The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-04-25
THE OBSERVATORY

, How curiously men wander and ou
! paths cross and recross each other
e and how many of us find ourselves ir
f circumstances we never dreamed o.
, in our youth. This fact is illustrated
in story recently told in book pub
lished by the Harpers; "In the Courts
of Memory" it is a collection of let
! tiers written through various years by
girl of Cambridge, Mass, a Miss
Lille Greenough, whose father was a
brother of the sculptor by that name.
Her grandfather was judge; James
Russell Lowell was her cousin, and
when fifteen years old her fother took
her to England to study music for the
training of remarkable voice; later
going to Paris, she met Mr.. Charles
M oulton, whose father was a promi-
nent American banker and who had
resided many years in France and be-
came his wife when seventeen years
old; the social position of the family
gave them access to the most promi-
nent families of the second Empire,
including the Emperor Napoleon III
and his wife, the beautiful and attract
i've Empress Eugene, with whom she
became favorite; her letters were
sent to her mother and other relatives
IN America, and if we may Judge BY
their intimate tone, she never lost her
love for her native country and was
always a true hearted American wo-
man. She was in position to see be-
hind the scenes of the last days of the
Second Empire, was with the Emperor
and Empress the night before the
Franco Prussian war began, giving a
VIVID picture of the already fearful |
Emperor; was in Paris when the EN-
pire tell, and was caught there |
through the days of the Commune,
having had a remarkable interview
with Raoul Rigault, one of the most
vile scoundrel of the Commune, when
the courage and dignity of the Ameri-
can lady was her salvation. Her re-
markable voice and winsome manner
made her friends wherever she went
in England, France, Germany, Italy
or America; the Crown Princess Mar
gherita, wife of Humbert, who was af-
forwards king of Italy, became her
friend, as also the Princess Alexranda
afterwards Queen of England; and
frince Oscar, afterwards king of Swe-
den, because of their mutual love of
music. Her husbands sister was the
wife of Count Hatzfelt, private secre-
tary of Prince Bismark. Later when
visiting America, her husband died.
and some years after she married M.
dc Observation-Disclosures, at that
time Danish minister to our country,
and later successfully his country's
repres sentative in Stockholm, Rome
and Paris. She became the intimate
friend of the great musicians. Wac
ner, Liszt, Auber, Gounod, Rossini.
and Jenny Lind.
She was a remarkable letter writer.
having the ability to catch the. in.
teresting point of each event, grave
and gay, and there is not dull line
in the book.
At IS years of age she was attend
ing. school in Cambridge where sew
eral OF the Harvard professors taught.
Longfellow, Pierce, the
great mathematician, and Aga SSH:
sometimes Lowell took Longfellow's
place, when one day he said to her:
Cousin Lille, / will take you out
for walk in recess" I said, "Noth-
ing. l should like better, but l can't
60" "Why not?" said he. Because
| must go and be beggar." "What
do you mean," he asked 81 mean
that there is duet that Mrs. Agassiz
favors just now, from Myerbeer's
LIE Prophet where she is begger No
and | am begger No. g." He laugh
anyway. l envy you" envy mes
thought you would pity me-" said.
NO NO, -! 40 not pity you, l envy you
oeing oeggar with such voice"
She says: II don't wonder YOU
hat you think it extraordinary that
al these teachers, who are the best in
n Harvard College, should teach US; but
ne reason is. that the Agassiz's have
punt new house and find it difficult
20 pay for it, so their friends have
promised to help them start this
school, and by lending their names
rave put it on its legs, so to speak" :
one day she gave Longfeliow
'hock; he had instructed them re- !
'arding .rythm, measures and the Z
eet used IN poetry, and the idea of !
poetry having feet amused her. and
hought out what she calls a beaut;-
III joke. In the class Prof. Long
elbow asked her: s {
Miss Greenough, can you tell me
What blank verse ISL" I answered
'Iromptly and boldly, BLANK verse ia {
Ike blank book; there is nothing in s
!, not even feet" and looked around
or admiration, but only saw disap-
rovai written everywhere, and NJ s
,songfellow, looking very grave, pass. s
d on to the next girl. / never feI, :
o ashamed in my life"
Later in the day he called on her s
unit and overheard her singing. and :
egged her to keep on and then said
!. same can to scold you for your flippan.
this morning, but you have onlv 70
ing to take the words out OF nv
louth, and be forgiven"
When a girl she learned to skate on
'e celebrated Fresh Pond in Old y
ambridge, and her mother sent her 8
pair OF the latest style of skates and g
II, the first ice on the Paris ponds &:
ie tried them, and was soon surnr;s- u
to see the Emperor and Empress y