The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-16
BELGIANS LOVE
KINGS MOTHER
Countess Of Flanders Has Always
Shown Sympathy For the
Nations Poor.

Europe The Countess Is an &C
compiished artist ia water colors ami
IN embossed leather work. She has
just prOmist 10 exhibit d number of
her paintings az TIE coming Brussels
World Fair
The Countess Is greatly beloved m
Belgium because OF her simple hui
man WAYS and her whole-hearted SYM
palhy with the poor and needy Her
paintings TO be exhibited at the Bul,.
- -
for the benefit OF the several hospitals
for indigenl tuberculosis patients. iu
which She takes hearty interest
The Countess literary salon has
been q feature OF Brussels social lle
for over forty years or this salon an
oldtime Belgian diplomat. who ha~
served MS country az home ant
abroad. gives the correspondent am
interesting account The hahitues OF
her salon in the Flanders Palace Rue
dc Ia Regence have included Alex
andre Dumas hs. Nictorien SardOu
Guy de Maupassanf. .R0beu Browning
the Duke Il Aumaic. Prince Napoleon.
Carmen sylvia. Arsene Houssaye. King
Oscar of sweden queen Amele uf
Portugal and Prince Henri Orleans
The salon has been essentially dem
ocratic and gathering place for
authors OF every social status
King oscar oi sweden and Alex
andre Dumas hls We're often 10 he
seen together AT the CouutessS gait
erings. ON one occasion the author
OF ia Dame aux Cameias explain
ed in detail his process OF playwriticg.
lie related how ne followed people in
The street listening 10 their private
conversation trying 10 wrest the most
hidden secrets from their casket IN
the human heart that he might use
the impulse OF mortal motives i'm his
dramas Oscar H.. listened attentive
" 10 Dumas explanations and pro-
ceeded a few days later literally 20
carry ont the dramatists precepts
The result was tragedy which
Dumas fils himself read aloud M one
Of the Couptesss soirees This initial
attempt oi the king as a dramatist
was considered decided success by
those present
one OF The most gifted and by al
means the most sympathetic OF the
Countess guests was Queen Eliza
beth Of Ronmania Carmen SYLVIA OF
ten lcctured on historical and phil0s-
optical toDics at the Flanders Palace
but always FOR lie benefit OF some
charity These soirees were hv Tar
the most brilliant given by the Coun-
tess OF Flanders
Roumania's Queen has for many
years taken notheriy interest In
the blind and has done much TO re-
lieve their snfferings in Roumania IL
seems that her sympathy for these I'M
fortunatCs was frst aroused by a half
starved flower Girl VINO had but re-
Gently lost her sight The girl was
selling flowers in the Place ROyale
Brussels az a stones throw rom the
Flanders Palace Carmen sylvia 81
ter being a purchaser from the girl
for several consecutive DAYS. gradu-
ally becamS interested in her and on
leaving Brussels made handsome
provision FOR her in state savings
bank
The Duke d'Aumale was one or
the most versatile ana entertaining
habitues OF the Countess OF Flanders
drawing room 4 brilliant conversa-
tionalist. his talks ranged from bis
experiences IN the Franco Prussian
war To ne innumerable personal
souvenirs OF his feliow-members in
the French Academy The Duke. not
wthstanding the fact OF his being a
son OF Lo"is Philippe. was none the
less IN admirer 81 Napoleon
In a memorable lecture on Nap0
Icons lasi campaign. the Duke O. An.
male completely disproved the story
that the Belgians ran away al Water
loo. CThis story has more recently
been shown by French and German
historians alike 60 have been the pro-
duct Of some imaginative British
WriterD The Duke q Aumale was the
first 10 dwell on the fact in his lee
ture that il was ths Belgians and
ttutrfr- rIfrrr--titr -rufrnfat4ti ttl--f.--
poncheT and Constant who decided
the campaign by keeping back Ney at
Quatre Bras on Tune T. ON the f0
lowing day at the beginning of the
battle il was they who withstood
d'Arion's assault on Nont-Saint-Ieau
Dumas Ills in personal appearance
differed essentially from his father
he was fair-haired and had nothing 70
indicate his African blood His man.
neTS were distinguished and he was
always az his ease however aristo-
cratic might be- the assembly az the
Flanders Palace A. the beginning
nf his career. II may interest many
TO know. he had "a decided preference
for Rcfion Il was only after the sue.
cessful dramatizafiou OF ia Dame
aux Camelias tnaJ he turned 100 play.
writing. which be- realized was n.
hnitely more profitable than tAe pro.
auction OF novels
Queen Amelie 0f Portugal was am
habitue o. tho salon before ho. mHl
ragc The following stOry is told ~
the incident WHICH prompted the
future Queen 20 take NIP 4e study OF
medicine The vounc 'frlncess was
morning while riding in the brussels
Bots she was thrown fgom her saddle
and injured her arm badly She was
promptly taken 10 the Flanders
Palace, where the Countess proceeded
90 bandage the arm herself while
waiting Tor the doctors arrival. Tile
skillul manner in which she perform.
ID this So struck the Princess Ameiie
shat she thereupou decided 20 study
mediclnc herself J.ateV on. az Wc ali
tnow She took her degree of I'D
and performed hospital duty iu lis
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