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Show THE MOUSING EXAMINER, OGDEN, UTAIL SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1007. American and a Talented Young Marquis Who is Hustler HAS JUST FOUNDED A SCION OP THE FAMOUS I10USE OF LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT, THOUGH ONLY TWENTY-ONE- , THE M AltOU ESE KIDOLFO PERUZZ1 DEI MEDICI, BE A BIO THING HIS MOTHER WAS EDITH STORY, A DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN POET AND SCULPTOR, WHO MADE MUSEUM IN FLORENCE WHICH PROMISES TO IN ROME, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE MARCUESES BEING A HUSTLER HE IS ALSO AN ARTIST AND AN AUTHOR. la a feeit" aad a worker la Iron, equally at hoop at tha forge or In tha studio. When ha was IS he began inventing -toa n Ftoreuoa. Italy. April hto poctoet money la Renttasanre M. euch aa ha could afford to buy Ueairl fipeBcertho lead among yowg la antique ahopa. Aa hi artistic tastea pivarat he takesthe blood of am la whom Old World to developed ha discovered that hto early purchases ware aot of high quality.u griuoorary of th c to Ite advantage with a vigoroua Rut the beat half of him want at rain, but ha will have a for nothing. He sold tho things aorioua rival If a youthful Italian nobto for oonlderbly more than ho paid for .. fulflll tho rathar extraordinary them aad made a troth atari. Aad promteo ha haa glvaa up to date. thou came the dream of founding a Tbs yosag aristeerat to queatloB to noreace museum that ahould revive tho MMm (L a, Marquis) Rodolfo of janiai M Medial. who to a adoo oaa ad tha moat tlllatriaua houaaa la RaHaa hlatory. that at ltorenae tho It to a long time store a Biadlcl haa nda naoh'al any fact tha hut evidently world, tha ta atlr that tha Marchess Rldofto Partial dal MmMt b half American to going to hto casa oako an tha difference la "hnattor Baaldaa being something of a ho eeeeeeew aaeemeaa taleat la aev- , iiT Otraitlmia which to aot aurprta-lagaoaaldariag that hto author, lUi ahaaa Edith Faevaxl, to a daughter of WBUaa Wetmore Btary, tha Amerloaa poat aal ecnlptor, aad a of tha tote JasUpe Joseph Story of Bha tha United fltataa tohpremo aourt.name to a atater af Jultea Story, wboaa to bow baton tho PWta ta eoooeetion with Emma Romeo. Ifarohoao Rida-Ectatter, who die sheet eight years agai. wa Oonmaadaton. Marehtae a toother of tha thaa King Ha wno a swat dallghtfil bet It ta the Americas aaeartiy at hto tom wttob fmiahaa tho hoy ta to tha tatter'o aahtova Riot ML too llanhaaa Ridolfa haa haaa koova tor aoaa time aa tha mutate! young orttat, author and playwright. Mot oaly a namedy -'-Xo bit a tngdHXa Maria toimi hra Borne toon hto pea. Aal Titan aad ha to a aoatrtoutor to aavaral UaVtea ait Jaanals aad partodloala af dltravar, tho yoaag aoaMthlng taatly tor ho haa stepped tha atega of modarm Ftoreatlnt llto aa a patna of tho aria aad fouadar MttBtosasHHwhteh premises In the ouno af yaara s ba asmethtTig really tradl-il- . Mg. aad to ravin Uo famomo Situated ta tha tha Medic Pataca, It eontalaa what Uily oob of tha Bioat laterdona of Ironwork ta all taly, aad that la tha young Marohee'a DtoitlM regarding It an lofty may ShM rnoa WW fta tb. aairh naaibaUa I gathered from tha fact that ha haa I1 which ha bequeath! stented a will by to . with all tha eddltioaa by In thaw modern nays tne ancient ahtah ba aspect to make to It during glorias of his race. For this he needed more money, hto tttotima, to the etty of Florence. That to tulta la spirit of hto grant eo tha Marches aet to work to make aeoatotg, Laronae aad OoatoM del It by donning the workman's hkraao n worker In Iron himMedici, the tatter of whom, by tha way, and becoming ' tho Mtntoaed to add to resemble self. Ha mad rapid progrsaa, for Mriktegly ta testers. Incidentally, Us oaorgy and enthaalum are untha atoey af how the yoang uaa made bounded ,ud ha soon outstripped tho '- L- oofleadOB of ireswork. which mechanical craftsmen by whom aide the lualeua af hto unique au- ha labored. Hla daft and aritotto handiwork 1000 attracted attention, particuto an BBoauaualy lataraatlng hto other aottvUlso, ho larly among Amerioaa tourist the (Copyrighted la the Uaited and Great Brliala by Curt la Brava.) Uj-W- Iron-wor- r, 0J trena-Atlanti- Am-rlca- folk who cm bast alord to buy what they admire. Ha began to receive many orders from America. Only this month ha shipped tha iron decoration for a porta cockers ta tha owner of a handsome reel donee near Philadelphia. All tho money ha makes la thia way ha expends In purchaaea for his museum. Ha does not now labor much at the forge himself. Ha fads more profit la designing. But there to nothing that he requires done that ha cannot show a workman how to do If necessary. Ho to a mater of tho craft in nil ha breaches. i 4 i Eld-radg- e, af what I hope to make It. tor Every- Ills u0iIfi modified hy Italian thing la It la representative aad gen- environment which he rpraJ? uine with the exception of the and- he been reared iu the Xfw irons in tha fire. They era of my own would predict of him that design, for one hardly likes to call oa some day be a very rich nuL ? old mailers for something of daily accumulation of tlth. use. Tha iron bedstead is the gem no placo In his dreams. of my collection. Its like la not. to and art are his aUr...,, hJrfc ba found ta any other museum, and hla comedy and tragedy there are only four such In the world. llshed n little volume ca Ironwork to a moat fascinating study. Btagiooe, which When I open my salon It will bo with charming legends of Rom. a lecture oa ironwork. I havp deliverThe Perusal family, ed one lecture oa It already before the hadowed by the gnatertam, Clrooto FUologtoo, and repeated It M edict, la really of older data was long conspicuous in later In English." Sitting ta tha light of the great open history. Dante mentions hT.' aJV lle nil e b i fore long. Whit one read about America here iu prediguoue skyaerap-tn- , Its absorpjtloa in the pursuit of wealth merely, the feverish unrest of life there may not be calculated to prepossess one of an artistic temperament In its favor. But I ahould much Ilka to sea it and Judge It for myself, for I am aware that 1 owe much to my American blood. 1 have a slater living In Boston, Hra. Edward H. and 1 am looking forward to paying her s visit with much pleasure. But 1 think Americans make a mistake in levying such a high tariff oa works of ark It hampers their own aritotto development. a cotlocttoa ART a grand-death-t- m lilt sunn di neutered n splaadid fourteenth century dour, which had been filled tn for convenience, and. now open, It adds much to the general artistic effect . Over each doorway, between tho rooms. Is a motto from soma old matter. A huge open fireplace supplies tha element of warmth and cajnfort which is madly lacking la most Italian museums. Among tha rare treasures exhibited tha chief la a huge bedstead, seven feat eix lac bee square, belonging to tho family of Falcuacinl of Voliarra, made entirely of iron wrought Into tha moat delicate decoration. Another object of unique Interest is n weighing mar chine, the work of Bauebenute Cellini, lu delicacy of design baffles description. A wrought-irubalcony might have served for the original Juliet. Tho collection Includes fire dogs, knockers, candlesticks and candelabra old and artistic enough to arouse tho envy of private collectors. Suggestive of the remote past la aa instrument of finely pointed spikes, arranged like a dish mop. Applied to tha hack of n woald-bsaint, it was euposed greatly to stimulate pioua fervor. At tho private view which preceded tho psblle opening of tha museum tha young Marchess received hla gueata with an earn and polish truly Italian, and discussed hto treasures with an earnest enthusiasm and practical bent moat recognliably American. ta rpaponso to my request for an Interview, ha led me Into a fourth room, aa yet unfurnished, ta which stood hls latest acquisition, a splendid church lectern. "This la to be my library," ha said. "I have heaps aad heaps of hooka, and my mother haa turned ever to me all tho family arohlvaa, which cental! much exceedingly Interesting historical Information. I expect to make this room," ha continued, "what for want of a hotter name wa must call a salon. On certain evenings I hope to gather there young men of literary and artistic bent who will profit by a centra Illation 4 interest. Thera la a great awakening now among them ta Italy. But they receive scant encouragement. Authorship Is vary 111 paid. Contributors to Italian periodicals are mad to feel that they era under obligations to tha proprietors for giving them opportunity to address tho pubifo" "Then yon art still Interested ta literature ns wall aa art!" "Tea, Indeed. I regard Bteratare an my real profession, but that does not prevent me from doing my boat at anything ala. Aside from aatabliah-lamy maaeam, I had another object ta view ta taking np Ironwork. It was to help tho peasant! on our estate of .Tool, near Vallombroea. I have equipped , a, smithy there' for them. They are splendid workman. I furnish them with designs aad provide tha material. They hero made exoelleat copies, too, of many things In the museum." "Do you Intend to visit America!" "Tea, I shall certainly go than be AX u DKI MEDICI. nacasi be leiHm If km. la k Hla mother, being la full sympathy with hla purpose, gave him three ahopa In tho Perusal Palace la which to atari hto museum. At the rata ha la programing It will aot ho long before hla collection will need large quarters, but meanwhile tha rooms suffloa. The shops have been walled In, aad their windows filled la with stained glam of ornamented with the eontnof-armthe Madid and IVruial families tha n rmar the all bulla, the ter three pear ta working, tha ma- s well-know- : iwsni n nn rsmu unstn . Minoi.ro TOR, orraio n ruaxscs by tihb Torso naan ias my him to thm city op which his illistriom akxi reniaxi dei mmdici aud bbqckathed jiit LOIUM OKI HBD1CI WAS PATHOS. such as mine would be quite Impossible there unless one wsre a g "What started you on your collection?" "Oh, X followed the bant of moat boys; began by collecting stamps and other things and at IB I tamed my attention to ironwork. That appealed to mo aa anna of tha other things I had been collecting did, and, he added, with characteristic modesty, "the Thera la rest followed naturally. really no ether such collection in Italy, and, of course. It la tha mare nucleus fire he told me of hls literary plana, of hto friends among tha antiquaries, of how sometimes bo mbs elbows with DAnnuuslo, also an ironwork lover; of how he cares nothing for balls and society functions, bat collects because ha loves art and writes because ba cant help It Although ha la obviously and unaffectedly proud of tba Perusal and Medici descent, hls energy and enthusiasm, hls faith In himself, gave me the Impression that It was e New England rather than an Italian young man who talked so freely to me. But it la the New England charac- - "Pared too," Canto XVI: Ono entered the small drnt) a gate Which from tha Della fen k iu name, Each one that bean the taut: escutcheon Of the gnat baro whose an and name Tha Festival of Thomas tar freak. It was the Perusals bankm those days who undo the to . (Continued pg Page TbktwJ Papa Lebennard Is aa sli tod maker who has made a tortus B M trade, but atill lores ta ttoksr B aad mingle with tha aammeatpssto hla own kind. MeanwkUa hls wife to tlvates 'social aspire tleaa, aa Mi la aiming at aa alliance with Iks sib tec racy. However, Me daaghtsr b ' chip eff the eld black and Is It ta with n struggling young dsclsr. In striving te brh happtnsss Is to daughter tha old man la faresMatIs w veal a family skeleton, tha Ermate Nsvelll. Infidelity af hla wife and the (te to Ermete Nevelll, tha eminent Italian her son la sot Ma child. Tha teat of tha four acta It fifis actor, master, Jt la said, of a hundred el wj roles, haa captured public favor at tba tha pathoa of tho kindly secret tss n has suffered aa much la Lyric thsatar by hls excellent performances in a repertory. Including such pents hls ana desperate eutbate. plays as "Papa Lobenaard," "King Lear, "Tha Merchant af Venire," "Louis XI. "La Morte Civile" ("Tho Outlaw) and others. Nevelll plays tragedy; romance, BELA8C0-CARTEcomedy and farce. In range ef powers Mansfield te the only English apeaklng - Davd Balance haa cat away actor who nnka with him. last reminder of Mrs. Leslie W Novelll te tho fifth great Italian atar Ha bag had her full page portrsB ta play on tho American stage. He fol- moved from the cover of tbs F lows Adelaida Rlaleri, Temaase Bal-vl- gramme for the Balaaca theater B Ernests Roast and Eleanors Duae. Terk and haa substituted fee It tare at Frances Starr, whs ta ' fitery ef Papa Labannard." In "Tha Rose of the Rancbs." "Papa Labannard" was produced on hie opening night and tirnd never beibert Fischer, whs ptori fore bean aaea in America. It la tho lstt In -- Way Dawa work af n French author, Joan Alcard, original Martin Berry " and for eererel aeaesas y"n who wrote a wall knows adaptation af Othello." osmpany. la Hamburg, and tha Behan-optHaus eompany la Munich. "I have cut abort my German career ta begin n now ana la America. I have been devoting myself to 'learning tha English language and now feel thoroughly at home la using It" Mma. filing's fondness for tho role of Magda la said ta be largely due ta tha fact that Magda, Ilka Mme. Illlng. alas ran away from home at aa early ago to go on tho atega ed nl, ' W" XFrem Our New Tort apenSaat i Dramatis Carre RECENT visiter of note In New Terk baa keen Hate Illlng. the well known Gorman actreaa, k who after giving aev oral per fermaaeee here In 61 Uni It rales to In trod ace hereelf to the American publla. completed arrangemonts for a tear of the country eeeeea. Mma. Ullnt ana of the elate fa verttae of her native land. Her and dramatic Inalgbt and A snt vor-etlU- ly power hare wen for her the title s "the Bernhardt ef Germany." (the hah appeared In Biany ef Bernhardt's relee with bb usual aueeaoa. She has aloe been coca pared favorably with Dues and Hra. Flake. Bdnermann ta one of her advisers and admirers aad haa given hla personal direct! on to the production ef several of hie dramas In which aha appeared gVhei aho Bret appeared In hla "Magda" abroad Budermana personally rehearsed Mma Illlng, thus contributing to the atrlking euocesa aha haa scored ta tha alassto drama hath la Europe META ILLIKG and la Anrerlca. ghe appeared lu niagds la New Terk, aad tha eritice la praising her af- lered the In an unusually Mesrea und drr Uebe Wallen," "Das fective rendition ef the leading char- - short time. tanguege Among the plays in her Gluck Im Wlnkel." "Die Fra Ride. "Es "Madame Labe das Lrben. "Die Malar repertory are "Fadora. and "Nedda Oablrr." Mary "Die Lektian." Minot lllinp's Imps sins Repertory. "Alex"Odette. Is "Zaa." Magdalene." as Magda that Mme. tiling has It Mme. Illlng plays la English In her andra." "Roemnsholm." srerrd probably hev greatest success. "Magda. American appearances. She has mas- - "Theresa "Dee Thu Kuw Terk critics hare applied ta Raquls." TrsDcIllon." n-sats- li gans-Qcna- ." her work In this rola such words es "brilliant. "eiccpllonul," "powerful," "Interesting. "artistic" and rffsctlve." The New York Herald said "She la a human dynamo af magnetism." ha la Her Own Manager. Mme. Illlng to her own manager, her own stags manager and her own flnan-rtbarker. Rhe la thus fret from th dictation of Incompetent managerial people through which many premising stags careers hove bean either al ruined er temporarily halted. Rarely are artiatte Instincts and executive powers aa happily blended na lu the personality of Mate. Illlng. Mme. Illlng te the wife ef tha German aourt physician and la one ef tha social leaders of Berlin. At her heme gather the loading nrtlata, authors, musicians, acton, military officers aud diplomatic representative ef her country. Tha ample means aha now enjoys and boss ta further her stage career are In striking contrast ta her position at tha time aha first appeared. Mme. Illlng tells af bar "first attempt aa fellows: "All 1 had In tha world was about II lu pin money, but I determined to ga ta Paris la ask Sarah Bernhardt If she thought I bad any talent. I was sixteen than I never got any further then Aachen, however, because by that time I had only II cants left And I never saw Bernhardt till last year In New Terk. when I went ta tho Lyric theater ta sea her In Ta Toeea. "Well, la Aachen I bought myself some bread aad plums and by and by a lawyer's wife, seeing I wan oaly a child, ranted me a ream la bar house. Later a friend hare took ma with her as her companies ta Wiesbaden, and there I took my first lessons In dramatic art Since then I have played all over Germany and Austria In emotional parts and have been a member ef tha Leasing theater company, af tha Thalia theater 4 ERMETE NOVELLI, THE GREAT ITALIAN ACTOR ING AMERICA. ' |