The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28
ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE.


 fCrgive such misdeeds as were not atoned for hy long and cruel anxiety and a ter rihle death. Anne was not good. She was incredibly vain, ambitious, unscru. uulous, coarse, herce, and relentless But much of this was due to the desi ad- ing influences by which she was sur rounded in youth and after hes return to England from France; Her viii tues, such as they were, were her own. So we may pass no harsher judgment on her than vas passed by Cromwell, when speaking con6dsssially to Chapnis of the woman whose destruction he had wrought, he could not refrain from extolhng her courage and intelligence. Among her good qualities he might also have in- c,Rdsd hex warm and constant attach ment to her friepds.-PaH! Frfedmass
 made the acquaintance of Lola Mon tes, by accident, as i was going up to London from Heron Court in the rail- way. The consul at Southampton asked me to take charge of Spanish lady, who had been recommended to his care, and who had just landed consented to do this and was introduced by him to a re- markedly handsome person, who was in deep mourning, and who appeared to be in great distress. As we were alone la the carriage, she Of her o~n accord informed me in bad English that she was the widow of Don Diego Leon, who had lately been shot by the Carlists, after he was taken prisoner, and that she was go- ing to London to sell some Spanish prop erty that she possessed, and to give les s- es~ hA On arriving in London she took lodgings, and came to my house, to little concert which l gave, and sang some Spanish ballads. Her accent was foreign, and she had all the appearance of being what she pretended to be. She sold different things, such as vails, etc, to the party present, and received good deal ot pat ronage- Eventually she took an engage ment for the ballet at the opera house, hut her dancing was very inferior. At last she was recognized as an impostor, her real name being Mrs James, and Irish by extraction, and had married an officer in India. Her engagement at the opera was cancelled, she left the country, and returned 10 Munich. She was a very violent woman, and actually struck one of the Bavarian generals with her riding whip, as he was reviewing the troops The king became perfectly infatuated with her beauty and cleveTness, and gave her large sums of money, with a ute, which she afterwards bore when she re- turned to Ensland.-Leyd 1Maimes6Hyy's : Aemoirs
 "I think" says Mathew Arnold, in the MiSeAseSM CenfEry, "wha,evel be said of the worship of the almighty dollar in America, 1t is indubitable that rich men are regarded there with less envy and hatred than rich mcn are in Europe Why is this? Because their condition is less fixed; because government and leg islation do not take them more seriously than other people, and make grandees of them, aid them to found families and en- dure. With us the chief holders ot prop er.y are grandees already, and every rich man aspires to become grandee if pos sible. And, therefore, an English country gentleman regards himself as part of the system of nature; government and lesis- lation have invited him to do so. If the price of wheat falls so low that his means of expenditure are greatly reduced, he tells you that if this lasts he cannot pos sibly go on as country gentleman; and every well-bred person among us looks sympathizinR and shocked. An Ameri- can would say: Why should hep The conservative papers are fond of giving us, as an argument for the game laws, the plea that without them country gentle man could not be induced to live on his estate Aa American would say: What does it maiterT Perhaps to an English ear this will sound brutal; but the point IS that the American does not take his rich man SO seriously as we do ours, does not make him into grandes the thing, If proposed to him, would strike him as an absurdity. suspect that MT. Winans himself, the American millionaire, who adds deer forest to deer forest, and will not suffer a cotter to keep pei lamb, re- gards his own performance as a colossal stroke of American humor, Illustrating the absurdities of the British system of property and privilege. Ask Mir. Winans if he would prom ste the introduction of the British game laws into the United States, and he would tell YOU, with a merry laugh, that the idea is ridiculous, and that these British foliies are for home consumption"
 A more disadvantageous position in point of time and ci famous contem- poraries has perhaps seldom fallen to the lot of composer than that in which Schum ann found himself at the outset of his career. On the one side the ds zEling personality of Mendelwohn, a very em- bodiment of charm, of learning, and of ready-made success: on the other the more subtle but scarcely less fascinating genius of Chopin, whose superlative qualities as a virtuoso were enough 70 command respect for his amazing origin ality and innovations. The memories of Beethoven. Schubert and Weber over shadowed him 1; the indomisahle energy of Wagner was forcing its way almost in his footsteps. These were conditions to discourage any but a man censcious of his own necessity and certain of his chosen course. Not only, however, did Schumann justify his own courage, but he has earned the gratitude of the world of music bv being the first to welcome