The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12
Helena Vacarcsco. Poet, Tells
the Readers Of Her Book
About the Royal Person
ages She Has Met.
SCARBOROUGH, THE PREMIER Y
An Able Book, With, an Eng
lish Politician for a Hero 'f
s'1'om 9Foolery," by James
Montgomery Flagg-- Literary
Notes Of More or Less In
terest.

KINGS AND u QUEENS \ hAN &
KNOWN. BY Helene vavaresco. Pub
lisicd by Harper Brothers pt ne"
yor, and London. For sale by the
scll Book and Stationery Company
III Richmond.
rho fact that the book under the title
above given is the work of Helena Naca-
resro. n noet. G. woman Of talent and one
,,oasessir,p tho most interesting personaE-
Nv. will invest 1t with no ORDINARY
,,,,,,nt of interest for other women, who,
not having had the opportunities recoIu-
cd here Of intimate personal oose, , N''. !.
z tion and acquaintance, can learn 1llucli "a
man, European royal households throus II
the Impressions gained Mt tirst naiiu w
n . lady-in-waiting to Queen Ellzapeth' Oh
Roumanin. !, 11ove
.1sinrs and Queens That HaVe
1.no,rn'' Is MI the more charming bechuse
n is entirely free from the hostile sp.'it
~ criticism and detraction. which mas
a animated so many pens that nave u'l-
dertskcr to portray the characters OF PEI
sons occupying prominent places IN ~.
,vor,I,s eve Those who have rank anu
position become Mt once SHINING illi'ks
for calumny. The fierce light that neats
upon throne produces too otten ols-
tnrted vision in the eyes Of onlooRers'
IL ID relief then, to turn to q book
nll.d only with tho kindest and pleas.
tantest Impressions OF Queen Elizabeth OF
Roumania, King Edward VII and queen
Alexandra, the Emperor OF Austria, me
German Emperor. the Car and Czariha
~ Russia, Queen Margherita, OF lay
i s1.n,anue III. and Queen Helena. Maria
CHRISTINA and King Alfonso Of SPAN
yvilhelmina l. of Holland, Pope Leo -hllA'
and Queen Victoria s. 4, ~.
The frontispicce Of the BOOK IS Dig
fire OF the author. the ollIsielt ciiap
ters arc well illustrated by pictures =.
the different persona ges, about " nom ~
, 49, Interesting personal details are
given. m ~ !, mel;
,,an as we'll as a writer of impassiohed
,rose Her character drawing may DO
nonsidered ideaism, but literature IN
s,.nnr,l Is full Of so much bare reailsill 4
That n natural leaning in the other alree1
tion and an outlook always 70 the oIishs
and kindly side of life affords uis s''1'
relief. ..h Z. Ro,.
= :, .,,,i. naturally comes first, ana rs
written with great tenderness and affec-
zion in every line. In referring TO inc
heavy loss sustained by the Queen IN
4 the death OF her little daughter the
4 Princess Marie, Mile. Vacarcsco writes
"a white cross on the summit Oh a
hill within Cotrocius Park. Bucharest,
where the Princess loved to play, throws
its straight shadow. and on the SHADOW
of that cross Queen Elizabeth's heart Is
( cruciffed Like the green mould cut IN
twain by that shadow. her heart Is
cut in twain by the form of that simple
cross. Her bosom bears the load OF that
stone and the little mound of Roumanian
soil where her child Is buried rises high
before her eyes, higher than the highest
mountain. till it has hidden all the future
from her eyes"
OF Alexandra of England an enchant-
Ing sketch is drawn, one altogether In
accordance with the nobility and beauty
of one whose rank. as her chronicler
states 's eclipsed by virtues as countless
as the gems of her crown Among the
other chapters, while 1t is difficult to
choose where all are so entertaining
perhaps at this day and hour the bal
ance might turn toward that which de-
scribes the Gear and Czarina Of Russia.
OF the former We are told: He ls neither
naughty and imperous, like his names
sake, Nicholas l.. nor melancholy and
dleamy like Alexander H., nor does he
in any resemble his father Alexander
Ill. Nicholas II. takes after his Danish
mother. He has the typical face OF the ,
clever young Russian student and the
eager manner that belongs with 1t,
though the education bestowed upon him
has done much towards giving him the
gravity and dignity necessary to his
high rank. .sU
One is given through Mile. vacarescos
eyes a pretty glimpse of the Czarina,
when she was Princess Alix Of Hesse.
before her alliance with the imperial
Russian house. AS Mile saw her in
Wiesbaden. there was touch OF grand
eur and dignity IN her slender form hard
ly ever seen In one so young. She wore
n PREDETERMINED black hat, from which
hung long black feather. The soft
color of her chestnut hair cast ra-
dance over her pure white brow and her
dark gray eyes shone like snow under n
moonlit sky. The contours of her cheeks.
her chin and profile, We're harmonious.
while her lips, firmly set. spoke of n
strong will, though there was gentleness
also In their curves"