The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-23
-FOUR NOTABLE WOMEN.
Who Have Won Fame
Through Their Clever
Works or by Help
ing Others.
The GUARDIAN ANGEL Of 1OLSI0rS HOME.
Lady FACETS Belief in Faith Cures
Daudet's Companionable Wife
Lady Eastlake's Works.
The GUARDIAN ANGEL Of 1OLST0IS HOME.

LONDON, Aug. 10, 1S92.-Madame
Alphonse Daudet is in her qniet way
quite as interesting a personality as is
her more famous husband. The pair
are said to be the most united couple
in French literary circles, and neither
can work without the other being at
hand to criticise, correct or praise, as
the case may be. Daudet was still on
the right side of five and twenty when
he met his future wife. He had a
great dislike for women who recited
poetry. and Mademoiselle Julia was
quite celebrated in her own circle for
her recitative qualities. 1t was, how
ever, a case of love at first sight on
both sides, and the author of Tar
tarin'' has never had reason to regret
his choice.
Madame Daudet is the authoress of
some very lovely descripti ons of child
life and sensation. She is a most de-
voted mother and educated her two
sons in a great measure herself, learn
ing in many cases over night the les
sons she was tt teach them next morn
ing. When Leon, the eldest, fell in
love with Jeanne Hugo, it was his
mother who negotiated the marriage
and persuaded her husband to attend
the curious civil ceremony that took
the place of a religious marriage.
Every line Daudet has written dur
ing the last twenty-seven years has
been revised by his wife, and lately
| she has taken down a great deal of his
work from his lips. The Daudets live
in a beautiful apartment in a quiet
| corner of old Paris. The drawing
room is next the study, and the door
| of communication is never shut, ex-
cept when madame is entertaining
| some of her grand friends at tea. Once
a week the Zolas come to dinner, for
| the two novelists are intimate, and
every year Monsieur and Madame
| Daudet spend a few weeks at Mon
sieur Zola's lovely country house al
| Medan.
ELIZABETH, LADY EASTLAKE.
Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake. is one OF
the most interesting survivals of a
past age in Europe. Although she
was born in Norwich as long ago as
1916 the pluckv old lady is still a
constant contributor to the quar-
| te2Iy ReUiezD, and various other Eng.
lish publications. She Is also credited
with occasionally writing an old world
leader for the Times newspaper. II
would be difficult to say whom Lady
Eastlake has not known during hel
fifty London seasons. Nee Miss Rig.
by she had already gained consider
able reputation both as a wit and a
woman of letters, before she met al
one of Sam Rogers celebrated break
fasts Sir Charles Eastlake, then Presi.
dent of the Royal Academy, After
her marriage she turned her attention
more particularly to art, and finally
completed 1.-THE History of Our Lore
as Exemplified by Works of Art" a
most valuable publication, sketched
out and commenced by the late Mrs
Anna johnson, who died before she
had time to complete her stupendous
task. Among Lady Eastlake's init
mates were Grote, the historian, and
his wife, Thomas Carlyle and Turner,
the artist.
Her most notable achievement as
critic was an article in the QuoaTegls
ReUiea0 on Jane Eyre which was
supposed at the time to have com
pletely pulverized Charlotte Bronte
The criticism was not signed
and was attributed at the time to the
pen of all kinds OF people.
After the death of Sir Charles, Lady
Eastlake wrote a curious book speci-
ally addressed to widows. This
brought her an autograph letter from
Queen Victoria, who, being herself il
that sad condition, particularly ap
preciated the volume and declared
than by anything else that had beer
sent her. Her Majesty has since kept
up a friendly and constant communi
cation with the authoress.
Lady Eastlake lives in a beautiful
house in d old fashioned London
square. where she receives her friends
every Sunday afternoon. Compare.
lively lately she edited her fathers
letters from France, written during
the French revolution. Those who
and literary history of the last fifty
assistant. Napoleon Ill was a great
ddllilCI VI llO lslOy . VIII dilO SIG WAS
one of the last people who saw him
before he died.
COUNTESS TOLSTOI.
Countess Tatiana Tolstoi is the cid
est daughter of the author of the
"Kreutzer Sonata" and her father.
right hand and secretary. She helps
him in all his work and attempts, as
far as in her lies, to restrain his wilder
vagaries. This winter, both Count
Tolstoi and Countess Tat;ana have
been busily employed in organizing
relief sheds for the starving Russian
peasanrry. This is the kind of work
in which the young girl takes q
keen interest: she can throw herself
into it with true enthusiasm. AL
though she cannot sympathize with
much that her father does, and is
especially distressed at his latest