The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1900, Page 6

G THE SUNDAY CALL. Madame Helena Modjeska at Her Home in Southern Qalifornia FROM SHAKESPEARE FEEDS THE CQHICKENS WITH HER OWN HANDS AND MAKES LIFE TC RER PRIZE COw RAPEY FOR THE LIVESTOCK WITH SWEETMERTS. £ RANCHING THAT IS AS INTERESTING AS A STAGE CAREER 2 Vi 2 cow and Berl the delight never tire in telling the 1 histories tle_storie of ‘the art The doma comprizes about sev acre§ " h to speak of. The location wa b after much travel and sight-seeing, cause of its mountains, t o, onyvie, a and rocks and the rusg enery b ; ; ral and. The ground -~ a 1 upy two acres and ab alf of this is most beautifully 5 or of the gardener on_of Madame mestic sweep throwin g . honey. g o ’ ” of blossoming pea are rustic dozen under the and beside. terraces. fes of wild flowers, fountains pools, hotbeds, cactus bec of tropical flowers galore dgzen and banana trees by t rear th tropica dalsies s Orange there about s .. e er 100 distinct We varie ossom about her home every and year. Roses are trained up the side of of e PLANTED AnND CULTIVATED &Y MME o MO oES KA AS CLEOPA T= A June the Count and I, with a few of o oldest and most trusted servants, star at once in our car for our Southern Ca fornia home. The place is always ke; S0 we can return to it almos a day’s notice; and us hom, y last theatrical been visited at th few of ou and by our relativ accommodation scale that we desire. last theatrical tour is talked-of farewell to we mean to h mountains, wh come every month in “But th S or every sum- 5 in the morn- the arbor s . ow progress, for getting into a ; new character is a serious and absorbing E thing for me. When I ¢ @ in sym- s % pathy with A dramatic character I can't t § light my work, for it w unt me day = g ua ar and night until' I know at I feel my - mi p railroad part and have mastered all the details of of Arden™ is my character, I spent weeks in studying g of the many the history of England and Seotland, and in reading everything I could buy per- taining to the reigns of Queens Mary and Elizabeth when | was making ready to impersonate Mary Stuart. 1 spent weeks grds = of in reading histories of the French Revo- ehprds . of lution, and especially of the events lead- Arl;:ue-lflelp‘.‘ ing up to that horrible revolt of an op- pressed people, when I was making reac to, play Marie Antoinette. ““Are we intruded upon by curlous sight- seers? Not so much In the last few su mer seasons. Wh abroad that we in Santiago Cany ance to have pe and Santa Ana, ring eucaly washes and the foothills I MOBJIESKA'S ) R HoME IN { lages in the vall 1 wrdent lov SANTIAGO. H camp for the d er dent lov- g5 ik so much as a s created a LANYGr i from their bas n s raniied, 1 our arbors. No neces- 1 orders = d: S R actress and that t to see how theatrica at home. W a sewing down of The very house and outbulldings are dining-room walls-—quaint swords, unclent tings, and scrapbooks of ‘dramatle eriti- aried old monarchs of the for. blended in the landscape, and the beauty cutlasses, crude. battle axes and historic ' clsms and. theatrical events on the table, have s, little rustic bridges have Of the low, rambling white house .mid javelins, short knives .and scabbards. under the tabis oty e oo ig oo A SR span the restless, nolsy can- 4 shade of closely cropped lawns of blu= Bome have been the property Gf famous on the floor Tho mist tonceq antel and caks or in the to save excavation grass. beds of luxurlant flowers of every actors hnd actresses and have & Hitle briceasbrac at (he THoabertorcq artisle of des bowlders, hue, climbing vines about the plazzas and story connected with them. trellises, the walks #mooth as asphalt tha cguse of hued lichens, ha ng t J little black-cornered tea table with brass nd driveways as Of course, every one wants to know all legs, in one of the.quaint corners of the untonched curve in and out about Madame Modjeska’s own part of the library. It is known to have been used in i winds slowly te canyon to Of the lawns and flower beds, is difficult house—her den. her workshop, if you Londen inthe time of: Gueen: BHosbotl e 2 1o tell. e. where she reigns In autocratic su- .and was presented to Count Bozenta by The way I8 pied over by, uP 2000 or E A premacy—wherc she has studied and pre- Joséph Jefferson. A beautiful miniature tail, beavy, wild shrub- @re the peaks, adding their qualitie pared those characters that have thrilled on poreelain of Marie Antoinette hangs have grown there for Tepose and calmness to the landscape. and delighted countless hundreds of peo- on the wall. banks are passed at the And thisis Modjeska’s “Forest of Arden.” ple and where her individuality-has been Thee are some 1800 books in the library. The bungalow—that is what the Count shown in the decoration and arrangement. Quer haif of them e o S ine Horary. Bozenta says-the house i —was bullt un. Madame Modjeska's “den” is the library Bolieh Italior bad the sor i renci, a Vi der the supervision the Count and of the bungalow. It is some sixteen fect ligh, A magnificent de luxe edition of Bal- bluebells, wild the madame about ten we have had to p mit a picnic party lasses to tram= f gaze at my husbs “But we have mad f delightful n_home, an: wve them as our ttle visits California appy make 3 among the towns in = > ) s a There square, It has a triple-mullioned window zac occupies 2 b v v We have eschscholtzias, Up are eleven rooms in the house. Most of lookipg up amid the overbranching oaks. Balzae the g i, bper shelf. =T e dear - e the low wails of them are comparatively small, but the liv- and & long French window that opens tuero: ; have tried w Fomo of their kindness to s v our apprec b o tention to us. Coronado Beach and the ocean at San Juan Capistrano have charms for us, and we go there for a week o avery year e Count and I boast 't ‘our prowess in swimming. and when e at the ocean I improve the oppor- 5 says Madame Modjeska. *In fact, o . i boughs of - ing rooms have been built on generous upon a. porch shut. in by ivy and other s thal Cri Rt 40 ThD et The RS Ty A At eod i el o Rorch shut:dn By iy lawns and et of his- wetrd ?Iimg‘r::llc)fe;:“:hei‘:ft: of natural beauty. The sun trifies In several rooms they are of French beds of heliotrope, poppies and roses. af Alphonse Daudet some nine years-ago.” the fluttering follage, playing hide Style and open out upon broad verandas. There is a wealth of bric-a-brac on all Shakespeare is represented In the lbrary seck amid the leaves. The fresh scent Hammocks, awnings, big porch chairs sides in the “den.” Engravings. otchings. in a desen dimesins editions in seven or herbs and flowers from the adja- and Invitng recesses abound. The din- skeiches and light water colors hang In - cight Jansuasic cng Sgitions in e ¥, mountain slopes n the fresh Ing room s the largest apartment in the. every possible spot o the walls. and TuKS ot Shakorpes ern noenchorres, 1208 row £ sunshine comes to the nostrils, house. 1t is lighted on two sides and has of Indian, Arabian and Turkish handicraft g we taries, critical at le two long swims every nd the fluty notes of flocks of meadow 2 huge brick chimney and mantel across lie in studied negligénce upon the polished (hps:'.how hl,,:vmzhm?:;{.fig} e"fi':ys'h:‘,le‘ :1”“ and often three. No, we don't care larks or the twittering of hundreds of one corner, a deep seat about a recessed floor, A{ one side stands a huge stone heen used. There are ©o ies o{ “Quo much for fishing. I have tried to make wrene in the chaparral enhance the pleas- Window of diamond shape and colored firepiace, with heavy brass andirons ,on Vams eoa other of Blonnks self a lover of the sport, but it has igalow, others are twined-about the '™ . A Loy B8 hers, in the form of rose irees, been no use uppose 1 have not suf- o tience, then, too, I can’t bear are planted in sinuous rows along the ficient patience, and then. too. edze of the driveways and others form o {o see the D e thing: fln‘p a(l';’out. openlm; lors1 medley i S ey closing their gi n_the agony o o all about the vegetable 1T Bave Bech Gut hunting @ few The practical work of ranching that times, but woe to any one that dares to Mme. Modjeska personally engages in i3 shoot a gun at the Forest of Arden and in the hen yard and among the domesiic scare away our songsters, « L ewicz's wood tobacco jar with convenient cig- the bu ures of the grive amey Tak ami enpe furniture is of very ° the hearth. Four oak and mahogany bodk- in the ofiainel Bolian. Bach Mol oke wood Papers stands o a tanie A o An bour has been spent in the canyon ;"’yu"l"‘ and ,‘3"‘""’“‘1 ‘e”“h"a‘ ter. Cnses are arranged here and there. Near presentation from the author, Who has zither, harp, violin, cornet and banje fide. The road turns abruptly past two I05 Wabs sfe pictures in oll and water the window in o.heavy table. This. is. written a erasorn) sentiment on the fly cupy one corner of the bowlders and a heavy thicket and the Colors, for the Count Bozenta avers that madame's work table, and close to it 18 jeaf of chch fomn) " walls are lined with pict home of Mme. Modjeska comes into fuii DS weakness is for pictures in color. He her favorife, deep-seated, leather-covere] In the little sitting or assembly room at and engraving and in : house is of wood. one story, Dhas trophies in art of his capture in every easy chair. There are books of plays in. the front of the bungalow there Is an evi- riety of framéas They have and deep. painted in white. modest, €ty in Europe all over the house. paper and cover, great volumes with col- dent-desire tn avold conventionallty. Eany o8 by Maiame Modiehe vy But, oh, what arustic arrangement. There Is a quantity of bric-a-brac on the ered pictures of costumes and stage set- chairs are in profusicn, and a biz' Weds- in Pari