The times., 1898-06-08

most absurd and unthlnKdDle proposition
they thereby impcach their own claims
of peerage, for nobility is "a patent from
royalty.
| have already told in these letters the
story of Lady AIMS marriage to Prince !
Dhuleep Singh son of the late mahara-
jah of Lahore; Of how society looked
askance at the union and the brides rela-
tives dutifully cur her acquaintance. 1t
is more than likely that knowledge of
this ostracism. coupled with her ma 5esty's
known partiaiity for her Indian subjects,
induced the queen to show such signal
consideration for the princess. Certa1n
1t is that the duchesses will make a false
step If they carry their dislike for the
princess to the point of INSTRUMENTATION
to royal authority.
There Is grief throughout court circles
in Europe at the news that there is no
hope for Munkacsy Miklos. The famous
Magyar painter is suffering from incura-
BILE paralysis of the brain, and for many
months has been an inmate of the En-
denicher sanitarium. 1t would be hard to
find an educated person who is not famil-
lar. by name at least with some of his
paintings and in Europe the influence of
his art is peculiarly strong. Some of his
best known works are in the United
States his Christ Before Plate among
the number.
The geniality of the great master is pro-
verbal He used to entertain with h0spi-
tality genuinely Hungarian the world of
art and sciences at his Paris studio. as
many an American can tell. and nothing
delighted him more than to see the world
al his feet He knew his power. and took
1t for granted that society should rec0g-
nlze 1t. With all he retained his native
9 - IL. 4. i,
came of humble parentage. and as a boy
was apprenticed to a carpenter. But in
such employment one OF his genius cOhd
not remain buried. and the artist was not
long in emerging from the chrysalis Of the
artisan.
Nine. Munkacsy never leaves her hus-
band, and it is thus that she speaks Of
his sufferinSs: MY husbands condition
remains unchanged. Physically he is
well but mentally he is 4 wreck. He
( takes not the slightest interest in his
surroundings. Only quite recently l
wished to see what effect the mere men
ton of painting would have on his mind,
and though | returned to the subject
over and over again, hoping against hope
that the pursuit he had followed and
loved so passionately was not altogether
obliterated from his mind. failed to elicit
response. For him ii was a theme void
of interest. and he remained silent. l
really think he did not hear me- for had
he heard and not understood he would
have said so. as experience has shown me
in my nursing of him. That he Is at
times aware of his condition | have no
doubt. a few days ago. on our returning
| from a walk in the ncighborhood of the
santarium, he raised his eyes TO heaven
and said: j. can only hope to be cured
| from above l seized upon this oppor-
tunity to say: Perhaps thou wouidst feel
better We're we to return to Castle Kol-
| phaser
"'Oh. no: I am quite Well he replied.
| and we'll cared for where 1 am. My
husband has an excellent appetite and de-
| lights in the Hungarian cuisine. He is
very partial to the simple Hungarian
fare of his youth! At times he is in eX-
! celeut spirits and whistles hungarian
melodies. but there are intervals when
| his religious fanaticism cannot be kept
within bounds"
Frau Marie Ernestovna Glaser of Tipho
now lecturing in Vienna, is an extraor-
binary woman whose hobby is a race
about which the world in general knows
comparatively little-the Georgians. BY
| birth an Austrian. born at Pala on the
Adriatic, the daughter of a captain in
| the imperial navy, she was reared in a
| convent in France. At the age of sixteen
| she returned TO the home of her parents.
| As lady companion to Princess Porsena
| the girl went to Prussia and subsequent
ly to the Caucasus while still in her teens.
| 1t was here that she married. Frau Gla-
ser cultivated the language and the lit
erature of the MingreIians, travelled trans
| Caucasa in all directions and made the
| Georgian woman her special study.
| Frau Chaser denies emphatica1ly the
prevalent belief that the women of Geor-
| gia are sold for their beauty into bondage
| to fill the harems of the Mohammedans.
They are subject to the strictest moral
code. The girls and women are great
equestrians. When out they are almost
constantly in the saddle. In matters of
! business they take an equal share with
! the sterner sex. They are splendid shots
and exhibit great boldness in hunting In
| swimming, too, they surpass the daugh-
| terS of Eve elsewhere. HorSe-thieving is
| common enough. and in thieving and
| throwing the lasso the woman is as auda-
oious and expert as the man.
| The Georgian woman devotes much time
| to the cultivation and preservation of her
| beauty. Her hands and nails are source
| of constant anxiety, for she would, in her
| jealousy have them neater than her ri
| val neighbor's. She is musical, but in mu-
| sic-vocal and acknowledgements Is
| given almost exclusively to half tones
| The Georgian girl of the poorer classes at
| tends the gymnasium or Latin school, and
| the time IS not far distant when the wo-
| men of Georgia will join the woman's
| movement now making itself felt in Rus
| sia. Frau Glaser Is sanguine that the
| Georgian woman is ripe for emancipation
| and that she is not one to embrace half
| measures in advocating the social and DO
| liical amelioration of her sex.
| Prof. Hubert Herkomer one of whose
art works has been the object of much
| concern to Queen Victoria with the last
year, has been staying for the last month
in Amalfi and Capri. Although he has
visited northern Italy before, he had new
| er been so far south, and being in a most
| dangerous condition of health, caused by
| oyerwork and excessive nervousness he
has found that the climate of Capri re-
| stored him to perfect health within twen
| ty-four hours. Prof. Herkomer went also
| for the first time to Rome to see Michael
| Angeles Sistine chapel. Prof Herkomer
has been travelling as much as possible