New-York tribune., 1902-05-18

ton of industry and his conviction that 'aII man
are equal in talent, and that application makes
all the difference" We're not TO be resisted bv
the eager youth Application poor Haydn 5iJ
in truth, give to his work for the rest NJ b.;
life, fighting misery with brush" His en-
ergy, his single minded enthusiasm, carried hin,
past many obstacles; and he had an occasional
access of prosperity. which might have saved
him if he could have brought himself to the
production of work we'll within his abilities and
for which there was a market. 1t is hard To he
Heve that the titled patrons who sometimes
bought his big. flambOyant Canvases on classic
themes were always actuated by critical or IN
critical admiration. In his earlier days they
may have been moved by sympathy with mis-
bOundless ambition and a generous wish to helm
along possible Michael Angelo. But no great
master to arise in Hayden; he viii be re-
membered not as a painter. but as the persistent
advocate of the nOblest ideal of art when art
was at low ebb in England; as a most effective
writer and lecturer art. and especially as the
author of memoirs striking in their revelation OF
character. in their story of troubled life. and
in the glimpses they afford of many of the most
interesting Englishmen of his generation. His
literary taste was just and true He knew how
to appreciate all that was most exquisite in the
poeticaI qualities of Wordsworth, Keats and By
ron and we ike to remember that both Keats
and Wordsworth, not to mention Charles Lamb
have enshrined their painter friend in memo
rable verses
OF Lady Hester StanhOpe. granddaughter Of
the great Lord Chatham and favOrite niece OF
William Pitt We find here entertaining If
not overiust account. 1t is not easy TO see how.
under the circumstances, this woman could have
failed to be eccentric. Her father, Earl stan
hope was man of pTOdisiOus absurdities and
foolish theories carried to unreasonable ends
har cd md her her
was a fashionable person who left her hus-
bands children entirely TO hireiings. The home
was wretched-One i'll calculated to help wilful.
cOnceited. high spirited creature Of Hesters sort
to common sense and womanly wisdom
During the last three years of Pitts life Hes
ter shared his home and meddled with most of
his affairs, both public and private He "ad-
mired her courage and cIeverness, laughed at
her temper. and encouraged her pride When
criticised for admitting her influence in matters
of state the affectionate uncle responded, Il let
her do as she pIeases. for if she were resolved
to cheat the devil himself she would do IL"
She insulted, scOIded and lectured cabinet min
listers with equal readiness and impudence; she
really made herself felt in the governmental
also made herself we'll hated by many excellent
persons. Plenty Of brains plenty of temper, no
end of egOtism, and all wOfuIly undiscipljned
and selfish, No wonder that when. at her
uncle's DEATH all her borrowed power disap-
peared. the change worked havoc in her nature
Her income was small. her beauty and her VIZ
had failed To bring her faithful friends. her
bitter tongue had aIienated her acIuaintaness.
She could not be happy in England, So. with her
exaggerated sense of her own important sun
10 the fore. she out like a princess. with
train of attendants. for Gibraltar and the EaSt.
She was then thirty years Of age. The remain
ing twenty-nine years Of her lie she spent iu
syria, playing at power. an imitation queen u-
the Desert Her assumption Of dignity AMI
authority seems to have hypuat.z-j in some dee
gree the Turkish officials and various native
tribes. and iu most matters she had her gW-
way in "a country vher- women are certainly
UuaccUStomed To that luxury She occupied her
self in building, in making magnificent gardens.
in quarr-lIing with the British Ge. eminent oc
imaginary grounds and annoying its coHsuls,
and in attempting bolster up the declining
authority of the sultan She began To nurse
deIusions Of prospective sIori-S predicted ly
soothsayers and aS-rolu-vrS, she dreamed oS
revolutions and of uGUrius as the great pro-
tectress of fleeing thousands For Lack Of cab
met ministers 10 tyranrize over. in her days
of empire. she kept stern rule over her house
hold. terrorizinE her servants that thty
would steal away by night. unable To- face her
in defiance. She talked necessarily sometimes
for seven or eight hours together, and was pay
scious that it was of her failinEs. She