The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

The white pearls Of her teeth.
Why tell me of the sapphirss
That Kings and khalifs prize?
know q lovelier azure
The sapphires of her eyes.
Go search the far earth over.
Go search the farthest sea
You will not find cameo
Like her God carved for me.
Madison Cawein.s in Weeds by the
Wall Reprinted by Permission.
Authors have "a reputation for ability
to work hard, but Few writers can APP
proach the daily pace set BY Carmen
sylvia, the Queen of Roumanfa, who has
just written book of fairy tales for
children. while living in the Royal Pat
ace at Bucharest during the winter
months, she rises between four and five
O'Clock in the morning, while her maids
of. honor are still sleeping soundly. a
few minutes later she enters her luNur-
ious writing-room-flle with palms and
fernns and flowers, with a fountain in the
Centre-and seated at a desk, upon which
are one or two pieces of exquisite stat
i uary, works energeticaliS on q new story
or poem for nearly three hours She
creates and writes rapidly, making few
changes in her manuscript. AT eight
o'clock she breakfasts With King
Sl3IleS. ldteE size IeCslSSS s1iCA
maids OF honor in the spacious reception
COON and during the remainder of the
day deyotes herself entirely to the vel
fare of her people, receiving subjects OF
high and low degree, deciding disputes
and relieving want and poverty. In the
evening an elaborate dinner is served
in the state dining-room, at which several
distinguished guests and a bevy of sly
lishly-gowned Roumanian ladies are usu-
eny nreSart The evenings often
occupied with some public or private re-
ception or ball, of which the gayety-
loving Roumanians never tire. Rarely
is it possible for the Queen to retire un-
til after midnight, yet she declares that
her early morning literary work, instead
Of lessenng her strength, gives her fresh
power and mental poise to meet the cares
of the day.
DR.. Susie C. Rijnhart, author of :, It'll
the Tibetans in Tent and Temple. a
narrative of four-years' residence on the
Tibetan border and of a journey into the
far Interior is to return to Tibet This
! time she goes out under appointment by
the organization representing the Dis
cip!es of Christ. There will be sadness
in her return, tracing the steps of the
husband whose fate she never learned,
though she could guess it.
Herbert L. w ara, dutioE OIL AeS
of the World" was born in Waltham,
Mass, in 1861; his father is DR.. William
Hayes Ward, editor of the New York In
dependent He was in school in Germany
and France up to his fifteenth year:
graduated at Phillips Academy. Ando-
, yer, in 1880; took his degree at Amherst
College in 1854 He was then. appointed
the head of Catawba College in North
!! Carolina. where he taught from 1884 to
1885. He spent two years at the Union
Theological Seminary. and took, his theo-
logical degree at Andover in 1SSS He
was married October 20, 1883. to Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps. author OF The
Gates Ajar,' etc Although MI ward
had been educated as a teacher. ne
abandoned this career upon marriage
ana began writing. He has published
stories and articles in all the leading
magazines. His first attempt was IN col
Iaboration with his wife. when they wrote
"The Master of the Masicfans' ana
Come Forth" published by AouShton
Mifflin & Co. He has himself published
1.-THE New Senior at Andover and THE
Captain of the Kittiwink." both books
for boys, and "a Republic Without
President: also "a Dash to the Pole
and 1.-The White Crown. both volumes
of short stories. He has also published
1.-THE Burglar Who Moved Paradise, 2
sequel to his wifes "Old Maids and
Burglars in Paradise His latest Jsl-
ume is ''rhe Light of the Wo:'l ne
has always done steady editorial woth
with which his name is not con12:ted.
Mr.. anf Mrs. Ward live in Newton Cen
ire, where they have charming ita-
ton, in what they consider the finest
Massachusetts scenery short of Berk-
shire They spend their summers J.: EAST
Gloucester.
Mr.. Edwin Markham, the poet, has been
| made honorary member OF many Htera-
nv societies from Passamaquoddy to En-
senada, besides having had a number of
tiourishingI societies named after him.
and hoe-pin invented baoge for
clubs and lyceums. The latest accession
to his club membership comes this week
from the far Hawaiian Islands. He has
Just been voted an honorary member of
the Kanai Kodak klub of kOloah konal,
I. I.
Messrs. Croscup & Sterling. Of New
York, have in preparation o United .d:-
ton Of the complete works OF Samuel
Richardson. The first volume OF the L e
| Luxe Edition, will be issued ea:iy i'll No
| vember.
| Particularly apropos in the for.'l 20 I, ns
F! number of The Critic will be su eSt7ni-
| ed paper by Mr.. Joseph Il. Gilaef, cns tied
"a Man Of Letters in the White House.
| being, of course, a. review OF k.'. deiie
| Roosevelt's career as historian and es-
sayist. The article will be i'll ls-s1.ei
| portraits and by ,fac-sinlles of the title
pages OF certain of President Rtosevei.'s
| published volumes.
Drexel Biddle, of Philadelp IN. will rub
| lish shortly a second edition IN Halliday
| form of Howard Sutherland's rhe7nins
book of verses, 'Jacinta.
The Century's promised ser IS On the
Great West will begin in the November
number with a paper by f. H,.sa, su-
| thor OF s.The Story Of the Cowboy, on
| ..,The Settlement of the West: a Study
| in Transportation" Mr.. Hough shows
how the course Of empire. in the early
days, moving ever westward, followed the
| pathway of the waters. 1T was q day
| of raft and boat, of saddle-horse and
pack horse, of ak and rifle, and little
| other luggage" The article is illus
trated within full-page aid smaller draw
| ings by Remington printed IN tine. and
+! with portraits, maps, etc.
On the 18th of this month La Chatre. a
small city in the Department of Indra,
| some one hundred miles south of Paris,
will witness the first yearly fete in honor