The Washington herald., 1910-12-11


he was stationed as military attaehe on
Baron Holienben's staff in the latter part
OF the SOS. The Goetzen title of nobility
dates back TO the Middle Ages. and the
story of the family is an interesting
one, closely interviewer with the military
and political history of Germany. Fred
erick the Great ennobled one Of the sons
OF this house for saving his life on the
battlefield. and another Goetzen was
governor of Silesia during the Napoleonie
wars. Count Goetzen at the time he
served in Washington held a commission
in the Royal Guards, but he had already
gained an international reputation as an
explorer. and his reputation will rest
more upon his contributions to science
and the excellent records he made as
governor of the German provinces in
South Africa andsas Minister 10 Ham
burg than upon Any military glory he
achieved. for he was quite too young 10
have taken part in any OF the German
wars
Count Goetzen was a delightful man,
but reserved and self-eontained. so that
fatuation for a beautiful widow, Mrs
Lay whom be met at a dinner given az
the Brices and with whom he fell in love
at first sight. They were married just
year after their first meeting. and
almost Immediately after their marriage
Countess Goetzen went with her husband
TO South Africa, where they lived in re-
gal state and maintained a little court
after the fashion of yiceroys, for that
is really what the governOrsh%n OF Ger
man Africa amounts to, a viceroyaity-
The GoetZens remained in Africa until
the climate made such inroads on the
health of Count GoetZen that he was
forced TO ask for his recall. 1t Is doubt
less his residence there and the privations
he suffered when on the several eXplor-
ing expeditions he conducted that are re-
sponsible for his early death, for he was
only a little past forty when lac died,
but ever since his return form the Dark
Continent he had suffered more or less
from the complaints common TO those
who go from a temperate climate TO
tropical one. Countess Goetzen has one
child, a daughter, born about a year after
her marriage.
Mr.. Taft's Portraits and Busts.
President Taft is having as many. il
not more, portraits and busts made of
himself than any of his predecessors had.
The portrait Of him painted by Sorolla
has been favorably commented upon by
the critics in New York, where 1t has
recently been exhibited, and the miniature
that the English miniature painter, Allyn
Williams, has just finished meets with the
approval of all OF the Presidents friends
1t is an exquisite bit of work, as anything
by Williams is sure TO be, and just the
sort of a portrait that one would like 10
hand down TO posterity. IL has character
and repose and is ike, as so many So
called portraits are not the original
Some friends of the President viii give
il TO the COrcoran Gallery or Art, so
that il will remain perpetually in Wash
ingtOn. while Sorolla's portrait viii be
places with those of Mr.. Tafts prede-
cessors in the White House.
Alyn Williams, who painted President
Taft's miniature, Is vice president OF the
Royal Society of Miniature Painters in
London and a son of William Matueu
Williams. painter and chemist, who is
known through his books as well as his
brush. He wrote Through Norway with
a Knapsack," which every one who puF-
poses travelling through the land or the
midnight sun should read before they go
there. MIR. Williams has painted any
number Of royalties, both in Europe and
this country, though the royalties IN this
country reign over different kingdoms
than those on the other side and are min
ing kings, fur kings, railroad kings, and
the Ike. His miniature is the late Thomas
+. Walsh was eminently successful, and
his portrait of Mrs. Longworth IS ex-
trenely pleasing. Mr. Williams paints
women as well as he paints men, a rare
gift in an artist, for it is given TO few
knights of the brush TO interpret with
equal facility the sterner and the weak
er sex.
Memorial 10 John Paul Jones.
The President has asked for $l55,0O0 for
the purpose of building a memorial to
John Paul Jones at Annapolis. which
shall serve as a crypt for his remains
which now lie under the main stairway
Of Bancroft Hall in the Naval Academy.
Englishmen, most Englishmen. at least.
are not yet persuaded that John Paul
Jones was anything but a freebooter and
pirate and their eyebrows go up and
they shrug their shoulders when 1t is
mentioned in their presence that a
princely fortune is TO be devoted to hon
Oring his memory. Come now, was he
really this John Paul JONES'" asked
Britisher at dinner the other night
apropos of Secretary Meyers recon-