The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-10-09
Court Gossip of Interesting
Epents on Two Continents

title in 1899, on the death of his elder
brother, and since 1901 he has been an
Irish peer, but he took no active part In
public affairs. He Inherited large estate
| in County Glare. The title dates from
1874. and the fourth and fifth barons were
outlawed. The twelfth baron was the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork. but he
became a Protestant on succeeding to the
peerage. The grandfather Of the late
Lord DunbOyne established his claims to
the peerage in 1877, as a descendant Of
| the second baron.
The old Huguenot Church in Orange
Street, Leicester Square, London, after
| withstanding the ravages OF time for 90
years, is to be pulled down. Originally
called Leicester Fields Chapel. the build
ing was erected by the Huguenots who
were driven from France at the time of
the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
O6S5). 1t has been successfully in the
hands OF the Huguenots, the Episco-
palians, and the CongTegationalists, the
latter now possessing 1t. Among the
notable preachers who have occupied its
pulpit was TOplady. the author of the
Rock of Ages" and the Rev. Samuel
luke, husband of the authoress of Il
Think When / Read That Sweet Story
Of Old" An original copy of this hymn
in her own handwriting is a treasured
possession OF the church. Sir Isaac New
toms house, adjoining, and which be-
longs to the church, also is in danger of
destruction in consequence OF the recon-
structiOa OF the latter.
The private library of Kaiser Wilhelm
VII form one Of the exhibits at the ex-
hibition of the book trade which Is to
be held in the city Of Leipzig in Saxony.
next year. The announcement has caused
considerable excitement among German
amateurs, though the fact is that the
library is much smaller than is generally
supposed. 1t consists of 5000 volumes
twO-thirds of which have been acquired
during the twenty-five years Of the Ger
rlan Emperors reign. When Kaiser VIII
helm assembled the throne he inherited a
private library OF only $500 volumes.
CharacteristiCally he commenced by elm
mating nearly one-half of them as being
books of no practical value at present.
The catalogue is divided into twelve
sections. The first consists OF enCyclo-
pedias and dictionaries; the second of
books of Jurisprudence; the third political
economy and social sciences; the fourth
colonial; the fifth archaeology and my
thOlogy; the sixth universal history; the
seventh history of the HohenzOllerns; the
eighth biographies, memoirs. personal rec
objections and correspondence; the ninth
military science; the tenth geography and
ethnOgra ply, while the last two divisions
are devoted to German literature and
pictures. Kaiser Wilhelm is not a col
lector of book plates But his brother.
Prince Henry Of Prussia. possesses one
of the finest plate collections in Ger
many.
Emile OIIivier's recent death leaves the
Empress Eugene to mourn alone the
glory of the Second Empire. This re-
markabIe woman still lives in retirement
in England She was perhaps the great
est contributing cause to the fall of her
husband. the Emperor Louis Napoleon.
During his absence from France, she was
Regent When he was in Paris no voice
was more influential with the Emperor.
She favored the ill-staTred and fatal
expedition of the Austrian ArChduke
Macmillan to Mexico. and il was the
lust of greater power in the heart of the
daughter Of Maria Kirkpatrick that led
to the rout of Sedan, the "debacle'' and
the fall OF Paris.
Eugene presents lonely figure. Her
only son was killed as an English soldier
in the Zulu war. olivier was the last
OF the men who made and unmade the |
Second Empire. But she had had her |
day and the satisfaction of debating TO |
her sisters throughout the world When |
Eugene appeared in a new creation on |
the Champs Elysees, within a few |
months women OF every n3tiOn were |
duplicating her gown. Her power was
50 great that for a decade that arch |
abOmination, the hoop skirt was con- |
sidered a thing of beauty. FLANECR.