The Washington herald., 1908-07-26

tend the naming OF anything literary or
I theatrical. respectfully declined the job OF
I Official nomeucIator-
Mrs II D. Frazer. whose Practical
/ Europesa Guide is finding SO much IA
I vor with American travellers, tells g good
story in regard to the estimate OF our
I people by q low-class London crowd
1t was n ISL. when the German En-
I pero- and his suite. with other titled per-
sons were Ga a visit 70 Queen Victoria
/ They were being driven about the city
70 see Its notable points and TO enjoy the
elaborate decorations. The carriages were,
Of course, ve-y handsome, the drivers be-
Ing m livery
On this same occasion a large party
OF wealthy Americans were In London.
driving about in the same way, with the
same style OF carriages and drivers On
sunny afternoon they were driving
down the Strand. and turned ID toward
the Coveut Garden fruit and flower mar
ket This Is a rendezvous for the huck-
sters, and al rhe poor, w-etched crowds
attracted by g chance TO pick up q bit
OF decaysd fruit. A cry was raised that
the titled visitors were coming. and in
half z minute the carriages were sur
Al---A-AG4 ~ lAAE kEUk4E-llUL AllE ELLLlAEl-
astic. courteous crowdsaof Latin coun-
tries. but one in which coarse jokes and
criticisms circulated freely. and unpleas-
ant faces were thrust close to those IN
the carriages.
One filthy old woman, her eyes blood
shot, and her hsir hanging in wisps
around her face, pressed nearer and near
e and took q good. careful look. Then
she drew back with an ugly laugh. spat
ufrsf0TFzly- 10
door, and growled out TO the crowd:
These bent lords and ladies'! These ben
nothin' but bIarsted Hamericansr
The grotesque and fantastic humor with
which Robert ". Chambers strives 10 en-
terrain the public in the intervals be-
tween the writing OF historical fiction and
OF society studies IS everywhere apparent
In the pages OF Some Ladies IN Hast -
The story itself Is as Iightsome as air
its characters are as disembodied spirits. |
and Mr.. Chambers has succeeded ad- |
nirably IN creating q new world and IN I
peOpli1g It with men and women that
emerge directly from his own fancy. For
sumner reading that viii dispel vacation /
cares and the discomforts Of hot weather. (
some Ladies II Haste Is unexcelled 4
The pages are diversified with drawings
by ". Morgan. and its publishers are D. !
Appleton & Co
At Jena. last summer. Arthur Upson. /
who writes for the Minneapolis Beilnan.
had dinner with Herr Geheinrat. Dr.
Ludwig Passarge. Ibsen's biographer.
German translator Of Brand and Peer
Gynt." and accepted authority on Scan
dinavian literature in general Tell Us
something Of Ibsen's personal traits" the
Herr Geheimrat was asked, and he re-
piled:
Tt has often been said that Tbsea was
conceited (eingebildet). The truth really
is he had considerable vanity CEiteIkeIO
without being self-conceited. He was con
vinced that no one could care for him
and therefore lived an ex-
tremely isolated and melancholy life. His
was sort Of mental. or soul sickness.
He had one place at his cafe in
Munich. and this he always kept jealous
" Near it was a large mirror. and In
the mirror Ibsen would regard himself
Tor an hour or SWo al q time while sitting
quietly or slipping coffee. It was because f.,