The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
French Prophecies" Now a Center
of Gossip in European Circles

Matin." the Paris daily. recently met her
death by drowning.
Nine. de Thebes is gloomy about the fu-
ture. THE history OF the world win grow
darker" she maintains.
In her rooms she keeps slxty-two models
Of elephants. the best ''fetich' she says,
ivory, she VIII tell the visitor, like the
opal brings misfortune. because to obtain
II. the most intelligent and malicious ami
al must be killed. Whenever she comes
into possession Of anything in ivory she
quickly buries II. The human hand she
calls the book OF life" A record of our
maladies. acts. dangers, successes. and
failures is written there.
And" she conhded to a friend the
other day. "a disaster like that OF the
Titanic does not come alone. We shall
soon perhaps mourn on account Of 9TH
er great catastrophes."
Rumor Is insistent that the resigna-
tion Of Lord Alverstone Is in the hands
Of the Lord Chancellor, the recent ILL
ness OF the Chief Justice OF England
having made the step necessary. Sir
Rufus Isaacs can claim the chief jus
ticeship as Of right. though II would
be the first time In British court his
tory that a Jew attained to this high
dignity in the British bench. Sir John
Simon, in that case, would succeed Sir
Rufus as Attorney General, and Mr..
Buckmaster, Kings Counsel, around
Lincoln Field Inns and the Temple
generally, Is spoken OF as the coming
Solicitor General No doubt the pow
ers that be will wait the result OF the
division Of the home rule bill before
the announcement OF any changes IN
the legal department.
The position IL complicated by the pos
sibility that Lord Robson's place as Lord
Justice Of Appeals in the House Of Lords
may shortly fall vacant His lordship
has had recently a stroke Of paralysis
and he Is seriously I'll. Should he feel Il
necessary to resign a further position
will be open for the Attorney General
for the time being. With an element Of
uncertainty about the future OF the
government, the situation recalls that
which existed at the time when Sir
Charles Russell went to the House Of
Lords to Pgait for the chief justiceship.
Supposing the lord chief jUsticeship and
lordship Of appeal were vacant to-
gether, precedent clearly marks out the
claims of the two law officers.
More colossal lying has been done In
the papers as well as in history over
the Colossus Of Rhodes. whose site at
present is italian territory since the
occupancy Of the island Of that name
in the Aegian Sea, recently, than about
any other wonder Of the world. The
lying seems to have been begun IN the
sixteenth century by Blaise de Ven
genere, who Is responsible for putting
the brazen statue Of Apollo in a striding
position over the entrance 10 a harboT
and causing ships TO sail under It.
But here is a poet that went a good deal
farther:
So near proud Rhodes. nzUss the nsing food
stupendous form. the vast colossus stood.
4 whole hours sail scaTce reached the hrths
Bstui1t his brIzsb thIrs. in Ioose arly.
Ten thousand EtTrEmers the bll0Ws play.
However. truth could not be hid
den forever. We know that the statue,
although OF monstrOus bulk. did not
bestride that narrow world.
The Grand Duke Of SAKE Meiningen.
now in his eighty-sixth year, has re-
turned to his artistic little residence
where he maintains one Of the finest
and most capable stock companies Of
actors for his "StaedtIsChe Schauspiel-
haus,'' all stars who have played by
special invitation in all European capt
tails with the greatest success He
spent the winter IN the Cape Martin
Hotel in the Riviera. The old ruler is
a nephew of Queen Adelaide, wife OF
the late William " Of England His
son, Bernhard, the hereditary grand
duke. is married to Princess Charlotte
OF Prussia. eldest sister 10 the Kaiser
but they have only one daughter, who
some years ago was married to one OF
the princes OF the ruling Reuss family
lthe cadet Dranch). The succession,
therefore, ultimately will pass 10 Prince
Friedrich. a younger son OF the aged
Grand Duke by his second wife. a Prin-
cess HOhenlohe-Langenburg a grand
daughter OF the Duchess OF Kent. Prince
Friedrich is welded TO Princess Ade-
laide Of Lippe FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1872. by Court Gossip syudicate.)