
comes out; but In reality It is much less
difficult than may be imagined. There
are in aU the cities of Europe and
America theaters in which a girl of
good family may. without danger or
molestation, pursue her studies and
climb, little by little, the steps followed
by great artists.
I'nderatnnda Youth's Paaslon for Stnge.
And I quite understand that the pas
sion for the stage is easily awakened
in young minds. It is so thrilling to
be able to move an entire audience. It
enraptures one to be the apostle of the
great poets.
And when a young girl really has the
"vocation," and when her vocation
soars towards the beautiful, I think
families are wrong to oppose the as
pirations of those whose desire it is to
devote their lives to the Ideal.
Uss a Litlle Rouge
TV KINDLY reader asks me if I think
r It is good breeding and decent to
put rouge on the face except when one
is on the stage.
Mon Dieu! the question is' very deli
cate; nevertheless I will answer frank
ly as I always do.
My opinion is that It is odious to
paint the face excessively, and yet all
that which serves to make a woman
more beautiful seems to me very, ex
cusable and very proper. But the chief
thing Is to have the good taste to do
it well. In putting a little rose color,
very lightly, upon an over-pale face,
there is nothing wrong. But the eve
ning is the proper time to put rose
tint over the cheeks.
It was not God who made night
lights, gas and electricity. Men did
that. And the charming being whom
God created for the light of day loses
something of her beauty under the
reddish glare of gas or under the
greenish hue of electricity. Then a
little rose color put discreetly on the
cheeks, on the chin and on the little
lobe of the ear repairs at once the
loss caused by the light invented by
KNOWLEDGE OF KITCHEN IS CHIEF
REQUISITE OF SUCCESSFUL CATERER
Highest Salaried Woman in Business in America Declares That One Must Know How to Cook, Have Experience in
Trading With Dealers and Be Familiar With Prices.
BY ISABEL STEPHEN.
(Copyright 1913. by the McOluro News
paper Syndicate.
POUUTKE.V years ago 13-year-old
Mary McDonald left Byrnesville, a
hamlet situated between the towns
of Ashland and Centralia. Pa., to begin
her search of fortune. Her father was
dead and she was the eldest of five
children, so when she heard of a dress
maker in Philadelphia who was look
ing for a little girl to run errands and
was willing to pay her $2.50 a week
and board, she gladly accepted this
start In life. She Is now the highest
salaried woman caterer in America, and
the other day she told me how she
had come to win this position over the
heads of much older and more experi
enced men and women in the business.
"The chief requisite of a successful
caterer in a big restaurant," she ex
plained as an introduction, "is a thor
ough knowledge of everything pertain
ing to the kitchen. She must be a
splendid cook and have a wide knowl
edge of dealers and prices. She must
know how to select furniture, china and
crystal and silver. And a good Insight
of human nature is indispensable, for
she must not only be ahle to understand
her employed, but also her patrons.
"A caterer In a restaurant like this
must know a little of everything if the
place is going to be successful. You
can't entice men and women up eight
floors and charge them first-class
prices unless there's a compelling rea
son why they should go out of their
way to patronize your "place instead or
one of the other half dozen first-class
restaurants in the neighborhood.
Caterer Jod Appeal.
"When I left Byrnesville, Pa.. I was
not sure in what direction fortune was
waiting for me. but I was'determined
to find out. Every one is born with
Borne special leaning toward some
work, and unless he make this his spe
cialty he will never make a big suc
cess. I knew that dressmaking would
never prove a congenial occupation for
me, but I was too young and inexpe
rienced to pet anything else, so I took
that Job as errand girl. After three
years my mother came on to Philadel
phia and opened a large boarding
house and in the kitchen of that house
I found my true vocation. I realised
then the great demand of men and wo
men for a satisfactory place where they
could get good food. I didn't want to
be a cook; I wanted to become the big
gest caterer In. America.
I learned eagerly all I could, and as
men. 'When a woman's face is painted
in daylight I grant that it Is ugly.
F'rencfc Women First Offender.
Nearly all French women "se
maqulllent" Englishwomen paint, es
pecially in high society. German wo
men do cot paint at all. The Ameri
cans -very little.
1 consider that French women
abuse the fashion of painting the face
ai.d, for my own part, I put black on
my eyes, rouge on my lips and powder
on my nose, but I do not advise this
habit, on the contrary I deprecate it.
Has Done It For Lona: Time,
But it is now such a very long time
that I have committed this fault that
I have finally persuaded myself that
I have a right to do it. But I say
again, a little rose-tint in the evening
is altogether admissible, because very
often a pretty woman, seated in a box
in a theater beside a woman who has
an ordinary, but somewhat highly col
ored face, loses something of -her
beauty. A hundred times..! have heard
it said:
"Have you seen Mrs. So and So, who
is generally so pretty? How pale she
U this evening."
"Is she ill? Her sister, who Is not
nearly so pretty, looks much better
this evening than she does.
And I, who am a woman and an
artist, I know the reason: The sister
was slightly painted. -
No Ccmplaining at Fate
A
YOUNG woman asks me if there is
not some "means of making th
balance of human happiness even
among all people.
She is young, pretty and the mother
of two children, and she finds herself
in the position of being obliged to
deny herself all those things Bhe likes.
because her husband earns only a mod
est salary.
Regretfully, she sees other women
wearing mantles which cost $5000 while
she, with difficulty, can afford one that
costs 5100.
This young woman touches upon the
most burning of questions In the mot
al and material economy which governs
modern society.
Yes, all beings should be equally
nappy, But tnat Is not possible.
Cannot Be Equal on This Earth.
The creator himself has made be
ingrs wlio are handsome and beings
who are ugly. Equality is impossible
on this planet.
That which one must possess In the
highest degree is philosophy. ' But,
alas! how few are those who possess
this admirable quality!
The only counsel that I am able to
give this young woman who is so un
happy is to look lower down and not
above her.
She will then see there are women
who are unable to buy themselves a 35
cloak.
She will see that there are luckless
mothers who eat but a portion of their
bread in order to leave more for their
children.
She will see that there are unfor
tunate widows who had been raised In
comfort, but forced, after the death of
their husbands, to clean the stairs of
hotels, huppy to find work at any cost.
Warmth Sufficient for Happiness.
A $6000 cloak does not bring hap
piness; a warm cloak is sufficient for
that. This young woman has a hus
band whom she loves and who works
hard for her and for her children, and
yet she complains!
Poor, dear little ladyf Take my ad
vice and complain no longer. Think of
all those mothers whose children die
of cold. Think of those thousands ol
beings who weep in hunger, and then
tell yourself you are among the happy
ones of the, earth.
Perfumes in Good Taste
A GROUP of women have launched
an edict alleging that women who
use perfumes are badly bred.
I think It Is cruel to launch such a
my mother was a splendid cook, my
experience in her kitchen was very val
uable. After three years, however, her
health gave out and we had to abandon
the house, as I was too young to take
charge of it; and mother's health pre
vented her doing anything.
"It was necessary for me to take the
first position offered, and this proved to
be that of traveler for a flour concern.
It was 'way out of the road I had laid
down for myself, but I determined to
learn all I could in my new line, as I
believed a knowledge of flour would
help me later In my catering work.
And I made a big success of selling
flour, for I 'was ambitious and tireless.
"After working In this business for
over a year I returned to Philadelphia,
and, hearing of an opening in the
kitchen of a tea room, I applied to the
department store that owned it. My
friends thought me crazy to give up the
flour business, because of my success
in it, but I gladly abandoned It for My
Career.
Experiments Are Tried.
"At first, in the tea room, I cut bread
and made sandwiches, and helped about
the kitchen. I got Into everything and
gradually advanced to receiving the
goods and superintending the orders
sent out to the dinlng-roora. In time I
was promoted to be assistant caterer,
and was sent on to New Tork. . The
chief caterer in my employer's tea
room there was absent and I had a glo
rious chance to try out the dreams 1
had while learning 'the drudgery."
"I carefully superintended every
thing, and introduced -many different
novelties into the tearoom. The result
was increased patronage. I had made
good.
"I worked here for a couple of years,
when my present employer sent for
me and asked me to take charge of the
restaurant which they were about to
open. Of course. I knew that this firm
was about to open a new store, but I
never thought of even putting in an
application, for I knew that on such
occasions employers are deluged with
applications from thousands of people.
When they came to me and asked me
to take entire charge of their restaur
ant, I went and talked It all over with
my mother, and while my friends were
warning me about attempting too much
mother said: "Take it. You've always
made good. You'll make good in this.'
Before coming to this place I traveled
abroad for a couple of months and got
'pointers' from the European restaur
ants. When 1 came back I was full of
the ambition that my restaurant should
be the best in the city.
"I have St'OO patrons a day in the
restaurant proper, and from 3000 to
mmm
decree. Perfumes are one of the
charms of modern life.
When the inclement Winter skv de
nies the earth its flowers, we have the
Infinite delight of being able to breathe
4000 at the lunch counter: besides this,
I have charge of the employes' restaur
ant, where from 1800 to 2000 men and
women are fed dally. I do all my own
buying, and superintending the "put
ting up' of all my preserves. I never
buy preserves and this adds to the 'dif
ferent' quality of my catering.
Hard Work Advtaed.
"I must be always ready to accept
Invitations to prominent clubs to lunch
eon, or to club meetings. This all
helps, for I get in direct personal touch
with my customers, and they bring
their friends to meet me. There are
society women who want me to open
a tearoom on Fifth avenue, and guar
antee that It will be a big success; but
I take great pride in this place; I built
it up myself, and I am going to en
large It in the Fall.
"I have bought a beautiful home
in Forest Hills, L,. L, and have brought
on my family from Philadelphia. Two
of my brothers and my sister are in the
restaurant with me learning the busi
ness. "The greatest mistake that girls who
work make is, that they don't get
down to real hard work."- There is
plenty of room for ambitious young
women in this business, and the salaries
for the advanced ones are very good.
But to make a success In it, one must
start at the bottom and learn the work
thoroughly, whether it is a girl's idea
to work In a restaurant for a big firm
like this, or to go into business for
herself eventually. No one can make
a success of this business without
learning every branch of it. Indiffer
ent ability is the reason why so may
tearooms and restaurants are so short
lived.
'To' be a successful caterer, a wo
man must learn all the detail work
about the- kitchen; she must know how
to make every kind of salad and sand
wich and do cooking of every kind.
There 1b no position in the restaurant
or kitchen which I could not fill If
necessary. If the chef left on a mo
ment's notice, it would not embarrass
me at all. 1 would and could do his
work until we found another.
"Then, as one advances, she must be
come thoroughly acquainted with deal
ers and prices, and, by receiving the
goods, learn which dealer delivers the
best goods at the lowest prices. Les
sons in domestic economy are given in
most night schools, "and the girl who
wishes to advance rapidly should take
every opportunity to learn all about
her business. Unless a girl is really
fond of the work she should never
begin with it, for she will not make a
success of it-
"When a girl decides that this is the
career she wishes to pursue, let her
write a letter to the manager of the
firm she wishes to work for and give
her qualifications, etc. If her letter
Impresses the manager favorably, she
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Mm
aTound us the perfumes of roses, gar
denias. Jasmine, lilac, etc.
But it is quite certain that one should
not annoy other people by overpower
ing perfumes.
will hear from him as soon as there is
a vacancy.
"While waiting, let her learn to do,
the first thing at hand, and not get
discouraged because things are not
rushing her way- So many erirls lose
interest and enthusiasm and let things
slide under apparently discouraging
conditions. That Is w hy the big cities
are full of ghosts of cremated ambi
tions." CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORED
Modern Hood Needed to Write. "Song
of the Belfast Shirt."
DUBLIN'. Jan. 11. (Special.) Al
though the linen trade or Belfast is
booming, the conditions of labor among
the outworkers engaged In this indus
try are sufficiently deplorable, accord
ing to official disclosures, to inspire a
modern Hood to write a new "Song of
the Shirt."
There are 3400 outworkers in Belfast,
principally widows and spinsters, de
pending on the work for their liveli
hood, married women whose husbands
are out of work, and women whose
husbands are laborers earning small
pay. The worst case on record in this
sweated industry was cited by Dr. H. W.
Bai!K the City Medical Superintendent
of Health. He personally investigated
the case of a young woman who was
employed in making medium-sized
chemises at IS cents the dozen. After
paying 3 cents for her thread, and for
her car fare to and from the factory,
she earned only 1 cent an hour. Kates
of pay in fancy sewing and embroidery
showed up at from 2 to 4 cents per
hour, while several women "were found
to be earning even less.
The committee of investigation ex
pressed themselves as satisfied that the
employers as a body are anxious that
the outworkers should receive a fair
wage, and that any cause for reproach
against the trade in this respect should
be removed. The remedy suggested is
the application of the provisions of the
trade boards act to the various trade
processes affected "provided that the
act is similarly applied in other parts
of the United Kingdom where competi
tion with the North of Ireland exists in
those processes."
But, say the critics, until the moral
consciousness of the nation is stirred
by another reformer, the equal of "the
good Lord Shaftesbury" whose living
descendant was Lord Mayor of Belfast
during one of the most troublous pe
riods In recent history little Improve
ment can be hoped for.
Military Chaplain Dies Hero.
PARIS. Jan. 11. (Special.) The Abbe
Marie Pujos du Coudray, military chap
lain, died a few days since In circum
stances which entitle him to the name
of hero. He was summoned at the
Versailles military hospital to the bed
side of an artillery man who was dying
of an infectious fever. Although aware
of the dangens for the doctors warned
him. he remained with the dying ar
tilleryman until the latter succumbed.
The same evening the chaplain, a ro
bust man of 35, was taken ill with sim
ilar symptoms of infectious fever, and
within 40 hours he also expired, a mar
tyr t duty ,
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Women who, like myself, love per
fumes dotingly, do not use them to
excess when making visits to their
friends, but they use them profusely in
their own houses.
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SAN FRANCISCANS SEE WINE FLOW
AS ANOTHER YEAR IS USHERED IN
Daughter of Lucky Baldwin Said to Bo Able to Drive Shrewd Bargains California Legislature Will Have Donhle
Session Governor Johnson Said to Be Agreed on as Progressive Candidate for Senate.
rAK FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 11.
(Special.) New Year's eve was
celebrated In much the same fash
Ion last week as it has always been
and although some of the rough tac
tics are being abolished by the author
Ities, there still remains that same
Bohemian spirit that makes the cele
bration something to be regarded as
apart
Most of the life was in the cafes
and hotels, of course, and the amount
of money spent on that eventful night
before 1913 was born Is hard to esti
mate. It is said that the St. Francis,
which hostelry kept open 'house, was
something like 125,000 richer as tne
result of the night. When you take
into consideration the Palace, where
there were also many dinner parties,
the various restaurants, the beach re
sorts and the Barbary Coast, and the
fact that wine was about the only
liquid nourishment taken, you can un
derstand something of wnat it costs
San Francisco to celebrate.
A new departure was started this
year when two of the clubs, the Olym
pic and the Press, threw their doors
open to women friends of the mem
bers: In both of these clubs dinner
was served for the members and their
guests, with dancing later.
Both places were crowded and every
care was taken to prevent rough
house actions by some of the boys
who might have imbibed too much.
It Is much easier to restrain people
In the clubs than In the public cafes
and the men who want to take their
wives with them feel much easier. It
is predicted that these affairs will be
continued in the future and that other
clubs will follow suit.
The streets were crowded, of course,
and there were the usual funny .sights
to be seen. At 6 o'clock In the morn
ing on New Year's day, such fashion
able restaurants as Tait's and Techaus
saw the remarkable sight of men and
women in bedraggled evening dress
drinking champagne with their ham
and egg breakfasts.
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Don't let anybody run away with the
notion that Clara Baldwin Stocker, who
inherited 310,000,000 from thevsstate of
her father. Lucky Baldwin, doesn't
know how to take care of her fortune.
True, she Is enjoying her wealth,
along wittt her friends, and Intends to
keep ox doing so, but all the same she
is a shrewd woman and worldly wise.
Her 330.000 private car from the
Pullman Company, is one of the best
bargains ever made with that company,
and her diamonds from Tiffany's are
as good as cash any time, she also
drove a shrewd bargain in purchasing
her Los Angeles home, for she has al
ready been offered more than she paid
for it
. And the same can be said for the i
So greatly do I love good odors, that
I have invented a delicious perfume,
which is not very expensive, and "I
have it placed in a little sprinkler from
which it is scattered In all the passages
and on all the stairs of my theater in
Paris. This same perfume 13 thrown
Into the stoves n my house. What 1
hate most in this world are bad odors.
And, unfortunately, people who arc
afflicted with them either do not know
it or - are little concerned if they do.
Now it should be the duty of-friends
and relatives to warn such persons
when this is the case. They would be
able to . combat their misfortune -by
care and the use of scents.
I must admit that the abuse of per
fumes Is sometimes a serious danger.
In St. Petersburg there was a de
lightful woman, pretty, intelligent, ar
tistic; she was the Grand Duchess X.
I had the honor of being one of her
friends, and I knew of her passion tor
perfumes. She smoked a great deal,
and pierced 'her cigarettes with a long
needle dipped in the essence of amber
or bosphorous. She combed her nair
with combs which alway3 lay soaking
in large covered silver vessels In which
there was essence of roses to the Value
of two or three thousand francs.
During long hours she comocd end
brushed her beautiful hair. Five yon;
ago she came to Paris, and one day
announced that she would make mj a
had done well to tell me she was
coming, for I should never have known
her. She was unrecognizable.
"Good heavens," I said to her, "your
highness has surely been ill and I knew
nothing of it!"
"I am dying," she said, "dying from
my perfumes."
And the Grand Duke Alexis, who ac
companied her, said that the truth was
the poor woman had been gnawed away
by her favorite perfume.
She died a few months after that
visit, and her pretty body was decom
posed before her death.
I must acknowledge with all frank
ness that this was a doleful lesson for
me to put a limit to my orgy of per
fumes. To Win Husband Back
AN unhappy young woman, who is
the mother of a child, asks my
advice in a very sad case. Her hus
band has fallen under the Influence of
an evil woman who encourages him to
drink in order to get money from him
more readily.
Mon Dieu, madame. If you love your
husband you must do everything In
your power to draw him to you again,
using gentleness and patience. You
must accompany him as often as pos
sible and, if your means permit, you
should lead him away on a little jour
ney, leaving, if necessary, your child
In the care of relatives.
You should not create scenes, nor re
proach him. Practice more gentleness,
more calmness, more tenderness than
ever previously. Be convinced that the
wife has always right on her side and
that she can always draw back to her
Bide the husband who has been lead
away temporarily.
Wives Too Often Impellent.
But, too often, wives have no pa.
tience. Frequently I have seen couples
separated by' bad influences, but I have
remarked that among 20 couples who
have fallen out, whether in consequence
of a woman, or wine, or gambling, more
than 15 have become reunited, thanks
to the Intelligence of the wife.
I know of a young woman whose
husband enjoys a certain celebrity in
Paris, but whose happiness was com
promised in the first year of her mar
riage by the blighting influence of one
of her own cousins. This young wo
man is not pretty but she adored hei
unfaithful husband. Her cousin, on the
contrary is a seductive beauty, Wjitty
and of an elegance exceedingly rare.
She has done everything possible to
bring about a divorce between the dis
rupted pair but the wife held on
through everything. She suffered all
home she bought in Venice. The prop
erty of the late Robert Northam, at
Santa Anita,, can also be sold at an
advance. It Is further said she is. about
to buy a yacht, the one owned by F.
M. Smith, of Oakland, which is now
In New York harbor.
While Anita T. Baldwin, of Boston,
was trying to break the Baldwin will
at Los Angeles, her attorney aimed to
bait Mrs. Stocker as a witness in the
hope that in her unconventional way
she would say something that would
shock the jury and thus prejudice her
side of the case. She was prepared
for them. They were astonished at
her self control and mental shrewd
ness. Not long ago and after Mrs. Stocker
had received some of -her share of the
estate a New York lawyer, who can
be called Colonel Smith, went to Los
Angeles to see her. He had known her
father for years. Mrs. Stocker he
knew but slightly. He thought he saw
a chance to get some of her money.
Calling on Mrs. Stocker, he plainly
and bluntly told her how her father
had mistreated and deceived a New
York girl. He also said that Baldwin
bad promised to remember her in his
will. In an appealing way he pictured
to Mrs. Stocker the present plight of
this woman in New York and begged
her to do something substantial for
her.
"Yes, I dare say father was a gay
old chap in his day, Colonel," re
marked Mrs. Stocker as she ended the
interview.
It Is said that John M. Eshleman,
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Just try this moisten a cloth with a
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A delightful surprise awaits, particu
larly those who have been careless,
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that a human being could suffer. Her
sweet mother, who is a well-known
writer, came to live close to her, up- '
holding her In her energetic fight for
her happiness.
Paris society, which is at times cruel,
took an interest in this unhappy affair
and six months ago. when the repentant
husband went away to India with his
wife, there was veritable joy among
the circles in which the young couple
moved.
Rlcht and Love Trlnmtftheo'.
Right triumphed and the Immense
love of the young wife for her husband
touched all hearts.
I well know that the case of my
correspondent is more difficult because
drinking is included, but what joy It
will be when she has conquered all the
difficulties.
Have patience, charming madame.
Cse gentleness and good will. These
are the weapons you must choose In
order to combat your two enemies; evil
influence and drink. With them you
will bring bark to your arms the father
of your child.
This is the wish I send for this New
Year. s
How to Heat the House
A LADY asked ir.e how It Is possible
for her to satisfy her own -Jtaste
to live in a house of great warmth
and that of her daughters who wish to
live In moderate warmth. I grant that
I comprehend the desire of her daugh
ters. Personally, I love great warmth, but
not of the -sort given out by American
systems of heating. The effects of th
excessive use of radiators oppress me
with fatigue and I pass my time open
ing and shutting steam valves and
opening and shutting windows. I might
be seen climbing on furniture In the
hotels to wrap up the steam pipes
with cloaks soaked in ice water mixed
with eau-de-cologne.
During the night I hear the dripping
of water as it falls from bathing gowns
that 1 have stretched over the radia
tor. Such intense heat dries the lungs,
cracks the skin, ruins the hair and
dries the nasal Organs.
Tel In How Paris Home Is Heated.
In my home in Paris I have a stove
that heats the stairs, the entrance
hall, the hall proper, the linen closets
and the rooms of my retainers. But
my bedroom, my dressing-room, my
library the dining-room and the salons
are heated by chimneys in which wood
is burnt. I do not like any other heat
but that of wood fires. In the first
place it gives an Immense cheerfulness
to all the rooms, for wood sparkles,
flares up, crackles its flame Is now
white, now red, or rose or blue. The
odor is sweat and beneficial.
And when one has an invalid in the
house, what a consolation it Is for him
to come and nestle his chilly body be
side the big, cozy hearth! The gentle
warmth of the wood fire embraces
him. The cheerful flames seem to whis
per of renewal of life and he slumbers,
gently soothed by the soft and remote
sound of the crackling logs. ,
In my home there are two ovens
in the hall to keep the walls dry and
at E o'clock the big wood fire is lighted.
The chimney is immense wide and
high and in the open grate logs two
metres long are burnt. I recline be
fore it upon the skins of white bears
with my greyhounds beside me.
A a Hour off Relaxation.
Tea is served on small, low tables.
My friends come and go and sometimes
chilly young women seat themselves
beside me. This is the hour of repose,
of chat and the making of plans.
The big flames, which flare up upon
the hearth, lighten up the faces joy
fully while conversation becomes ani
mated and embraces all sorts of sub
jects. This is the delicious hour of
Winter days and I am sure that one
could never enjoy one's self In the same
way in front of radiators with such
ugly shapes and such ugly colors
that give off such cruel heat.
chairman of the State Board of Rail
road Commissioners, whose home is in
the Imperial Valley, will, as the repre
sentative of Southern California, be the
candidate for Governor of the Progres
sive Republicans at the next election.
Governor Johnson will make the
primary fight for the United States
Senate of the same party.
It would be incorrect to say that
the leaders of the Progressive Repub
licans have an ironclad agreement to
this effect None the less there Is al
ready a tacit understanding on mis
subject in spite of the fact that the
election is two years distant.
The present session of the California
State Legislature will be for a period
of 30 days, during which time bills
will be Introduced. After plenty of
time for the introduction of measures,
the Legislature will adjourn and with
in a week reconvene for 60 days. The
second session will be given over to
consideration of the various measures
and no bills can be Introduced at the
second gathering of the solons with
out permission from two-thirds of the
members present. This prevents snap
judgment being taken on the bills and
no measure can be rushed through
without a general understanding of Its
provisions.
The Kiss at the- Gate.
Judge.
'Ha kissed me at the gate," said she.
In speaking of her lover.
'I never told of It, but he '
Repeated it twice over."
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