The Washington times., 1894-06-24

men, and that there is not and never can be
any quarrel between the sexes.
Francis Thompson. the young En- glishman
who has been receiving such enthusiastic
| laudation as magazine poet, has Just
| brought ont his first book. The verses
therein have much of subtle sweetness. n far
Off strain of melancholy beauty, and all are
more or less n:arred by unpoetic rhythms,
words. or metaphors. One of the most mu-
steal, Daisy" quote:
| berry red, guiieless look,
| still word-s;rings OF sandl
| And yet they made my wild, wild hearc
| Fly down TO her little hand.
For, standing artless as the air,
And candid as the skies,
| She took the berries with her hand
! And the love with her sweet eyes.
The fairest things have neetest end:
| Their scent survives their close,
| But the roses scent is bitterness
To him that loved the rosel
She looked II little wistfully,
Then went her sunshine way
The seas eye had mist on it,
And the leayes fell from the day.
She went her unremcmbering way
She went and ieft in me
The pang OF ali the parlings gone,
And partings yet to be-
BlancheWillis Howard has written in all nine
books since she stepped before the public as
a story maker in 1871 some OF them stronger
and more elaborate than the first. but none
probably quite so affectionately welcomed
aud deiightially read rs that same initial one.
Zone Summer. She wrote 1t to earn money
to 20 abroad. and the only reason her Ameri-
can readers are sorry they bought it so gen
erously is that she did 20 abroad on the re-
ceipts and has stayed there pretty much all
the time since. She has lived for years ut
Stuttgart. where she edits magazine, writes
books. and. being now married woman.
conducts the education of several pupils at
her home. Miss Howard has written some
verse. not much. however. as she has wisely
recognized that her prose faculty is many
times greater than her metrical power.
The shortly-cominS publication is an
nounced by Upton. OF Buffalo. of Il dramatic
poem. The Princess Adelaide" by Miss
Helen Corinne Bergen. | am told that II
promises to be the surprise of the year: that
it will be widely criticised. and that there is
every reason TO believe the final comment viii
be supremcly favorable. II Is much more
than IL publisher usually cares to predict of
the first serious poetic work of young
writer like Miss Bergen. Miss Bergen was
especially fortunate IN securing Upton for
publisher. He has identified his name with
American poetry. the best of ii, and has done
nothing trifling or unworthy. In addition he
guild To those who are familiar with Miss
Bergen's work as Il prose writer. and more
especially to those who know this charming
girl personally. The Princess Adelaide will
come with the surety OF an expectant curl
osity awaiting it and bright prophecy
The sale at auction OF Onida. the novelist's.
furniture and personal effects has attracted
large amount of interest. not TO say curiosity.
People who object 10 0uidas books are going
to make remarks about their Eon-success. as
illustrated by this event.
The English-speaking public have fiocked
to see her bed. her books. her choice knck-
knacks. her pictures. even some OF her papers
and manuscripts. Not every enc knew under
what difficulties Nine. de Ia Ramee had been
laboring. and the forced sale of her goods
created the greatest interest. and many are
very sorry for her. as she is now lonely friend
less. and unhappy. Her fairy surroundings.
her collection Of objects de ysrtu. have been
dispersed. Her dogs alone remain 10 her
and for these she is constantly thinking.
An imperfect knowledge Of Italian nature
which She processes to desplse. Il craving for
the beautiful and luxurious. for numbrress (
flowers to give her so many Inspirations
and fatal sliding into lawsuits have brought
on this sis. Her furniture, seized some (
wears ago. when she had TO leave her old :
Fala:22o. has only now been sold at auciion ut ]
the Impre-H del Mellatorc.
Alter leaving her Florence palazzo she took |
up her abudr Mt the Villa de! Coroan. ami |
here last September her mother. an aged /
lady. dieGl. "Ouida. stricken to the heart. |
tried. like the heroine OF her own ''AIareni- |
inua." to keep her dead, but it was not al |
lowed. and the funeral had 10 take place |
Now everything has been sold. even the tomb !
stones TO her dead dogs. monuments OF an |
affection that cannot be bought or sold 10y /
popularity.
''0uida's" unbendin2 pride makes any re-
LEI people can offer her Il difficult task; She !
has many friends STILL and tn SO will feel very !
sorry ;or her when :hry cast u glance over the /
catalogue with rs quaint mistakes iis strange /
sidelights in;o the au;horrss' lite. The cata- !
logue of the library speaks OF ~ Dog of /
Handlers. The Cast oi MaiieAntoinei;e." " by .
Cover; Once Week. Pert Yourself. (
Read
The ex-Emrress Eusene has been engaged /
on her memoirs for many years. As soon aS
Il page is written it is pl;Ice.l under lock and
key. and not even her most intimate friends
ever see it. The work is not to be pubiishrd
until twenty-five years after her DEATH The
ex-Empress uses i'll writing penhoer which
is ornamcnted with diamonds II was used
by tue fourteen representatives in s;ninS the
treaty OF the Peace of TUr.s III I4,C, and was
given 10 the eN-Empress as Il meniento.
Mr.. Il. L. Stevenson not only has two South
Sea stories ready for the magazines but has
finished novel. which he calls '.St. Ives"
and has written two-thir,is of another novel
entitled The Lord Justice Clerk. The novel
''St. lves" relates TO adventures of II French
naval officer who was captured by the Eng
lish and taken to Scotland. where lie was i'm
prsone'i. The Lord Justice Clerk deals
with ljfe in Scotland during the latter half of
the last century.
1T is arity.' snys Fan English writer. .that
the Americans are not allowed to buy strut
io-d- -on-Avon and tran-fott Il TO the States
They would ut least treat 1t with the respect it
deserves. which is more tiia,i We. do. A sbott
tire ago the carved oak doors which were
placed at the north end OF tEt. clnrch a CEN
Jury before Shakespeare was loin were tenn
porarily removed: Whereapon :; uti itarian
church warden sold them US unber The
purchaser Intends 10 build II pigsty with
them. Those OF the inhabitants who haze
heard OF Shakespeare are Indignant
Eva Wilder McGasson says she never re-
writes Il story more than once She hates 10
xrlie TO order and says she would prefer
iome other mears of torture rather than d C.
ating to a typewriter. In appearance she is
petite. piquan:. and. unlike r:any literary
women. extremely laftlcular about the raj
nent wherewitbnl she is c.othed She is keen
,f wit and tongue. has no fads. and hurnors
ierself in Il way which would be the ,lespair
,f any one with a cast-iion set OF rules for
living.
Mr.. Kipling. We are told. means to have n
louse III England as well as in America. plans
or the same having already been made This
ouaSe Is TO be somewhat by the sea. SO that
he can watch channel traffic and yet be
within reasonable distance of London. A
''ii Mall Budget writer reminded Mr. Kip
ing how he had written from America that
there are red-coats in Bermuda" and added:
Between the sea and the Jungle you don't