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Replanting the
St. Paul Saw
ANCIENT Rome is to be restored
—florally. Although many of
the trees and plants which
flourished when Rome itself flour
ished are still in existence, they
have been shamefully neglected in
modern times, and the wonder is
that they have survived at all.
Now. however, orders have been
given by the Italian Government to
use every effort <o restore the An
cient plants, and expert horticul
turists have been engaged to under
take the work.
Perh-.ps the most interesting of
the trees which will thus Como in
for attention at the hands of ih j
gardeners is the ancient tip tree of
Romulus, the traditional founder of
Rome. This hardy ttee, said to be
no less than twenty-six centuries
old, was still bearing fruit up to a
few years ago. when, for some un
accountable reason, it failed. In
ancient times such an occurrence
would have.been regarded as an
omen of r.rticnal calamity, and even
to-day there are thos- who attribute
the war in which Italy has been ea
gaged with Turkey to the fact that
Romulus's fig tree is no longer giv
ing fruit-
Neidless to say. how.-ver. It Is not
for any such s iperstitious reason
*bat the Govern! ent officials will
transplant the tig tree i an effort
vo revivify it
The white rose bushes planted by
the vestal virgins in the early days
of Rome, and w. h in those days
were tended almost as carefully as
the sacred fire which it was the vir
gins' principal function to maintain,
are also still in existence, but badly
need attention, as also the rose
buthes to be fount, adjoining the
statue to Praetextatus the prefect
who fought against the advance of
Christianity.
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But perhaps the most interesting
thing bout these early Roman plants
is the fact that they furhish the
connecting link between the Rome
of to-day and tho Rome in which
St. Paul spent several years of his
life. Them is no doubt that St. Paul
enjoyed the fragrance of many of
them.
It was in the reign of Nero that
St. Paul visited Rome and suffered
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his martyrdom there. At that time the Founder \W
the city was a large and irregular o f R otne> \\\
muss of buildings unprotected by an an j | s to g e \\
outer wall. It had long outgrown Replanted '
the Servian wall, but the limits of |jy ||, e
the suburbs cannot be exactly de- Government
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Flowers and Trees
1900 Years Ago
ground was such as to give a strik
ing appearance to the city viewed
from without. "Ancient Rome had
neither cupola nor campanile,” and
the hills, never lofty or imposing,
would present, when covered with
the buildings and streets of a huge
city, a confused appearance like
the hills of modern London, for in
stance.
St. Paul’s visit to Rome lies be-
CONCERNING actresses, here’s a brand new one.
Not a new actress, but a new angle on the
whole actress proposition—Olga Petrova needs
a husband.
Usually actresses don’t need husbands—or, if they
do, they’re careful not to mention it. Managers have
a prejudice against their lady stars getting married,
-cern to think husbands an unfortunate background
against which to display charms which really belong
to the public. But
Olga Petrova needs a husband for only six months.
After that he may have a mother to guide him. if he
wants to, but no wife. He must be a six-months hus
band. no more, no less.
At this writing there are exactly 487 male persons
pursuing Mlle. Petrova in ardent determination to be
come her husband. But alas! they all want the job
to be permanent Seventeen of them are crazy about
her beauty, and the other 470 have heard that her
vaudeville salary Is $750 per week.
“But, no —no, no, non, neln, not. nevair!” she de
clares in several European languages. “I will have no
permanent husband; six months is the limit—and he
shall be husband in name only. I do not like men.
The only heart I have I carry on my sac is a very
little one of black court plaster. And my husband
for six months he shall have not so much as that
little black heart on my face!”
"Well, what do you know’ about that?”
Something has to be done about it. A docile
six-months husband must step forw-ard or —here’s
the rub —Olga Petrova will have $50,000 less in
her vaudeville war chest than now looms allur
ingly on her horizon. In order to make sure of
those extra 50,000 fine, round American dollars
she needs a husband —for six months 6nly. Be
sure and note the statute of limitations.
Not to tantalize you further, the way of it is this:
M hen the Polish beauty with her enormous mass
of red hair on her head and her heart on her face
came to this country a year ago, she had in her pocket
a London music hall contract binding her for three
years in Europe at a salary of $250 per week. She
was here on leave of absence, with permission to ap
pear in vaudeville in the United States.
After coming a cropper once or twice, she "made
good." She does not deny it. On the contrary, she
confesses that American vaudeville managers want her
for the next three years at the comfortable stipend of
$750 ner week Figure that out at the rate of some
thirtv-odd weeks per year for three vears, and if the
difference between this American offer and the Euro
pean contract doesn’t total up son’ethtnc like $50,000.
then the writer of these lines will have to go back
to grammar school.
“But fl-hat can I do, w’at s’all I say? The Euro
pean contract il est fait accompli—l am. w’at you call,
stuck. Where is ze hole in ze European contract where
I crawl out of eet?"
“Allez vous en. va t’en," said her maid —a wise one
from Paris. “Run along, hurry, to a lawyer, an’ see
w’at ze lawyer say."
Done. The lawyer reads that European contract
and puts his finger on that astute anti-marriage clause
If Olga Petrova marries it’s all off—no $250 per week
in English pounds or French francs.
“Get married.’ says the lawyer. “That’s all ; u
have to do. Why worry?"
“Get married?" says Petrova in consternation. "Mol.
j P _ me i. who have no heart, except the little black
one on my face? I who do not like ze men? W’at
would I do wiz—ugh—wiz a husband?”
va .,uu’t you stand him, for a few minutes?’ asks
the lawver. “Couldn’t you get married in. er. a Pick
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tween two famous epochs in the
history of the city: its restoration
by Augustus and its restoration by
Nc 'o.
Seme parts of the citv at tbs
time, especially the Forum and the
Campus Martius, must have pre
sented a magnificent appearance,
although many of the principal
buildings which attract the atten
tion of tho tourist to-day had not
then been erected. The big public
places were embellished with plants
and trees of many inds, and many
of them, no doubt, must have per
ished in f co - atlon of the city.
Nevertheless, their roots survived
ind in 1902 and 1903 M. Bon’ sue
c< ded in restoring them.
The connection of the Gardens o
or six months for
good measure—to J
cinch that extra
$50,000?”
Just imagine the j|||S
situation Mlle.
Petrova, an Euro
pean woman, from
a country where
husbands are lords
and masters, hav
•ng almost literally
the power of life
or death over their ’ J v "
spouses—and Pe
trova having no
heart except the
little black one on her face! But
those 50,000 fine, round American
dollars! So she listens to the
lawyer, and, by-and-by is convinc
ed that, maybe, a husband can be
found who will sit on her doorstep
for six months and efface
himself forever. It seems almost
too good to be true, but she takes
a chance, and the word goes forth
that the resplendent. Petrova, with
the mountain of red hair on her
head and the little black heart on
her face, needs a husband. Bing’
487 candidates, all in a bunch!
And every one of them demand
Ing the husband job foi life!
One wrote:
“I have been bedridden for
twenty years; but I am ouiet and
docile. I w’ill make very little
trouble. I will not insist on your
leaving the stage—although' my
religious convictions are opposed
to the theatre. The fact is, a
steady salary, such as vours, will
come in very handy, and probablv
will enable me to survive for
years.”
Another writes;
It is true that I am ouitn don? .
one I will ipnrn tr, .< Ulc dea f> but. in time, dear
the'charming ' hours we win"hS t^th^JJeSS
on Sunday, when you have brought h . es,) . a „ y
aka,,. .u- „ urougnt home your salary,
turnedm Petrova ’ s oi human kindness
turned sour—not to say curdled; and she began to ay
cynical things to interviewers. For example-
I hate men, therefore they love me 1 was in love
cnce; that was enough. Bah! never again"
“Love! What have 1 io uo with love? It is excess
baggage. Besides, women have it—but men never’”
"There is no such thing as constancy on either side
• —the exceptions prove the rule.”
Now comes a contession which the faithful 487 will
read with dismay. It is printed here in the fond hope
that it will bring forth —through sheer hopelessness of
any more interesting matrimonial arrangement—the
modest, needed husband who will be content to sit on
Petrova’s doorstep for six months—and then hie him to
a tropical region to get the chill out of his blood. She
confesses:
“I am not beautiful. I have a fine skin. That is
simply because I sleep in icy cold water. Do your
American women do that? It would keep them thin
and strong, and keep their skin fine. The greatest
beauty specialist is the bathtub. Take plenty of baths
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Ihe White-Rose Bushes of the Vestal Virgins in Rome. They Are as Old as
Christianity and Have Just Been Replanted.
Another
Ancient
Roman
Rosebush,
Near the
Praetexatus
Statue,
Which
Is to Be
Replanted.
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Mlle. Olga Petrova, Who Wants a Husband—for Six Month*
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Nero in the Vatican with the name
of St Paul rests nly on traditions
of more or less probability, but
there are many other localities with
which the name of the apostle is
linked and upon which there exists
to-day plants and trees which, it is
said, may have flourished nineteen
hundred years ago.
Among others which the Govern
ment's experts will seek to restore
are the laurels of the Regia, the
oft.cial residence of tae Supreme
1" r tiff, on the walls of wh.cl' were
engraved the ames of all the con
suls.
The flowers in the vicinity of the
house of the vestal virgins, as al
ready restored by M. Roni, show
what may be done along these lines
and find encouragement to the more
extended work now proposed
and sleep in cold water —that’s all."
Olga Petrova sleeps in icy cold water. That ought
tc settle it with the unduly faithful 487. What husband
would not prefer the doorstep—for six months?
Now, here are the conditions —get in line, and don’t
crowd! In the words of Petrova, herself:
“He must be a gentleman, and tall. Even for busi
ness purposes I could never marry a short, dumpy man.
After the ceremony he needn’t bother to make love to
me, for I shouldn’t listen to him; and I agree not to
bother him with any wifely attentions. He must agree
to go to Reno on August 1, 1&13, and secure
a divorce. ‘
“Os course, it’s possible I might fall in love with
him in the meantime, and it I do, I shall absolutely
forbid him to go to Reno. But should I decide that it’t
the divorce colony for him, I will pay him well fol
acting as my husband, temporarily, In the eyes of th<
law.
“Os course, his first duty will be to Inform thos«
European managers that he forbids me to further en
gage in theatrical work —and I shall obey him, for Pm
in need of a six month's rest, anyway.”
So get in line, don’t crowd — and remember, above
all things, that Petrova sleeps in Icy cold water, and
wears her heart on her face.
The red roses of the baths adjoin
ing the house of the vestal virgins
fill flower; out they, too are tn be
replanted to give them new life.
The average tourist, i>«-eing te
sowers grow’r.g upon and In the vi
cinity of the ancient ruins, pays
little attention to them, regarding
them as modern growth*. Indeed,
their history is little known, and
many of them have been destroyed
by sight-seers who would have been
greatly shocked to have learned that
in picking the uncared-for flowers
they ad committed vandalism.
When the restoration of these
plants is completed, however, they
will be properly enclosed to protect
them from similar injury in ths
future,