The Washington herald., 1910-10-08
NAME AND FORTUNE
FOR WOMAN'S LOVE

| or many, nor VIII IL be the last. Many
men with an emotional temperament
have been on the verge OF just such a
situation perhaps more than once in their
youth History is full Of incidents where
! the fate of a man was held In the little
| hand Of a fair charmer-some to be
dashed TO ruin. others TO be made pow
erful even famous There are occur
rences even where irregular love has been
the making rather than the braking OF
strong-willed men. The weak man sue
| cumbs; the strong man rises In the mael-
strom OF life.
| AS for Chanler. What is the use?"
/ When HIS brother, he Of the Blooming
dale-Princess Troubetzkoy- Golden no
/ toriety, heard Of brother "Bob's" i'm
broglio, he concentrated the entire sit
uati0n in the few words Of a telegram
cent to the victim of the fascinating stage
beauty. which read: Who is looney
now?' Bob Chanler. and many like
/ him. are the result of American training
/ of boys Of our "aristocraey." who are
/ brought up In idleness and without
aims, who Just love" to rub elbows
with the gided (often brassy) youth OF
EurOpes nobility. and some OF whom.
| If the truth must be told, actually are
/ ashamed Of being Americans. Let US
dismiss Bob" His kind are a blot
upon the fair name of our land.
Then there Is Prince Dolgurouki. Well,
OF course he Is a prince. and as 1t hap
pens. not only one of the princes turned
out in Holy Russia by the bushel. but OF
an ancestry which embodies some famous
men. or Polish origin, when they called
| themselves Doiguroucki please sound the
| Co one OF the 'Hrabias" Dolgoruck.
left HIS native land and went to Moscow
where, in the service of a voluptuous en-
press. he rose step by step. until the name
/ OF Dolgorouh became a power at the
! court. Well dismiss him, TOO. All that
can be said Of the present bearer of that
( princely name is that he has a fine,
/ straight, willowy figure. a fine physique,
a polished manner, and last, but not least,
raven black. silky whiskers. all OF which
| combined make him the darling of Ger
tain salons In Paris, where he spends
most Of his time and patrlmony.
There is no need OF digging too deeply
into the pages OF history 10 learn what
women have done for and with men.
How about Nelson and Lady Hamilton?
/ Antony and Cleopatra? Nelson was
strong man ard understood not only how
/ 10 enjoy woman's charms, but 10 bend
4 that woman 10 his will TO get all the
/ good in her out OF her for the making
/ "a Efr-eaIs "a 81
I society measures such things, was COM
! plete, and Emma was bereft OF all moral
| sense. or else she would not have taken
a married man from his wife and lived
/ with him. travelling with the famous ad-
miral wherever his duty called him. But
/ Nelson was not a .'nincompoop;" ne was
a man who did things He challenged the
world-his world. He threw the gauntlet
al them when fesrlessly he exclaimed:
! IF there were more Emmas. there would
/ be more Nelson's" There was an excuse
/ for such infatuatlou
! But Antony? Another OF the Chanler
kind. lie sacrificed Rome 10 his volup-
/ tuousness. He forgot that he was a Ro-
man soldier, the envoy OF the greatest
| empire Of his day, sent 10 subdue, not
/ 10 be chained by and 10 woman. the
/ widest OF her kind. who in turn sold
/ Antony to the man sent TO recall him.
/ Octavianus Augustus. OF course, she
| reaped what she sowed, for Octayianus
was OF different mold He spurned the
/ Egyptian charmer, ana a poisonous asp.
placed by her own hands upon her chest
ended her career in preference TO going
as the conQueror's slave 10 Rome TO
adorn his chariot Of victory.
Rome was not the only realm that was
/ sacrificed 10 a measureless fascination for
woman China. even China. supplies the
tale Of sacrifice still more amazing. and
it has been well told in Wndman's book
| on ''China's open door" As the tale is
little. II at all, known in the western
hemisphere. 1t bears repetition:
Every Chlnaman to-day wears pig
tail, because the Chinese general. WI
/ Sank-Wei. IN the seventeenth century
/ loved q slave girl, and for his infatua-
ton gave his country over TO the Man
! chus, who imposed upon the subjugated
/ populace the queJ as a sign OF seryitude
! There had been a rebellion in China in
/ 1910, and II. a rival claimant for the
I throne. had seized Pekin. after the sui
eide Of his opponent, Chang. Wu-Sank-
/ Wei, who was in command OF the i'm
perial troops. was not az the capital with
| his army. The fate OF the usurper Ii
lay in his hands He had been advised
/ TO swear loyalty TO Ii and was on the
way to the capital TO do So when he
| learned that a beautiful slave, whom he
! loved and whom he had left at Pekin
had been presented to one OF LIS officers.
In his rage Wu-Sank- Wei forgot his
loyalty his future, his country. every
thing.
On the Impulse Of the moment he wrote
10 Dorg- Han. regent OF Manehuria. Of
fering his aid in the subjugation Of China.
! The regent and his Manchu chiefs did
not hesitate. They sent an army to Co
operate with the forces OF Wu-Sank-Wei
| Together they marched upon Pekin. Ii.
unable TO make a solid stand against the
invaders, put Wu-Sank-WeFs father In
the front rank of the army of defense.
and the aged man pleaded with his son
10 forbear. but in vain. WI, with the
vision OF his outraged love before him,
| allowed HIS father to be murdered before
| his eyes.
Then followed a wild battle, in which
WI and the Manchus triumphed Il,
| compelled 10 flee. butehered all OF the
family Of Wa. including the girl. This
only increased Wu's fury, who left the
empire 10 the Manchus and started in
pursuit Of IL All over the land he fol-
| lnNad tho flung rrinnn Ii II last uua Q