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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1905)
1 herras -Wk "vi . am. - u ir wm 4 ARRIELLR D'ANPREE, who lives with her I cousin In the Rua da Trinidad. In Lisbon, and U I who in a darning girl at the Theatro de Sao I Carlo, in orrfy 1 years old, and hag had 2.fl proposals of mo rr Inge. She la not an heiress, f iit she ha be-n doeUrel by a committee of nYtlt arid sculptors to be the most beautiful girl In Europe. Her picture, recently printed as an art souvonlr In L'illustraclone at Lisbon, was thus car ried to nit par; of Kiirope. to the I'nlled States, and to the larger cities of South America. especially to Brazil. It req llred considerable courage t artlMs and sculptors, Kh'fflc success In Europe depends so much upon royal favor, to declare that Gahrlelle d'Andree Is the most beautiful young woman In Europe In the first plaoe Queen Amelia of Por tugal has for several ywirs been regarded as the Handsomest woman In Europe. The queen la beyond question beautiful, bl't tho artists, true to real art. Were compelled to admit that the dancing girl of the Theatro do Sop Carlo was even more beautiful than the queen. Beauty May Cost Her Position. If Gnbrielle's vanity la satisfied by the artists' Vfrdlct her sutlpfuctlon Is likely to be short lived. The! verdict has created so great a Mentation in Lisbon that tha Theatro da Sao Carlos has been crowiVd to the danger limit nightly by curious society, eagor to catch a glimpse of the face artists rave over ami of the figure thmt has so delighted the sculp tors, t'shors have been kept busy carrying huge bouquets of roes to the footlights and the stage manager and his staff Of doorkeeiers have been suit their wits' ends to keep Intruders from the stage between the acts, Oabrlelle's fame as a beauty, therefore, may coxt her her position at the The atro de Sao Carlos. f'ir already there are angry murmura from Influential ci'iirt circles over the attentions showered upon a mere dancing girl. Hut even If Gahrlelle d'Andree lopes her place as the leader of the ballet she Is not likely to lose frlonds, for al ready she has had more than li.""i proposals of marriage and mure are arriving by every steamer. Wooed by Men of Many Nations. Several wealthy coffee planters from Mexico and Brazil have crowed the oceun to make rsonrfl offers of marriage to the beautiful girl. Minn hers of the nobility of several Euro pean countries have laid regular siege to her heart. One Russian prince has a suite of gorgeously decorated apart ments at the Hotel de l'Kuropo, In the Rua do Carmo. He drives to the Theatro de Eao Carlos every evening In a car riage as glittering us the ptate couch from King Carlos' sta bles, and his attentions to Gahrlelle d'Andree are so marked they excite general comment. Then there are several grandees from Spain who have traveled to Lisbon especially to win the hand if not the heart o the pretty dancing girl, and If glances of burning hatred could slay, the Hotel Bragnnca, In the Rua Victor Cordon, where most of the grandees stay, would have been converted into a shamble weeks ttgo. v Then there are French noblemen of doubtful antecedents adventurers without a sou who live In humble lodgings dur ing the day, but who fill the Restaurant Leao d'Ouro In the evening, drink chenn, wine, and pose as men of society and wealth. They are all eager to win Gabrielle d'Andree for the fortune she could make for them. There nre several English "younger sona," one or two stolid German counts, and a host of riffraff "nobility" from Monaco and the Uttle states of Europe. ' Suitors .Make Her Life a Burden. Theae suitors frcrni every land have made life a burden to Gabrielle d'Andree, They haunt her footsteps, call at her cousin's home, glare at each other over the tables In the cafes, and fill all LlHbon with the conglomerate pro fanity of Ruswlan, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Nea politan, and Mexican onths. Gabrielle has been compelled to hide herself in different paVts of the city, to leave the - V SV-- (UlhWWjf ft 1 i T men of great wealth, who are compelled to live half f each J Theatro de Sao Carlos In different disguises every night after the opera, and to adopt strange and weird expedients to shake off the attentions of her admirers. Then there are proposals by letter. These she doea not mind so much, for she can read them, laugh at thera, and throw them away. Bo far sha has received more than l,Hou proposals by malL Almost every stamp known to the Inter national postal union Is Included In her morning's mall. Many of the letters contain checks for money. These wS&sessssesoss9essss3w'Sssss3SS9ces3es3S&3S9S9S39ee$ss brielle returns. Others contain diamonds. These she k,eP' By far the largest proiHMilon of her mall proposaw com ing from abroad bear Brazilian postmarks, although thM are many from Santiago de Chile, Buenos Ayres, and Monte video. The Brazilians, however, are. Portuguese an'- they naturally seek their brlden In Lisbon, for to them P rtugal Is homo. Most of the Brazilian wooers are coffee p' inters, men of great wealth, who are compelled to live half t each year on their plantations far In the lnterkr of thvi' South Amnrican republic. They offer Gubrhllc everything money can buy diamonds, of course a home In Paris or Lisbon, of course but there is always tho insistence that Gabrielle mutt live at least a part of each year In Brazil. It happens that Gabrielle la a sensible flrl and so far her head has not been turned by the favors fortune Is show-, iring Into her lap. She declares she will not accept one of the 2,'KHl and more proposals of marriage. She declares she . does not want diamonds and a palace. She loves her profes sion for Its own sake and declares she will be true to It until tho right man comes nlong with power to touch her heart. . Then, she says, she will marry him even If he Is a sausage maker or a poet. 1 i . 1 fllTaf TMIlfi lit XasslMl likJll fol NE frosty day last month King Edward was sitting by tho bedside of Mrs. Arthur Paget. Mrs. Paget lay 111 of a broken hip, tWQ frac tured knee caps, a broken arm, and Internal xA Injuries. Nevertheless with American pluck she was propped up In bed acting the part of hostess. " I have been thinking these long days," said she, "of the hospitals and the good work they do. And I have been wishing we could do something for the suffer ing poor." " There Is the hospital fund," said his mnjesty. "We ought," said Mrs. Paget, "to hold a beauty tour nament for the benefit of the fund. We might call It a great medieval tournament." " Capital," said the king. " And we would need a queen of beauty." "Quite so, Mrs. Paget, und whom would you select?" " I would select the duchiss of Sutherland as being a typical English woman and a great beauty." " An Idea worthy your clever brain," agreed the king. And after an hour's chut, during which the details of the plan were worked out. the king departed. And such was the beginning of the great medieval tournament, which Is to be held In London next June, and for which rich Americans are now buying seuts at f 150 euch. J J What the Queen Must Be. The duchess of Sutherlund will probably be its queen, unless another and more perfectly equipped beauty arises between now and that time. If another is chosen there la to be no 111 feeling on either side, for all will agree that the " quuen " must hava certain charaoteruttloa. ' Mh must be English born and English bred. She must be a typical English woman. he must be a great beauty. And she must be popular. Who will combine all these trails and will combine them In the most perfect wayT Such is tho question which English woman are asking themselves and arh other. Thus far ail lay the laurel upon the head of the duchess of Sutherland. Whoever la chosen, she will bo lovely, for the English woniun has certain points of beauty which are her own and wlili-'h are not shared by mutiy other women In the universe. While not of classic beauty, she Is yet a wonderfully hand some woman nnd with a beauty that Is particularly her own. TI.e English woman excels in complexion. Her skin Is perfectly smooth and clear. The English woman Is ahead of all others In color. Not even the rosy cheeked Irish girl Is the equal of the English woman In the matter of ruddy cheeks. She has the com pluxlon of a child at play, high and beautiful. A Their Nine Beauty Features. English women are noted for no less than nine distinctive beauty features, which begin with a good complexion. The English complexion la perfectly clear, without pim ples or blemishes. The EitglUh skin is cream and white, never gray or dulL . The English eyes are sparkling; there la something ab solutely lustrous about them. They have the look that lies t In a child's eyes when It lias Just awakened from Bleep. The English lips are red. They may not be as beautifully formed as the Hps of a Frenchwoman. But they are of better color. The English mouth looks like a cherry. The tongue Is red, the interior has that peculiar glow which is the glow of health, but which no sickly woman ever has. I The English teeth are hard and white. English dentists make little money compared to American dentists. They do not have as many fillings nor do they have one-half the an nual amount of patching. English dentistry Is called crude. But it la not crude. The fact is that the English dentist doea not require the finished art of the American dentist. The English woman has teeth that seem built to do the work of masticating her food, while the teeth of the American worn an are frail and brittle. The English skin is hard, and fine, and Arm. It la not of the flabby description. And the pores are finer. In addition to these things the English woman has a vigor of her own, a pertain dash which is characteristic of ber. She enjoys long walks and ahe goes out, rain or shine. Secret of Her Vitality. "What is the secret of the English woman's wonderful Vitality?" asked some one of a traveling Englishman. " The secret," said he, " lies In your own homes. The English woman would never In the world think of sleeping In the atmosphere in which you Americans live. She sleeps in a room that is almost down to freezing. She bathes in cold water and she sits in a cool apartment during the day. Then she walks out a great deal. " The English woman," said he, " while beautifully dressed, is ltss fond of dress than an American woman, and the result la not difficult to behold. She has more time to put upon herself. While the American woman is doing fancy work the English woman is out seeing the sights. "I noticed," said he, "In a walk through your parks that your women seldom or never take the air in this man ner. When the American woman goes out she goes to shop. She hurries from one hot store to another, and when she gets home she haa a shopping headache. American Women Walk Little. " In three months in New Yprk I never once saw an American woman out for a walk, much less did I ever Bee one enjoying the air of the public parks. They are always in a bustle, always in a hurry, always have they got some thing important to do. There Is no time to get the air. " NoW the English woman does not work In this way. She looks after her own chHdren and frequently takes them to school. Then she does her own marketing. An American woman will spend money on telephone messages calling up the butcher, tha baker, and the candlestick maker, giving her orders for the day. " The English woman, on the other hand, will get out and do her own marketing. She will order her meats and her gro ceries and will go from greengrocer to greengrocer select ing what s to be raten during the day. "And the result Is obvious. She gets the air and she gets exercise. She gets occupation, and she gets many other things which she needed -namely : food for her brain, as well aa something for her body to do. "The English woman," continued this observant English man, " never worries She never wakes up In the night and says to herself, 'I must do this and I must do that.' She never occupies the long watches toward morning In perplex ing problems concerning tha ways and means of accomplish ing this and that She doea the best she can every day and lets the feat go. "And there is another thing about the English woman. She never gets nervous. The American woman is apt to spend more money than she can afford, and the thought of her extravagance makes her nervous and worried. She la not free and easy In her mind. Her face begins to pucker and she Is old before her lime. " The English woman of BO has bright and red cheeks and a clear eye. She may be full in figure, but her cheeka are plump and she Is not wrinkled nor haggard. Her eyes are not dull. " The English woman preserves to the last her clear Blghtedneas and her cheerfulness. In old age Mrs. Gladstone' waa as clear, aa tranquil, as full of life, and as placid In manner as when In her early prime. The American woman at 80 Is a wreck. Few women ever live to be as old aa 80 In America, and when they do, It la distressing to behold their feebleness. They are shaking, uncertain, trembling In body and In voice, and thoroughly unnerved; 'I have lived my life," they plainly say, both in words and In manner. And certainly in looks. "The English woman takes her best meal at an hour when ahe la best able to digest It. She makes a hearty meal at noon. But at night she eats nothing nor until next morn ing. To be sure, she has her cup of tea, and plenty of bread and butter at 5 o'clock, and frequent cups of tea in between times. But she makes no hearty meal after the middle of the day. What English Women Eat. " It Is said that the English woman lives on roast beef. True, ahe eats it one meal a day. But aa an actual fact her main living Is hot breads, vegetables, and tea. She Is as fond oi potatoes aa her cousin, the Irish woman, and as fond of rye bread as her relative, the Scottish woman. She eats pota toes cooked properly, and rye bread and hot biscuit, and crackers heated In the oven. And she takes fried oat cakes and all sorts of dishes of that kind, while her hearty meal consists of roast beef and roast beef gravy, greens, and potatoes. " It la seldom that the English woman Indulges in high living. She eats little and Is hungry for her food." " I wish I knew what It Is to feel hungry." chatted an .American woman In London to her next door neighbor. "I don't think I have been really hungry for five years." " Why don't you go without a meal?" said the English woman. " I was not hungry this noon, so I took only a cup of tea. By night I shall be hungry. I wait until I am so hungry that I can eat bread and butter and a potato. That is the way to enjoy your food." The English woman will make a meal off cold potatoes sliced upon a platter and sprinkled with pepper and salt Perhaps she will pour a little melted butter over them. Put ahe will drink tea, eat waffles, and partake of home made marmalade. Her foods are not quite as filling, not quite as fattening, not quite as bad upon the complexion as the Amer ican pickles, strong coffee, sausage and wheat cakea combina tion. But It le her outdoor life that Is her great salvation. She goes out of doors a great deal and remains a long time. She lives In the open. Her bouse is her home and she makes It homelike, but she has a way of surrpundlng herself with a tiny bit of yard, a courtyard perhaps no bigger than a pocket- handkerchief, yet from which she can draw her aupply of fresh air. r r Jf -TLX -Jl.tt - i. rJLjt..ij -.' -.., I ,' y V .,jit rtnmw w 1 The Secret of Her Beauty After several months of hard Study a committee of doctors, ap pointed to study the clear English skin, pronounced upon it thus, giv ing for Its causes a variety of things: First The habit of tea drinking. Tea, if not too strong, warms the stomach, flushes the system, and aids digestion and circulation. SecondThe diet, which is sim ple and easily digested. Thlrd-The habit of living in tha open air. Fourth The fashion of wearing large shoes and generally looae clothing. These things promote the health and furnish the material for the clear skin for which the English woman la noted. hit f '-. : f dhe 'Ductus orSutttrattct n 1 1