The Washington herald., 1912-09-19


would make a fine subject for the
the pedantry of the word), from The
Hague to Belgium with her coachman.
with the intention of marrying him
when she came of age. must be dis
agreeable for her relatives who claim
descent from the famous military en-
gineer of that name, And yet her es-
capade may be to their liking. after
all. for It furnishes them with the
looked-for pretext to lock her up in
a madhouse. and despoiling the way
WARRIOR worse-girl OF her fortune.
There have been runaway matches
before when there was as great a dis
parity of rank between the clippers as
between Mile. Cohoorn and the Jehu
whom she adores. Most Of them did
turn out well, or well enough. when
the proverbial wolf did not come howl
ing to the door.
According to the photos of the ro-
mantle Dutch young lady and her
ooachman, now on sale In Paris, both
are good looking. Sojourners at Os-
tend who saw her this summer think
her delicious plump Dutch comeliness
and natural manners very taking. Her
conversation is sensible and easy. The
hotel distant from hers. and he had
excellent manners. II there was
fault to find with them II was in his
distant reserve at the table d'hote and
on the veranda- He might have been
a Dutchman OF Judeo-Spanish descent.
and had a distinct makeup that &C.
corded with his features.
There is a good deal of truth in the say
I'M a 0as "a mazda in haaveD "
that is providing there are not made I'M
der the pressure OF poverty on the girls
side or what the Catholic Church calls
moral constraInt." exercised by her FAM
lily.
Sarah Curran. the betrothed Of Robert
Emmett, sought to comfort herself for
his loss in marrying a British officer OF
fortune who adored her. He was said TO
have every manly and chivalrous virtue.
But he was also the son of footman. his
mother. the daughter Of a marquis. hav-
ing seen in him her ideal and eloped with
him to Gretna Green.
4 daughter of the antique prison If
Bordeaux in 1854 fell in love with a ne'er-
do-well prisoner. secretly married him
and misfortune also, but the daughter
born in time to have a legal status was
destined, as Nine de Maintenon. to figure
in French history OF the Queen Of France
in point of fact. dignity. personal, and
reflected prestige, and, what no queen
save Elizabeth of England ever had been,
the maker Of every bishop on which the
episcopal dignity had in France been con-
ferred during her reign Of thirty-four
years.
Did not a barmaid, who had been a
laundress. make a conquest of HYDE. the
historian OF the civil war that brought
low Charles / and his cavaliers? Does
she not figure in the pedigree of Queens
Mary II and Anne as their grandmother?
Mary must have been the most attract
i've of British queens consort or regnant.
and the one who best knew how to fill the
position.
The Spanish mode of giving the senor-
itas a wide choice at barred windows on
the ground floor has an excellent effect
on their race. They and the young senors
eye each other on a ramble or in church.
Good manners require that they do so
with an air of seriousness. A young
lady is followed to her home discree;ly.
AS she enters she looks around. sees VINO
Is at n respectful distance behind her
gives a toss OF her fan and enters.
This trifling gesture is taken by him
as meaning Come to the window. where
we may enjoy A little conversation
He looks on this as an appointment,
and he keeps it. When he is there. an
other young senior may cine up and
bow respectfully an acquaintance.
Thereupon the frst-comer draws back.
salutes reverently. and departs. The
senorita. If an attractive person. can
hold quite levee at the barred window.
She is justified in asking any OF them
what she should say about him to her
parents? He tells her. They inquire as
to his status and antecedents. II they
hear Sitting he is allowed to present him
self at the tertullia of the young lady S
mamma.
a marriage may or may not come OF
it Should there be non-consent on the
part of the parents. and II the Senorita
be very much in love she can appoint
with the gallant to fall in with her at
morning mass. There, in the presence
of the hostile" they can VOW eternal
fidelity. The parents must accept this
betrothal. and the parish priest joins the
lovers hands. their hearts being one
ALREADY.
II is lucky for the nimble jap" that
the tortures OF Koreans had not been
exposed when the coincidence over the
death OF the Mikado was. offered in and
adopted by the British House of Conn
mons. For some reason or other Chris
tianity has captured the imagination of
the Koreans with a completeness re-
corded scarcely anywhere else. and In
many respects Western ideals, as distinct
from motor cars and torpedoes. are bet
ter understood in the despised DEEPEN
denCy than they are in Tokyo. where
the idea is to set up an established
church compounded of Shintoism, Budd-
hism, and the Apostles Creed. Japan
does not like a Korea fortified by the
Cross; and the thumbsCrew. &c. is
simply a revelation of anti-missionary
brutality. This reminds one of the story
Of the torture scene in herbert Tree $
Darling OF the Gods" \ japanese
diplomat was observed to be affected to
the point of tears. and a Western friend
remarked. Terrible, is it not?" Ter
rible?' he answered. why. no. II re-
minds me of dear, dear Japan
The black oxen employed to draw the
funeral car of the late Mikado are OF a
select breed. which for centuries has
been employed solely for the use of the
Japanese imperial family. No other
race of draft animals can show such a