| Show AGED tTA OF or THE Till STAGE AND A D now MOW SHE Sill LOOKS LOOKS TODAY TODi HEL OWN LITTLE LIiTLE FAMILY Y Yi i t 1 y I I p v u I 4 0 d V l d 1 t 1 If I t tI r rB r I t J J I I at V J t 1 I IJ I I I III n II i I d dI l i r rI B I n i i f 1 I d dp It p n y t Y J fa felt b a r rA 1 r r A fl A R Rr J Y l r S F FI I 4 p r l 1 v t r s t rv s a a tl h r r t li liwo t a wo a 1 U IrA r v 3 i t t t a A Ir r r s Jy w t I w wL ru t L MARCHIONESS DEL I EL GRILLO nILLO EE LITTLE LITTIE DONNA BIANCA DE Ill G ILIO As Am I Sue Appears Today at lit tho the Ago ml go of If HJ Ha sables of ot Her Only Son Hon tho the Marquis Giorgio Daughter and Constant Companion life lite of ot this celebrated actress whoso whose boast It Il was wis as nt lit the height of or her hOl famine tamu that shin she hud bud visited every country in to th world which had a I theater the tho Italian contention that she sho Id I the tho most wonderful woman living does docs not seem scent seema ocoma a gross cross exaggeration Uon AND ANI OLD Gho Sho Is now a 11 little old ohl woman with pronounced features sparkling dark eyes eye and hair that Is still abundant waving under a n headdress dress which she wears Her lIer hands covered coverN with magnificent rings und and with silk units mils are ah ok eloquent as na ever over and ns liS she ho uses them to emphasize her meaning mean meaning ing and her beautiful modulated voice vol co rises and fells falls role one can an realize o even now glimpses of ot where here II her power lay IllY In tho the past pulse NOT AN INTERVIEW Tho The acceded lo to my m request t for tor tIn n a little talk not an nn Interview with her usual kindness l and an as I 1 Into Inlo Inton n cosy chair In her sanctum laughed at my request to know nil all I 1 am um sure lIuro you ou do not realize o what you are ure ask ook asking lag ing she sho exclaimed with a rr laugh that go bO back tho the better bettor part of 41 1 years ItU as my first t appearance on the stage was nt nl the thin of ot three months As All I she sho laughed and went on Yes YOS 83 years and Imd you como come latter I 1 acted In English I and then thon with a 11 German company compan although 1 I Idid did not understand ono one word ord they said It was seas Intoxication pure simple I when I 1 heard hoard the thunders thunder of ot applause and ond my Iii name ammo called coiled by thousands of ot people My I purest unalloyed Joy jo was wan In Italy where whom I married harried l and where I used my nay m poor or powers to further tho the that Is thin tho liberation and unity of my country The Tho com Con compliment of oC my career came come from Franco when Napoleon III begged me 1110 meto meto to study at nl the tile royal 1001 expense In Paris for Cor n year oar and 1111 then thell take tuko the place nt It tho tilt Comedic left lott vacant by Just think what an honor but hilt I refused as ns one of or the ho con conditions was wan tint that I should act only In 1 und andI I say guy sa It with pride Italy needed 1110 mo KIND OK OJ EMOTION The fhe emotion I felt In hl Spain was wall of ot another kind pure pity and satisfaction lion tion A poor soldier had been sentenced to bo ho shot ns as I thought unjustly and through my Intercession Queen Quew Isa Isit Isabella bella helln pardoned him What Joy jO that I 1 could have kissed the hem of oC oCher her lobo obo so flO glad I was and so O curried carried by hy the tho thought that a n human be being beIra lug Ira wits was lIs saved sn od odIn In Paris nil the tho world 0 riel knows Now Avow go cold see If they are wasted and as nil his hlll friend went oft off In n a rage uge ha ht called out Do as nS you OU like I 1 will leave them hero on this post past and he also disappeared III In the tho fog tog fifteen min minutes minutes utes passed pla ed when whets two dark figures were seen coming from rein opposite direr who met ut at the th post It was Du Dumas mos inns and his friend both having haling to re reflected fleeted that It wits was a n 1 pity lIlt to throw away awny six mix francs After n hearty laugh aught they the went event nt away awny arm In a twin to see mo inn play piny STORY STOnY OF OP DUMAS DU Madame me tells another tory story of Dumas lie Ho ono one tiny said that her Italian cook was seas not net as 1111 clever as ns sho shin pretended fluid and that he ho could himself prepare macaroni Just ns nl well Being Doing nettled by our shouts shoos of ot derision con can continued the actress ho settled to come conin next tiny day mid try tr He lie solemnly dressed himself In hl the cooks apron old and cap und and thus equipped walked down stairs stabs to the mho kitchen through rows TOS anti rows rotas of grinning faces all nil the tho people In ht the tho great groat hotel having gathered to sue see Alexander Dumas I dressed ns its a n cook coole I expect they the never noel forgot tho the sight At I lost the tho famous dish appeared old and It was tens lI so bad that the author Luthor of ot Its being was Sets the tho only on I one OIW who could eat It It was llIe tint not noticed however that he Itao half to my lily cook What the tho cook coole did 1 Is a 1 slave to three thren little lit II 0 mites Marquis children who tyrannize e over aver her delightedly They The live IIvo also nillo In the tho theold theold old del palace and lighten up Its gray gra massiveness with their pranks and happy laughter It if they can only ani play piny jokes on nn their heir Joy knows 1 no bounds OUR MADAMS SANCTUM The Thin del Grillo Unlace palace Is III one ono ot of the smaller ones of ot tome Home and like most of or orthe the thc others Is 18 surrounded by small streets but Inside the majestic rooms lave have been filled with modern com comforts comforts comforts forts which U is so nn an slon that the Italians have no equivalent I lent lou t and use uso the foreign words lords Ono One mounts a n broad brood stairway to a n turn bun adorned with marbles and flowering plants From l rom hero here ono one pusses posses Into nn an anteroom and from there thoro Into Inlo the out of which opens Maul Mad Madame aloe ame sanctum Tho The chief ten fea turo ture of or tho the Is an Immense life size oil nil portrait of tho the great groat ac nc tress trens as its Queen Elizabeth I of or England This Thill Is perhaps her best beAt known pic plc picture tore ture It was painted for tor her In New NewYork NewYork York by a 11 young Italian It 11 who a II few te days dOA after Its Ita completion went ent with Madame mud and her friends up 1111 the tho Hudson for tor a n picnic He Re scorned In the tho best of ot spirits but suddenly pulled out Ho lib old and then theli children accompanied her even abroad so sit that nil all were common Her husband died tiled on her birthday so 80 that what t should bo ho n 0 source e of rejoicing each ellch tune It U occurs or cur II Is III now a 11 day of mourning always observed In a IL strictly Private manner The dally daily life of ot the thc celebrated ac actress actress tress Is in simple In the extreme She Bho rises rles somewhat late lott after a cup cun of ot cof coffee coffee fee In bed bod and If it the tho day Is line goes for tor n a drive In a n closed carriage together er Ir with Donna ionna She Sho returns after lifter nn hour or two line han hll her grand grandchildren grandchildren children In to 10 amore her and about noon they thoy nil all ni have hac lunch together the thc children making this tho him most meat cheerful hour of oC the day for their heir grandmother After lunch she rests anti usually does doel not go ItO cut rout again Him Sho Him often has some soma someone one Olin rend ea to her while she sho sits ls some seine sometimes lomo times Knitting sometimes dreaming In th evening she hl seldom goes out nut except to tho the theater and 1111 there Is often oren to 10 be he 11 seen SEn specially on first nights She made mad a special effort when whon King laward win Was I In III Home lome and ani wont to 10 the l embassy on purpose o to toIK tola IK la 11 prevented to la bla hl majesty whoso whose fa father father n ther had b tenn heon m mm unit of h her r most mOlt fervent ter nt admirers and who hind had presented her with wih i a ISABELLA A |
