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Show ROSTAND IN FAIRYLAND i " I 8omo of tho most noted Parisian artists have I j "7 aTQ contrived to transform Edmond ItosUind's country V homo, Arnaga, Into a fulrytaud. The wnlls of his m magnificent npnrtmcnts, whoso windows look out Ijt) -XSj. over thu crtMts of tho Pyrencos, nro covered with 1 '-J 5 P tho uvoislollRhtful tales which linns Chrlntlan ft f . i Audorsen and tho arlnftn brothers havo Iminor- WwW ,,ut t,,, Kern or this poofs dwelling Is bin wlfo's M,L .A boudoir. Familiar stories of "Cinderella" nud "The MtiT21 saw I'oauty and tho BonHt" nro told again with a BflfeJ wealth or color and fantasy by tho famous decora- BssssssssmBssCrlsssl Jean Weber. ssssssss f'sH . . In thla nrtl8t,c retreat, which Is n happy com m xam-v.x.BBBi blnntlon or Byznntino pnlaco and Basquo chalet, I 1 ItoHtnnd lives part of tho year, with his wlfo nnd' sou, In u retirement only brokon to recelvo sorno orou )r poot or nn nrtUl friend who is rtquestod novor to inontlon Paris and Its s ronuous ways. ' 0 escape from tho continual excitement of life ln Purls and tho feverish sesn 1 for amusement found at rashlonablo resorts, nnd nlso to bo nblo to 1-iota 1-iota ilmsoir entirely to work, tho creator of "Cyrano" Hod eight years ago to the alf-savago and wholly picture-quo rastnossos or tho Spanish frontlor First ho rented a tiny cottngo, nestled against a tiny church, but his vlow Incke I tho traditional poesy and splendor or Basquo landscapes so ho built Arna -a. 'It Is not constructed ulong conventional lines ot tho French chntonu but, t landing on n high hill surrounded by parks and torracos, It at flrat kIvos tho li iprosslon of a Moorish palace. 'I hrao who wonder secretly how Itostand's earnings ns a dramatist huIIIco to k! p up such a pretentious establishment forget thnt he marrlod ltoso-mond ltoso-mond Oerard, tho daughter of a ParlB bankor. Hor millions nro tho magic waud which called Into being this fairy cnstlo. Hostand Is principally fnincws ns tho nuUior or "Cyrano do Borgornc" whlcl was first produced lu 1897. His only other drnmitlo work slnco thnt tlmo s "L'Alglon,"' ln which Mine. Bernhardt has been eminently succossrul nstiyjd was born nt Marseilles In 1808, ad In "W3 was ndmlttod n motnbw Ibi French academy I 1 |