Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-07
THE:FLEETING SHOW.

He offered for her delight
 Velvets shadowy, sumptuous;
 Intricate-howered brocade;
 Satin, mutable, lustrous;
 All at her feet were laid.
 The softest and richest he banded About her delicate waist,
 And with shining folds in bllowy train
 Her regal figure graced.
 Over her perfect shoulders Rare, fllmy lace, he threw,
 And close in the curve of her lovely throat
 A circlet of pearls he drew.
 The soft love-locks on her temples
 He lifted with mute caress,
 And knelt as in adoration
 To touch the hem of her dress.
 Careless of his endeavor,
 She spoke not, moved or smiled,
 Out of her passionless quiet,
 Never a moment wiled.
 With great calm eyes, unseeng
 She stood, as in dreamless trance;
 The wild-rose tint on her rounded cheek
 Deepened not at his glance.
 O. sad that a wealth of affection
 Be squandered thus! you say
 But she was waxen figure,
 And he was salesman gay.
 ROYAL PHYSICIANS.
 Maria Jo5epha, daughter of the exiled Don Miguel of Portugal, but a child of Germany by right of her birth at Brom- bach in Baden, became the wife of Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria in 1857, when she was just seventeen years old.
 The home of the Duke is in the midst of most picturesque surroundings in valley beside Lake Tegern and near the barrier formed by the Bavarian Alps between Ba- varia and Tyrol. The house was once a Benedictine monastery, but at the begin ming of the present century it passed into the hands of the Bavarian royal family The chapel in the center of the building is just as it was when the monks worshipped there; the right wing is the palace, ,quaintly beautiful with it's odd rooms formed by the opening of cells into each other, and the left wing is used as brewery, for the Duke is not wealthy, is possessed of demo- cratic ideas, and moreover requires the assistance of trade to carry on his all- expressing work of benevolence.
 For the Duke, though the grandson of a King, is hard-working physician. Very early in life he developed a marked taste for surgery and having taken degree as ohNt lhutt at pCSlal oluuN ol uiS- eases of the eye. He built and now main tains at his own expense hospital for the blind to which hundreds of patients flock from all parts of Germany.
 The young Duchess, and she is nineteen years the Dukes junior, a refined and del icate girl who had been from childhood carefully shielded from all that was dis dressing or repulsive; who knew very lit tie of life's darker side, but who was full of tenderest sympathy for all suffering, be- came so much interested in her husbands s noble work that she could not be content until she shared it.
 To fit herself to become his assistant she gave year to the thorough study of med ical theory and then began practical work as nurse in the hospital The dreadful sights and sounds, the contact with rough and uncleanly boors, the constant drain upon her ready sympathies, all these pain ful experiences told with alarming effect upon the Duchess health, but when her husband and friends besought her to abandon the work, she returned always the same answer: "Surely, what others can endure, can see.''
 She has persisted in her self-imposed duties with the utmost patience, courage and resolution, and has acquired much skill in the use of surgical instruments, as- sisting her husband in difficult operations with the calmness and dextsrity of an able surgeon. Usually by 8 o'clock in the morning she is to be found in the hospital, passing from bed to bed and cheering the sufferers with kindly words, caress- ing the little ones, and rejoicing with those who are improving. A duty which always devolves upon her is that of break ing the mournful news to some doomed patient that his is hopeless case, and that his life must go out in darkness. At such times so intense is her sorrow that the pa- tient often becomes the comforter and seems for a time to forget his own grief in endeavoring to console her. The gracious influence she exerts over those for whom she cares remains about them when they return to their homes, and many return to visit the ''Frau Doctarinn," as they love to call her, to tell her of their affairs and ask her advice, and many 8 poor fellow has been kept from evil ways by remem- bering that should his kind nurse hear ill news of him she would be grisved and dis appointed.
 Relaxation and enjoyment the Duches. finds in the society of her children, who happily, are well and strong, but she has no time to spend in mere recreation and social pleasures, as the greater part oi the day is given to the poor and afflicted whom she feels have most need of hel ministrations. In person she is tall graceful and distinguished looking in spite of her marked simplicity of attire she has lovely face and very bright cheerful manner when talking with he1 patients, but at other times her large dark eyes have most sorrowful ex pression-'a look ineffably pathetic as if haunted by the memory of the suf fering she has witnessed" as says tn writer of sketch of her in the Illustrated Magazine.
 Truly these two are a royal pair, nobl. aiding one another in grand ife-work and worthy followers of the grea Healer, who so often, in tender compas sion, opened the eyes of the blind. ant poured into darkened souls the light of al in infinite love.
 | It may be glorious to write
 High souls ike those far stars that e come me in sigh | Once in century.
 But better far it is to speak l One simple world, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak | And friendless sons of men.
 To write some earnest verse or line
 Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith and manhood smile
 In the untutored heart.
 He that doth this in verse or prose,
 May be forgotten in his day,
 But surely shall be crowned at last with those
 Who live and speak for aye.
 J. R. LOWELL.
 ENGLISH AS SHE IS PRINTED.
 The following list of English novels as the appear printed in the catalogue of the circt lating library ct Vevsy, Switzerland, VI