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proves that to be popular a singer must adapt herself to her audience。; 

     Luncheon over�察�we repaired for cigarettes and coffee to an upper room�察�

where Calve was giving Dagnan´Bouveret some sittings for a portrait�察�and 

lingered   there  until   four   o'clock�察 �when   our  hostess   left   us   for  her   siesta�察�

and a ;break; took those who cared for the excursion across the valley to 

inspect the ruins of a Roman bath。 A late dinner brought us together again 

in a small dining room�察�the convalescents having eaten their simple meal 

and disappeared an hour before。 During this time�察�another transformation 

had taken place in our mercurial hostess� �It was the Calve of Paris�察�Calve 

the   witch�察  �Calve   the   CAPITEUSE�察  �who   presided   at   the   dainty�察  �flower´ 

decked table and led the laughing conversation。 

     A few notes struck on a guitar by one of the party�察�as we sat an hour 

later on   the  moonlit   terrace�察�were  enough   to   start off  the versatile  artist�察�

who was in her gayest humor。 She sang us stray bits of opera�察�alternating 

her music with scenes burlesqued from recent plays。 No one escaped her 

inimitable     mimicry�察    �not  even    the  ;divine    Sarah�察─  �Calve    giving    us  an 

unpayable impersonation of the elderly TRAGEDIENNE as Lorenzaccio�察�

the boy hero of Alfred de Musset's drama。 Burlesquing led to her dancing 



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some Spanish steps with an abandon never attempted on the stage� �Which 

in turn gave   place   to   an imitation   of   an American   whistling   an   air   from 

CARMEN�察�and some ;coon songs; she had picked up during her stay at 

New   York。   They�察  �again�察  �were   succeeded   by   a   superb   rendering   of   the 

imprecation   from  Racine's   CAMILLE�察  �which   made   her   audience   realize 

that    in  gaining    a  soprano     the  world    has   lost�察 �perhaps�察    �its  greatest 

TRAGEDIENNE。 

     At eleven o'clock the clatter of hoofs in the court warned us that the 

pleasant evening had come to an end。 A journalist EN ROUTE for Paris 

was soon installed with me in the little omnibus that was to take us to the 

station�察�Calve herself lighting our cigars and providing the wraps that were 

to keep out the cool night air。 

     As we passed under the low archway of the entrance amid a clamor of 

;adieu; and ;au revoir�察─�the young Frenchman at my side pointed up to a 

row of closed windows overhead。 ;Isn't it a lesson�察─�he said�察 �for all of us�察�

to think of the occupants of those little rooms�察�whom the generosity and 

care   of   that   gracious   artist   are   leaning   by   such   pleasant   paths   back   to 

health and courage for their toilsome lives�拭─�



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         CHAPTER 11 ´ A Cry For Fresh 

                                          Air 



       ;ONCE upon a time�察─�reads the familiar nursery tale�察�while the fairies�察�

invited   by   a   king   and   queen   to   the   christening   of   their   daughter�察  �were 

showering good gifts on the baby princess�察�a disgruntled old witch�察�whom 

no one had thought of asking to the ceremony�察�appeared uninvited on the 

scene   and   revenged   herself   by   decreeing   that   the   presents   of   the   good 

fairies�察  �instead    of  proving     beneficial�察  �should    bring   only    trouble   and 

embarrassment to the royal infant。 

     A telling analogy might be drawn between that unhappy princess over 

whose fate so many  youthful tears have been shed�察�and the condition of 

our invention´ridden country�察�for we see every day how the good gifts of 

those nineteenth century fairies�察�Science and Industry�察�instead of proving 

blessings   to   mankind�察  �are   being   turned   by   ignorance   and   stupidity   into 

veritable afflictions。 

     If   a  prophetic     gentleman      had   told   Louis    Fourteenth's     shivering 

courtiers   ´   whom   an   iron   etiquette   forced   on   winter   mornings   into   the 

��appropriately   named��   Galerie   des   Glaces�察  �stamping   their   silk´clad   feet 

and   blowing   on   their   blue   fingers�察  �until   the   king   should   appear   ´   that 

within a century and a half one simple discovery would enable all classes 

of   people   to   keep   their   shops   and   dwellings   at   a   summer   temperature 

through the severest winters�察�the half´frozen nobles would have flouted the 

suggestion      as   an   ;iridescent    dream�察─   �a   sort  of   too´good´     to´be´true 

prophecy。 

     What was to those noblemen an unheard´of luxury has become within 

the last decade one of the primary necessities of our life。 

     The   question   arises   now�此  �Are   we   gainers   by   the   change�拭     �Has   the 

indiscriminate use of heat been of advantage�察�either mentally or physically�察�

to the nation�拭�

     The incubus of caloric that sits on our gasping country is particularly 

painful at this season�察�when nature undertakes to do her own heating。 

     In   other    less´favored     lands�察  �the   first  spring   days�察   �the   exquisite 



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awakening   of   the   world   after   a   long   winter�察  �bring   to   the   inhabitants   a 

sensation of joy and renewed vitality。 We�察�however�察�have discounted that 

enjoyment。   Delicate   gradations   of   temperature   are   lost   on   people   who 

have     been   stewing     for  six  months     in  a  mixture     of  steam    and   twice´ 

breathed air。 

     What pleasure can an early April day afford the man who has slept in 

an over´heated flat and is hurrying to an office where eighty degrees is the 

average   all   the   year   round�拭  �Or   the   pale   shop´girl�察  �who   complains   if   a 

breath of morning air strays into the suburban train where she is seated�拭�

     As    people     who     habitually    use    such   ;relishes;     as   Chutney     and 

Worcestershire are incapable of appreciating delicately prepared food�察�so 

the ;soft; mortals who have accustomed themselves to a perpetual August 

are insensible to fine shadings of temperature。 

     The other day I went with a friend to inspect some rooms he had been 

decorating in one of our public schools。 The morning had been frosty�察�but 

by eleven o'clock the sun warmed the air uncomfortably。 On entering the 

school we were met by a blast of heated air that was positively staggering。 

In   the   recitation   rooms�察   �where�察   �as   in  all  New    York    schoolrooms�察     �the 

children were packed like dominoes in a box�察�the temperature could   not 

have been under eighty´five。 

     The   pale�察  �spectacled   spinster   in   charge�察  �to   whom   we   complained   of 

this�察�was astonished and offended at what she considered our interference�察�

and answered that ;the children liked it warm�察─�as for herself she ;had a 

cold   and   could   not   think   of   opening   a   window。;   If   the   rooms   were   too 

warm it was the janitor's fault�察�and he had gone out� �

     Twelve o'clock struck before we had finished our tour of inspection。 It 

is to be doubted if anywhere else in the world could there be found such a 

procession of pasty´faced�察�dull´ eyed youngsters as trooped past us down 

the stairs。 Their appearance was the natural result of compelling children 

dressed for winter weather to sit many hours each day in hothouses�察�more 

suited to tropical plants than to growing human beings。 

     A  gentleman   with   us   remarked   with   a   sigh�察   �I   have   been   in   almost 

every   school   in   the   city   and   find   the   same   condition   everywhere。   It   is 

terrible�察  �but   there   doesn't   seem   to   be   any   remedy   for   it。;   The   ta

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