The National tribune., 1910-10-13

the baby after he had kissed the moth
er, the former of which he lost no
time in creating a Count. Mile. George,
beautiful Georgina,' as Napoleon call
ed her, remained in high favor for six
years-indeed, Mr.. Hopkins says, Ma
poleon never forgot her. but spoke of
her when at st. Helena. Tho rather
massive in her style of beauty, the face
of this actress was q blending of the
graces of France with regularity and
nobility of Greece, while her whole per-
son could well serve as model for
any artist. She was completely fas-
cinated by Napoleon. whom she de-
scribes as most simple in her presence,
whose Iovemaking was most gentle, and
whose words most modest, which
throws a somewhat new light on the
First Consul Marie Louise in a girlish
letter to a beloved goVerneSS frankly
expresses her opinion of this man who
/ is turning things topsy turvy and
making so much trouble for her papa,
the Emperor of Austria. When some
years after she married the great
''ursurper," Napoleon. among other
things, presented her with 100 pairs of
white silk stockings and lot OF night
caps. each one of which cost $40 francs,
or S16S in our money. The book is
wen WOI III ISdullS
King Manuel Portugars boy King,
for he is not yet q years of age, has
been driven from his throne by Re
publican uprising, and with his mother.
the beautiful Queen Amelie, is now
under the protection of the British flag.
A Republic has been proclaimed, but
whether the entire country will sup
port this remains to be seen Quite
proportion of the people are supposed
to have remained loyal to their King,
and civil war may result. The throne
of Portugal has been tottering for some
time, and a strong Republican feeling
growing. Many reasons are given for
the revolution, one of which is the eX-
Itravagance of the reigning house. AL
tho the young King and his mother
made heavy pecuniary sacrifices during
the early part of his reign to pay OF
the liabilities of his father the murder
ed Don Carlos yet this act of generos-
ity and justice does not seem to have
freed them also from the charge of
ISelf-indulgence at the expense of the
people The deposed King is still so
young that il is difficult to take any of
his faults seriously. Manuel is hand
some, well-set-up young fellow, with
charming manner, frank and open in
his disposition. He is said to be re-
markably intelligent and well educated
and to have shown astonishing COM
prehension of the political situation
when he took his seat upon the throne,
putting himself modestly in the hands
of his venerable counselors for advice.
European statesmen considered him
promising King. On account of the
insecurity of his throne, the youth
monarch has not been very fortunate
in his matrim onial ventures, but this
was supposed to be the only reason why
his suit was not smiled upon by royal
papas and mamas. There have been
rumors of his infatuation for a GER
tain fascinating French dancer, whom
it was said he had installed near the
royal palace in Lisbon. 1t would not be
at all astonishing if this or something
like 1t were true, still the youth of the
King should be some excuse. Manuel
has hardly been given a fair trial. Dis
satisfaction has been brewing in Portu-
gal for a great many years. The up
rising was not so much against the
royal house as the form of government
it represented. Had the political situa-
tion been different, he might have de-
veloped into an able, popular ruler.
The young King, unfortunately, was
surrounded by bad advisers, and the
Duke of Oporto says that he was very
much under the influence of his royal
mother, who counseled him unwisely.
Queen Amelie is a woman of unusual
brains and strength of character She
has the honor of being the only Queen
on whom the degree of Doctor of Med
icine has ever been conferred, and who
can ever forget how she rose in her
carriage on that awful day when her
husband and heir to the throne were
fired upon by dastardly assassin. and,
throwing herself before the body of
her young son Manuel, saved his lifei
Some of her strength might have shown
itself n him later guided by greater
haved with great manliness and bravery |
during the recent coup d'etat, refusing
10 leave the palace even when shells |
were breaking all around it. His
mother, grandmother and the Duke of
Oporto accompanied him in the yacht |
Amelic to Gibraltar. The men at the |
head of the revolution are of unuues-
TONED ability and purity of purpose |
A lofty patriotism characterizes their |
utterances. They propose all sorts of
reforms for their country. But the mass |
OF the people are stepped in ignorance |
and no more fit for self-government |
than children. |
DIR. Harry Thurston Peck, the Book |
mans first editor and one of the great |
est Latin scholars not only of America |
but OF the entire world to-day, was |
dropped from the corps of Columbia's |
professors recently DR.. Harry was |
tailtliDI OF l-dllil IN |
this well-known university, and he took
a large part of his recreation, as many
other learned men have done before
him, in the smiles and wiles of woman
Some months ago one Esther Quinn, of |
Boston, brought suit against DIR. Harry
for 100000 breach of promise The |
Latin professor had written his love
letters in English, which made lively |
reading when they appeared in the pa
pers. They were even more ardent |
and silly than such letters usually are.
Now, his dismissal is the direct result
of that suit and of certain developments
which involved him in a controversy
with DR.. Butler, the President of CO.
lumbia. Professor Peck says he will |
not give up his position without a fight,
and is preparing for a battle to the
death. The Board voted him a parting
gift of $1,000 in consideration of his |
long services. All of which, presumably.
gives to Miss Esther Quinn's counte-
nance an expression of cheerfulness,
not TO say Of unholy joy
Made Large Investments in st. Cloud
After Experience in Many States
Editor National Tribune: l have been
here nine months, and there is not a |