The National tribune., 1910-03-31

1t seems, is Turkish woman of very
strong character, who, when her son
came to the throne, expected to domi-
nate him as she had his father, and
therefore did not wish him to marry.
She gave him several of her prettiest
slaves, and when later he married the
prettieSt of these and the mother of the
heir to the throne and invested her
with the rank and all the powers of a
Khediyiah, she found a bitter enemy in
her mother-in-law. When the Hun
garian appeared on the scene, there
fore, and the mother of the Khedive
saw her sons infatuation for her, it is
said she did everything in her power to
increase it. thereby revenging herself
upon the woman who had been her
former slave. She even approved of
the recent marriage, and accompanied
the couple to Mecca, where they went
on a pilgrimage Immediately after the
wedding. At present the most friendly
relations exist between her and her
son, for many years cold and strained,
but it is felt that these two passionate,
not be able to preserve peace in the
family very long.
One of the strongest emotions Amer
leans possess is the. love for the little
village, town or city which gave them
birth, and its citizens have no use for
the man born among them who does
not share this sentiment. His lack of
loyalty to his native place is viewed by
them in much the same light that his
lack of loyalty to the Flag would be,
and the sighting remark wounds them
not only in their civic pride, but deep
er, like blow aimed at the home. Men
who have won fame and fortune amid
the struggle and strife of the cities, far
from the pleasant fields and quiet
streets of their native village, find their
thoughts straying lovingly back to
these, and their feet, too, and it not in
frequently happens that such man,
in his latter years, experiences his
greatest pleasure in using his money to
beautify and improve the only place,
after all, which is home to him. build
ing a fine house there, and in the end
is gathered to his fathers in the little
village cemetery where sleep so many
of his kin and the good old friends of
his boyhood's days. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, of whose fame and genius
Americans are justly proud, does not
seem to have been one of these men.
He was born in Salem, Mass, 106 years
ago, and altho he married a Salem girl
he never appeared to care for the town
or townspeople. Indeed, there are old
people in Salem to-day who will tell
you stories of how Hawthorne snubbed
this one and that, and showed in a
hundred ways that neither the old town
nor its inhabitants meant anything IN
particular to him. Consequently when
he became famous and people on all
sides were praising his books and laud-
ing him as the greatest genius America
had ever produced (Which many peo-
pie think he isl, Salemites looked
bored, remained silent and changed the
subject. When other towns and cities
raised monuments to their great men,
Salem saw no reason why she should
so honor Hawthorne, and did not. This
feeling continued to prevail in a greater
or less degree as time went on. For
years Salem has been thronged with
tourists every Summer, who reverently
gather about the small brown house
where the author was born, who gaze
with awe at the Custom House where
spent three most unwilling
years, and at the building which they
imagine inspired his tale Of the House
With the Seven Cables" but while
thrifty shopkeepers, with Hawthorne
for sale, have welcomed this
crowd, Salem has not turned its head TO
ook at them. However the New Eng
land conscience is once more on top.
After all these years Salem has at last
decided to forgive Hawthorne. Her re-
sentiment against her distinguished citi-
zen died hard. but its death gasp was
finally heard. The historic old witch
burning town Is about to raise $4,000
to his memory.
Half a million dollars-think of It,
$500, ,000-has just been paid for a
picture brought into this country, free
Of duty under the new tariff law, by a
wealthy New Yorker. 1t is a life-size
by the famous Flemish artist,
Franz Halls, and is a portrait of the
painter and his family showing five
figures. For years England
has been the home OF Shis great picture,
it having been the property of Col
Warde, who loaned 1t to the National
Gallery for a short period. 1t is said
Morgan offered between $780,
600 and 100000 for it, but was re-
fused. The man who offered 100000
more won out, 1t seems. Its present
owner, Mr.. Otto Kahn, will place it in
the Metropolitan Museum on exhibition
for awhile, and has signified his will
ingness to loan 1t TO other public art
galleries in the country, which holds out
the hope to all of us of seeing 1t. 1t is
considered one of the very best of the
Franz Halls, and, containing his por-
trait, as it does, has an added interest.
Every effort was made to keep the pic
ture in England, but when II is a ques-
ton Of dollars America usually wins