New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
YILLIERs. THE WAR ARTIST
"A TALK WITH MAN WHO HAS TRAVELLED
WITH MANY ARMIES
PERSONAL TRAITS = STORIES ABOUT ehNA"AN
sKoBE1EFF-vILLIERs WANTS TO LIVE

ling
which have IN measure, brought the ac'ua'i'os VI
bsttle 10 the freside But now people Know rom
thesr own Inns something Of the training, the naoi's
the hardships and the tolls OF these adventurous
writer's and artists. The latest OF all the war W.
respondents to take the platform ana recount hs ga
periences during more than ten nghshs Se .s,
Frederic ylers whose lecture last week In sten"ay
Hall was so successful as to put beyond question
the fact that the -at-home7 portion OF the pup
lie is always eager to gain some insight INTO inc Ves
of those who cater for information In the heos Oh
death.
viiers is unique among correspondents IN peine
equally face with his and his pencil ana u Is
cbieav hv the bencl that he has achieved his fame.
He fs Judged by first impressions. more OF an arusb
than war correspondent of the order OF ArchiDad
Forbes and MacGahan. Whatever may have peen MS
appearance when freezing In the trenches Deloro
Gravitza or toiling the burning desert with
General ctewarfs brave little army. snug In his room
at the Clarendon Hotel resting after his uncomforaDe
voyage In the slow old Bothna, he looked fresh from
the studios Of Primrose Hn from the haunts OF the
clever Bohemians of Paris Mr.. Vliers Is man OIL
uncommon appearance and naturally enough he is not
unconscious Of II Rather above the average height
his squarely built frame invariably atred in gar
ments to be found in the circles called conven
tional' viniers WILL perhaps. pardon the first
thought of stranger when he casts his eyes upon him
II that thought be that the artist excellent Judge
of makeup" And yei 1t cannot be said that TINS is
affectation in such man as villiers He looks his
best In Norfolk Jacket and kneebreeches He strikes
one as being emnentiy natural in everything, and as
having a natural adaptation to what we "ouio caA
in another mannersms
HOW HE LOOKS AND TALKS.
He is, as well as can be imagined, an ideai cosmo-
poltan. His golden yellow hair, his frank, Jolly
face, clear blue eyes. and his beard trimmed TO
compromise between Van Dyke and the Charles tho
First Style are on the whole Saxon His way OK
tha d;lcfta IA
or hesitancy; an effective pause hcre and there, fol-
lowed by phrase that tells and plentiful IN IN.
devsiopmess Of weii,Sred English cologuialIsm the
ghTsss Don't you NAT o 6n TSSn and nd
good breeding always bring about Is attained. ana me
physical appearance Of the man his address and his
him as the scenery to, a welordered play ,o.s ,s
someshi6g OF record~eShty thousand miles ira
versed, not in the secure and amless manner OF the
rOcr but Journey o. S s@o dskend
by empess strewn with the bodies Of the ma a6,
dant in perils. viliers has travelled $4,000 miles
Of and HIS route is strewn Win lns cHss VI
es eoS ssRss0s Citizen nfs n'F Of II he world first
cosmopolitan n modern record Sh tSst Mr. VIE
grim warrior. with his facc stamped by the Bullets
5 %s and %an Of Rs S %or nTs
dating himself TO circumstances; and therefore 10
whom they would nevSr suspect unless they knew
1t OF having left that historic English place OF stnalos
and those who greet him In his oosey room a. inc
clarendon simple traveller WITH SgS S o. means
70 show the people Of America the result Of years
adventure which. # ignorant Of the records
ono would as soon think OF atrbu,ng 70 the
panied scenes from real life and from nature
but nos Of 81 his And Unless You know
records Mr. vnlicrs win not readily revert to them
He never boasts
MADE by DYSPEPSIA.
VA x,ot.o On ora of tho historic schools OF
England SAYS: Manners makyth We mans Dys-
pepSIa males the man" says Frederic Vlliers. IL
made him. An art student IN his younger days 50
much given up to toll that his health failed him,
vilers found himself. when barely twenty-sx years
old with the long deary that leads to fame stiA
unt,syelsed with his labors stll unproductye. and
with body so entirely devoted 20 dyspepsia that Y
mastered his mind and plunged him n perpetual
Gloom ocaeS Tf iS 81 1 East s thought to use WI
ers own words. that might as well go ,I 10 the ne
Mr. Thomas. OF The London Graphic and within
aS s e S @y % FiY oS ssIv We're T bsn
getting M, %ss shot S and IN ny Tor d %5 Bogus sn
reSsistOn for SrsvSs But after some weeks cam
gagping, suddenly found myself with my eonssitn .
D 0p 9a up ana ave never ana Sd rom way
n since, and shah never regret having devoted ten
Mr. y ssbseE R0 Nib Svs S IL s %
he does not preach. He narrates. Ho is an excel
lent story teller and probably win write interest
ing book some day But there are useful a1a s sd
the other day about the correspondents IN the great
HsS n s world wal did pSFc T al aonss
Well. he said, the American boys and the
R Arch SSsS f f pgS and ss shs
0ahan.s SO the Eugish-speakIng correspondents in
e sas Tnvc and s matter Of TACT some
Of them contributed with impartality to British and
Il viii be remembered that when Archibald Forbes
here A @ Fd4 so and ID 5 III so
the "star threep of all the correspondents IN the
mains i IN pl vigorous health Archibald FORBES 5ade him
goodby lust before he sailed utterly broken a9%n
boy lies buried in the East let villiers tell the
story of hts death and funeral
HE RODE sXoBELEFFs CHARGER.
"MacGahan and T. when in constanhnople, were
invited out to Join General skobeef I'm the camp at
Tchemedie. MacGahau said he could not go. He
did not feel well. and went alone. In camp on
the third morning, skobelef came to me and said
with great feeling: Poor MacGahan is very sick
You would better visit him.
II said Il cannot as there IS means OF getting
rods the f asl %es Charger
constananople only 70 be refused Ambulance - tns
am Black 81 9p0 typhas At last skobee himself
to see tho American correspondent, and like the grim
prohSitions burst open TIE door and found his
out t's at little Roman Catholic cemetery ana the
funeral attended BY many OF his friends ana asso-
clatas. When we got out TO The cemetery tor some
reason or other the priest would not permit the burial
that day so the body put In the receiving vault
The next day skobelea man named Dobson ana
myself went out and had him buried skobeleii
cried like child.n -
IL YOU catch Mr. yfliers unawares. you VIII DO
ant IN spite OF his careful avoidance Of this subject
In his lectures, to gain idea Of what he thinks OF
war Unlike Verestohagin who considers y al Gle
r,ent that viii be- slowly eliminated from the affairs
OF nations by the evolution Of humanity, he considers
Id an OWL though negotiable, necessary. lie does
moi look for cessation Of war until the millennium
shall have sent the lion and the lamb TO pasture TO
Uo 81 wa
Is au aaiuslcr though rHde ono. at human society
Jicwouh say, In the words OF the prayer Door nom
but IN case Of war. be would cheerfully add What
rnr ri be sI there TO soc the ightng.'
Mr. vers scents the battle from aiaf Of. even now
HE s convinced that later Britain Will have
M submit the question OF the Russian adv ance on India
10 the arbltrainent OF the sword Like many English
rnen nc is doubtful, very doubtful of the result
vfiots regrets that England did clutch Turkey