GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 3

GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

;■•:..;'.'The icleverespwpnian iri the world''; is the •-.- 'magnificent title that has beenbe'stowed upon, ■ ;MadamP .Cnriei.;the' .brilliant 'lady who. has j.-..0f Generar Physics'at ;the'Sprboririe.. As^tlie , with: herniate ■', husband,.;of . earned the grati--Stude of scientists'all.'thp.world'oyer, and her ';]ates|i,honour is butane more examplo of the i.est'eeni.-'in which;;she ; is'Jiel.d:in her,_adopt?d ■vTOTiht^'. : ;. , ;Madame. , ;Gur'te.'. ; .Veaw,; and 1 became, interbsted: in''scientific sub:'^jects!:at ariiearly'age;;vFor .spmeftime 'shtf ~- .-was :a "■ goveriie'ss in 'the family', of;' a -.Warsaw : :; merchant, but' aft-erwafds,- 'on going, to' Paris'; '"she the acquaintance 'of :MV. Curie,, whose' -..subsequent , : iriarriage' with 'her '.proved of : such •;. gjieat;■ benefit.: tq>the scientificr world.. Apart :"';from; : her fexteusive -knowledge.-'...'of -\ subjects,; Madam.e:.rCurie>is .. a. ,lecturer; and' ■■:'--.puMc''Spe'ake i writings tp'the .': literature; of.' scierice. .-■: In ispite ,of:lier■.world- • wide* fame]'. Madame Curie is iSp'.,very; modest. ■ -that, [.practically: .little is .known, of -her , out-! .r.side.of 'herj work'.?;iShe'Kas- a great;*;-dislike : •'-'•for--, publicity' of. ariy.( possesses the' ", true:, philosppher's. sour which loves truth.for '; truth-s' : sake, alone. •'■ On/; one occasion.: when ;: some ■ ladies ilesired";to'Vpresent■ herrjwith' a .;. testimonial i'iri'recognition. of : her' work; , she. ■ ■ politely, declined thelibnour with:,the remark: '■■■ .''Such. : deriipnstrations';werei quite '■. contrary x'-to, .myXbusband's. ideas; '■'.th'ey..;are >.also cori;;:toymy,;;ojTn<.'.'> Sincevthe':tra'gic death; 3f;Mi;©rie;spm6 1 --UmeOagoV:Madamoy.Curie •;.''■! has lived'an -even-.-mpro! retired;; life-;;"; than '■"■: formerly,; but; her' 'devotion'.: to -.science.'• is 'as i 'great.;• as ever, 'and;.the,foremost.;s'a,yants..of ;'.the t .;dax'.are eagerly^.waititfgi.for;'..her 'nest "•: discovery;.-: ■'■;.'■■• ; ;-;;- 'SiV'z:"^-./.-■;■ ■':£'}■ .';.".i

S;:ji : ,:::Mrs;.;Patrick-.Gampb'ell-j's-6ne.:of the few; Englishi'actrcsses.'with: a Continental'ieputa-, tibn'. -.Her ; success:;is.due'(says; '.'a. V. "London- , ■jourhai); to ib'thirig-.moreuoriless'than hard work.; , : ."Nothin'gi.but;; bare J 1 necessity-drbve •'me v l»':thiß/sWgey"-:sKe'.toldyan ,: interviewerv'a; short ;.time' : ago: •'II- had'-to. decide between .becoming a : goyerriess and;educating;tho children' of -■;others,.or. ' of ] g6ing\-on ':*the■;/■.stage ■where I cb'uld.-be near my. own: 'Although,:l ; , : kheW'rii6&ing'''ab6ut^aeting ) ';-.;rI:-.;;chose;-'the, , latter..;l walked into a dramatic agent'sqffice,: handed in my 1 namei,' an'd'.paid.-'lihy:.-guuieai; just likeoany other, young igerit wrote, my: ;na-me : in"a little .bqok, r "ahd-'.just; then'-'a man-^nanied';Gree'n-r-how..well'■l.-'T'ef- ■ , member;tn'e:.name!T^enter6d , '^e'iofficeV' , ;;--He'was,; "drgfimsing a •"'company •■'to'- pky : ; the ;vinces'.with;; pMr:.;;'BuchananJa.--.r'Bachelors:'. ; I -was. ''introduced giyeii' a'Xpart; ,;,'I . £2_'per week; ; ■ ;Later i ; in. ; ■pastoral'plays. at--'aiJ'increase of 10s: : .:a-'wcek. So hard;did-1 work -that down, rand' ,, when;. : l ; recovered I; went';to.'the; Adelphi, and played, in'melodrama.-^lt:was; here itliat Mr; \Pinerq .saw jnie,' and picked me for the-title chance.";-Within' eighteenl'.-m'ontUs' of s.th'e' time 'that 'Mrs:' Pat': rick Campbell. strolled- into.ahVagent's office her;Mrs.Tanqueray:was/the.talk of. LondonThere Campbell's success,-but. there has-been more; hard-work.