The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-08
4 PARIS BIG MAN
The American Dentist who
Was a Diplomat.
Had Closa Relations With Royalty
A Favorite With Many of High
Title-Disliked Mackenzie.

The Paris correspondent OF London !
Truth wrote TO his paper shortly after |
the death of the American dentist, Dr. |
Thomas Evans, that he had expected |
to hear that the Doctor had left his |
fortune TO his imperial and royal pa
TENTS He worshipped them all, and
yet he was their candid fried in speak
ing of them. There was good deal of
StOCkmar, who was also a doctor, in
Evans. But the latter had American
business shrewdness and the American
passion and ability for money making.
When, in days of yore I first knew
him, did not believe a tenth of what
he said about his high international
influence. 1t seemed to me the sugges-
tons of vanity, for he was subject to
this weakness. But he made no empty
boast The August, Princely, Grand
Ducal, and other highnesses received
and spoke to him exactly as he said.
He gave them benevolent advice which
they were glad to have Decorations,
all the year 1 knew him, kept raining
| down on him. His Importance as a
secret diplomat ceased with the fall of
the empire. But his situation as a den
fist and man of enormous fortune
remained mistaken. He also remained
favorite Of the different potentates
! to whom he used to take messages
from Napoleon III. The Empress Au
| gusta was faithful to him to the end.
! Her daughter, the Grand Duchess of
Baden, wrote heart-broken letters to
| Mrs. Evans. They were about the bad
! health of her children She had no
| healthy child, and envied the poor
women whom she saw surrounded by
! chubby, rosyfaced urchins.
| DR.. Evans was more than a friend
of the late Emperor Frederick and his
wife. But he was annoyed at the con-
| fidence they placed in Sir Morell Mac
kenzie, about whose treatment he had
strong views Evans opinion greatly
! influenced the opinion of the old En-
of the Berlin physicians about the
! throat-doctor from London. Evans was
originally a Quaker The theatrical
and Society tastes of Sir MOrell Mac
kenZie were repugnant to him. His
feeling about them made him scrutin-
iZe keenly the man and his treatment.
But the Crown Princess had a strong
bias, and followed it. DR.. Evans was
given impressions of al the photos
taken of Frederick during his illness.
The later ones, which were signed by
him, were inexpressibly sad The sig
nature was bold, free, characteristic,
and written slantingly in gold ink
across the lower part of the image.
Above it were a few friendly words.
In the photos taken at San Reno
martyrdom was stamped on the face.
The Crown Prince then could not
speak He generally wrote on a slate.
Dr. Evans asked him to write on blank
cards or tablets the size of a slate
when he had occasion to communicate
with him. "Why?" asked the Prince.
Il want to have them as precious
relic for my wife" The request was
complied with. Very seldom indeed
did the handwriting betray weakness;
but it became sharp and attenuated.
1t showed an habitual wish to give a
noble air to what he wrote. There was
something in the general character
that reminded one of Queen Victoria s
signature, but it was more emotional
than hers Dr. Evans, while speaking
quite candidly of his human weakness
called him a lump of goodness.