New-York tribune., 1908-04-24

erary productions was her precocity, which forms.
!hoeed the subject of end of discussion only
In the world OF letters but also in scientific and
medical circles. volumes having written about
the matter. Bojidar Karageorgevitch In his at
tack upon her memory TO which refer proved in
'he most conclusive manner, which admits OF no
question or argument, that at the time when Marie
was writing about her extraordinary nfauation for
the late Duke or Hamilton, in such an extrava giant
fashion 10 excite the attention Of Professor
Lonbroso and of other scientists. she was not
twelve years old had been alleged and as every
bodF had believed. but at least eighteen which OF
course does away with all her pretensions to pre-
cocity In addition to this. Bojidar Karageorgo-
Fitch went on to show that the friendship which
was asserted TO exist between Marie F3ashkrtseff
and the great French painter Bastian-I epage was
altogether imaginary. creation of the fantastic
braih OF Marie since the girl and the artist did
meet more than dozen times at the very most
ana then not in any intimate manner, but driving
III the bois de Bouloene, at exhibitions Of paint
inEs and al the opera Boiidar also drew attention
10 'He iact that Mares description of the painters
mothe-. whom she professed to know intimately in
no way resembed that woman. Finally. Boiidar,
IN referring 10 the SocaIled pilgrimage of the novel
lst and Aeadenlician Maurice Barre the donicile
afd @jeheT Of Marie in the Rue de Prony. and o
that writer's impassioned portrayal of the young
GiTas Workroom, with her books and her favorire
authors left open Just as they were at the time of
her death. demonstrates that Marie lived in
the Rue de Prony, 10 which her family only moved
some time after her death. which took place No
10 Rue Ampere.
In fact. Bojidar karageorgevitch. having earned
much money and literary fame by vaunting his
young Marie BashkirtseT the very skies a
phenomenon of precocious genius. created a still
greater sensation in the fall of 1908 by destroying
this pedestal OF the statue which he had helped
to raise and by proving in the most convincing
manner that this much discussed young girl was
something in the OF a literary fraud who
permitted her imagination to get the better of the
strict truth. and who had that ina gnation humOred
by her family and her friends This attack by
Rojidar harageorsevitch. which evoked remem-
brance of the old French proverb that 'On nest
jamais trahi cue par les stems zone is never be
t~ayed except by ones riends appeared In the Paris
1906 and may be commended TO the careful perusal
O all those who have beer. in any way interested
IN the writings and in the career OF Marie Bash
kirtser
II is Bojidar's elder brother, Alexis who visited
this country some years ago. in a vain endeavor
push his suit for the hand OF the daughter and
heiress OF T. c Swift. OF pork packing fame. He
has been equally unsuccessful in his hunt for the
fortunes Of other heiresses. and, earning very
precarous livelihood photographer, now lives
with his widowed mother in very straitened cir
curnstances Had he married Miss Swift and been
able 10 dispose Of some OF her fathers wealth ne
might have been in q position TO enforce the ST.
nerio-ity OF his claims the Servan throne over
those OF his cousin Peter. and might have secured
his election 10 the crown of Serva. after the muir
der Of Alexander. in the place Of the relatively
penrliIess Peter Il the assassins of King Alexander
had been called upon choose between d moneyed
candidate for the throne and without resources
,rt.v would assuredly have selected the richer OF
the Two and in that event might have seen TO-
dav al. American woman occupying the throne OF
Sa-,-ia MARQJISE DE FONTENOT.