The herald., 1896-10-04

moment chosen by the sculptor is that at the
termination of the conservation and corona
ton Of Charles VII. in the bringing about
supposed to have Just come forth from the
ancient cathedral. Her head is lifted as II
In an impulse Of triumphant enthusiasm: the
were half rising in her saddle. The statue Is
pronounced distinctly fine by the critics, and
vet one historical fault is found In 1t. Jeanne
d Arc almost always bore her standard on
public occasions. She is said to have held
1t al0ft as she stood beside the altar in the
cathedral at the conservation of Charles VII.
had h it tin in her hand after she mounted her
s'ee0 woman % s.ae called Mother 1Drahlm died re-
Ds sDy at Sy bays Sesn Sged es sna n
Second Zouaves. and as such was supposed
to share in their renown. Il she did not coa-
panied panied the re regiment to the crimes and Mex
kin under the republic. Mother 1brahim was
gyssn, s r.a
We're ss her her paiibearers. Al the cemstery a
captain Of marines elosy upon
erans. Mother Ibrahim had even possessed
the Cross Of the Legion Of Honor, and her
gS sss% 1sans a ss n RS r' a Seems tss
present. time, and to them some ono tele-
graphed the fact Of her death. The response
that MSthr 1rshm Esshs1 totally
seems thus far to have confirmed this de-
nial. So much scandal has resulted from this
story that 1t is not improbable that an In
vestigation will be made by the French gov
ernment to discover how. Il was That the
reputed cantiniere obtained the Cross Of the
Legion Of Honor to which 1.-THE II the deniais
MASS Maud Come. the Jeanne d'Arc ..oi
Irish politics. is the pretty daughter Of the
late Colonel Come. She Is convert to the
frnt fho nar 0f he
Unionists. Before the death Of her father she
was the reigning beauty Of the vice-regnl
cou-t in ireland. She has just been in the
Ing, ing q movement to celebrate the landing there
Of the French under General Humbert.
John D. Rockefeller. in an address before
to the. money he had given to the university.
and then remarked: 1T is but the begin
ming" when he was interrupted by frantic
Sppaasb Waa abeut to announce another marniaceni @
contribution. When he could be heard again.
however. he concluded, with a quiet smile
"And you are going on to to fha finish the ne work"
Lady Henry Somerset. the famous temperance
advocate, has been made secretary to the
royal commission on alcoholic licenses. AS
the issue OF licenses to retail liquor dealers,
and as young Somerset-who. by the way,
studied at Harvard University-does not share
ment may be regarded in the light Of Joke
on Lord Salisbury's part
DR.. Quidde, whose brochure on 'Caligula"
created sensation in Germany two years ago.
has been sentenced to three months imprison.
ment for le.e-ma1esty. He had asserted that
to call William the First William tho Great
was piece Of political shamelessness This
was regarded as an insult to William the
Second, who had endeavored to confer this
title upon his grandfather, and DR.. Quidde
was criminally prosecuted. with the final re-
suit above stated. Tho Munich "Allgemeine
Zeitung" published an account Of the trial as
an item Of news, and the editor was there
upon indicted for lese-majest in having quoted
Dr.. Quidues words. So great was the indigna-
tion at this arbitrary action that the prosscu-
tion was finally withdrawn.
Lady Beatrice Francis Elizabeth Butler one
Of the most beautiful girls in Great Britain.
who Is now just passing out Of her teens. is
truly the daughter Of q hundred earls Her
father is Marquis Of Ormonde, Earl Of Or
monde and lOssory, and Viscount Thuries Of
Thurles in the County Tipperary. Her mother
was Lady Elisabeth Harriet Grosvenor, eldest
daughter Of the Duke of Westminster. The
house Of Butler Of Ormonde Is one Of the
noblest in H. ireland and the Oldest in irish
history: The Buffers and the Geraldines-
rivals IN power and equals in renown-have
been at the head OF the nne nobility OF ireland
ever since the Anglo Norman invasion. The
nrst Of the family to arrive on Irish soil was
old Theobald Fft{-Walter. in tho regn Of
Henry. the Second He was chIef uutlcr Of
ireland, whence the surname