The morning call., 1893-05-21

little court On the shingle beach.
Brightly dressed women gather to him from
every punt of the compass; whila he
who has his PmisSares In every quarter
of the world. and whose subtitle ufinence
is felt at each episode of the European
movement, gives himself up with pardon
able induigence-under the ample mbrella
Ito the pretty tribes of glib women's
charm and chatter. Before he has enjoyed
enough, and obedient TO one of those harm
less devices in which welt-taught men Of
lhc world often indulge, he retires from
this charmed and, as l can affirm, charm
ing circle, climbs to the great villa OH
the cliff. There are letters to be written
and kilograms to be sent to Paris, and per-
hapS an article medItated during the after
noon.
The doors OF the Campottes are wide
open upon the great veranda, and the
winds Of the channel enter there. warmed
from blowing over the upl nd grass. The
lie within is the Ideally tranquil existence
OF an English country gentleman. Where
did this cnSmopolite, who really has no
English roots, learn the system? For the
hospitality of England can scarcely be
translated with full flavor into any other
idiom. The schlGss OF G~rmany or of the
Tyrol, the chateau of France. has never
within my experience OF law summers
afforded just the same delightful back
ground as the country house Of England.
Yet to the lampott-s the peculiar all has
somehow been conjured. All the countrv
round about this house is Norman, and
therefore Englsh-that is. dense, rich,
familar-so that the English illusion is
complete. But reader of Nj de BowitZ'S
cnrrespOndence in the Times would ever
have thought of placIng the author in these
surroundings. The racpntPur of the re-
miniscences in Harper'S Magazine must
appeal TO the American reader as sort of
bustling incarnation OF tho ubiquitous
fala N riah nd In ,.o,f
even in ms dreams the first soothing tremOr
Of the sound OF the word rest" On the
contrary, NJ. de BlowiiZ rests frequently
and smiles quietly. Large himself. he
likes large air, large rooms, large land
scapps, large and general ideas. And
what contributes IN all this more than rest,
which gives time TO think? 1t is gener-
Gus and natural temper, and that is why
the great doors from Tie yeranda are open
10 the channel winds.
Although III. de BlowiZ wears in his
hutton-hoie bright contras, 10 the famous
flowing tie. tile famous rosette of tie
French Legion of Honor, he is not in-race
a Frenchman yet he is sufficiently French
| in two conspicuous characte ristics. The
French strike me as being with the Ameri-
cans the most naturally intelligent people
on the western part of the planet. But
the Frenchman is also bon enfant, and Tor
the moment do not stop 10 consider that
| he always remains enfant. 70 be intelli-
| gent and ben enlant at once is TO promise
| all kinds of successes in life, and TO be
! ha b is TO make success charming. NJ. de
! BlowitZ is both. He has been, therefore,
| charming success. The nature of this
success defleS analysis. but as result can
| be descT bed.
1t is now more than twenty years since
young man appeared before the enthuS-
| iastlc Laurence Oliphaut, then correspond
ent OF the English Times, and rendered
| himself so Indispensable 10 Oiphant that
| Oliphant, with that Quixotic temper Pc
cuilar to him, felt II. l Believe. moral
| duty TO abdicate. The young man had
| already so dIsiin Gulshed himself at Mar
sellleS during communal riots there as o
| attract the attention and merit the
| gratitude of Ihlers. Justly rating his
| powers as diplomatst. and knowing
! himself to be an indefatigable worker,
| he conceived the notion of becom-
| ing sort Of general self-aeerediied
representative to every European court.
and Of inducing the Times to afford him n
organ of communication with the diplo-
matte rivals everywhere. Tue Times is
! the secluded pool into which England loves
| to gaze when IL plays he role of Narcissus.
And when NarciSsus-EuglanG-a
! itself therein, that is, once a day the year
round, it not only sees the healthy, beam
! ing, determined viSage of John Bull, but
| notes with approval his quiet EXPRESSION
OF patience and caution, his willingness to
! wait.
The Times kept NJ. de Blowitz wait
ing for some time befoIe it found him as
relatively Indispensable as he really was
and always has been since; but finally the
moment came when II. de Bowitz, seated
before his desk, could feel lmseif more
than the equal OF his diplomatic confreres.
Statesman lie was not, nor ambassador:
Tor these words imply limitations, Il con-
dition Of responsibility to this or that state.
But diplomatIsl he was, and in this entire
class of men he was the most powerful of
ali for ne found himself IN the position of
critic unattached of the European move-
ment, owing allegiance 10 no country, al