The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

The revival promised by Mr.. Lewis
Waller, Of Tom Taylor's romantic and
beautiful play "Clancarty." calls to mind
the love story and romance Of the real
Earl OF clancarty and bis beautiful
countess. whose untimeiy death occurred
at the beginning Of the present year The
story OF the present Lord Clancarty would
make quite fascinating and entertaining
a play as the imaginary Ciancarty Of the
time OF William Of Orange, with It's
smugglers, coast guards, and court in
trigues. depicted in Taylor's fine comedy,
played In America several years ago By
Ada Cavendish and her company. 1t may
be remembered that when, in 1883, the
very young and very foolish Viscount
Dunloe married the also very young and
very beautiful Belle Billion, d music hall
singer there was a great tO-dO. The
fourth Earl and the Countess of Clan
carty, parents Of the young man, attempt
ed TO annui the marriage Of their son, by
trying 10 prove that the young wife had
misconducted herself with a certain well
known stock broker. At the trial 1t was
shown that the acquaintance of the stage
beauty with the kind-hearted stock broker
was Of an entirely innocent nature. and
that he had befriended the almost penni-
less couple in the first days Of their mar
ried life In the most dislnterested and
kindly manner The judge who tried the
case showed plainly his sympathy for
the youthful pair Of lovers, and dismissed
the case after a short hearing. Time and
circumstances soften many disagreements
and wipe out much bitterness. The lovely
Belle Billion won the hearts Of all her
husbands people. as well as the tenantry
and neighbors Of her husbands estate in
Ireland, before her premature death AT
the age Of thirtyeight years, caused ulu
mately by the effects of an accident IN
the hunting field. Her beauty was her
only claim 10 attention on the stage. as
she possessed no histronic gifts, but this
beauty was 50 rare and wonderful IL
swept all before IT, Slender and svelte as
a reed. she was more the type the French
artists love for their model than the
English. a delicate fower-like face. and
tip-tilted nose and chin. with beautifully
nodded eyelids. and soft. wavy blond
hair, rendered her appearance most
charming and piquant. At her funeral
last January. the tenantry shared the
duty by turns OF carrying the coffin from
Garbally Court. the family seat, to the
Protestant Church of St John, two miles
distant. IN the little town of Balinasloe.
where all business was suspended as a
mark Of respect and sympathy 10 the
bereaved peer and his family Lord Clan
carty walked Immediately behind the
casket, followed by his four beautiful
children, three boys and a girl, now moth
erless. Among the many beautiful flowers
sent as tributes of love and respect 20 the
lamented lady was one marked In
affectionate memory" from Adeliza,
Countess Of Cl2nCarty. II was from Lady
Clancarty's mother-in-law, who once tried
70 part her from her husband but now
that mother joins her son IN his grief,
past differences forgotten.
The Rev. A. n. Cooper. the vicar Of
Filey, a little watering place in the East
Riding Of Yorkshire. England, who gen
orally takes his holidays in the form OF
a long walk. and is well known as "the
walking pason." has set off for a long
jaunt This time he Is going over the
Alps by the St Bernard Pass and across
the Apennines, between Bologna and
Florence During the last twelve years
Mr.. Cooper's long tramps have included
from Hamburg 10 Paris. Hamburg t1'
Budapest, Filey TO Venice. Dieppc To
Monte Carlo. via Marseilles and the
Corniche road; Bordeaux 10 Barcelona.
and Filey 20 London. He walks on an
average OF tweuty-seven miles a day
and carries nothing but a stick and a
knapsack. His knowledge Of wayside inns
in Italy, Germany. France. and Switzer-
land MAJ some day be given TO the
world as an invaluable guide for motor
lists and cyclists.
No less than forty-six States will be
represented at the forthcoming peace con-
ference at The Hague The problem Of
finding accommodations for the diplo-
matists and their staffs, together with
the crowd of journalists. international
busybodies. and mere sightseers who will
follow in their train. viii be a hard one
for the little Dutch capital. Several OF
the delegates have arranged to stop at
Scheveningen. which is only a quarter Of
an hours run by electric train from the
seat of the conference. Indeed. Scheven-
ingen should profit richly by the influx
Of visitors, It's pleasant sea breezes and
other delights may do something toward
promoting the cause of peace. Visitors
from the Old World are nowadays greatly
however, 10 find this quaint
watering place of Queen Wihelmna's do
main so modernized and transformed that
II is sometimes called the Atlantic City
OF Northern Europe. Board walks. sun
parlors, iron piers. and Ferris wheels
abound. and are pointed out 20 the Ameri- |
can visitor by the proud Dutch as marks
Of their energy and enterprise, while the
tourist looks in vain for the
brilliant sunlt stretch OF unobstructed
beach made familiar to him by Kamemer-
eT's wonderful picture The Beach at
now in the Corcoran gall
lery.
''Old Sacher''-he seems to have had no |
other name - who died in Baden |
At the age of ninety-one, was the !
founder of the Hotel Sacher. one Of the |
best in Vienna. He was brought up in the |
kitchen of Prince Metternich. He opened |
his restaurant in Vienna in a quiet. un- |
pretentious dining-room, which became /
the rendezvous of the gOurmets-a few
dozen i'm all-who knew how 10 appreciate |
his culinary art. and they made the |
genial chef ard his place famous.
There will be great doings in the little |
town of Bonn. on the Rhine, in /
June, when the university corps BOrussia |
will celebrate a Jubilee. The German |
Kaiser, as an old student Of this most /
aristocratic corps. has promised 10 be |
present at the festivities, accompanied by /
Prince Eitel,
The British Museum, London. will be
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