Evening star., 1912-11-24

Sition of soul for themselves, have been eX-
amples to the world of supreme dislnterest-
edness, unselflsh virtue, and freedom from
every faint of the world. Isl to be seriously
declared that such an example is not bene
fit to the whole of society?
"By my action at the time | earned the
charge that l was standing with the reac-
tionaries l was standing only with those
who defend liberty of conscience"
MONSIEUR LOTT had words of admira
A'A ton for the women of India, moving
sculptures in perfection of form, those
of Egypt whose melancholy beauty has al
ways touched him deeply. Superb in car
riage, he said, the Egyptian women, though
seldom beautiful and often prematurely old
from maternity and excessive labor, imaged
in their sorrowful dignity the fate of Egypt.
"Sometimes in regarding the eyes of the
Egyptian women | seem to find epitomized
in them the tragic history of the country of
the Pharaohs, the summing up of all that it
has been and ceased to be-"
Of the Moroccan women Lott will not
speak During trip to Morocco in 1889 he
met the Sultan, the Pashas, and the chiefs
of tribes, establishing a close sympathy
with them. He obtained also an insight
into the harenns. But he has refused to
abuse the privilege he enjoyed, and will
make none of his reflections public. The
hospitality he was shown has bound him to
silence.
Concerning the women he will say no
more than that their white-veied forms are
objects of fascination to him and provoke
in his mind an endless speculation. Through
some ineXpl1cable freak of heredlty, he has
written, "or of far remote preeXlstence, |
have always felt myself half Arab at heart.
Among all the women he has met he finds
the nature of English women the most diff
the friendship of England's former Queen.
Queen Alexandra has received me in the
palace he said, land her graciousness made
me feel that my work had met with under
standing in England. 1t has done much to
break down my prejudice against things
English"
OF Russian, German, and Scandinavian
women this exotic impressionist knows little
or nothing. In Italian women he sees few
elements of charm. But his prejudice against
everything Italian is deep, and may be as
sumed partly to account for this indiffer
ence. Monsieur Lott suffers acutely over the
menace to Turkey in the Near Eastern trou-
bles.
A TRUE story with a fine touch of the ro
in running over few of the names of royalty
with whom he has enjoyed more or less in
timacy. One of his royal admirers was
Queen Marie Christine, the mother of King
Alfonso of Spain. 1t was well known to the
Queen that LOU sympathized with the snug
glers of the Basque country, and more than
once had aided them to escape the customs
guards.
Received by the Queen one day, Lott was
startled to hear an allusion to his relations
with the smugglers. But instead of rebuking
him she said only, Il should have been
heartbroken if my customs officials had shot
YOU, Monsieur Lott That would have de-
prived us of many captivating books. Nor
have | any grudge against you for sympa-
thizing with the smugglers, since to that
sympathy we owe your Incompatible 'Ra-
muntcho.
Monsieur Lott enjoys as wide acquain-
tance among women of the courts of Europe
as among famous women of letters. Carmen
SYLVIA, Queen Of Rumania, has made Ger
man translation of his "Pecheur d'Islande,"
and out of this collaboration has grown
friendship between the Queen and the gifted
writer. The Princess of Monaco also calls
him friend In fact, the Princess. who was
formerly the Duchesse de Richlieu, spends
eight days of every year at Monsieur Lofts
villa in Rochefort.
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