New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
EXCERPTS FROM EULAL|A
Infanta Of Spain Net Lacking in
Courageous Opinions.
nNE SENSATIONAL CHAPTER
ReFalty's Average Ides of the
worker Set Forth in All It's
Native Beauty.

Paris. December S
mall book iu d cream colored raper
oover The title. "Au FL de la Vie" con
LIES stream'O. is in red. I'm the top right
band corner tho pseudonyme Comtcsse
6Avila is printed i'm chocolate ink. In
,,slics inside short preface, signed
.r,ulsIia Infante dEspsgne' mentions
INV" opinions speaks of my book, aud
declares that though a pseudonyme appears
or ,he cover the reason for this is not
..rni5ftv tut modestv. II expect and hope
COR criticism. . have never been lacking
q, moral courage writes Princess Eulalia
ir her preface.
she is certainly not lacking in courage.
Here is an extract from the chapter on
divorce.
When adultery shall no longer be consid-
can m normal conditions, marry one an
other noble work will have been done for
tHe individual and for society.
But the chapter on divorce is the only
sensational chapter IN Princess Eulalia IS
book and everything in that chapter has
been written before and spoken aloud by
Socialist politicians. The book, as q book.
g. quite harmless, and would have been read
very little If the King of Spain had not OBJ
-ecrel 20 its publication. or rather il the
author with a gift for advertising. had
ro- made the objection Of the King Of Spain
30 very public The social position of the
writer VIII now insure the book aH enor-
rrous sale.
How 10 % Everything.
The book might have been called How
20 10 Everything II ranges from divorce
90 dorestics. from 2 chapter on Socialism
70 another on The Fear Of the Ridiculous.
r. Is hlled with advice and one feels, after
r.v,rr ~ down like an elderly man In
small ,ount-y village must feel when Lady
rountiful. AGED eighteen. has lectured 20
him out Of her superior experience. But
--e author means we'll She Is no Hamlet
.-d she IS obviously sure thar with the
rslu of the many authors from whom she
quotes on all OCCASION she can. II her ad-
wee De followed carefully and with the re-
spsct due 10 advice from such q quarter.
get the world right al last
Ike most books which set out 70 put the
ogrong world right I'm q few printed pages.
On Lies Stream Is well supplied with
commonplace. The rrst chapter. on Hap
~iness" begins with these impressive
words. The most inper1Ous motive of all
human action is the desire Of being happy
Vow II is diAicult 20 attain happiness II
one makes the search FOR happiness the
constant goal Of ones life. This sounds
ike something out OF The Blue Bird. but
-rere are no quotation marks. Will We
are told IN the next chapter, 'is the faculty
o. making ones mind I'D freely 90 certain
s-ts
-.,.s .-.-l-. -r-, have ---.,++su This and
che statement that friendship taken IN its
exact sense that IS 20 say, ss an affection
exempt from al sensual attraction. plays
on enormous part IN the lives OF men ana
women" is. one would think. almost too OBJ
vious 20 have needed print and paper.
Some Unconscious Plagiarism.
But the book has amusing and interesting
-hzp-ers in f. some of them gain interest
rom the personality OF the writer; Others.
-be one on servants particularly, are de
,fghrf-l because the writer has forgotten 20
quote other writer's and let's herself drift
into the fantasies Of a delightful woman
who has made Inquiries into the lives OF
1soDle outside her own class. and has. Ike
Nlr Pow Young man az Eatanswih' com
tinel her Information.
Princess Eulalia considers, for instance
-.at che education Of the working classes
IS OUT OF keeping with the place which the
workman occupies IN the state. She would
Ike 70 see special schools FOR the children
Of vorkrgueu ~ which a child should De
taught sor, OF religion Of his future trade
vaere tne employer under whom he will
have o. work fs represented ss protecting
zol
Princess EuIsns has ideas of her own on
servants and these are perfectly charming.
The chapter begins with the commonplace
chat dom-srcitv has taken a new and op-
presstre form and is disappearing alto
Eetrsr since slavery disappeared and the
world began 20 talk of liberty. equality anu
fraferu.t--