The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1903, Page 49

CALL Pages 49 to 52 | SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1903, PADEREWSKI, IN THE RETREAT OF CHARMING RIOND BOSSON, HIS SWISS England’s Coming Poet a Pretty Maiden. Ethel Clifford Is Making a Hit in London. KX ONDON Clifford Oct. 81.—Miss Bthel entitled broug pub! zabeth B Mrs has than $5 a writer. Sh smart soclety and is enormously #s a perfect type of the Greek of beauty. Her hair is golden, her e pure GreeK and her figure tall and willowy. She is & girl rather like the former Miss Margaret Abbott of Chicago, now Mrs. F. P. Dunne (the wife of “Dooley’s” author). The Countess of Orford, formerly Miss Louise Corbin of New York, and her young @aughter, Lady Dorothy Walpole, who have just gone to the United States, sre expected to make quite a visit there, Mannington Hall, the ancient estate of the Walpoles, is closed during Lady Or- ford’s absence, as the Earl is away, too, of his favorite shooting expedi- tions. Lord Orford, who is, 8f course, @ direct descendant of the great Horace Walpole, long since distinguished himself as a saflor of many daring exploits, a remote countries and as a them. His career has been in the extreme. It was while d tour through the United hat he met the present Lady Or- She, by the way, is as keen as the shooting and fishing. Mrs. Rudyard Kipling make se party visits, but one family is on one few ho on their regular list. The senior Kipling family lives “The Gables,” near Salis- bury Rudyard Kipling, whose ad- miration for his mother is sald to be the strongest interest of his life, rarely lets a month g0 by without seeing the brilliant Mrs 1 Lockwood Kipling. This lady and her two sisters, the author’s favorite aunts, are charming women to Jook upon, sithough their intellectual gifts are what most commend them. Lady Edmund Burne-Jones and Lady Poynter are quite es clever as Mrs. Kipling. The three women are great cronies and their mutual hobby is—Rudyard. Lady Parker, wife of Sir Gilbert, is be- ing much seen these days at fashionable gatherings in the section of her husband’s perilamentary constituency. Cobham Joh F . 'ESTATE, IS LIVING A LIFE OF RU RAL SIMPLICITY Famous Pianist Plays Billiards to Clear the Music From His Brain, Smokes Many Cigarettes and Helps Care for the ONDON, Oct. 3l.—Ignace Jan aderewski and his wife are spending the summer upon their estate in Switzerland and intend to remain thére until early in the winter. It is the first time in three years that they have been able to pay anything but a flying visit and every man, woman and child in the vil- lage is bursting with pride this summer in counting the great pianist and his beau- tiful wife as part of the community. The estate is called Riond Bosson, the name given it by the wife of the French revolutionist, Fourget, when she laid it out and went there to pass the last years of her life. It is miles away from any town of irpportance and is so secluded that few tourists have discovered it, even with the multitude that throng Switzer- land every year. Paderewski keeps in communication with the outside world with the telephone while in the country, a necessity, be- cause not to his dearest friend can he be induced to write letters and he does not care to be bothered with a secretary in the house during his vacation. So from Geneva I called him up to ask after his health and to say that I was coming over to see him. “Come along, to-morrow if you can, or if not then as soon as possible,” he re- plied with emphatic cordiality. So I chose a sunny day and came upon him rather unceremoniously and got well scolded for not letting him know, so that he could send to the station to meet me. He was anxious at first to discover this built all In one day.” While Mr. Paderewski sits upstairs at his piano all through the morning and the afternoon Mme. Padereks! walk: over the estate, a big garden hat on her head and her faithful pug dog Manon at her heels. Manon has been over the world with her and is seldom out of sight.” She has taught her a number tricks, the most brilliant of which is play the piano. The really artistic pi playing in the house is done uy the studio and the two grand pi the drawing-room are not often used ex- cept to show off Manon. “Do you really want to see her play she asked. She opened the plano and Manon jumped up on the ol and di play a tune. “Play on the b: cried her mistress, and the dog thumped obedi- ently on the bass, then gazed at us with a triumphant alr. Mme. Pade self and ha her of ewski is very musical her- followed her hu; pand's car since he was twenty, when she first met him In Warsaw. She has just begun to learn to play the harp, and a beautiful new one which hér husband has giv her now stands in the gallery above billiard-room. The billiard-room is erewski's favorite spot in the he plays the game every evening. thing that takes the m of my head,” he explained formerly fond of horseback rid fencing, but they are no lo stimes for a small accident might prove disastrous in to his pla Mme. Pad <i comes of a Pol- ish fam nd is a Countess in her own righ r Pader- ewski But when his father w by the se of and ruined he and many has one. began to make m Hens. began to dream of doing good in Poland. He bought back state and several additi put money into busine saw to » he went as bes by his country people, while th nis af- fairs were ch usly in his abse Se hing in Poland was s wski says he does not expect to g0 bac agaln to lve. He a wife always talk Polish to- gether lage near lish childr Warsaw. Pad ally recovered from his never looked better th Madame Pad- erewski is sees that, piano. gen- Commerce to the he at the He erally ranc does @ Russian, the > hav the rare g estate and bous! and built e.aborate ¥ after the re- suffering k of giving ad bufit such r his boy. » on which he AR AT S T T T Y, e TP + } N o - Ignace Jan Paderewski, 2 Who Is Resting From His Labors on His Beautiful Estate in Switzerland Hall, near Gravesend, is the center of this constituency, and its owner, Lord Darn- ley, is the master of nearly everything he or anybody else surveys in that district. Lady Parker is good friends with Lady Darnley, was in fact lunching with her just before the Countess set sail last Sat- urday for a few months' visit in Aus- tralia. Lady Parker's entertalnments in Carl- ton House Terrace are more and more fa- vored by London’s elect. Her Ladyship makes what may be called an effective hostess. Bhe is of rather haughty de- meanor, but distinctly grande dame in her reception of her husband’'s Iimportant guests. Lady Dernley is a very different type of woman from Lady Parker. She is in- terested in politics, is an ardent member of the Primrose League, the great woman’s political organization of Eng- land, and writes in the most serfous of the country's monthly reviews. e CITIZEN OF MUNICH DRINES RIVER OF BEER MUNICH, Oct. 31.—A citizen of Munich named Scherzer has gone every day for thirty years to the same beer saloon, seat- ed himself at the same place, and emptied several times a quart beer mug. Then he has returned to his home, his head high, and walking with a firm step. A friend who has a mania for statistics has kept the number of quarts he has consumed in the course of the years. The result is a veritable river of beer—32,85) quarts, Mr. Scherzer’s beer jubilee is soon to be celebrated, when a beer quart measure will be presented to him to encourage him on bis joyous beer-bibbing way. THINKS NEW ORLEANS A CHARMING PLACE Jules Huret Paints in Paris Glow- ing Picture of the Southern City. PARIS, Oct. 3l.—After having visited all the principal cities of the East and Mid- dle West of the United States Jules Huret tells the Parisians: “New Orleans is incontestably and by far the prettiest city that I have seen up_ to now in the United States. “It reminds me of Marseilles by its ani- mated quays, its blue heavens, its radiant sun and the number of laughing, gestur- ing people in the streets of €0 many races. “New Orleans is a mixture of Spain, less fierce than the real one, and of an Italy as voluptuous as the native land, but less nervous. “I have found the politeness of the peo- ple charming. Here, at least, I have been thankful to find the Anglo-Saxon coldness melted by mixture with the Latin races. As to the Creoles, they have preserved the finest flower of urbanity. The women have a smiling grace and an amiability that is as exquisite as it is simple, and the men know how to create about them an atmosphere of respectful. gallantry and fine attentive civility that ravished me. “As to the negroes, some speak French without the least accent and are quite picturesque. “That which astonished me most in New Orleans perhaps was to see the Yankee actlvity grafted upon the lan- guorous Latin nature. It mmeq passing strange to see people of Spanish and French ancestry so nervously active and BERLIN TO HAVE SPLENDID PALACE DEVOTED PO MUSIC Structure Will Cost $900,000 and Will Have Many Novel Features. BERLIN, Oct. 3L.—The most magnifi- cent music palace in the world is planned for Berlin. It is to be opposite the new American church and”the estimated cost is $900,000. Joachim, Richard Strauss and Professor Ochs are at the head of the undertaking. An interesting feature will be the office, where advice will be given students about teachers. On stated days of the weel students will have their voices, test- ed gratis. It Is the ambition of the found- ers to make the new palace a ‘“nerve center”’ of the musical world, Siegfried Wagner's new opera, ‘Der Kobold” (‘“The Imp'), is finished. It will be sung the first time at Hamburg early in January. The scenery is to be superb. Slegfried has employed the best artists and consulted the best authorities on fairyland landscape. The same lavish method will be employed on the dresses. “Der Kobold” is by far the most ambi- tious of Siegfried’s efforts, and is a vast improvement on its forerunners. —————— Salute Czar’s Corn Doctor. VIENNA, Oct. 31.—Among the numerous suite that accompanies Czar Nicholas on his visiting tour is a high dignitary of a novel character, Kosowin, the private pedicure of the Czar. This eminent foot doctor has the grade of general of brig- ade, though he has never been in military service. When he has on his uniform the ‘-om of the Czar salute ]hhn.. % whetler or not T had had any difficulty with the dogs at the gates, for Riond Bosson is guarded by two immense Saint Bernards, which seldom let a stranger pass in unchallenged. The house, a modern French villa, stands in the midst of a fine park cover- ing twenty-three and a half hectares of ground and it is kept in perfert order by a large staff of gardeners. The trees are especially fine, although many of them are young, having been planted by Mr. and Mrs, Paderewskl themselves when they bought the place five years ago. Late in the afternoon, when I was exploring the place under the guidance of Mme. Paderewski, I learned that the gardeners stand in mortal terror lest the proprietor shall discover a shrub or plant neglected or damaged. A young sapling had been torn from its roots by a careless work- man in driving his cart full of earth from one part of the estate to another. Mme. Paderewskl told the man if it occurred again she would tell her husband and that was enough to make him throw up his hands In despair. “That is the worst punishment I can give them,” she sald, turning to me. “They know that these things are like human beings to Mr. Paderewski. He would as soon allow a child to be wrongfully punished as he would let one of his plants be hurt.” There is a splendid orchard and vine- yard on the place and a miniature farm, with geese, chickens, bees, etc. Mme. Paderewski takes great Interest in the farming and her friends deciare that she knows each chicken by an individual name. “I must show you my conserva- tory near the kitchen,” she said and smilingly pointed out a new henhouse. “When I was in despair about my chick- ens and they were dying of the cholera, my husband left his composing and bhad MARQUIS AN ACTOR WOULD BE Lord Anglesey Receives Offer From Ameri- can Manager. ONDON, Oc —1It is rumored that the Marquis of Anglesey may take to the stage professionally, and that he has received a very flatter- ing offer from America. Lord Anglesey is a rich man, and fi ial considerations would not weigh very heavy with him. He is, however, thoroughly stage struck, and not content with giving private pe formances for friends and tenants on his estate in Wales, has made appear- ances at several provinclal theate I saw him recently in “The Marriage of Kitty.” The role of Sir Reginald Bel- size fitted him admirably, and his clothes, rings, diamond cuff links and bracelets were the delight of the feminine portion of the audience. The noble Marquis has just received from his neighbors at Anglesey Castle a gift of a pearl and diamond ring, an ex- traordinary combination of jewels for masculine wear. — e GERMAN GOVERNMENT WOULD CRUSH POLES Kaiser Insists on Polish Clerics Speaking Only the Teutonic Language. BERLIN, Oct. 31.—The German Govern- ment has decided to adopt still harsher measures against the Poles, and to wound them in their tenderest sensibilities. In the priests’ seminary in Posen, where hitherto instruction in literature has been given to young clerics in Polish, an order has been issued that in the future the German language shall be used, Archbishop Stablewski is enraged, but can do nothing, as the Government threatens to close the seminary if he de- clines to submit. Hitherto a marriage license has been filled out in Polish. In future it must be in German. The same holds good with birth and death certifi- cates, < —_—————————— XKing Delays Pinero’s Play. LONDON, Oct. 31.—King Edward saw Pinero’s new play, “Letty,” Monday night. He sent word beforehand that he wished the performance to be delayed half an hour. Pinero strongly objected and insisted that the audience be not kept waiting. Being overruled by the manage- ment he left the theater. The King was ignorant of all this and enjoyed the play hugely. Mr. Frohman's two new productions, “Little Mary” and “Letty,” are the great- est successes of the season. [They are drawing crowded houses and have im- mense advance ENGLAND LACKING IN BRAINS Anthropologist Believes Intelligence Is Dy- ing Out. Oct. 31.—Pre son of the anthrop Huxley memorial lecture in man of the mental and moral charac~ ters and its comparison with the inheri= tance of physical characters. The professor, looking dispassionatel from the calm atmosphere of anthropel- said he red there was really a of leaders of the highest inteiligence the trade, at Britain h 1 and arts In intelligence in the British merch jonal man and workman. ity of intelligent men to guide those of moderate intel ; The mentally better stock, he said, was _ not reproducing itself at the same rate as forme , and was less able but more fe He continued “We are standing at the commencement of an epoch which is marked by a great dearth of ability. The remedy lies be- yond the reach of revised edv nal systems. It is necessary that psychical characlers should not be manufactured by the home, the school or the college, but should be bred in the bone, For the last forty years the intellectual classes have ceased to give the nation a due pro- portion of good men.” Nothing could ere- ate intelligence, he said; it must be bred. R0 B R S Lt Mme. Reval Writes to Aid Girls. PARIS, Oct, 3L.—One of the most inters esting literary women of° Paris, Mme. Gabrielle Reval, is one of the most do- mestic and lives a retired life with her husband and child near the Bois de Boulogne, She caused a stir in the literary and' educational worlds by writing a book called “Sevriennes,” which described the life of the young girls in the Ilycees (academies) of France—its insignificance, its limitations and its hypocrisy. This set a good many people to thinking that a young French girl's life should be en- larged in an educational way and not confined so much to embroidery and fine handwriting. In this book, as in the one that fol- lowed it, Mme. Reval described a lycee from life, for she had passed much of her life in one. The second book was called “The Lycees of Young Girls.” Then eame a third, entitled “Ly- ceennes."” The critics accuse Mme. Reval of being too caustic, but they find much truth in her deseriptions and characterizations, She has just issued a new book called “Notre Dame des Ardents,” which re- counts the pathetic story of a young girl _ without a lover