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JI > Another Photo graph of Mlle Petrova Showing How She Wears Her Heart on i* ‘ Her Face. 4^ 4 ' ‘,r' ‘ '’>•■ ‘. / •,, ■»1 L > 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. ESZ H “'ZZSZ 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 1 " ‘ Cj'.< Mat '■ ! d <2 witeogl fry * <■ #^m, wW zW^^ 73 t< C SXY-V >»lMftr- Wk7 l ife i ** l £><iCff<.j .-%JJ.- 4 $Sh-&-<£> X s » * ‘ tp * ' *'•■ w®** 9 *®*’ - / *» * '^‘ '•■ ‘SBPWRt// iis " k ■ .^.. < - «'. >-si . /; I - z ULi ■■ awl | This Figtree Is Supposed to Have Been Planted by \\\w Romulus, \\W 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 fined. to Neither the nature of the build- Preserve It lugs nor the configuration of the MUSBAN[)VANTED- X ffiffifflS®W k Who Will Play the Groom to jr Olga Petrova's Bride in a Brief Marriage for Convenience? 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 —o test Incidentally M- n" hour or two — Z& 11,V«Lx W; jk nfji it XM iiSr W MgREr .< K'W| ;'. MByp AJx WrZZK4kV / i HO >; ■' '**^L ! ”■ - •* ’ ’W'Z-ZS •Z-y* - J 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 ■ W 11WB If ; -XW. •. gW ■ k .. J*. '' S ip. ■ Awi A I » RJRMI I ? A wWBi V/. -' • ~~ 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. rffjKA -'Sl.e .ft * EB W v-■ I- SfWw ■F 1 Jfeu V - -ifJ - s n bi w J/b / ■ IF n / ' t / J Wil 4 I I f i Wk " P Mlle. Olga Petrova, Who Wants a Husband—for Six Month* Only. . « 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,