The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07

N the Pru'eCtInnistS come in you arc the
only man. next To himself. ft tn he For
sign Secretary Dn another occasion
the father says his work ~ beyond praise
and that addison could not have written
II better
The fixed determination 81 the Borth-
wiCks Mas tn have their paper regarded ~
Of Importance equal TO the Times. whose
inGccura, ..s are often referred To- ia their
private Letters They could not ignore
their incOmpArAbl, infrriority IA actual
circulation; hut that need not prevent
them from securing the newest aud tru"s'
information, white 50 far ~ judgment
accuracy and literary ability were con
c~Tned they had no Intention OF YIELD
IuR precedence. II WAS long and Ardn-
ous struggle Consequently the author
unds IL amusing 10 insert at this point a
patrouiIlngly kind letter from the great
D-lane.- though not written until long
after. IN 1873. throwing n scrap OF SOCIAL Sos-
sip 20 his contemporary. ohliNiOus Of pre-
tended rivalry. as much ~ To say i
think this kind of thing ~ in your line. u
won't do for the Tune We are not IN
formed whether the Borth~i"ks printed
this trivial item about a slight accident
Ia I'll. Duchess of Manchester aud her
friend hut W. may feel quite sure that
Mr. DelAur could not have scored NOR"
acutely painful hit. for the Borih~ickS.
while giving fashionable news distinctly
oh jected to h@Ing regarded aS nothing
more than purveyors Of things concerning
social doings
A!xrrnon Borthwick was still On duty in
Pans when the Prince Napoleon made HIS
coup d'etai and in a fragment ~ auto
biography written few weeks before
his death he givee an entertaining account
u his experiences in company with the
famous beauty Mrs Norton in the streets
ON that evsntful day At snir,-e given
by the Prince President on the evening
before ~. affair to few high officials
and friends Mrs Norton approached
Algernon az he Was cunN"rsIng with the
British Ambassador and asked the latter
10 lend her a certain pamphlet. The Ann
blssador expressed regr-' hat he had
sent his copy To England. ~hereupon
Als-rnon offered a. lend biz. ,upulating
that she should give him hr~dkfaHt The
next morning in payment AZ that point
one Of the French Ministers came up and
asked Mrs Norton II he could not be "t
some service Co her. II the French could
not do something 10 detain her. Her
reply was There ~ only on" thing !
wish for. TO see coup Il 'ct1t. The
Minister laughed. said That ~ not m my
province and turned away. The Prince
President was not Ave feet away and
must have heard the little conversation
lie turned around and With has usua /
slow manner quilted the salon for his
private apartments so quietly that not
the slightest impression Was made on
any one u what was going to happen in al
hour. The next morning young Borth-
wick on discovering what had happened
dragged Mrs Norton out upon the streets
TO her intens- delight and wherever they
were forbidden 20 pass he effected "A
passage by explaining, aided ny Mrs
Sorton's beauty. that he was e-coTing
an English lady 10 her home on The other
side Of the river or the square. whichever
IL might D.. Al last they reached III"
Tu,leries and met with - gruh and I'M
I-.ratIvs refusal. whsreupon ne made the
adv 10 the explaining IL ended in a
young Lieutenant icing summoned. and
her magnificent eyes did tn" rest. lie
also cat-gorically REFUSED. tut Suggested
that there was one means. and summon
ing a fl.. q soldiers he placed the pair
under arrest. had them escorted across
the forbidden courtyard and set n liberty
ia toe Rue de Rivoli.
All this time Peter Eorthu ick = Affairs
we're a cause " frepuent and grave ann
iety A. one tune he was compelled 10
give ~ his house ~h"reupon rh" family
Of his daughters goy~rne-s. Miss Giblsti
came 90 the rescue and offered their hos
psaIity until matters improved an at
which reflects credit upon both parties
and which the Borthwicks never forgot
This anxiety vas accompanied by severe
over~ ork GA IN. part ~ Peter BorthWlc k
which resulted N seriously impaiT&I
health N.anvhile Algernun was ~
creas,nk IN. own credit and that ~ his
paper m PARIS. In January 1885,? Prince
I .ouis NapnI..,1l sent for him Ia ,ope 10
the Elv-.. aud thanked hin for his h nd 70
ness to him The Poet then and ev"r
aftarward was friendly, or rather per
f.ctly fair toward Napoleon and his fam
ily. and this was deeply appreciated 10y
them TN this particular occasion AlRer-
non told the Primo" that he should often
require informal ION. statistical and gen
eral from hIS Ministers. ana the Prince
thn' they should CIV" II and that
Borth~ick would always be able 20 reach
him personally through has secretary;
but Ag~rnon always spoke hi- mind
frankly and Rcut"lv 10 his father IN his
private letters and about this time H..
writes 20 him a long and keen analysis of
the situation. saying among other things
-UnluckIly. France il polygame She
has for husbands a King. a Young King
rather illcgitimAte; Republican, a Red
and some people swear she
has AN Emperor IN reserve
There are three Powers IN France the
salon. the shop and tho Street I think
We can work round the shop and tho
Str~et to our friendship, in fact. We haV.
them with us to a very great extent
Damn the salons
Peter Borth~ick's health vas now 40
SERIOUSLY impaired that Mr. Crompton gen
erously insisted on taking him abroad
meanwhile had done 80 we'll
in Paris and 80 clearly proved hls capacity
that he found himself ~ the aga 81 ??
ests blished as arting editor in London.
n ~ father had already succeeded in show