The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1903, Page 17

— ( 7Pages I 71020 ——— % - SAN FRANCISCO, LITERARY WOMEN OF LONDON ARE PLANNING TO ORGANIZE INTERNATIONAL CLUB WITH BACKING OF MANY MILLIONS AN Patronesses Who Are Ladies of Nobility. it Will Form Branch in America at Once. —There is likely an interest a few club for hild family); 2 the famous f the edftor on Press pole letters; , the Countess Cora Siocumb d Mrs. Alfred Stead, e Hussey of Indian- aw of W. T. Stead. to purchase a club- b ery heart of London, w 2 . as a large hotel, E parts of the wi a st v n purpose to keep touch with active literary bureau t on original ber of the Lyceum who ance, in California and ! a manuscript in London, ivised as to the best person tc . to. If she writes a book and ted into French and be given and pub- and libraries all over o-operate with the the California h work done, come abroad and do 1l be given, the proper » curators of institutions ly is to be done. This has b most min. 1 de such less s theaters, concerts, i current matters like* all English s one radical differ- can club. Its mem- They will not dis- body in congrega- ey will merely have & comfortable place to live in and prac- 2 TR tical help with such intellectual prac- tical work as they are engaged in. FOUNDER A YOUNG WOMAN. The founder of this club, which, in the” opinion of its distinguished mem- bers, is destined to be an important in- fluence in the literary world, is a 23- year-old girl, Miss Constance Smedley, author of “An April Princes and “The Boudoir Critic,” and of several plays purchased by Mrs. Patrick Camp- bell. Miss Smedley was moved with sympathy for the innumerable women writers of London who have no real rtable homes. It seemed to Miss ley that the whole status of writ. ing women would be raised if they could be given a club as beautiful and e as the most fashionable club A little while later some of dy’s rich friends came for- provided her with almost capital for the forwarding The members take no s whatever. It is Miss S ermination to make the club rich enough for the richest women who may wish to live there, and yet by obtaining large membership, to make es cheap enough for the most modest list. She intends having a large library and other practical e. ley's d entative of the English com- Jessie Trimble will sail for ca soon to organize the club in States as secretary pro tem. ble has done newspaper London for two years and a 1 before coming abroad was connected with Chattanooga and Cin- cinnati papers, and immediately pre- ceding her conneetion with the London Daily Express was on the Chicago Rec- ord. It was that paper which sent her to Paris to write of whatever was of interest to women in the exposition in 1800. She then got her first experience with European work, an experience which led her again to cross the ocean, after being back in Chicago six months, to begin writing in London. Miss Trimble leaves newspaper work temporarily in order to accept this mis. sion for the Lyceum Club. * She will be engaged throughout the winter, pre- senting its objects to the more import- ant of the innumerable women'’s .clubs in America. SELECTING A HOUSE. Several London sites are under con- sideration for the club. One is a series of buildings in the historic Temple; a second is Clement’s Inn, a huge apart- ment house overlooking the law courts in the Strand; a third is the building now in process of erection adjoining the ‘Savoy Hotel on the Victoria embank- ment; a fourth is tne old-fashioned Covent Garden Hotel. Whichever build. ing is finally decided upon, it will be remodeled into the most comfortable of clubhouses, * with drawing-rooms, working-rooms, reception-rooms, read. ing-room, lounges, library, dining- rooms (one for members only, another for members and guests), meals table d’hote and a la carte, with varying rates of tariff according to choice of menu, private sitting-rooms, bedrooms, dressing-rooms, masseuses, hair-dress- ers, maricurists, sewing maids and all the rest of it. *The Lyceum” will give n‘mberl oc- casional opportunities of meeting the most distinguished literary people in London and those Who come to Eng- land as visitors. Frequent receptions will be held and membership in the club will constitute invitation. The first 500 American members are to be admitted without entrance fee. The permanent American subscription will be $5. N4 Alys Hallard, the English writ- er, is in Paris arranging for the open- ing of clubrooms there in, connection with the London “Lyceufi.” French members arel already coming in and there has been a hearty response from Germany and Scandinavia. The club plans to send some one to Greece and Italy a little later in the season. < A7 ;Zf;.szf; IHBLLES Sy JZ}?’-’P/ R b %% HHO 7S cazhg’;‘- ER D & ZZE, OVER T },U,Zf e THE TEHE JAMERZ BRANCH 9 . }Z‘LZ' % & ZDD e POPE WILL KEEP THE VATICAN ARCHIVES OPEN Pius Will Continue Policy of Leo XIII in Allowing Inspection of Records. ROME, Nov. 2l. — When asked by Professor Pastor of the Historical In- stitute here to continue his predeces- sor’s policy of throwing open the Vati- can archives to research, the Pope an- swered: “It is my strict injunction that Pope Leo’s policy shall be continued in that respect. We have nothing to fear from the truth.” In accepting a copy of Professor Pastor’s “History of the Popes,” the Pope said: “You are right not to conceal the hu- man weaknesses of the Popes. These are like clouds before the sun, which radiates the more brilliantly for the transitory obscuration.” T . Monkey Entertains Parisians. PARIS, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Bull, the wife of a distinguished oculist of Paris, made a “lion” of a monkey this week. In her invitations to a reception she in- formed her guests that they were to meet Consul, a celebrated chimpanzee, which drew crowds to the Folies Ber- geres. Consul was duly presented to the company, garbed in faultless evening dress, and with manners leaving noth- ing to be desired, He ate ice creams and flirted with the women like a “yieux ‘marcheur.” In fact, he did everything except sing. The novelty was pronounced a hit. el et Memorial to Boer War Horses. LONDON, Nov. 21.—A curious memo- rial of the Boer War is recorded from Surrey. At Burstaw, in that country, a drinking trough and fountain has been erected by a local personage in memory of -.400.000 horses killed and WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND WRITERS, WHO ARE HELPING TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL CLUB IN LONDON FOR WOMEN WHO FOLLOW LITERARY PURSUITS. THE CLUB WILL HAVE UN- LIMITED FINANCIAL AID IN THE ENTERPRISHE. FIND GEMS OF SERVIA’S MURDERED MONARCHS Stolen Jewels Were Buried in & De- serted Part of the Palace . Garden. BELGRADE, Servia, Nov. 21.—The Jewelry stolen from the murdered King and Queen has been unearthed in a de- Serted part of the old palace garden. Several bracelets, a diamond diadem, a locket containing a miniature of the King and three other jewels were found. The ghastliest discovery was a decomposed finger with the exceedingly valuable ring King Alexander always wore, which had disappeared. The jewels, wrapped In a plece of water- proof, were found by two of the King's servants, who were caught offering to sell a bracelet and then surrendered the remainder. @ it ik @ wounded during the South African War frorn 1899 to 1902 “in a cause of which they knew nothing.” - | | | | @S ._- FUORE S \ ot FANOT, . NorEirSTe o - A | - CARNEG ' IN TILT IE COMES OUT BEST WITH A PARSON Lucky American Artist will From Cleveland, Ohio, Paint a Portrait of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. LONDON, Nov. 21.—Andrew Carnegie has been having a pretty tiff with a parson lately and has come out ahead. The trouble was over an offer 6f $50,000; which he made recently to the town of Iiford for the establishment of a - brary. The rector of the parish church who seems to be a sort of local Savo- narola, told his congregation that what they wanted was not trashy novels, but bonfires in which to burn them. This and other remarks attacking Mr. Carnegie angered - the millionaire so much that he wired immediately with- drawing the offer. His decision caused such a storm in the little Essex town that the vicar's church was practically boycotted and the vicar’s life was made miserable. Parishioners who had hith- erto respected him would pass him by without recognition. Members of the Town Council who favored the aeccept- ance of the offer appealed to Mr. Car- negie to reconsider his decision, but he insisted on an apology from the vicar and this the vicar steadfastly refused to give. At last it was decided that a delega- tion be sent to Skibo and appeal to the great man personally. The strained relations of the vicar and his congrega- tion were put vividly before him and then, after consulting his secretary, he yielded. “After all,” said he “this vicar of Ilford is but one man with, I sup- pose, one ordinary man's intelligence, and as it appears now that he has not much following in regard to his opin- fons about the education of the work- ing classes you can have the $50,000 and it is to be hoped that the vicar will never condescend to borrow a book out of the library.” AMERICAN ARTIST'S LUCE. J. C. Arter, an American from Cleveland, was yesterday given com- mission to paint the portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Arter expects to sall for the United States in a few days, and will do the portrait of the Archbishop in London immediatels on his return to England. The h:ad of the Church of England called on Mr. Arter, saw his latest work, the painting of Lady Wiltshire, a celebrated Eng- lish beauty, and forthwith decided to be “done” by the American. The Arch- bishop’s only condition was that he be allowed to go home and get his wife's help in choosing the photograph from which Mr. Arter will make some pre- lIiminary sketches of his Grace. Thus in another instance has the Archbishop proved the truth of the current opin- jon that Mrs. Randall Davidson has a large influence in small as well as great matters in connection with Lambeth Palace, official residence of the Arch- bishop in London. Another cleric on Mr. Arter's list is his Holiness the Pope, who has consented “to sit” in the spring. Mr. Arter is keenly enthuslastic at the prospect of exhibiting in the “one- man” way during the season In London next June, and later in Berlin. He will cellect the more important of his ple- tures while in the United States, will paint there for a few weeks and then return to England to get ready for his éxhibition. Among the American women whose portraits may figure in the collection are Mrs. George W. Kin- ney of Cleveland, Mrs. Clark Browning of Toledo, the late Mrs. Archibald ‘White, whose tragic death occurred in New York last winter; Mrs. J. J. Wy- song, Mrs. Francis Burrell Hoffman and Mrs. Fred Benedict, all of New York. Mr. Arter has just finished a portrait of Mrs. William Luther Croll, his cousin, who died in London last fall. Mrs. Croll was formerly Miss Alice Maud Whittaker of Chicago, but she was almost as well known in Cleveland as is Mr. Arter. Another picture recently finished by this lucky artist is ome of Governor Stone, which will hang in the State House Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Robert S. McCormick, United States Embassador at 8t. Petersburg, traveled literally on schedule time on his last visit to Western Europe. He spent a few days in London, arranged his busi- ness in Parie so that it was transacted in three days, en route home, visited Berlin hastily, and was gone altogether only about three K Mr. McCor- ble for the rcer Eddy of Chi- e America embassy E ecretaryship in St, Petersburg. Mr. Eddy goes to Russia almost immediately. ° LADY HERBERT STILL ACTIVE. The mother Great Britain's late Embassador to the United States is a remarkable type of British matron. Lady Herbert of Lea Is getting on in vears, but she still ¢ ues her liter- ary work (with decided journalistic leanings), and her vigilant efforts on behalf of the Roman Catholic church. Although she has the reputation of having brought more converts into her church than any other woman in Eng- land, she has not been able to convince those in her own household. Sons and daughters alive have remained Protest- ant. One of the intimate friends of Lady Herbert is the Catholic Dowager Duch- ess, her Grace of Newcastle, who, like Lady Lea, was converted to Catholi- cism. It was Lac primarily responsible for sending Flor. ence Nightingale to the Crimea, and the two remain great friends to this day. of —_—— RISKS CROWN FOR THE WOMAN OF HIS CHOICE Grand Duke of Russia May Be Dis- inherited If He Marries His Cousin. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.—Grand Duke Cyril of Russia has risked a crown for a wife in betrothing himself to his cousin, the Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. There are but three lives between him and the eczardom, but there is a proposal to disinherit him unless he gives up the marriage. The Princess Victoria formerly was wife of the Grand Duke of Hesse, also her cousin, with whom she arranged a divorce on the ground of incompati- bility by mutual consent. The mar- riage was not a happy one. The Grand Duke is an easy-going, rather phlegmatic individual, whereas the Grand Duchess is a bundle of nerves, and, like all three daughters of the Duke of Edinburgh, possessed of an exceptionally strong will. Her sis- ter, the Crown Princess of Roumania, makes no pretense of showing any def- erence to her husband, who apparently is quite satisfied as long as he is left alone to his books and his dreams. The Princess Victoria - is a daring horsewoman and whip, driving a four- in-hand with perfect mastery, and ut- terly unconventional The Grand Duke Cyril is a clever, none too robust young fellow, but he has becormne completely captivated by his dashing cousin, and even if he is cut off from the succession he declares his firm resolve to marry her. He 18 the eldest scn of the Grand Duke Viadimir. —_——— Countess a Washerwoman. PARIS, 1.—Countess de Fone- queville, whose efforts to earn a living with a laundry were recounted recently, .says that she was approached by a rep- resentative of the Duke of Chartres, who asked her if she would acept 2000 francs (3400) a year to settle her claims, She will decide after taking legal ad- vice. The laundry has been seized for debt