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the Parnese Palace in Rome, where Émile Mâle, the French & American Ambassadors & the Directors of Academies saw them, brought her the French Légion d'honneur [[strikethrough]] for her [[/strikethrough]] " as a sculptor, including the portrait-masks for Disfigured soldiers.

Eleonora Duse sat for her; Raquel Meller, Pavlowa, Ethel Barrymore and many others, dancers, aviators or writers chosen for power of expression or beauty of sculptural planes, whether known or unknown. Among the fountains of athletic figures at the works of "Auden", Beverly Farms stand bronzes of archangels and saints, now in various chapels in Italy or America, started, as was all her work from a longing to express the energies of spiritual power in harmonious bodies. Friendships, ideas and dangers shared; a brooding preparation for future works of art following more than one serious operation, reveals the many [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] sides of life [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] touched by this artist.

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Transcription Notes:
Eleonora Duse - italian actress Raquel Meller - spanish singer Anna Pavlova - russian ballet dancer Ethel Barrymore = american actress umm, that's not correct-->Chapella - Latin for hat with shifted gender to female.