The sun., 1910-05-15

who felt obliged 10 spsnd most of hls tim
IN tie country IN thsir interest. was pr
mansntly Afiiotsd with tha hyp (iils sigh
tsenth osntury designation for bOFodom)
and was aocustomod 20 taxa a. Fomediai
a double quantity Of saffron In hia tsa ant
a. much vivaCity on tho part u KliNabstl
e. he O0uiG in0iba. In IT1 shs married
Edward lloatAgn. q cousin a tho RdWaEJ
WortAsy 4oneagu Who had ths lively Lad
Mary for q wife. He Was 20 yeaEs hs1
senior. very wealthy. a msmber of Parlln'
monG an eminent mRehsmaGlciaA and
smlnsnt alsO for his BnS character ln pub
10 and privuAs lie. shsahared m hls polit'
ioai NE and al his concerns. and'hs a.
ways OonsulAsd her on any mattsr q I'm
portanss. but dd not toln hsr social intsr-
ests. Life IN the country bored heT. bul
she cultivated her mind BY Fsadlng and
her fFiendshlpa BY ooFEespomdsnoss Sl1
volumes Of hsr lattaEa have bssnpublabsG
Ths lsttsFs WFltasa before Shs was - ars
remarkable foF thsiR powSEs of Visualize
ton. az oonoelvinR character and oon8e'
qusncaa. Mad thaao powers developed
with maturity she mighs have Eivallsd tAs
novelists Of hsr day: but haF lmaginntion
had bssn 0vsFgtlmulntsd IN youth and
collapsed instead Of gaining strsngth,
bus her reading hSighssned instead Of
stinlng hsr social giftB- The knOWldGs
ahs gained became immediately available
for what she cAlh 'ths al vOlatils 0f lively
lnasroourss'-roady for immSdAtS appli.
cation - mon and things.
In Ifp ahs wrote her essay on Shake
spsaTs. and her defence a his gsnlus
resolves itself chiefly into an attack
on the French drama A. reprassntsd
BY COrnsllls and Inao an sxpreaAion q
indignation asalnss VOltairs. who's trans
laaions AZ Shakespeare were wholly made
Qnats. In Paris b liza Mrs. hOntAgu
made the famous rgtoEt alluding 10 Vol
taiFO's unacrup'iious boFTOWings from thu
Engliah dFamatist. In q lstasF n d'Ar-
gsntal voltairO had spoken % Shake
speare's works a. an @en0rms funaisr.'
Mra MOntAgn Tsnarksd, "Cs mnlhsuEu'nx
fuEnisF await engralnse une tesTs inEraaR.s
-Msst her Whsro you viii. shs aays tho
best thing IN tho company 10 the verdict
Of q woman who found Mrs. Montague
eager deslre for admiraaiOn and Sx4rsms
susceptibility 20 HatteFy ridiculous, and
records that certain man plotted botoFo-
hand and announced the grossly absurd
cOmpllmsnts he intended paying hsF, OF
reported thoss he had administered. She
was a hoateas who attracted BY hUr person-
atty, hsf beauty and her charm. Almoae
all people Of note frequsnaSd hsr asssTn.
blias. and she arranged thsm IN = aal6
cirrle for conversation. Her great wealth
snablsd her 70 entsFtaih prOfussly, hsr
hrsakfaat parties sometimes numbering
thFSs h1HaTed u fSsasS, q addition b tw'S
or three large dinners q woek at hef mag
nificsnt houses. where she Displayed orig
inal taats and exhibited hsr feather Wcrk
gROattona.
Mrs. Delany CI7Oa-ITss) was an artist
noe only in the wonderful papsr mosales Of
flowers lprsssrvsd In the British MussumD.
which displayed an astonishing knowledge
Of bJeany In addition 70 inventlvenesa and
hsausy, but alsa In Orayons, Ola. needle
work and Ia life. she had the power
Of inspiring ardant snthusiaaHs from
youth 70 extreme old age. Her artistic
originality Feraained innHenaivs bscanss
sha never exhibited. newer came into
competition with msn. Another secret |
Of her trum0ndnus succeas was that she |
prupriety, whAch she re-
gArdsd as a fns and exquisite ssnsi-
tlveness TO unWgittsn laws that had thsiF
remote roots In the eternal vsritiss DR.. |
Delany. her second husband. afterWagd |
nean Of Down. vas an s.niable person |
who made amends for thS unhag pineU Of |
her maFrisd hfe with her first husband, !
m elderly and disagreeal'ls COFniahmah-
During Dr. Dslany's life she lived most |
ol the time n ireland, where she antici- |
pAted ths action Of Lady AherdSen and
aid all In hsr power 90 promote Irish
In the last twenty years Of /
her life she lived IN England. and the
at her London parties
would seem tO have bsen more
perfect within narrow limits than
a. most 0f the ether assemblies.
Indeed all thsss famous hosiessss had
70 many other interests In life than tho
and conversation In oonneo-
ton with which they ars gonsralIy re-
nemhered and 90 many diherent places
u residence that they never concentrated
III their powers on their salon. as did the
'amocs wits of tho Hotel RambouiIlst.
Hannah More complains Of the latter
hat the reason for i's existence was
wiz and the frothy essence
u intellsct. that u lacked common sense
Ind simplicity; and there. In brief, We
iavo the ESSENTIAL differences In France,
tho salons we're almost ezclu-
lively attended by men; in England tho
,exas freely intermingled. In England
llso, says our author. ths atRmosphers
Eas puref. The women were not lees
ind. but they wero sef more sterling
gorth. capable IT friendships with women;
alking less well becauss they had other
ntsrests: coming into closer grin With
ife: more rigid. conventional. even pro-
'inciAl. but honest and with a stern senss
4 duty.
This description would seem 70 apply
gifh peculiar aptness to Mrs. ThraIs. OF
lsr q composite portrait must bo made,
rom tho rose tinted watsrcolor In Fanny
,urnsy's writings. the grudging and un-
sketch Of Boswell. and her
Iwn c@stradictOTy jotaingA. She was q
Welsh woman; very vivNcious. very indls-
rect In her remarks, yet withal Of a very
weet disposition IL is o pnEgling and
igniAoant fact that dospits all the charm
nd sweStnsss dwelt on by hsF friends
irs Thralo never succeeded In gaining