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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27

evil genius was with your statesmen that
day? When the history of these times
comes to be written. it is my firm belief
that it will be then acknowledged that the
Great Britain at that time was alone re-
sponsible for the commencement of what
has become a veritable alliance"
Herr Freudenberg paused.
There Is no doubt" M. Decheles as
serted. calmly. that the influence Of the
of France He appealed somehow to their
imaginations-a great monarch who was
also a bon viveur, who had lived his days
in Paris as the others"
Herr Freudenberg nodded thoughtfully.
HE is dead" he said, land history will
write him down as great king. Do you
know that 1t is one Of my theories that
morals have nothing to do with govern
ment? l doubt whether more sagacious
monarch has ever reigned over that un-
fortunate country than the one we speak
of. So sagacious was he that he even
saw the beginning of the end, he saw
the things that must come when he looked
across the North sea; and notwithstand-
ing his descent, notwithstanding all the
ties which should have allied him with
Germany. he hated our people and h
hated our country with a prophetic
men. Let me proceed. want you II
realize that the policy Of Germany for thu
last five years has been wholly directed
| toward securing the friendship Of YOU
| country. I want you to realize that bu
| for the continual interference of Grea
Britain you would even now be in a IA
more favorable position with us than 20,
are today. Germany wants nothing II
Morocco. Germany's first and creates
wish Is for q rich and prosperous France
On the other hand, Germany is loyal t
| her friendships and fervent in he
hatreds. The country whose humilia
i ton IL q solemn charge upon my peopl
is Great Britain and not France"
i M. Decheles leaned back in his chair
NJ Felix Brant never moved.
i II want" Herr Freudenberg continued
ito have you think and consider an
weigh this matter. Why do you. q grea
and prosperous country, link yourself Wit
q decaying power, against whom, befor
very long, Germany Is pledged to strike
These are the plainest words that hav
ever been spoken by q citizen OF on
country to three citizens Of another. Her
Freudenberg, the maker Of toys, speak
to his three French friends as q thought
full merchant Of his country who has ha
unusual facilities for imbibing the spiri
Of her politicians. Gentlemen. you do nc
misunderstood me?"
'It Is impossible. Herr Freudenberg,
M. Decheles said. Ito misunderstood 20
for q single moment. Your head is to
clear and your methods too sa&acious.'
!, Then let me repeat" Herr Ffaudenber
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as you know. speak to you not in the
language of diplomacy, but as good
friends, who meet together to enjoy an
hour or two Of one another's company,
and who, because there Is no harm to
be done by it. but much good, open their
hearts and speak true words with one
another"
NJ. Decheles smiled.
1T Is q pleasure which we all share,
he declared. 1T Is more agreeable, with
out a doubt, to take lunch with M. Carl
Freudenberg and to speak openly than
to exchange long-winded interviews, the
true meaning OF which Is too much con-
cealed by diplomatic verbiage,,- with the
excellent gentleman to whose good offices
are intrusted the destinies OF Herr Freu-
denberg's great nation"
Monsieur. Herr Freudenberg said.
to-day shall be no exception. Today !
speak to you, perhaps, more openly than
ever before. Today I perhaps risk much
In my hearth
M. Felix Brant took q cigarette from
the box by his elbow, but he felt for II
only. His eyes never left the face OF his
host. OF tho three men he seemed the
one least In sympathy with the state OF
alluded SO cheerfully. He watched the
man at the head Of the table all the time,
as though every energy OF which he was
possessed vas devoted to the task OF
reading underneath that suave but I'M
penetrable face
Gentlemen" Herr Freudenberg con.
tinued. there have been many misappre
tensions between your country ana mine
Ten years ago we seemed. indeed. on ths
high road to friendship. It was them
speak frankly, mind-that your country
made the one fatal mistake OF recent
years. Great Britain. isolated, left be.
hind in the race for power: q weakened
and decaying nation. having searched the
world over for allies. held out the timor
Gus hand OF friendship to You. VIVA
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white Ashes" is in little danger Of be-
ing bored by the technical details with
which the authors have filled their chap
tiers. The story reaches it's climax in a
tremendous conflagration visiting the city
of Boston In the year 1914 This does
not purport to be a prophecy. Such a
visitation may occur in any one of the
great American cities. 1t Is even now at
this very moment dreaded in New York.
The authors describe the progress of the
fire in tremendously effective style. They
paint the march Of the flames southwark
through a great area Of the business dis
trict with high dramatic skill that cam
not fail to thrill even the phlegmatic
reader.
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recently been shown in Boston and Bal
timore, where they have attracted
much favorable attention. Earlier in
the winter an exhibition of sketches
by Mr.. Silva was held in the Veerhof
Gallery, but this is the first time SO
comprehensive showing of his work
will have been made in this city.
Mr.. Silva Is the vice president of the
Society Of Washington Artists, but only
spends a part of his time in Washing
ton. He Is native Of Tennessee,
having lived for many years on Look
out mountain, his business interests
being in Chattanooga. 1t was notavery
many years ago that he determined to
give his entire attention to art. and
went abroad to study. For time he
worked in the Paris art schools. but
he had got a habit Of teaching himself,
and from the great picture galleries
and the outdoor world he learned the
most valuable lessons. Very soon his
work was accepted at the Salon, and
he was invited to make a special exhi-
bition in the Petit-Georges Gallery.
Then he returned to America and ex-
hibited successfully in Boston and other
cities. getting admission to the more
prominent annual exhibitions in Phila-
delphia and New York. About a year
ago he spent the entire winter in the
south, discovering much that was pic
turesque and very paintable in Texas.
Louisiana and other southern states:
He is one of the few who have painted
in this REGION. His pictures have fnd1-
vtduality, good color and excellent feel
ing. and as a rule they are genuinely
engaei~~
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or the band or smugglers living upon the
island. The rich local life of Sark, its
TRADITIONS. superstitions, customs, work
out In vivid detail to color this brilliant
to strengthen the old saying that a wom-
an like dog, loves in spite of a mas
ter's hard hand-holds a racing pace be-
side all the other wild doings of this
reckless story. This is an admirable
story Of its kinda kind just at present
somewhat out-moded, but, nevertheless,
an enjoyable change.
sEKHET. BY Irene Miller. New York:
John Lane Company.
The cynicism Of this writer is young.
It is at the stage where 1t thrashes about
and screams. BY and by it will have
ripened. perhaps, to a mellow patronage
OF life, smiling disbelief in 1t. an un-
concern about it-an attitude that once
in a long between whites is undeniably
captivating. The imagination of this
writer, also, is of the overlooking super
fuous sort. Out of this unchastened
its wickedness an Egyptian goddess-the
Goddess Sekhet, more familiar as Mem
esis. of specialized office-is made re-
sponsible. A beautiful girl is the heart
of the matter. Seduction, awakening,
flight, struggle toward rehabilitation,
love-of the real kind intervention, muir
der. disaster complete and irremediable
This is the set Of sequences by which the
tumultuous story grows.
THROUGH THE POSTERN GATE, A
Romance I'm Seven Days. BY Flor
ence L. Barclay. author of THE
Rosary" etc. With nine illustra-
tions in color by F. III. Townsend.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The gate opens into the bloom and
fragrance of an English garden. Under
mulberry tree there are wicker chairs
and a tea tray for two. And the two
provide the story. Christabel is thirty
six years old and boy" is ten years
her junior At the end Of a weeks
courtship, which he likens to the siege
of Jericho, she consents to marry him:
And the evening and the morning were
the seventh day.
Boy is a rich youngster with a prob
able peerage ahead. Christobel, owning
the garden and the house that goes
with it, has had a past so bare of
romance that despite her beauty, which
the author insists upon, her one ad-
mirer has been a professor, whose dozen
years of friendship she has mistaken
for love. The scenes are beautifully de-
scribed and the lovemaking under the
mulberry tree is very sweet. 1t is so
sweet it clogs.
One misses the toniclike breeziness Of
the heroine of 1.-THE Rosary who is
justified in marrying man younger than
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the parental heart, without making a
firm resolve never to leave the old nest
or, II it has already been left, to return
to it forthwith.
THE MAN IN LONELY LAND. BY Kate
Langley Bosher, author of MARY
Carey" etc. New York: Harper &
Bros.
There are few people who do not some
time or other live in lonely land. Indeed.
IL all the Inhabitants Of that place, be II
city or country or town or whatnot, were
assembled they would make vast multi
tude. The particular occupant with whom
this charming story deals incidentally
lives in New York. than which there Is
no more lonely city in the world In GER
tain circumstances This man had
reached the point where his old dog was
his best friend and closest comrade. Nov
seemed dark, indeed. when there came
another presence. The gentle reader
needs not to be told that this other was
woman, for that is the usual way out
found easily. And it took some time
for the man to find 1t and for the woman
to accept her responsibilities as guide,
but ultimately the way opened and the
world was peopled and there was no more
loneliness, and the reader feels thorough
ly satisfied.
JAPONETTE. BY Robert w. Cham
bers With illustrations by Charles
Dana Gibson. New York: D. Apple
ton & Co.
With two dollars In his pocket and
an apartment for which he needs pay
no rent awaiting him, James Edger-
ton, Sd, reaches New York from Eu-
rope in that interesting but not to him
crushing condition known as bank
ruptcy. It is necessary to find work at
once in order to live unless one
chooses to borrow and sponge. Mr..
Edgerton decides against the alterna-
tives and Is in q mood OF determtna-
ton to put his hand to the p1ow phys
ically when in his own apartment he
finds a surprise awaiting him in the
form Of two charming distant cousins,
who are themselves about to launch on
q business career and he joins forces
with them in their enterprise Of social
entertainment. Mr.. Chambers tells an
amusing story here. He has never
done anything better than Jacob Riv-
EFT, whose social success has been
slightly slower than his financial tri-
umph, and who is endeavoring to con-
quer New York personally as he is in
q promising way to conquer 1t CONNER
cia1ly. Although ostensibly James
Edgerton, Sd, and his charming cous-
ms occupy the center Of the stage, in
truth Mr.. Rivett really gets the spot
light, and when at the close he toasts
the three happy couples who have
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The Drunken Parliament.

There was q Scotch parliament once
which would not have cast a second
glance at the temperance (Scotland)
pearance in the house OF commons The
first parliament which met in Scotland
after the restoration OF Charles the
after temperance reform. It acquired
the name Of 1.-The Drunken Parlia-
ment" in fact. and lived up to it's repu-
tation. Scott, in his Tales of q. Grand
father" gives evidence: when the
Scottish parliament met the members
were in many instances under the in
fuence Of wine, and they were more
than once obliged to adjourn because
toe Intoxicated - behave properly in the
chair"
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declared, that before many years are
passed-perhaps, indeed. before many
monthslit is the intention Of my country
either to inflict a scathing diplomatic hui
initiation upon Great Britain or to en-
gage in this war the fear of which has
kept her in a state Of panic for the last
ten years. Keep that in your minds, my
friends. Friendship is great thing. honor
is great thing, generosity Is a great
thing. but I would speak to you three
citizens Of France today as I would say,
DO you dare, for the sake Of an alliance
out Of which you have procured no single
benefit, do you dare to drag your country
into unnecessary, fruitless and bloody
you have everything to lose. Let Ger
many deal with her traditional enemy in
her own way. And as for France. let
France believe what is, without doubt.
the truth-that she has nothing whatever
to fear from Germany. will not speak
Of the past. but the greatest thinkers in
Germany today regret nothing SO much
in the history of her splendid rise as thai
unfortunate campaign OF Bismarcks. IL
Is one blot upon her magnificent history
bring you timely warning. I come to
the city love. for her own sake, for the
sake OF her people whom I also love.
beg you to listen to these words OF mine
| to adjust your policy so that little by
| little you weaken the Joints which bind
you to England. so that when the time
comes you yourself may not be dragged
into q hopeless and pitiless struggle"
| There was a moments silence. Thel
M. Decheles spoke.
Herr Freudenberg," he began. "wha
| you have said we have been In som
| measure prepared for. The more ami
| cable tone Of all the correspondence be
| tween our two countries has been marke'
| OF late. Yet there have been times. an
not long ago, when your country ha
shown wonderful readiness to treat Wit
q rough hand the claims Of France II
i many quarters Of the world. The NOR
powerful your country. the greater she
| to be feared. Surprising France stood o.
one side while Great Britain fell befor
your arms, what then would be the rela
tons between France and Germany
M. Brant spoke for the first time.
Herr Freudenberg. you remind me o
the fable of the Persian who had tw
men to fight, both as strong as himself
To the one he sent ambassadors, with tn
key Of his favoYite gardens; the other h
fought It Is . great policy to deal Wit
your enemies one at time"
Herr. Freudenberg stretched out hi
arms across the table.
my friend" he pronounced. withou
faith there is no genius Without geniu
there is no government ask you I
believe only this one thing. Germany 1
not and never has been the traditions
enemy Of France. ask you to study tn
, whole question foI but one single hal
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paired OF in the course Of time since
the story opened one feels that the
civilization which produces men like
him Is after all pretty sound and sat
isfactory. Mr.. Chambers INDUCES him
self in some classical diversion by CIV
ing to his chapter headings descrip-
tive Latin phrases which lend the
story somewhat the aspect of a prize
puzzle. Mr.. Gibson's Illustrations are
characteristic and contribute to the at
Effectiveness Of the volume
1T, And Other Stories. BY Gouveneur
Morris. author of "The Footprint,
and Other Stories" etc. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
Mr. Morris has acquired a certain deft-
ness Of short story construction that has
won for him that immediate attention
whenever a new book appears which is
the highest tribute the reading public
can pay to the cotemporaneous author.
The stories which are here assembled
have in some cases appeared in maya
zines, but they will all bear reading the
second time. Possibly some may think that
the initial story. TT is hardly signif-
Of synT te to the 70 The
title is sufficiently striking. however. to
excuse its selection. Possibly the most
effective Of all the contents is 1.-THE
Trap" a tale Of the South seas, Of ship
wreck and a remarkable honeymoon.
Then there is "Sapphira," q delightfully."-
unexpected story working out to quite a
different conclusion than most authors
would have given 1t. Back There in the
Grass Is a creepy impossibility OF Poly
nesian adventure. There is not a dull
tale in the book.
WHITE ASHES. BY Kennedy Noble
New York, The Macmillan Com
pany.
A novel about the fire insurance bust
ness? It seems an impossibility on the
face Of 1t, and yet here 1t is, a vital. vivid,
interesting story of today. told largely in
terms Of the business Of insuring prop
erty against the devouring element. 1t is
collaboration. which Sidney r. Kennedy
and Alden C. Noble have wrought to-
gether. Presumably one Of them con-
tributes the intimate knowledge Of the
underwriting business, the accuracy Of
which cannot be questioned. To the great
majority of people this subject is as cryp-
tic as chemistry or constitutional law.
According to this tale 1t is filled with
romance It touches every phase Of hui
man activity. 1t involves political az
fairs, financial matters, physical condi-
lions. and, above all. it is shot through
and through with the thread of human
interest. The personal element is a large
ly determining factor. One who reads
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than half century ago, whose name is
unknown to those who will visit the gal
lery, but whose face will not be forgotten.
This is by painter who never attained
fame and yet it Is without question a
masterpiece, a work of extraordinary dis
tinction. Here is interpreted a definite
one both enigmatical and sin
cere. The eyes look, the lips smile. the
expression is vital-illusive. Rarely is a
portrait found so impressive and so con-
vincing
An early Murphy, rather hot in color
and less atmospheric and intimate than
later works by this painter, hangs ON the
north wall with the winter picture by
Redfleld, which is a very characteristic
example with an attractive landscape by
Bruce Crane a charming little Bellecour,
and an interesting view Of Delft by Mas
tenbrock, the well known Dutch water
colorist
Walter Elmer Schofield's March
Snow" purchaser from his recent exhi-
bition in the Corcoran Gallery. has the
place Of honor on the east wall. to the
right Of which Is to be seen Willard Met
calfs Snow Bearers" one Of the finest
made by an occidental painter. an ex-
Quisite work, realistic and at the same
time impressionfstic. To the left Is q
pastel by LHermitte-reapers in q grain
field, little reminiscent perhaps Of Jules
Breton, but less artificial in suggestion-a
work in which detail is wonderfully de-
marked without prejudice to breadth and
unity of effect. Between the Schofield
and the LHermitte hang two small pic
lures, a small figure painting with land
scape setting-peasants haying, by Julien
Dupre, and a little Dutch landscape by
Hobart Nichols, formerly of this city-a
very satisfactory and significant little
work. There are other pictures, a water
color by Kerr, purchased at the Wagga-
man sale, for instance, but these are the
works which will attract chief attention.
That the collection should be loaned to
the Corcoran Gallery demonstrates anew
the proverbial generosity Of American
private collectors, who are almost in
variably willing when opportunity offers
to share the pleasure of their collection
with the public.
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Dafodils and Luck.
From the London Chronicle.

Daffodils, besides being poisonous. are
sometimes unlucky. Herrick embodies in
one of his poems the Devon belief that a
daffodil hanging down her head toward
YOU forebodes your death. A few years
ago a visitor to a Devonshire farmhouse.
who had placed a single daffodil on the
table. was startled to hear a maid serv-
ant scream, I'VE shall have no ducks this
year." Oddly enough. while single
daffodil brings bad luck to ducklings, a
handful Of the flowers Is in their favor.
In Lancashire and some other places the
village children sell Lent lilies," or
"Lents." as they call daffodils for pins,
it being tnlvcky to take money. But the
sight Of silver is fast killing this pretty
custom.
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lery wherein for a number of
years the w. A. Clark loan col
lection was shown is now occu-
pied by C. C. G2over's private
collection, which during the spring and
early fall months will be on view to the
public. The collection comprises oil paint
ings, water colors and pastels. and for
once works in all these mediums are
hung in juxtaposition and with excellent
effect. AS rule water colors are segre-
gated under the prevalent belief that they
are not strong enough to stand COMPARE
son with works in oils. and for this rea-
son they are regarded as less worthy and
important. The fallacy of this belief is
here manifested, the water colors not
only holding their own. but adding a real
charm to the collection.
Every private collector has certain pre-
elections which influence his choice-that
is. If he acquires works of art through
real love of something more than mere
possession. Hence each private collec-
ton has an individuality Of its own re-
hecting the individuality Of the owner
who has assembled it. Mr.. Glover's col
lection shows a very broad interest and
catholic taste; 1t Includes landscapes, fig
ure paintings portraits and works by for
e1gn ana American artlStS OF early and
cotemporary schools. That each picture
has been added because of inherent ap-
peal can readily be believed. for there is
not one which does not commend itself,
though none are to be classed with those
works for which kings ransom today
is paid.
The five portraits which hang in the
drawing room in Mr.. Glover's residence
have been placed on the south wall Of
the gallery. The first to be noted as one
enters from the atrium Is portrait OF
Mime. Pompadour by Teissier; next
comes a portrait of Mime. de Maintenon
by Hyacinthe Rigard; to the right Of this
hang portraits of the Countess Of Sunder-
land and Nell Gwynne. attributed to Sir
Peter Lely, the group being concluded
by a portrait Of the Princess de Polignac
by Natoire. All are decorative. graceful
and quite in the spirit of the time in
which they were painted. The women
portrayed are pretty. very feminine and
daintily gowned, but their faces are
masks behind which one cannot peer.
centering the west wall is large and
extremely interesting painting by George
Inness-'Winter Morning, Montclair'-
which is not only Of great intrinsic worth.
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A MEMORIAL meeting in appreciation
"A of the service rendered by the late
Francis D. M1llet in the field of art and
in the interest Of the public is to be held
on the evening of the 10th Of May in
connection with the annual convention Of
the American Federation Of Arts. Of
which Millet was one Of the organizers
and since its formation secretary. On
that evening Mr. Millet was to have
given a lecture on Costumes" a sub
ject in which he was much interested
and to which he had given careful study
in connection with his art: There will be
five or six prominent speakers, eminent
men who knew Mr.. Millet intimately In
different lines of his work, in addition
to which resolutions will be presented by
representatives OF organizations to which
he belonged. The thought of those who
are arranging for this meeting is not only
to pay fitting tribute to Mr.. Millet's men,
DRY. but to spread the inspiration Of his