4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 19

The Leonardo bust controversy remains much in the same state

as last week. But it has been the cause of a delightful ban mot. According to the Liberig, after witnessing Mine. Jeanne Granier's performance at Neudeck, the Kaiser assured her of the keen interest with which he had always watched her career. "I have followed all your triumphs, and I could tell your age within a month." Whereupon Mme. Granier at once replied: "Your Majesty should not be too sure. The other day when you were guessing the age of a pretty woman you were wrong by more than three centuries." It is pleasant to see the wit of the Brohans surviving in Mine. Granier.