Story of Helena Modjeska

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. To the happy possessors of the artistic tempera ment, there is abundant romance in what we call the prose of every-day existence. Alma-tadema has written on his studio ceiling these words As the sun colours flowers, so art colours life. The artist lives in a vivid atmosphere of glow and of excitement. There is the ever-recurrent romance of difficulty, and of difficulty con quered; the terrible spur of despair, the eager hope, the continual effort, the glory of success.