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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
TWO ROYAL OLD MAIDS
The Dissatisfied Daughters Of
King Louis XIV.

Paris, October II.
NJ. Casimir Stryienski, a Jealous stu
dent of Polish influence in France dur
ing the eighteenth century, has already
brought TO light many interesting facts
concerning Queen Marie Lesczynska,
Princesse Lubomirska one of the vic
tins of the Reign of Terror, ard Com
tesse Potocka. He has now found a
great deal that is new and diverting TO
tell rs about the daughters Of Louis XIV,
those strange, misunderstood III tenn
pered fastiGious. biCoted and german
dizing rriccseeS who sought to NEEDLE
with the young Gauphine, Marie An
toinctte, when she arrived in France,
raive inexperienced bride of fourteen.
These fastidious old maids, in spite Of
their selfish intrigues, had pretty hard
time of it at the court Of Versailles.
Their temper was soured by constantly
finding that the meretricious favorites
of their father ruled everything by
simply waving their fans, which ac-
CURED the power Of sceptres. while their
own maidenly and prudish advice was
set aside with courteous paternal smiles.
These princesses were also in perpetual
friction with the dauphine. OF the ten
children born to Louis XIV and Queen
Marie Lesczynska at Versailles during
ten years from 1927 to 1I3O, the least
known are the twins, made Mesdames
Elisabeth and Henriette. Elisa beth left
Versailles when twelve years old and
married the Duke of Parma. She was
by far the brightest. prettiest and most
accomplished of the daughters of Louis
XIV, and played an important part in all
the family pacts, agreements and mar
riages Her twin sister. Henriette. died
at the age of twenty-five. She was a
quiet. kindhearted girl. and her mod
esty and timidity offered a strange con-
trast to the accepted libertinism and
freedom of her fathers court. The
eldest sister. Adelaide. was exceedingly
ambitious She tried very hard TO bully
Marie Antoinette. and started all kinds
Of intrigues to GUST Nine. Pompadour
She failed in all her schemes. and be-
came an exceedingly i'll tempered, VEN
omous old maid.
NJ Stryienski. in his erudte yet
amusing volume of over 900 pages.
nearly half of which is devoted TO hith-
erto unpublished letters and journals Of
the aunts of Louis XVI. gives a delight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

THE GREATEST STREET IN THE
WORLD. The Story of Broadway Old
and New, from Bowling Green to AL
bany. BY stephen jenkins. member of
the Westchester County Historical So
ciety 100 illustrations and maps. Svo'
PIP. xxi, 500. G. +. Putnam's Sons
Broadway, as Mr.. Jenkins begins by
pointing out. is the longest street Of
the modern world. The statement is not
superfluous. for to the majority of the
citizens Of this great country, and to rot
a few Of the residents of New York as
well, it is a very short street indeed,
summed up in the few blocks, unfinished
looking by day, garish by night, that
have become famous as the Great White
Way. In this sense II has but just be-
gun TO reach out beyond the corner Of
42d street celebrated in musical COM
edy To others, again. the name means
different sections of this long road-the
drygoods and retail shopping parts Of
IT, for instance-but as for Albany,
which marks its ending that is very
long way off indeed.
However. Broadway's historian ira
verses us lcllblI SA'I ny Sifp anu ItTlDd
by period, from the Bowling Green and
the DAYS of the Holanders 10 the states
capital and the day Of Governor Dix.
The street has always been essentially
Of its own period; it has never respected
its historic landmarks. but sacrificed
them on the altar of progress" 1t was
thus I'm the fourth decade Of the last
century. when ITS lower part vns trans
formed from a residence into business
street. II is so now; 1t will. no doubt.
be 50 hereafter.
This is. perhaps. sign Of financial prog
ress and wealth-the desire TO have some
ming better than there was before But
!, ,hi us i,s unnieasant side II we Judge from
the sentimental point Of view t for old and
no,,rse ~ some Of these had been pre-
served, II would have been expensive toll
10 nav for sentiment . Then again,
onr formulation is so mixed with foreign
clements that historic associations have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

bad man, was an astonishingly good man.,
judged by the moral standards Of his own
time. This is not the place 10 dwell
on the part which Goethe's religious train
ing played in his relations TO Charlotte Won
Stein and other women. but | am person.
ally convinced that II was because Sin and
Retribution We're always real things TO him
(as well as because he was an egoisU that
he kept himself as much as he did from
what he believed 10 be wrong. He was,
however. no saint" but a very passion
ate man, and again and again temptation
heckoned to him.
The thesis is an interesting one, not
withdrawing the almost amusing pru-
dence Of its qualifications. but unfor
tunately Miss Crawford has failed to
develop its possibilities in the many
pages that follow. She writes entertain
ingly enough, and with evident thor
oughness Of preparation and seriousness
of purpose. about Frau Ala, Cornella
Goethe and the mystic Miss Won Kletten-
berg. about Gretchen, Katherine, Char
lOtte, Lilli Chrstiane, Marianne, Clrike,
and all the others, about Frau Won Stein
and Angelica Kaufmann; she endeavors
bravely to interpret by her own light
the DichtUHg among the Udhihcif but
she is hardly convincing, nor does she
add one bit to the knowledge we already
have of a poet whose life has been
studied with enthusiastically Tcutomc
thoroughness SO much has been read
into it, through his works, from Die
Laune DIES Verilebten" to the "Wahiver-
wandschaften." "Dichtung und Wahr-
heit" and Faust; so much can be elm
mated from it, The book contains prac-
tically complete gallery Of portraits Of
these women friends" of Goethe, which.
no doubt, will make it welcome to many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

period the eve Of the revolution that de-
throned Abdul Hamid. The heroine Is
an American girl. an enthusiastic col
lege graduate enthusiastically seeking to
give help and bring light. But she dis
covers that the Young Turk. who al
lowed his women to advance the cause,
Is an old Turk still at heart where
woman is concerned that his opinion
of her, of her place In his life. Is not
changed She narrowly escapes Turk
ish marriage; a palace intrigue sets her
free after she has been kidnapped. She
is cured. The story gives one deep In
sight Of the old state OF affairs below the
surface of the new in Turkey; 1t glimpses
both sides of the veil; 1t reveals the
cleavage between East and West that
constitutions cannot bridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
LITERARY NOTES.

A series Of moving pictures has 49,
developed In London from Dante's ill.,
trations TO the Inferno" The colo,.,
film is 100 feet in length and ia 49,
rife in detail. Titles are thrown nv
the screen for the benefit Of peop,e M
do not know Dantes verse. 'eya,,.
Fair" and "Ivanhoe" are also "a :.
turned into literary films
George Borrow's Letters.
The delightful unpublished lettsr. =.
George Borrow. addressed 10 the Br,,,.s
Bible Society. are to be brought Oh, g.
mediately. 1t is stated that there a..
more than hundred Of them and ,,.,
they ARE written with the vivid ,oro.
and peculiar charm which were his ..
cret." They describe his experience. ..
Russia and Spain.
Tho Last Of Lott.
There have been appearing in Figaro.
communications from various Frsros
authors relating 10 the books on vhich
they are at work and the literary man,
influence in matters Of patriotism. Ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
Literary .NesvS and Criticism

backward in the condition of the coun-
try. The people at large, the lower"
classes, he lauds as the common sense
and backbone Of Spain. Their whole
some intelligence is we'll hit off in this
passage:
Spain is one OF the most illiterate coun-
tries of the civilized world, yet also one
of the best educated, unless education ne
merely that mass of undigested and COM
monty msapplied information absorbed
within four walls. Few men have more
exact knowledge a more solid fooung on
the everyday earth, than the peasant me
aborer, the muleteer Of Spain. one does
not marvel merely at the fluent, powerful
entirely grammatical language Of these un-
lettered fellows. but at the sound paste
wisdom that stands forth in their every
sentence.
1t moves Mr. Franck TO wrath to see
that these people are left uninstructed
in the art Of self-help He indicts both
the priesthood and officialdom the for
mer because It fosters mendicancy AMI
the latter because it is not honest
enough. We can see just how 1t strikes
him, and we do not blame him for his
indignation, but, on the other hand, we
cannot take his observations on the
weakness of Spain as absolutely con-
elusive HIS four months in the coun-
try have taught him a good DEAL but
they have not taught him everything,
and. TO put il frankly. he ought not 70
dogmatize quite so jauntily on the ways
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
YOUNG TURKEY.

IN THE SHADOW OF ISLAM. BY De-.
metra Nake (Mrs. Kenneth Brown
With illustrations by f.. PoIak- often
dorn. l2mo. PIP. 5l5. Hcughton Mlfiin
Company.
This novel derives its value for us not
so much from the story 1t tells. though
that In itself is good reading. but from
the amount OF information II conveys
concerning the racial differences that
move below the surface OF Young Turkey.
in which all are Osmanll-Greeks. AL
banians and Armenians, Mahometans.
Christians and Jews. The contempt Of
the conqueror for the conquered
shoulders undiminished. the hereditary
hatreds' the memories OF centuries Of
wrongs expressions and outrages per-
sist The scene is Constantinople, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
A SORDlD AFFAIR.

THE BLIND WHO SEE. BY Marie Louise
Van saanen. 12mo, PIP. All. The Cen
fury Co.
Stripped Of it's trappings, which at best
but imperfectly cover 1t, this story by
a new American writer tells Of woman
gifted with neither character, tempera-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

politics. of academic social life and aca-
demic culture, which is so often a mat
ter Of pose and the inch rule. Inci-
dentally. the author touches also upon
the place and function of the higher edu-
cation in our life. and of the way in
which It fulfils its mission
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

membrance for those who have been
over the ground. and as an Introduction
tn the country for the untravelled, this Is
an Invaluable work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
Casanova.

The forthcoming new edition Of the
famous memoirs Of Jacques Casanova
will be. it is said. a "defnitive' one.
closely following the rascally authors
original manuscript All the "Casano-
vistes" of Europe have united IN the
labor of editing. NJ. Lucien MauIy says
IN the "Revue Bleue" that the publish
ing firm Of Brockhaus of Leipslc put
the original manuscript in the hands OF
Jean Laforgue. a French professor at
Dresden, and that he rewrote the whole
story, which had already been twice ex-
purgated, and took many liberties VA
the text.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
The Codex Sinaiticus.

The great codeX Of the fourth century,
the CodeX Sinaiticus Petropolitanus,
discovered by Constantine TiscnenooH
in 1874 in the Monastery Of 81. Cath-
crime on Mount Sinai, is now III part
available for the use of scholars. INC
Photographic facsimile of the New Ies-
lament portion, just brought from 'He
oxford Press, has been produced by '"e
collotype process from the fun size'
negatives taken by Professor ana Ms
Kirsopp Lake. In the first section
brought together the material Tor arrN-
ing at a judgment on the date ana MS,
tory of the Codex; and in the second WI.
be found photographed Descriptions
the Codex and an attempt TO dlstihse'''
the scribes who have at different uhe'
been engaged on the manuscript ln'
remaining part of the CodeX VIII prov.
ably be reproduced in the future In,
manuscript itself is in the lmper'"
Library at ST. Petersburg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
About the Future Life.

In the memoir of the late John Ohu'.
ton Collins which Lane is puo''9i'''
there is on record an interesting cohNs'
sation on the future life held with HoO.
ert browning. III YOU don't acVep'
Revelation" the poet said to Collins
honestly do not see, after all my '"'iN
ing and experience. any indication !"
lead us TO suppose that there Is a "''
after this" lie continued:
II is a great desire that Is Ce' \, ,,,h Ne
I see no reason 10 suppose tlidt u, ~ W."
cuIhlled | can't agree with lthti,j,yey
TennVson told me that ne ielt - con.
..e,'tain 81 an extension Of individual ~, ma
sriousness after death. tarllit saip "a no
A short time before ms d,dth; ! mee,hsr
notton m all. not the smallest idea W.T. I
7 am going 10 be annihilated OF VII and
shall burst ont into something spisiI" "a not
0uite strange" old Lander SAID, 40 aady
care a iot which way 1t goes. ! am ,nl
Tor either" Huxley felt very depress," .
dIssatisfied that he would be out OK non.
Seit the hardness of having To quiz or.
a.iousness when his curiosity was sally
5ant when so many new truths were "'h ne
connirg 10 light Harriet Marines ,.,ed
Ia was anxious to live because she .he
iSe idea OF ann!hilation, and that "as'
felt certain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
Napoleon at Waterloo.

The conduct of Napoleon at the oa"l'
which ended the drama Of his He -
described in the unpublished diaries u
two of his officers, translauons lro'
which will appear in forthcoih'"s
hook with Napoleon at Waterloo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
The Irish r. M.

The authors of the fascinating "Ex-
periences of an Irish r. NJ" e. Somer-
VILE and Martin Ross are in reality
two Irish ladies. Miss Edith Oenons
Somerville and Miss Violet Martin, her
cousin. Miss Somerville, who is the
daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel
Somerville, was at one time the only
lady NJ. F. II. in Ireland or England.
The readers of her charming books
know how wise and how humorous she
can be on hunting subjects, and Will
look forward TO the forthcoming novel
Of hunting life entitled Dan Russell the
Fox" That the pair Of cousins are
gifted in the creation Of a different kind
Of fiction is shown by their striking
story The Real Charlotte"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
BROADWAY
The Longest Street of the Mod
ern World.

TIE GREATEST STREET IN THE
WORLD The story Of Broadway. Old
and New. from Bowling Green To AL
bany BY stephen jenkins. member Of
the Westchestor County Historical So
ciety. 100 illustrations and maps Svo,
m xii 500 G. T. Putnam's Sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

this is amusing enough. but a really
serious revelation is offered by Pierre
Lott. He says that he will publish this
winter a new book, I'm Pelerin dang
kor," and that then he is 10 retire and TO
do no more writing. If he breaks this
rule II will only be 10 send TO Figaro"
from time TO time. some article contain.
ing impressions which he may care 10
share with his unknown friends" which
is to say his many devoted readers
Literature and the Flute.
Six Lectures on the Recorder and
Other Flutes" is the title Of a forthcom-
ing volume by Mr.. Christopher Welch.
1t is 10 the literary aspect Of the flute
that the author chiefly devotes himself.
and the illusions 10 the instrument
made by Shakespeare and Milton appear
in several chapters. The temple flute
PLAYERS of the Greeks and Romans are
dealt with in the final chapter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

Not word returned |, but smiled encouragement
And ANDY Fitch smiled back crushed down the ashes IN
his pipe with brown finger and started OF free ana easy
r USED to tell meself Tommy was a chip OF the Old
block: but there are chips and chips Davy. Before
he was able to stffen leg under him used to MOIST
him on me shoulder, and Jog him up and down and
around and around this hill were sttln on. You knew
that daddy OF an oak Davy? 1t in the way OF this
castle used to plump Tommy under II, flop down
mese beside him. and rattle away in me own cockSue
fooliShneSS. r.
You're sittn, Tommy, where score Of Pitches
has sat before YOU used to say. The Pitches have
nothin' to be ashamed Of They've done their best by
Ireland, and you'll do the same. Tommy, me son.
When it comes my turn you'll walk proud boss Of these
good twenty acres. Yes, Tommy and one day you'll
carry a brave lump Of boy in under this same oak
and, seein YOU re Fitch you'll call him Andy There's
a lot comm to you, Tommy. You'll stand on this hill
and you'll own the broad country over.
"That's how used to 60 talln', Davy, and-you re
follown' me prate, are you? Own the broad country
over? That was truth, fair and honest If one cant
own a view, what else can he own; Drink in the view
from this hilltop Davy. For ten miles around you can
see Water shnin', grain ripenin, trees noddin good
dav 10 each other fields with their green carpets hedges
rulnin in bright streaks, whtewashed cottages with
the brown thatch thenl-and every God fearin man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
BY WILLIAM BULLOCK

and woman and al the flocks Of children known 70
Andy Fitch if he was one Of Them winch lie was O''
upon a time. t III -.
look of the country and I'll shake the hand o. a man
who's got nothn rotten IN hlm 40 posses ~ !0D "
TO me: but lust the truth as m seem d.
1T all was to have been Tommy Die vas 70 nav, nave
owned twenty acres by the law Of Man md zen mles
in circle bv the law Of God. But Tommy dldn VAN
IL Tommy wouldn't let me do his tinAn lof Pun
He was Fitch in that but he didn think the ngh,
road. taught him how to drive a spade INTO lea an
he gave hopes of bein' the best ettioo,. rom e'e
Killeshandra. When his cheeks were SUI as Sol. . y,
coat on a plum he could make me double .-cn sNingh
- Scvthe and before he was out Of ku,. 1reeches M
could show me the way cuttin turf. There was no,m
the matter with Tommy in his young days. ana O'-
knows there's nothin the matter with A- !e'
only this, Davv: Ten miles wasn't iar enough
~ view for Tommy He could STE farther % ninu"
than | could see in year Of Sundays eo u.C 20
patch Of daisies; but Tommy couldn .out 1c ~.
on me back and look up at the leaves i-'H .E "o I-
but Tommy couldn't. His eyes were away ~ "S.'
couldn't see; and instead OF waitin to- he leaves ~
fall he'd want to climb up in the tree AMI make 'ns-
down. No easy goin for Tommy-ana ..n me o@A
son. mind you With Tommy It was mp .- away "A
a pack Of hounds after hare on q frosty ..i'il
Il tried to stop him. but might as ny -. ~
a kevhole against the fairies want o. Oh, u 'ti
world where II get a chance 70 swing me BOWS M
say; and what could say back Ism ., ".i@i % =.
Ireland has been sayin' for full one hunar e"IS, D..
all the same I'd argufy; for | wouldn " fl'A b
| didn't III.
you can swing your elbows here I'LL you're So Gi
and tired Tommy I'd allow. You've t.e "g ON.
with YOU now, my son, if you'll only ~ IT, rs
most YOU can DO in the world is live ar. l'c ~nu
know of no better place for all that, Tom tAAn ..
on this hill with every sod and every bush spe@AA
to you Of men Of your line that's dead and gGi5s.
The worlds great at promisn TO young -eIo"s IN,
yourself Tommy; but you don't have o. .ryei i5l y
find out all about it. Just SIT YOU down ne sue -
your old father me boy, and all the wor -ot 70 s"'
will be yours as sure and certain as its m,r.. 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

But Wlat u-. iil ,"ln.''
tovoung blat.- \ goslr
Of twenty THINKS he knows
evervthin' uu. he's olceh
Il was dream .0r Io1'ia!'
He wanted better weI
than homcspu. md co't'
uroys. Tie wanted mo''
changes than . linen 1o.i~i
on Sundays. with '~eSo
coat and trouslr oat 'l5
chest Of drawers. an-
blackcnin on his 3oo,s'is.
the jog behiultr.caes'n.'
mare TO the church qua.
tin in the pun.ars. "
world Tor Tommy heTeI
bouts. and away he gee
Davv. AWAY be- go1s .
find his world .e.yn' n,'
father to liyciu ti' wo y,
What was ,H.use q u.
Won yourself. uayy have
come back over ,he ~
from Tommy $ world, ai =
it may be IN your miid y
call Andy Fitoa.noIdla.s y.
Toned sort AM youmlghi
be right in dom 10; buy
right or wrong, Lean hy t2
thinkin' i, wouldn't do %,
world any harm II one .
a couple ofus olltash'ons g.
fathers happened to nav, .,.
oldtashioncdson lM 'S
acres was nothin 20 lo'Ii
my; but many's the goo
man has done hisycry 3 ,,i
for the world on less. Ane
IA lie ., know /. u N"S
dom wrong to Tommy 10 =,
his father to mckle AC. :
kind of contentcdhke' W. :;
one eye on the Signs ~ =
spring and autumn anu - 4
other eve on the CHANCES ! !
clouds for good hshln ne
never grumble AZ , tr.
clouds, Davy, when there ;
a trout in the brook.
TT was hard after ToiI'n ~
1 went. still | made % D. /,
haste in worryin'. II Wa
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

One hundred thousand cigars.
Popular brands. quality cigarss
Lord Roslyn, Horse Fair, Lady
Sterling. All regular &C cigars, 5
for Ice, for &c, box SI.49.
La Cresta Havana Blend. A most
unusual Quality-the best 10c cigar
on earth; each 6cy box OF so, $500.
Peoples Bouquet. Large domestic
16c cigar. Each 8cy box of so. $500.
Little Red King Always SC; our
price for &c.
Jackson Square. Good for 20
years-gCod to-day. Trust price SC;
our price for 25c.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Perfumes.

Colgate's La France Rosa Ex-
tract, ounce. 25c
Sweet Melody; the odor lasts;
never sold elsewhere for less
than SIC ounce. Special, half
O'-4'-S lJO
Sweet Melody Sachet. strong and
lasting, ralf ounce. .1sc
Azurea Extract. half ounce. ........ &c
75c Banzai Bouquet; odor of the
Orient; half ounce .3sc
sec Bombay Rose; truest rose odoe
ever produced; ounce 3sc
Captive Violets; the perfume
exquisite; half ounce .25c
SOC Blue Lily Extract, ounce. &c
'5c F'ormye Extract. half OF. z..... .2sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-22
DANES WANT BOXING
AT OLYMPIC GAMES
Sweden Has No Scrappers,
But Denmark, England, Ger
many and France Have.
Special Correspondence of DE Star.


LONDON. May IL. 1911.
According to present arrangements
there will be no boxing competitions
at the next Olympic games due at Stock
holm In 1912 possible reason for tine
omission may be that Sweden does not
possess any boxers of merit. but this ex
cuse will not be accepted by England.
Denmark, France and Germany. The
Danes are particularly keen on boxing
and have twice officially requested entries
from England and France for their ma
tional championships. At the next meet
ing of the Olympic council strong repre-
sensations will be made by the delegates
of the above countries that boxing be
included In the next celebration of the
games. and Secretary Caiver will endeavor
to enlist the sympathies of the American
association for the same object. When
the games were first revived in 1896 there
was every reason for the neglect of box
ing. but the sport has made such i'm
mense strides in Europe since that time
that the old objections no longer exist
France is strong in amateur boxers, and
though they are not of high merit at
present, the day is not far distant when
their representatives at our annual cham
pionships will have to be reckoned Sc
riously Denmark boasts a championship
meeting and was unlucky to lose the
Olympic lightweight title of 1908
through a bad decision of the English
judges. Boxing in Germany is only in
it's infancy yet, but enough has been
seen of boxers in America of German
parentage to convince one that the father
land. when it does start, will come out
strong.
Harry Lewis and Leo Houck have been
matched in Paris to fight to a finish
at date to be set later.