The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

Queen Margherita we have seen were
taken by Mrs. Batcheller and adorn the
present -vOlume) Her majesty the Queen
Mother of Spain, wishing to hear the
famous voice of the young American,
arranged for a special musicale in the
renowned music room Of the palace OF
her royal highness the Infanta Isabella,
when her majesty and other members
of the royal family were present and
greatly applauded Mrs. Batcheller's sing
ing. To the question as to the length
Of her Washington visit, the young writ
er replied: NO; am very sorry that
cannot remain in Washington, for I'm
fond OF the city and my friends in It,
but I am going back TO the quiet Of the
country to finish my book on Spain"
Surely the Spanish volume from Mrs.
Bates -Batcheller's pen is awaited with
real interest and pleasure by her many
friends and unnumbered readers, for
there are a few bad books on Spain, a
very few good ones on the past OF Spain,
but practically nothing on modern SPAIN
II the authoress can bring us face to
face with the best Of Spain. as she has
done with the best OF Italy. she will
give the public a most interesting and
hitherto unknown picture. That the
work Of this young authoress Is regarded
by the sovereigns Of Europe is shown
concIusiveIy by the fact that no less a
person than the dean of all the mon-
archs. his imperial majesty the Emperor
OF Austria, summoned her after her pres|
entation at his imperial court to a pri~
vate audience at Schoenbrun Castle.
This was an absolutely unprecedented
honor. and one not before conferred on
an American woman during the sixty
nf ha
At this time his majesty expressed the
wish and hope that Mrs. Batcheller
would write book along the lines Of her
italian volume Cofs which he accepted q
copy on his country. and to show further
his marked interest he again hons
ored the young American by presenting
his autographed picture. Mrs. Bates
EatchelIer said she hoped. with time and
study, to write on Austria when her
present work on Spain Is completed She
is most enthusiastic about Vienna and
Budapest: about AustrtRns and Hungar-
ians and, indeed. after the honor OF
the Emperor. every door that usually re-
mains closed to foreigners was thrown
open to Mrs Bates-BatcheIler, and her
enthusiasm over the two great court
balls in Vienna and Budapest. as we'll
as the Austro-Hun garian society Is cas-
lily understood. She speaks with the
greatest reverence of his imperial ma
jesty the Emperor-King, and certainly
to have won the confidence OF that great
who is undoubtedly one Of the
greatest personalities in the world to-
day, Is a thing to be proud Of
In Germany, where Mrs. Bates-Batch- .
eIler was presented, with her husband.
the Emperor and Empress broke their
hard and fast rule to accept no books,
and not only accepted Mrs. Bates
book on Italy, but she was
given permission to write of the German
rourt what she liked and when. At the
Schloss, where the young woman sang.
her voice received the same praise II has
elsewhere. In Berlin the waltz is quite
Ilfferent from ours and different from
that in Vienna, but all waltZes are de-
ightful" laughed Mrs. Bates -BatchelIer
With an enthusiasm that only a good
lancer ever has. The royal autographs
:fveH to the young writer form a ColleC-
ion nothing short of marvellous, the lat
st being those from King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. and notice
ible among them is one OF Pope Plus y.
autographed with the full apostolic bless
ng. Mrs. Bates s-Batcheller has been in
Vited to Russia and Sweden, and even
Japan has expressed the hope that she
will wander, pen in hand. some day to
It's fowery isle. There is plenty Of
lime love my work, my music, and
HN Dul IIlOSl VI dli AONG my
rlends" II We all smiled at the world
Is this vivacIous and bright young woul-
an does, the old world would not seem
lalf bad place. Optimism Is a blessed
Iuality for one who holds a zen for
'scriptores manent' Certainly, the
'oyal family in Italy may feel that their
confidence was we'll placed and their au-
ographed pictures have received
worthy and fitting setting. Surely. Italy
las no better friend than Mrs. Bates
Batcheller.
The wonderful high soprano voice was
rained by Mmc. Mathilde Marchesi and
Mrs. Bates-Batcheller has sung with
most of the great composers OF the day.
All the old Mozart airs so difficult to ex-
,cute are her favorites. and NJ Ma
Iuarre. the first flute OF the Boston SYM
Shony Orchestra, has Just written a song
to Mrs. Bates-Batcheller, with
whom he has played many times. Her
'oice is said to be one Of the highest in
he world Let US hope charity con-
.ert in washington by Mrs. Bates-Batch-
.ller will be forthcoming In the near
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