The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-30

| lovely girl of 10, she accompanied her
mother to Marienbad, where the author
of Faust was making his annual
cure Dazzled by her beauty, he sue
ceeded without difficulty in getting an
Introduction, and there eneued on his
part a serious attachment cordially re-
ciprocated it is said. by the lady her
self Fear of ridicule' prevented Goethe
contracting a marriage of the May and
December type. He tore himself away
writing the wellknoWn 'Marienbad
Elegy'' in the postchaise that took him
back to Weimar. Ulrike having thus
won the title of "Goethe's last love, >"
remained satisfied with this distinction
for the rest of her life, and is still
'F'reifraulein" Won Levetzow, although
her wealth and beauty attracted many
suitors. She enjoys, we are told, per-
feet health, and devotes herself to the
welfare of the poor on her large estates.
Miss Florence % arryat, the novelist
now an elderly person, indeed-has late
ly elaborated in the writing of a play;
and in this play, 1.-The Gamekeeper,"
she has just appeared as an actress.
The English Elizabethan Stage So
ciety has just given a representa- of
Mr.. Swinburne's undramatic tragedy of
'Locraine.'' We are told that what
was attempted by the society was
scarcely more than q defamation Of
the lines by personages dressed in a
species of mixed British and classical
costume, and with the assistance of al
most the least conceivable amount of
action. The opening scene betwixt
Guendolen and her son, Mandan, was
thus delivered by the Queen sitting upon
a high, stiff. ceremonial chair or throne.
with her son standing beside her.
new edition-an elaborate one-of
'The Life and Works of Charles Lamb"
in five or six volumes, is in course of
preparation in England, its editor being
e. V. Lucas. The Life and Letters"
will probably occupy three of these vol
umes. The Works" are to be cop
iously annotated.
H G. Wells has been fndulging in
some explanations of his purposes in
writing his various noveIs-for it an
pears he has entertained purposes. In
the responsibility of man to man. The
book indicates that unless humanity
hangs together, unless all strive for
the species as a whole. we shall end in
| disaster. If the conceit of distinction
or the aristocratic instinct induces any
superior section of humanity to With
draw from intercourse and sympathy
with the remaining portion of humanity
a, a 81
| fshness man must in the remote future
differentiate into two distinct species.
In THE Wonderful Visit Mr. Wells
| tried Ito suggest to people the little
ness, the narrow horizon of their ordi-
nary lives, by bringing into sharp con-
trast with typical characters a being
who is free from the ordinary human
| limitations
| The chief topic of conversation in
Johannesburg of late has been, accord
ing to a correspondent of THE London
Morning Post" the health of Rudyard
Kipling. Il overheard a significant con-
versation the other day at Elandsfon
| tein Station. A man had just come ont
from town and was met by a. friend
Brought the fourth starr asked the
friend. Yes was the answer. ANY
thing in it? Only the latest bulletin
How is hep "A little better Thank
God Constantly I have been rung IN
on the telephone by mine managers and
secretaries of my ACCOMPLISHMENTS an
uncommon proceeding when the mar
ket is good-but always in the last few
days the first question has been not
'How's the market?' but 'How's Kip
ling?' The other day 1 was driving.
with a manager, and we had to pass the
house of another manager. Seeing that
we were from the direction of town. he
rushed out and asked, Any fresh news
of Kipling? Another manager told me
that every night when the day shift
! quit work in the mine one or more
men would came up to his Slope and
ask, How is hep There was no need
| to define the he A small girl of my
acquaintance overheard a conversation
on the subject unobserved, and startled
the company by remarking: Then I
shall pray God to take Mr. Kruger and
give US Mr.. Kipling back again
| THE first authentic news of his re-
covery was telegraphed by w. Y Camp
bell, and if some great battle had been
won the general joy could not have been
greater Some of those who had met
| him at that eventful dinner at the Rand
| Club, when Mr.. Kipling delivered
| speech leaving a moral effect which can
still be observed, and having simple
and sincere eloquence which can never
| be forgotten by those who heard it,
have telegraphed their congratulations
on his recovery. Never in his whole
life did Mr. Kipling win SO many hearts
as he did here.
| There are about 1900 families in
Japan that live by fishing.