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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900. ADVERTISEMENTS. CLOAK AND SUIT ANNOUNCEMENT! e CLEARANCES™E: | | Jackets, Suits, Capes, Skirts and Wrappers. ATTRACTIVE I{RIGES! RELIABLE 600DS ! 5 0 3 JACKETS, regular value $3.50. . ..95c each JACKETS, regular value $5.00, $600 and A RS, K T 45 JACKETS, regular value $7.50, $8.50 and RPN G B & S L 75 JACKETS, regular value $10 and $12.50 g SRl AT TONRREG el gt b 25 TAILOR-MADE SUITS, regular value $7.50 30 TAILOR-MADE SUITS, regular value $15, $17.50 and $20, at..............8I0 suit 25 dozen LADIES' CALICO WRAPPERS, regu- lar price $1.00, now............60c each 65 dozen LADIES’ CALICO WRAPPERS, regu- lar price $1.50, now...........$1.00 each 45 LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, regular value $1.50, B < o o cnonsosssespassnsess UL BDICH 65 LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, regular value $3.00, BOWE 555k snknnrnnseics .$1.75 each 50 LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, regular value $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00, now........$2.50 each C. CURTIN, 911 and 913 Market St. 2 SEMENTS. | “"HOOT MON, THE RECORD IS GROWING !" | GRAND MATINEE TO-DAY AT 21 | TURDAY, MARCH 10. | Baleony, i0e; Childen. | g4th PERFORMANCE TO-NIGHT Of the Superb Comic Opera, The ldol’s Eye. SE TO-DAY, SA ¥ seat part The fireatest Bill in a Year! THE SMEDLEY SKETCH CLUB! Imperial Troupe of Moorish Acrobats, Ten in Number. ANNA WHITNEY: NEWHOUSE & WARD: THE FRANKS TRIO; PAULINE MORAN: EVENINGS atf. MATINESZ SATURDAY at 2 DANCING PASSPARTS. TROVOLIX AMERICAN BIOGRAPH ! THE — POPULAR PRICES—25c and 50c. TELEPHONE-—Bush 9. MISS THE MATIN TO-DAY — | TO-NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT | LAST 3 TIMES, DENMAN THGMPSON | Appearing as Uncle Josh In | The Old Homestead. | Beginning NEXT MONDAY NIGHT | ke St R uss ia \ CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS | BUT ONE DON'T MATINEE. MISS IT! A GREAT DRAMATIC GEM. Dar WILLIAM GILLETTE'S | fANCE TO-NIGHT. { GREATEET COMEDY TRIUMPH, | | BIG_ORIGINAL CAST | es will book, beau- | Brownie” ustrated | THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE PHONE SOUTH 770. CALLFROCRNI;_Q,,P,‘I&TER' ‘ “Wouldn’t This Keep You Waiting?" | | Starting TO-MORROW, SUNDAY, Afternoon | The Laughing Farce Comedy, | HAVE YOU SEEN SMITH Introducing Comedians Who Are Funay, GIRLs\\'Ho CAN SING, WHO CAN DANCE, WHO ARE PRETTY. { BEATS NOW READY. | PRICES—Evening, 16c, 2c, %6c, ¢ and 7Se. Matinee, 15, 3c, 35c and 5oc. X Next—HARRY GLAZIER in a Lavish Pro- | “THREP MUSKETEERS,” Direct L GRAND OPERATIC CONCERTS DOUBLE BILL ! “DAS RHEINGOLD” And “DIE WALKURE.” GADSKI s Sieglinde and Brennhilde. M Alberich and otan. CHOTT as Seigmund. 'H, Musical D!r-flOY. " | R D, | guction, Wednesday AN NEMANGE., Programme|Tom New Yok, % younced. Reserved seats—75c, $1. 81 80, | $8. General admission—$L Now on sale at box office. = SHERMAN CLAY & CO.’S HALL. MR _C_L. GRAFF Presents EXPLANATORY RECITALS AT THE PIANO BY MR WALTER DAMROSCH on the WAGNER OPERAS and MUSIC DRAMAS THIS (EATURDAY) AFTERNOON AT 3:30. SIEGFRIED." DAM A March 16, RUNG Friday REIFAL"; Saturday, “TRISTAN ISOLDE '~ Reserved seats. §1 50, general 3. Now on ssle at SBherman, Clay | ALCAZAR THEATER. MATINEE TO DAY AND SUNDAY, A HOWLING SUCCESS! YOU CAN'T RESIST LAUGHING. THE SAUCY, FUNNY FARCE. NeverAgain 15¢, 25¢ *SEREYE® 35¢, 50c. SEATS NOW READY FOR NEXT WEE CHUTES AND 700. EVERY AFTERNOON M “Ph T GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. TELEPHONE MAIN 6531 Matinee To-liy and To-Morrow. GLORIOUS ENTERTAINMENT. THE FoFic OF THE HOUR 18 THB IMMENEE HIT Of Rice's Famous Musical Eccentricity, THE GIRL FROMPARIS USUAL PRICES. Goodl reserved seat in orchestra Saturdsy and A AND EVENING. GREAT VAUDEVILLE SHOW ! TO-NIGHT— CAKEWALK CONTEST ! After the Vaudeville Show. Black Bartons vs. Stewarts And Many Others. | BILLOON ASCENSION TO-NORROW, Eeats by Phone—Park 233 MECHANICS’ PAVILION. THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:30. THIS EVENING AT 8:30 O'CLOCK. NORRIS & ROWL'S BIG TRAINED ANIMAL SHOWS. SEE FRISCO, the Smallest Shetiand tn the & Emporium. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE---Special. TRURSDAY APTERNOOK, March 16th At 3us. LastSymphony Concert Under the Direction of HENRY HOLMES. BEST PROGRAMME OF THE SERIES! $1 and 50 & Co. 'gfll 3 o clock. Reserved Seats—25e, Blc, ¢, Eale begins at Sherman, Ol (SATTRDAY) MORNING, at SDE THE ANIMAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. SER THE EXCITING RACES. BRING THE CHILDREN THIS AFTERNOON, KEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON BTS.—REB- cdeled and rencvated. KING, WARD & | A CLEAN, MORAL EXHIBITION. ke B ob e 0 ot “ros bathn: Bk PRICES—ADULTS, %e. ; 88 10 ; X s (b ‘water every rocm: fire grates is every PRICES—CHILDREN, 1% | ons of Prosperity.” | who have left the world, and the world | | great majority on this earth are scattered, | | like the flock without a shepherd, not knowing the image of the Lord, and in stinual conflict with all that is spiritual. “The mind belongs to the world. It ording to its ways and judges and everybody by it8 own | the | other words, for the benefit of the State, | fled with the conditions which surround | speech CANNOT LIVE WORLD FAR T00 REBELLIOUS FOR SPIRITUAL GOOD Father Yorke Discusses Prosperity Gauged by Man and God. AL S ! Eloquent Divine Asserts That Reli- glon Is to the Soul What the State Is to the Body. — Rev. Peter C. Yorke lectured last even- | ing at St. Mary's Cathedral on the "Can- | The speaker dwelt at | length on the natural and supernatural | faculties of man, and of that continual conflict which cannot be termed the re- sistance of the body to the spirit, but is | more “We are persuaded,” said the speaker, “that what the spirit tells us is correct. | If the re n was left to itself and was not in continual conflict with the bcd?’ the dictates of the spirit would prevail. | The world is on one side of the great conflict, the spiritual kingdom on the other. The latter is composed of those 1f they world would of the | The were still love them. hates them. world the 'Fhe world does not believe in the kingdom of God. It says that it is not of and consequently the world does not believe in it or love it. | “The world is merely the name appll to man, organized for his own needs. It is the human race organized for its own benefit. We must give up part of our personal liberty for the good of all—in The man who minds his own business | need not_bother his head about the laws of the State. The laws are made for| those who break them. The result of this | is tranquillity. When men are not satis- them they are privileged to say so. Free is'a kind of safety valve that lets off the surplus steam of public discontent. “Peace, order, quietness and a certaln mount of prosperity are needed for the PP PEPAP PP S SRS D PP SDD DS DD S D R e e e e e e e e ] i ECAUSE her husband had ceased i a comely young woman living at 243 Jessie street, attempted to com- | 14 Mason street, yesterday morning by | ewallowing a dose of carbolic acid. She where Dr. Bunnell applied the usual rem- edles, and it is probable that she will re- to love her, Mrs. Thomas Costigan, mit sulcide in Crowley & Green's saloon, was taken to the Recelving Hospital, cover, although she would prefer to dle. A i # | hzly_‘:"d'"“ a weak heart. They The case is a pitiable one, Mrs. Cos- usually follow palpitation or fluttering, l | tigan was married to her husband, Tnom- shortness of breath, irregular or inter- as Costigan, a V?n;hlar. ollgl;]l Femel amo. v She is a sister of James Lally, a deputy mittent pulse. When the heart mus- Assessor. They lived happily together, cles are ovrworked or exhausted theye | relax, the flow of blood to the brain is interruptéd, and unconsciousness follows. Should relaxation continue completely for two or three minutes, sudden death is the result. The surest and two children were born to them, a grl now seven vears of age and a boy two years. That her husband was un- faithful to her never occurred to her till a few days ago. He had gone to Seattle, | but returned recently. A letter that had been sent him by a woman to Seattle HER HUSBAND’S LOVE — Mrs. Thomas Costigan, F Was Untrue to Her, Swallows Acid. Q04060060000 00+00600000000600+0+06+0+0+0 [ e e e e e o o o) WITHOUT inding Her Husband B e e S S SV - [ was re-directed to this city, and when it came to the house Mrs. Costigan’s sus- gldnns were aroused for the first time. She opened the letter and her suspicions | were conflrmed; her husband had been | untrue to his marriage vows. She had still faith in him, as she thought the woman might not know that he was a married man, but a subsequent letter | which she opened yesterday morning dis- | pelled that illusion, as reference was made fn it to her. She was driven almost crazy by the fact, and as she had not seen her husband since Monday night she determined to go in search of him and H'£ to win him back. he sent the little girl to the Lincoln School, and taking the baby to her sister- v rs. Lally, started out on her quest. he went to several places, but could not get any information as to her husband or the woman, whose letters to her husband had not been signed. Then she went to a drug store and purchased | two bottles of carbolic acid, a one-ounce bottle and a four-ounce bottle, and called at Crowley & Green's saloon as a last | chance. She could get no Information there, and going Into a side room she | swallowed the contents of the Dne-nunce’ bottle. “I cannot live without my husband’s love,”" she said, “and want to die. We lived so happily together, and if an angel from heaven had told me he was untrue | to me I would not have believed it. Oh, why aid I open that letter? I have! done everything a wife could for him and it is cruel for him to deceive me so. What are my children to me without my hus. | band?” She would not be comforted and | declared that if she recovered she would | be more successful next time. | | | advancement of the arts and sciences. The older a nation grows the more re- fined become her people. All of this pub- | lic exterior exists for the state. It Is not | because you or I want it, but because the | state desires it. The good first goes ‘o the state; what man gefs reaches him indi- | rectly. Men, individually or collectively, need some object of worship. e wor- ship of their country is what we term pa- triotism. To call a man unpatriotic is about as severe an adjective as can | applied to him. “'The great men are those who have done great things for the state—not those who have done for the individual. Thus | the first canon of progress is something | exterior. “When we come to consider the canons | of progress of the spirit you will find that they differ from those of the world; you will find that they re separated by a chasm that cannot be closed. The world | looks upon the state as the greatest thing I in the world. The spirit believes that the soul is the greatest thing. Religion Is to | the soul what the state is to the body.” Sunday morning Father Yorke will lec- ture on *“New Heavens and a New Earth.” Special Lecture by Father Yorke. Father Yorke will give a special lecture Sunday evening at St. Mary's Cathedral, | Van Ness avenue and O'Farrell street. | The subject will be “Rome.” Admission | will bn free, but a special collection will be made. POLICEMAN DEELEY IS STERNLY REPRIMANDED Policeman Lawrence Deeley was rep- rimanded last evening by Chief Sullivan | in the presence of all the members of the | Southern station’ for having arrested re- | spectable citizens without cause. Deeley was recently fined $100 by the Police Commissioners for the offense, and In addition was ordered to suffer the bumiliation of being reprimanded in the presence of his fellow-officers. A few minutes before 6 o'clock last even- | ing the members of the Southern station wera lined up in the assembly room, the | men forming a cordon around the offi- | cer who was to be reprimanded. ~Chief Sulllvan then appeared, and, addressing Deeley, sald: “When I assumed command of the po- | lce force of this city T addressed the men and made particular reference to the very offense of which you have been found gullty b{ the Board of Police Com- missioners. At that time I earnestly tried to impress you and the other members of the department with the necessity of treating all citizens with the utmost cour- tesy and of using common-sense in mak- ing arrests. Within a week after I thus spoke to you I find Jou in_discharge of vour duties as a police officer arresting three men—one a veteran of the Civil War—without the slightest provocation. Why you should have done so I am at a losg to explain. In repnmandlng you I want to impress on your mind that such and best remedy for overworked and debilitated hearts is DR. MILES’ Heart Cure. “My heart trouble began several years ago with palpitation, shortness of oreath and smothering. Then I began to have fainting spelis -and would fall over on the street or wherever I hap- pened to be. I was unable to attend to my business and dare not venture away from home. The doctors failed { to help me, and seeing an advertise- ! ment of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure I bought.a bottle. The first few doses stopped the fainting spells and in 8 few weeks my heart was working right” Esex Cown, Middleburg, N. V. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold at all druggists on a positive guaran- tee. Write for free advice to De. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., {Fr TO THE rpheum! BUY YOUR Ivory Soap BAVE YOUR WRAPPERS AND GET FREE TICKETS TO THE ORPHEUM. The Johnson-Locke Mercantile Co. 204 FRONT S8TREET, offenses will not be tolerated in the Po- BAN FRANCISCO, lice Department. I therefore, in the pres- Wil Bxchange for Lenox and Ivory ence of your fellow-officers, administer the reprimand in the hope that it will be of benefit to you in the future, as well Soap Wrap REE TICKETS T0 THE ORPMEUM as to the other members of the police Fi UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDI- TIONS If You Want a 2c Reserved Send.....2% Wrappers of LENOX SOAP Or..... .12 Wrappers of IVORY SOAP Or else send 15 Wrappers of LENOX SOAP and § Wrappers of IVORY SOAP 1f You Want a 50c Reserved Seat Send..,..50 Wrappers of LENOX BOAP or. 4 Wrappers of IVORY SOAP Or else send 2 Wrappers of LENOX SOAP and 12 W: rs of IVORY SOAP g nn EEEEEE RACING! RACING! RACING! force.’ Seat Deeley listened to the words of the Chief unflinchingly, but seemed relieved | when 1t was all over. Our Increase of Insanity. Much discussion has been aroused lately by the alarming increase of Insanity. Our high rate of living is the cause assigned. rush for money, both men and women neg- lect thelr bodles until the breakdown comes. The best way to preserve heaith is by a faith- ful use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. By curing all stomach ills, this remedy prevents 2 nervous breakdown. Ii Is also an excellent 1800—CALIFORNIA JOOKEY CLUB—1g0g | Medicine for constipation. dvepepsia and bil- February 26 to March 10, Inclusive. Sr oy Rt L oy Rl — ¢ay, Friday -ngl Saturday, Rain or shize. . Ge 3 or more races eacl A R.'e'ol start at 2:16 p. m. -'hn-p_ Located on Market “F‘ -u;:.z; I’u;ensull:l dFr'lncum at 12 m. and street, in close E 30, 2, 2: p. m., ith trains stopping at the enirance to th proximity to busi- track. Last two cars on train reserved for la ness section. places dies and thelr escorts; no smoking. Buy yo A of amusement and ferry tickets to Shell Mound. . AJl rains vis e Oakland mole connect with San Pablo avenue depots: 1400 rooms, electric cars at Seventh and Broadway, Oak. 200 with baths at- Jand ~ Also all trains via Alameda miole con- tach Bect with San Pablo avenue cars at Fourtesnth ched. The Iargest and Broadway, Oakland. These . and finest hotels ia 80 _direct to the Iru:lk..ln fifteen m 'the world. Ameri- ng— 1 g T et 04 an and -European OMAS H. WII plan. B. MILROY, Secre! esssessscscrsossssiorcroos VETERAN JOURNALIST IS CALLED BY DEATH | ‘Willlam B. Allen, a well-known journal- ist of this city, was found dead yesterday afternoon in his room in the lodging-hous= at 657 Bush street. Deceased was in the employ of the real estate firm of W. J. Gunn at the time of his death, but for many years had been prominenfly connected ~with the dafly papers of San Francisco. he Coroner was notified of the death, and Deputies Meehan and Flannigan were sent to investigate it. From Dr. Worth, | who had been attending Allen recently, it was learned that he has been a sufferer for a long time from heart trouble. Ia searching the effects of the deceased a will was found, in which relatives in Eng- land are naméd as legatees, and which reads: “All my parents are dead. There is no one living who has any claims on ma | for support. I was never married, and my only relatives are those mentioned in my | will.” Deceased left bank books showing | accounts with the Hibernia Bank, Savings | and Loan Society and San Francisco Sav- | ings Union, and a certificate of deposit on | the Bank of California for $285. He was | also possessed of real estate in the Potrers | and on Point Lobos avenue. | Allen was a native of England and 62 years of age. e Eastern Tourists Declare that Zinkand's is the finest restaurant west of Chicago. Only the best the market af- fords is served. . ——————————— Dr. Voorsanger’s Lecture. “Anctent Legends and Modern Facts" was the subject of an eloquent discourse delivered last night in Temple Emanu-El by Rev. Dr. Voorsanger. He told of the beautiful legends to be found in the his- tory of the Hebrews and drew special at- tention to Queen Esther, who saved her people from persecution and probable death. He told the iegend in all its beau- ty and took occasion to dwell on lhseger- secution of the Jews through succeeding centuries, despite which the race has thrived. ———————— Cholce French millinery, specially pur- chased by Mme. Martin for the Easter season, will be shown for the first time on Monday in the mllllnef&’fiplrlorl of the “City of Paris” Dry ods Company, Union Square. . Proposed Chinese Celebration. Mayor Phelan yesterday sent a commu- nication in reply to one received by him from Ho Yow, Imperial Consul Generul of China, relative to the intention of the Chinese to celebrate the Feast of the Dragon in June next. The Mayor re- quests the Consul to specify more particu- larly the privileges that would be re- quired, and the matter will be presented to the Board of Supervisors. Anyvo Th early wrinklies. Sold by all druggists. —————————— H. J. McCoy Before the Camera Club. The auditorium of the Young Men's rical Cold Cream prevents . Christian Association was filled last night with members and friends who came to enjoy the lecture by H. J. Mc- Coy, general secretary of the association, on ‘he Humorous Side of a European Trip.’ Many humorous reminiscences of the trip were related by the speaker, who kept h& audience in good humor through- out the hour and a quarter in the de- livery of the lecture. The countries of England, Holland, Germany, Scotland, France and Belgium were visited and Mount Blanc ascended. About one hun- dred finely colored views were thrown upon the canvas representing scenes in these various countries, and it was one of the most enjoyable lectures deltver under the auspices of the Camera Clul this season. At this season of the year every one is anxious to know what Dame Fashion has de- creed as ‘“just the proper thing for spring wear”’—next Sunday’s Call will tell you all about it and will present pho- tographs that can be depend- ed upon as absolutely correct. +4 44444444444 4440 +4 444444 A FAMOUS FRENCH PORTRAIT PAINTER. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES FOR GIRLS. IV. MME LE BRUN. (1755-1842.) BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN | | ‘When a reader happens upon the name | of Mme. Le Brun he is aware of a pleas- urable feeling, at first indefinable but which, traced to its source, is generally | found to have been produced by some one | of the many pleasing portraits of aerself now so widely and favorably known. Each gives an Iimpression of a vivacious anc winsome personality, whether it be the portrait which she painted of herself as a turbaned young woman looking out with smiling countenance from her easel—the one_which, in the Uffizi gallery, Florence, similar painting in the Hermitage ai St. Petersburg or those charming pictures of herself and daughter known as the “lttle idyls on canvas,” which hang in the Lou- vre. In her Ingenious autoblography she has supplemented these brush portraits with accounts of the brilliant court pagean which she witnessed in the various cou tries of Europe in sharp contrast t> (! meager poverty of her home surroundings, of the terrors of the revolution, of the wit or peculiarities of those whom she met, together with shrewd little charac- ter sketches and impressions of her trav- els. This self-tllustrated autobiography is something unique in the history of art | and throws a curlous side light upon the 20+04—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0~0»0—0v¢—0-’4+0—0—0—0—0—0—0*—0+&0— D e o o ko o o fully that she was commissioned to paimt twenty-nine more portraits of the y young queen. As painter and subject were about the same age, they soon dis- covered many tastes in common. Mme. Le Brun had a silvery voice and frequent- ly sang duets with the queen when the latter was weary of sitting for her num- erous portraits. Marie Antoinette soon became truly fond of the unassuming, simply dressed little artist, who in turn felt the more romantic affection for her royal patron, whom she declared to walk “better than any woman in France, hold- ing her head upright with a majesty which denoted the sovereign In the midst of her court, without this majestic bear- ing detracting in the least from the sweetness and grace of her whole as- pect.” Mme. Le Brun's friendship with royaity | naturally subjected her durin vo- elicited so much notice from Goethe—the | lution. to many 3 ag_the revo. lution to many terrifying experiences. Sulphur was thrown into her cellar, and ominous murmurings and fist-shakings plainly hinted that if sne would escape the scaffold she must leave France at once. Her husband being fortunately ab- sent she took 100 louis, which she had just received for a portrait, and in the disguise of a working woman arrived penniless in Rome. Here her busy b ish reaped for her the same golden harvest that she had gar- nered In Paris. Orders for portraits of distinguished foreigners poured in upon her, not least 2 n, which was one rom the Pope. Pius,VI. When Mme. Le Brun learned, however, that she must be veiled while painting his Holiness, she doubted her abiiity under such tryigg eir- | cumstances to do justice to the subject, MME. LE BRUN'S PORTRAIT OF HERSELF. >+ @ L e B L B o o e o g @O +-04000+0+0+00000 000000060008 +6e00e0 | circumstances attending the painting of the immense number of pictures, nearly 1000 in all, which make the best monumeni to the lifelong industry of Mme. Vigée Brun. A less pretentious painter than her fair Angelica Kauffmann, the reater beau and simplicity of her work Eave better stood the test of time. Daughter of a third-rate Parisian copy- ist whose chalk studles and pastels after Watteau were pleasing, but strikingly de- | void of originality, Mile. Vigée attracted notice by her precocity while a very tiny ooia; At the Rime of her father's death, a girl of 13, she was a portrait painter of no mean ability, aiready beginning to ful- fill her father's prophecy: *‘You shall be a painter, my daughter, or there never was one!” Vernet, the eminent marine painter urged her to present an excellent portrait of her mother, which she finished at the | age of 15, for admission to the Academy: but her application was refused on ac- count of her extreme youth. Besides the fond encouragement of her | father, the young girl was favored in hav- lné Brtard, Davesne, Doyen and Claude Joseph Vernet as her teachers. The last | | | | | 1 al | apoplexy before the day appointed for her named frequently cautioned her against P eeing the methods of any particular | Sschool. “Only consult, my ~ child. the t Itallan and Flemish masters; but, above all,” he urged, “do as much as you can from nature. Naturc is the best master. If you study 't dili- gently you will never get into manner- e eith the formation of Mile. Vigse's original style, which was quite apart from the contemporary academic influence Mer works of the grea self-improvement was largely due to her | 1 opying of Rembrandt, Van Dyek I e ¢hiaroscuro she considered and Greugze. Much of this :‘::‘;ic‘:::!au(ckl #o0ld in order lha(“l'i‘);l v artist might support her bea oA mieht, Fgor B Ing cate her younger brother. In order to satisfy that longing for ex- nsive wardrobes and amusements ‘which ‘me Vigée considered necessary to her existence, the widow married a’ wealthy jeweler. This man proved to be a miser, Wwho greedily wore the old clothes of the dead artist, but refused to provide the hecessaries of life for his mew family, compelling the already overworked Elise ouble S On account of that superb health to wonfi :nm!lnx\{ er death in her eighty-sevent ;',&“. t“l\e young girl's beauty did not fade under this Il treatment, but developed so charmingly that between the ages of 14 and 20 sitters flocked to her studio and her orders multiplied amazingly, chiefly that her admirers while poll% might en- oy her vivacious society. ts Implied attes never cost the young artist the loss, 3’ her simplicity or reputation, her mother's enforced presence proventing any suggestion of staln upon her name. At thal sdu- Which enabled her time the family lodged in the house of a_picture dealer, Jean Baptiste Le Plerre n piotures was considered the most upos in FEurope. His unusually fine 58{%‘.’&'?0.. of ntings and prints s obligingly placed at the service of the eager young_ portrait painter. When Le Brun_ offered himself in m: age six months later Mlle. Vigée yielded to the her worldly mother, D neied the plcture dealer to be very rich, and reluctantly con- a_secret mi ge until Le .Ber'::r.ldcotfid clear himself of certain obli- ations to the daughter of a picture trader In ) d. Meanwhile the Influential friends of the artist, not knowing of this, strongly urged her not to marry the man, insisting that she would better cut her throat or drown herself than -“K her in- terests with those of a man whose low tastes would make h-y{almu an impos- sibflity. All too late the young wife Jearned the bitter truth of their predic- tions, and found that she had sh‘ngl] ex- changed her slavery to her stepfather for a lifelong servitude even more galling. er husband compelled her to take pupils b vltr ler m as fast as g .dfl. 80 Ehn |%. thirteen years she earned after her mnn'lw. she nce wl.gnout 20 of the 1,000,000 francs which she had meanwhil The birth of e earned. Drtn o her little girl, -"«lflh ne, two years after her mumfiv. was the one ra: of sunshine In the deplorable life of thi {ll-treated wife, who worked uncompiain- ingly from dawn till dark. declaring that her ‘whole life was henceforth devoted to two objects—her daughter and her art. During the infancy of little Jeanne the artist mot! while wi in the B R BRI 7 * This sensible advice had much to | her efforts for their mainten- | Brun, a man whose judgment | o and therefore declined the honor. Be- sides many other famous portraits she painted two noteworthy ones of Lady Hamilton, one as a bacchante reposing on the seashore, another as a sybil—fine pic- tures of a beautiful subject, which as works of art afterward sold In London for many times their original value. In Rome she also met Angelica Kauffmann, with whom she was most favorably im- pressed. Leaving the Eternal City, the artist-ex- fle traveled over Europe, Sverywhere re- ceived with distinction, and admitted Into the membership of the Academies of Par- ma, Rome, Bologna, Berlin, Geneva, St. Petershurg, Rouen and Paris. In Prussia she painted a portrait of the much-loved Queen Louise. In Brus- sels she had painted (1783) the famous portrait of herself in a straw hat after Rubens’ much-admired “Chapeau de Paille,” which gained her admission to the French Academy. In Russia a palace was placed at her osal, and here she painted many por- traits of the royal family. The Empress “atherine the Great also engaged a por- ait of herself, but was stricken with t sitting. England was not behind the rest of the | continent in conferring honors upon Mme. | Le Brun, whose portraits Sir Joshua Rey- | nolds declared “as fine as those of any painter, not excepting Van Dyck.” Geor- giana, the witty and beautiful Duchess of evorshire: Mrs. Siddons, Herschel and his gifted sister, and the Prince of Wales, afterward George IV, also showed her great honor. In spite of all the distinction and wealth | heaped upon her she was never truly happy, although invariably cheerful. She who reported to be o rich that she { 1it her fire with bank notes and fed it with | aloes wood was in realit always poor, dressing most simply in the muslin gown and kerchief popularized by her portrait: because of the immense sums which sh constantly sent home to support her hus band, mother or daughter. In Russia she managed to save during the first month of her stay 45,000 francs, but the banker with whom she deposited them failed and she lost all. Later on 15,000 francs was stolen from her. Her greatest grief, however, was the unfortunate marriage of her only daugh- ter, to whose education she had devoted so much_time and money. This child had always been a great comfort to her mother, because of her sweet disposition, but at the age of 17 she conceived a ro- mantic affection for an Impecunious sec- retary. When Mme. Le Brun assured her that the man was merely attracted by her beauty and was “without talent, fortune or family” the daughter became so ill that the mother was forced to comsent, glving her as a marriage portion the re- sult of her St. Petersburg earnings. With- in five years this daughter ceased to care for her husband, refused to return to Rus- sia with him, and lived a gay life in Pari while her mother was working on th Continent. She died five years before her mother, and grief over her death, preceded by that of the artist's mother brother, reved npon tha strengin of Mme. Le run that she died at the age of 87, after a life of extraordinary energy. Tn spite of the drudg;ry pr g R ciated servitude for others, Mme. Le Fron was always generous and cheerful, lov- able In her old age as In her youth, and, like her picture, always pleasing. Note—The next study will be devoted to Caroline Herschel. e COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Spring Term, 1900. Mondays—American Political Par- ties. Tuesdays — Twenty Lessons in French Conversation and Recent Sci- entific Discoveries. Wednesdays and Thursdays — Golden Ages of Literature. Fridays — Photography for Ama- teurs. Saturdays — Biographical Studies for Girls. These courses will continue until June 7, 1800. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates