The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 30, 1899, Page 25

THE SUNDAY CALL 25 " ALL THAT IS HAPPENING AMONG THE LONDONERS. INTERESTING T NEWS, : i IS ON THE SPOT AND CAN TELL ABOUT IT. “T suppose over there in America you don’'t know the meaning of the word loyalty,” he said, with a smile that was a trifle fronical “Oh, yes, we do; but not that kind of loyalty. We are all kings and queens in America,” I said, perhaps a little flippantly. Had I declared myself one of the most blessed Trinity .I don’t think the old geatleman could have been more shocked. From his point of view I had been guilty of absolute sacrilege. I had jested with the sacred name of Queen. He struggled with himself for several minutes, then made his excuses and went to walk in the garden. “I hope I haven't offended your father,” I said to one of the daughters. ‘“You know royalty Is entirely new to me, and I haven’t learned how to consider it.” mething that I hanging over le to see am laughed at 1t little word. ner; “this ; you can dis- h -the white 1 tell an om- very conveni- seems a little the best of fogs, for as a of his atr that could aler in Los s hine. A sitor to New i hottest that P - - S e Oh, you mustn’'t mind father,” she Napoleor sald apologetically. “‘You see, he is ng it the very old, and you happened to strike: his particular hobby. He is a royalist to the core, and considers it wicked to - Shei maintain that all men are equal. But dawning upon me that here thé divine vy, mystn't mind him,” she insisted. right of kings{sa solemn dogmaoffaith Yyt nogqers R onte and that our doctrine that all men are pue Looerstand hat At o r Y hine created equal Is the most sinful species Taiit 9f Youl education that you t o) C DeresySilihinc of 1t the Dedlatatlol Wiie " fanltfiof my cducationswasnat of Independence a sin! It is mightily ke e Ten C £ s as comforting as she ‘intended it to be. ke declaring the Ten Commandments Howeves ¥ Iot 1t pass - “Ard kow do all off! Of course one finds occasional B t ] \ English subjects who criticize the royal YOU feel about it?” I sald, with Increas family and advocate soclal equality in IR8 Interest. “Do you believe that God true republican fashion, but they. I intended men to be. divided into belleve,are not the representative Eng- Classes? Certainly I do,” she an- 118B peslc. swered warmly. “We canriot {magine s T s ar a v a government successful where the ser- fatnilibs who have no lineage to boast £000 as youb Dear me.” she shiad St WATrong the jeenvinc | olaf nvinan Gered pultimiuacibesnon b arbelong stock there is but one name more sacred Lo (e same class as every i that “Queen.” God and Queen are 9 ! are T.Oh, we don't invite the scavengers ) exe ed a breathed with almost equal fervor. A d nvite the few days ago I spent the afternoon with (o sit at our family board,” I felt it my : one of these loyal old familiies, in this JUty to explain. “It is not inconsist- was the case old in more than one particular. €0t With -Americanism to class our- rdinary in e onists of four maiden ladies, the Selves as the clean and the unclean. snow in mest 22 aill living in an ancestral OF course the latter are not irretrieva- world; mansion under the protection of their Py doomed, since it s quite easy to e e Lo ho' s 86 vears of age. The ex- Scrub up. should one feel so disposed. i perienice was like a chapter from an _AS_ the conversation developed I ; D oh: novel. although I as an found it rather difficult not to betray The the fact that our equality is so largely a theory, and that we are not much given to practicing what we preach. As T went out of the house I met the old gentleman, who came forward and offered me his arm, evidently in a much better humor. “You do not love family simply because you American felt incongruously new. ladies occupied themselves with em- broidery and we gossiped over the tea cups quite like Jane Austen’s heroines The cups, by the way, were 150 years 0ld; the spoons were 200, and so was the clock that ticked on the huge old man- De a class: rate, attribs nt ‘he honest sful in ex- Ba tel. our ro: 1 fate of { “Have vou ever made a collectlon of have not learned how noble and gener- L ous they are,” he said. *Mary, tell Miss * was one of the questions that Ol 1 of the Green what you were telling me yes- terday about the Prince of Wales.” And then Mary told me this simple story with the greatest approbation, a sts from Story which she had heard from her note paper. You very soon acquire the maid, who in turn had heard it from habit of saving them from all your cor- the shoemalker in question. respondents and it makes an interest- _During the recent trouble of the ing scrapbook.” Prince with a broken leg this indi- I stated as delicately as T could that Vidual was employed to make a sort of the crests of Bmy spondents would brace for the imperial foot of, the royal probably not m a very enormous anatomy. Naturally all of his ingenuity scrapboo! was exercised, and the result proved The entrance of the old gentleman in- most _satisfactory. One day he re- terrupted our inspection of the crest ceived notice to call at Marlborough collection. Although white and totter- House on a.certain day at a certain ing with his 86 years gallantry hour. Arriving exactly, he found it could not have been & sed by the necessary to wait a very long time for crest was put to me in the cour: conversation. No: T haven't. How do you begin such a collection?” “Why, mply take the cre who is n for an as happy in this ed, but just as well e stead of the L« ¥ is a g R veriest * P “I am de- his Royal Highness, who at length aj R “A Fog,” Says the Londoner; ““This Is No Fog."” lighted to s said, with peared very regretful for the delay. “I is hand on most must apologize to you,” he said, in his it was the first most amiable nianner. “I rcalize that bout in s on me your time is most valuable and should ers by able? This little conventional world has it used to be, certainly, but it is still of her c: ing, who time nor talent to make spe- so well worth hearing that the change splendo hak:- ato conventional is not pathetic. Shé still pos th ting of an e: n looks 2 i1 a trifie superflu- never have kept you waiting, but a r, but there old quality of reaching at you—that se worth man called to see me whom I could not . must trot along heart. I de not know of any looking at. out its < the first time that you have dispose of. I must assure you, sir, that er who can start the <nuffies in an au- lorsneites. ms, was a Miss Green,” explained his I feel very humble in the presence of . in s- dience 1 Patti The other day T il at the Royal who had such genius as yours.” Thereupon he . part is a small rd her sing *‘Home, Sweet Home’” attracted any particular ten “Ah. is th Then the greater presented him with a pin bearing his I 2 greater than was really ~mused ot the conspicu- tion until one day the Duke of Cor ! == s the self-possessed crest in diamonds. The shoemaker scorns it :‘.‘f h.\lmlk. rehiefs and red noses na ond son, tovk a dinice thenEhod ‘md‘,uh‘;dl_\. ataca :ls ¢ She d at ut the vast assembl notion to Miss But A = ic and T have no doubt that his 2 el g Y e aseen o ] got )eautifully, the old gen- Prices, an : gsics? In Paris, treacherous, a report that is quite con- feet four inches tall, with a communicated his pleas - Most tion that he had ‘“‘".."f"}',(4“"1'"‘1}:3}‘“;: whom the Prince apologized. The N Cornei re plz firmed by the frequent hitches in her voice quite as huge as herself. Some Gracious A ty, who con- ding it ve A ‘; rdlGE ng & Prince is certainly very popular p D T 8 lines. Terry, Patti and Bernhardt, the of her popularity deserved for her cended to have the you sent At MeYi among her Mafesty's subjects. Such blimest W theatr three woman geniuses whose suns are voice is urally quite wonderful, Well, she sang before the Queen. Ur oy e een 1 lost my acts of affability as the shoemaker in- ' ber 5 + to witn in the West, are all in London just at though v trained, the rest of ppeared. in the court circular that about the Queen, and them T 10SC Y L3l seem to ‘atone most bountifully o stifl présent. Of the three I think that Patti her popul ng simply due to the Majesty had deigned to listen to a friend. ‘l'" pte o P dlflm_‘;‘ai for ol his many escapades. ‘He.is %S r t shows her age the least. Perhaps hav- fact that the s made her the young Rulsnnrrwm the demy, \gml '”"“‘!"11"‘:0';“"‘"_‘ H7 Pl o oant Vvery good mow,” every ome agrees, t ing forsaken in time the operatic stage fashion. Clara Butt's fortur le. Now dan d_ov G i oveny R s o A I puts herself to the S t. We are taught to believe that the she bellows for with & “A wonderful woman is the Queen." Wwith a most ff’n«:rgx‘:";.gnxsg-r;TSliixgr;:i devot D e el o be when she. the Queen of England nowadays has no very little more art than the un-Sven- sald the old gentleman. enthusiastl N . told. . The Prince spends much and Cederstrom, trips upon the power, which true, perhaps, from galied Trilby and society bursts its cally Wondertul, wonderful! Do you fl«; S T tlie)-ay French capital . Hef tic stage, bowing and smiling in the statesman’s point of view. Un- gloves in applause. not find her s0? rg lhr:t -Pn]r_;('ef)f L O e e not so deep t of ti A e ittle way. her audiences doubtedly the Queen, even were she so The English sentiment for the royal Wale magnificent characte o o e 8 e 1 anvertized but it is cl Htiningly g0 mad as in days of oid. If there be disposed, could not amuse herself by family is a revelation and a surpr not admire him? rers. well edu- am mis faverite. Fis face s quite as 0. “Marda” is not a play that is ¢ any wrinkles on her face they are most cutting off the heads of her enemies, to me. I cannot get used to it I'm afraid T'm not vers well et O miliar to Parisians as to the people culated to be popular. To half of the artist o8 O e e e eauires & a8 her royal predecessors were wont to thoroughly saturated am I in Amerj- cated in'the attainmerts Of COAZ e oo F ence it me nathing at all; to the vivid n to divine that they do, but, considered through less serious canism t royalty has always seemed Queen or the Prince, said evasively, ¢ llher‘éu“dmmn e rin ; half it suggests a dilemma for are there. vears Patti i fifty-seven, and more feminine eyes, the Queen of to me something of a joke, a little rem- but the old gentleman e l‘";‘.“‘“"‘“} et 3 which there is no remedy, and w is but in radiance and sweetness she is England is a deity. This little dumpy nant of fairy ays that nobod He. became politely spitefu because T ENEVIEVE GREEN. the use of considering the irremedi- yet a girl. Her voice is not all that lady, whose feet do not touch the floor took quite se .. It is very slowly didn't absolutely assent. <gkiuy - et CRITICISMS IN THE BOOK WORLD BY OUR LEADING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. T mindedness in print savors of asininity. more than you can help. but come down tempt is made at literary flight or rhet- leaves his club and his business for 4 trip You cannot read the work without heasc WBUE a0 mucl asihy. your Teaves the A 2 There is a common trick used from time here and ha private talk with me orical fancy. The story has a dramatic o his childhood’s home, where he falls in ID& the seductly he Teral, and, what is never seems to know she has it. By a Henry Miller Gives the e e Ak e de of art.. about it. It was:so light in value that'it value and might be dramatized with suc- Jove with—his dear old mother! Now, this calling you to the Teral, . i e acpaine Etegtine workers in all fields of art— APOUL 1 o S 8 < 1t may be run down cess by one whose insight ‘teaches him is beautiful, but Jack had one grave fault MOIc. longing 10 £0. ., ' & Cogan Dy o eitie: parti, whose favor an Ax to Max Beerbo 5 of shocking the public into a puil'qay by a welloateered reporting ship how 1o choose correctly the best in situa- in my eves. When they £o a-swecth Taming the -Jungle,” by R. : R T anaan th X LO. a m £ et 2 4 i 2 2 ! Doyle. elder sister is trying to e e 1 their greatne To be supercil- I have strong reasons for lying low. tion and dialogue. Dramatization is large- ing and he takes the dear old dame to DoOVie. face of an astonished family steps in and “ More.” i stic is thought to be cour- Yours. . ly a matter of, selection and when an un- town he should never have been guilty of st s P ari it nomewhat teary ore. ageous, to be clever; when in reality it _Verily this is a book-making age and | hand i at work even the choicest inviting another woman in to choose for Manola Mould GiVeS fiances. It is another example of the ageous, to be Clever: When I Siupidly various are the causes that have indyced Ipaterfal will not eut to advanigge As a her a new bonnet, for “Vanity is pa charm a true man must find in the asso- Max Beer- oo tine e 3 e “become. authors. Chill penury, Dook reviewer T should not feel justified jove, if love is test of vanitv. When P “Ni 1 Fer- Gintion of a fresh, unspoiled nature, and s . impertinent at that. e D imes. avarice and. re. In demanding a princely salary, though I stories are given titles that lead vou to Points on ige the dangér that lies in losing one's indi- 11 have no S venge have influenc the qlwlm (];r the :‘]T':"w!"f‘rfljl\;,nl\"q;l\ n"_’s'"jt:‘f!grln:;"t"‘u;ggcg expect what ',\‘;mll’-dn‘n“f £t m:;lmnrfl vet d” viduality by becoming a pattern young . i i i pen and ven us the incurable disease x 0. -res - consistent w e tale, the a or may 0 . s S 3, in my criti- Miss Roberts Discusses I foeratie weariness” trylng to Shelf cf books weekly. consistent with theytale e an s Ty IO, Foman e MR i the butter- e . siirs keep up with it. o "Twas heaven to lounge upon a couch,” o when, as In the case in question, the «Nigel Ferrard” is a fairly interesting tory quotations. “Those Sort of People™ fl opinions may A Gll’l of Grit. “A Girl of Grit,” by Major Arthur Grif- said Gray, surprise Is not disappointing. “The Wolf's poox of no great literary merit. The is interesting beca: “as does not often are—for I am fiths (R. ¥ Fenrio & Co., New York and *“And read new novels through a rainy Long Howl" suggests forests and fron- giory is badly constructed and lacks de- happen In real Lfe ‘Wwhen busy crowds maker shoula _ To begin with the title appeals to me. London; cloth, 75¢). da; tiers and melancholy isolation and the Story Is baty ible, Some are elbowing, a young woman makes her v B In our profession such a qualification is o o He "S4s not_a. book reviewer, T'll be need all flocks have for care and shelter. tail to make the plot plausible. Pappiness and domestic fortune by sacri- B Howeyar i Ml A ie. v ity o ibation n = all : : i bound, else had he sald instead: DR ALl e Y ® chosen less wisely ¢ of the characters are clear-cut and well RAREICER SO0 6 ONCo0 o0 make an old . have given the full- indispensable, and its cultivation 1o =ll White Whittlesey Writes “The printed part, tho' far too'large, Is might have prevented vour finding out, drawn, and Ui moral balance- 1s good, fCINE Ber hearte torE g b0 e strugsle p \ering mind and his Walks of life should be encouraged, even less Mappily for yourselves, the reason for the but it is too full of unnecessary 4rgis for recognition are well drawn, and some call it that, scems through the medium of a somewhat yel- of- “fl Dqsb For @ Than that which, yet unprinted, waits the author's choice of subiect. Hatpins are ments and_platitudes, which, while they gn "§CiSl cpceches are used, ‘as for in- press. not given heads for nothin may be of interest, are INCONgruous in (. "L opiosition Is giving way low detective story. One character in the s made to say, “Vast w is ¢ ” And as he sald it would have feebi e S L one CHowl,” by Stanley this book and seemto have been put in o™i fS%itiimed: “The truth was Tl e ‘ru;‘m :ll.hgx:y" Throne. callod for beet feg and malted milk and » Waterloo. Efi;tlhfnp:r ;fiel:‘f‘“fitggg'{‘}‘]@rsfi; o that Fn«e—:\-mmsmal Fate_had | plerced bower qur responsibility, especlally so when it has The popularity of “By Right of Sword.” quazhinmore D 5 o Berness, passionateness and intensity m:‘;?né‘g‘glé‘""}g Ok et I the come undeserved.” I would say the same that bids fair soon to enter its seventh guddenly fall in love with my own pro- EdwinStevens on “Tame- which are refreshing and interesting, cven (&, GEGD N0 Us eversreen de- *he book is of the present day’s vast book supply. edition, encourages one to read “‘A Dash fession, even though I were forced to s beautitul bt e P fort of the au- Mons—did not infrequently rumple up ing of the Jungle. s s ¥ ¢ waves when otherwise all might have journalistic No past misdeeds could have been seri- for a Throne.” The military novel, the e = & sturn from gentle Juliet's woe 3 paintul effort of the au. ‘ ;’{‘r’{iiih‘é’ré'ii‘«f the general sensational been smooth sailing.” The bad genius of g at things with ges in certain tale from peculiar terrible burd 1 ited cley- ous enough to make one descrve the re- novel of adventure, will ever find an echo To count the twirls of Fanny Eissler's L Te e o sponsibllity of studying the varfegated carts. From thé time we st toe!” When Dr. Doyle fled to India to’ SUMOSPRCRC STl “otyle that they are in the story is one of those sort of people that sk i i onof R steal ., €t o Throne” by A. . escape the shost of Sherlock Holmes &ffect Jost.. ! 4 we so often meet in real life, who may be s or Laura Summed up in the author's words thus: ; of “Girls of Grit” and ““Men of In- off to the hayloft to read undisturbed a s counter- fon” that are forced pookwise Under greasured copy of * : d 2 Marchmont, | (New Amsterdam — Book d1a well, In introduclng us to & novel of Bertha M. Cl: s . s chief- O ey mose. X dont. pelimve M{ks treasured copy of “Sleuth, the Detective.” Gompany, New York. Cloth, $1 5. he Ol entrul Rain Deen' in | “The Ja A R obey's one Iooks for a Steep-walk- " The watched people go out and in. took Mr. Beerbohm'’s authors themselves think any oo well of to the moment we shall close our eves to Taming of the Jungle” he places us ing heroine with a most convenient ten- stock of their clothes, their movements, The quotation such productions, but perhaps they are all earthly influences adventure will stir A ' ’ h d oblizations that we feal ae0cy toward losing her memory, why their manners and their affections. She . ronted for mone too pieased to find oth sharing the blood and quicken the pulse. Afd we Margoret nglin's Re- under such deep 8 o feel QENCN Irarries her adoring guardian. but 9id mot like it if-young visitors were been invented 107 iheir opinions. When @ man in a com- who love the romantic novel had best not 3 “The Wolf e kiende honarable, B2 tioen TiAd8 &1d . i (e bopkl OCany pretenslamaiton it ariy allenio e e i b o d he th 3 ol i ok G 23 ur hearts m fo s0 0! - . s Thercial SDiic writis down Go 5 Certaln ba ton mevere upon & boy's enthusiasm for View Of e olf's L e e e L e hopes for something more origl- $ i) story and s well worth the effect of garnishing fOr. element he must not expect to be written i ” . nal, Té in p 2 ct “Diamond Dick.” Marchmont and N " by o e 3 Te knows how to make up by those out of his selected " Eden. (thers pick thelr characters from a e Long Howl.” familiar with Hindoostanese, the opening _ “Nigel Ferrard,\, D aoiin Bapors A a1 b Wal agging in bits o Were I a meviewer T should cultivate & get socially, are rather more particular. as s chapters of the new work do not give g cérfizg d APer, pord.. (Stone & Company, Chicago.) relevant o the subject light pair of heels and run whenever T to rhetoric; more punctlilious as to eti- One might in my, dressing toom T took spromlserct the QHliglie Lo o o 5 —_—————— ety e Ry R e - A woms an scarce ap- quette and the conventionalities, more up.the very attractive looking volume le! aving absorbed, so_to speak, a glossary, . y Perhaps it saves Hime preciate th beautics and attractions of gorgeous in their selection of costume, but here for me, or .rather for my opinion. the interest never flags, and Rain Deen Hattie Bell Ladd Stud- The Rubaiyat of Tommy Kelly, by Ray- gty th es iime. s rough seafasing life such the book Grter all the relationship may be traced If T were to read with a view to criticism IS admitted to vour literary holy of holies. 2 ntond F. Ayers, as published in Book atiguing than orlginal geals with, In part, hut she can easily straight back to the hayloft treasure. I ghould never read at all, for no one Tie very simplicity and unpretentious- - jes ‘A Little Legacy.’”” Notes for July, contais this fnal verse title scems to strike the appreciate a strong handling of the sub- Marchmont seems to possess in perfection 1 should neve! > ness of the book disarm you, and by a . 5 of keen and widely applicable humor: the composition. You have ject and know when she has been sepa-- the trick of opening his tales well. For knows so well as my own poor pen how gipto’ comething In the siyle the jungle wp Tittle Legacy” is a collection of e wrote of things he did not know about, d from herself and lost in the author's instance, who would not have his Interest thoroughly incompetent it is to pass judg- is placed before you, and as you lay the . "4 (i ries presenting phases of English But no one ever found his secret out. by d but to turn tho tap on at any moment FALEE IR YN yor once forgot as I wawencd by such @ beginnt h h K of th Th ed down with a sigh of regret nd get “more.” To ; 5 awaken y_ s eginning as this: ment on the work of any other pen. The scre: own ., et_you L £ R vilablos i cn et m-ulg:’a?a:na::‘::or‘r:: read that there was a dressing-room, a +To a man who has been dead nearly five pleasure of reading good books from Ccap almost Hear the “Lobhan there Kood. life and carrying us from London and her HE Ve I8 MRy (003 Wrapped in doubt. 5 g, 3 v ¥ make-up table,. a half-dozen gowns &nd years everything would be forgiven, prob- ver to cover is a luxury granted to ruth!” and—well, you feel better for ha: environs to the beautiful out-of-town . umberless aftérnoon teas five acts before I could say that the day aply--except his resurrection.” We follow <o ) $h8 Tog known Rain 'Deen and his assoclates. houses of British wealth and hospitality. His articles created much surprise, those with time to-command, @1d 80, Not /P one jarring note in‘ the book Is the Short stories are a wise provision for the The eritics lcnrce;‘y cnuuzdb:nle\-edu:;t:n&y‘ Was a man they could not un 2 itself from the pages as was over. A season of such literature the experiences of Count von Rudloff with & eouid be more fatuous and such diction would alter in time the interest, untll the only throne his Minna knowing what choice to make from the chapter where the author injects himself busy, and when weil told, as they are in Here u u in regard to grand opers; YErviqualty oL qurmouls;and ead us’on cares for I8 WO : K ot ataries In ~The Wolt's Long inte the story. You have become so "A Little Legacy.” they prove a pleasant Unanimously they said. “He ls wise G chs T San Da solraniidl e R something like the. followlng _ The book Is actlon and rapld dialogue Howl,” my hatpin was called upon to do mentall Hindooesque by the time you recreation. 'Only Kitty’ is one of the Walter Pater’s advice to writers to take % o Gty 3 G z i literary wonder: from cover to cover, with no tedioms ex- the duty of selection, and it slip%d in be- reach that point you feel a sense of in- best, telling the story of an ingenuously any ?a.ins to. secure the one word which s 10 set such an opinion before the pub- — Dear Madam: I got the last book you planations. All that we need to know tween the pages of "“The Man Who Fell jury, a discord to the sensitive ear; but happy yvoung flrl Wwho takes her pleasures exactly conveys their meaning would, if o7 He would not care if all grand opera sent me to review and threw it overboard. comes to our understanding through:the in Love.” he title promised trouble, and Dr. Doyle 8o evidently loves Indla that he in deflance of that bugbear, good form, followed, lift from much modern fiction a mouths of moving characters.snd no at- the tale fulfilled tbe promise. The here mav be pardoned for prospecting his ego. and enjoys herself to the top of her bent. tiresome weight of verbosity, were burned. To blazon such narrow- Don’t let on &bout it to the public any S ————— > o 7