The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

easily hold Bdshan Yeuas snd a his wives.
Do you remember the picture In Mark Twain:
Mine WAS 90 high had TO take . footstooi
10 Chamber into il. VS. room, next. about
the same. We went dovnstairs at $40, and
certainly didn't dine until after and
a half. We were about thirty in ths great
dining room, q spisodid hall with portraits
OF Queen Elizabeth, one In fancy dreee,
most curious, with bright red hair Henry
VIII, Mary Queen OF Scots. &c. We played
cards In the evening and broke up rather
early. This morning Lady Salisbury showed
me the house-moee interesting. full OF treas-
ures and memories, a great library With
all sorts OF letters from the time OF EltsA-
beth. and In the drawing room . 1tstns
filed With relics Of the Virgin Queen u
was curious TO go her gloves, shoes, hat
I think Lady Salisbury was somevhat sur.
prised 1t my interest in these last thinSS.
but I told her she must make allowances
for an American who was not accustomad
10 old family traditions and souvonirS Of
that kind. We got back TO London
this morning. and, Of oouss. dtned out some
where. l was amused BY one Of the ladies
saying TO me after dinner: Did you really
enjoy your visit TO Hatfield? Aren't they
all dreodfpAy cleverr Idont think should
have applied the same adverb. but clever
they certainly are. Lord Salisbury has such
q hne. thoughtful face
Another large country seat Of which va
read in these letters is knowsley, Lord
Derby's place, in Lancashire. The house, IL
seems. has not the beautiful proportions OF
Hatfield: 1t IL long. low and rambling. but
most comfortable. The library Is q fine room
with deep window recesses, and most COM
for able. with a bright FIRE burning. The
librarian was there. and showed us some o.
his treasures. among them an old copy OF
the Roman de Ia Roee. and various old
manuscripts. We went on into the dining
room. and Lady Derby explained the family
portraits to me. The long unbroken line
OF Earls OF Derby is most interesting. and
the change in the portraits for the two or
three generations. where the French blood
shows itself, most curious. The wife OF the
Earl OF Derby who died on the scaffold,
giving his life for his King, was the famous
Charlotte de Ia Tremouille. who defended
her castle-Lathom House-so CALAMITY
against Fairfax and his Roundheads.
The portraits are most interesting; drst the
regular Saxon type, then the French streak,
pale, oval faces and dark eyes and hair mot
unlike the Stuarts who have always foreign
look); then the true British. more and more
accentuated. down to the present Earl.
N. waddington was French Ambassador
in London at the time when the BoulAnger
movement Gu minated and collapsed. There
are several references to the Brave Gen.
eral- in these letters. Thus under date o.
April Is, 1883, we read .We hear . great
deal now here about Boulanger, and there
seems to be the most extraordinary 'snooue-
msnf for him here as we'll as In France
Roustan. the Naval Attache. has just come
back from Paris, and says the state Of things
is very serious people have lost their heads
over Boulanger. He (R) thinks It Il the
most serious crisis France has paased
through since the Commune. ". m. Wad-
dinstonl IL less blue-he knows the famous
General very little, bu. doesn't think there
is much character or backbone there. We
had a big dinner the other night at Lord
Rothschid'e and Lord Harrington, . we'll
known political and social figure. eat between
me and the Prinoeass Dc Wagram. He, nat
urally, asked US, the only two French women
at table, what We thought Of Boulangcr.
The Princess spoke most enthusiastically
Of hi,n--ths one man in France Who could
supported BY all parties. said exaneiy the
contrary, and that thought hh popularity
and power very much e1asgsrsted. Lord
harrington was rather amused At the two
opinions 20 absolutely at variance.
In May. 1850. the Waddingtons bad their
frvt encounter with BoulAngsr. who vas
then in London: w. and were walking
our horses down the Row. when We met
three gentlemen cantering toward Us.
A they passed. We heard they were speak
ing French, but didn't pay any particular
attention. ] merely said ] wonder who
those men are one 50 rarely hears French
spoken in the Row. few minutes later
We met Lord Charles Beresford. who took
q little turn with US. and said to w.: 'ThA
other distinguished Frenchman 10 also
in the Row then we OWNED. A few mo-
,nents afterward (the Row is 20 small. oIa
crosses people all the tinlel we met them
again. BoulAnger in the middle riding his
famous black horse-A man on each side
riding good horses. chestnuts. They al
wore top-hats, which no En&lishmen do
now in the morning. The men all wear
low hats, the women also, and covert coats:
the girls cotton blouses: not at all the COL
rect style we used to admire as children
in Psnch, when those beautiful women
Of I.eech's. riding in the Park. filled our
childish hearts with envy, / was rather
curious as 70 what would happen. as
knows Boulanger slightly. and went 10
him when he was Minister Of War about
something concerning the Military Attache,
However. there vas no difficulty. as Bow
LANCER was apparently too engrossed in
conversation with his companions to notice
hall
anywhere. They tell Us that some Of ire
society people mean to invite him, hut
I suppose they will scarcely ask ~ -
gether'
IT'S RVTTERNILK'S TURN.