The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-02

matte Art at Washington. D. c.. as u
member OF the faculty. and as In
trusted with "the demonstration OF the
instruments. the teaching OF chamber
music. piano, ensemble and sight-read-
Ing courses. as well as instruction In
conversation and literature" Prince
Alfred holds q commission In the Prus-
sian army. His brother. Prince Henry,
is captain on the reserve list OF the
crack Belgian cavalry regiment OF
Guides, while still another brother.
Prince Ferdinand, Is q prelate of the
household or the Pope.
Virtually all the huge wealth OF the
Croy family Is concentrated in the
hands OF It's chief the duke The
other sclons Of the house draw annual
allowances from the family estate, the
amounts thereof depending on the re-
moteness OF their relationship to the
chief OF The family Some of than have
acquired wealth through marriage, or
through rich mothers, and others are
IN relatively straitened circum
stances, that is TO say. for men OF
their rank.
The fall OF Adrianople serves TO re-
call the extraordinary story OF the
Quaker girl, Mary Fisher, who preach
ed Christianity before Sultan Maho-
met w. at Adrianople in 1867. a ma
tive OF Selby. In Yorkshire. and of Oh
scure origin. she was the first OF the
Society of Friends TO endure the pun
ishment of public logging. as the pom
atty for her denuncation OF the Cam
bridge scholars. and served several
periods of Imprisonment In York Cas-
tie. owing TO her attacks on the Els
tablished Church of England. In 1856
she attempted to carry the Gospel as
interpreted by the Society OF Friends.
nd ttf lun
Boston she was seized by the order OF
the deputy governor. stripped and
searched for signs of Titchcraft and
after lying in prison for ave weeks.
alf-starved and unable to communal
cate with her trends. was shipped back
to the place from whence she came.
On her return to England she was
moved by the terrible stories of Turk
ish cruelty in the Southeast of Europe,
to endeavor to convert the Grand
Signior.' that is to say. the Sultan,
and set North at the head of mis-
sionary expedition, consisting OF three
Irishmen tQuakers). and two English
women besides herself. They started
with tho help OF n newly formed Gen
eral Quaker fund for the Service Of
Truth Abroad" On ing Italy, the
three men were imprisoned by the
Dogc of Venice. and while two OF them
succumbed. the third one eventually
escaped. returned to England. where
| he became the leader of the first seri-
Gus schiem. which took place among
| the Quakers. His name was John Per-
rot, and OF him William Penn declared:
John Perrot, if he had been as faith
| full as si:.s'tus companions. might have
| with them been hanged htNealca...ta
/ his own comfort the Truths honor
! and the churchs peace"
| Mary Fisher succeeded in sailing
/ from Venice, was landed somewhere on
the Albanian coast and then made
! her way on foot across the mountains
| of Thrace to .Adrianople, a Journey OF
| some COO miles. There she managed
| to obtain the ear OF the Grand ViZier
| 4tchmet Pasha, scion of q distinguished
Albanian family. who informed the
Sultan that "a woman had come from
the far west, who had something to
| declare from the great God to the
| Sultan" Mohomet ~. received her
| with all the honors accorded 10 an
ambassador. spoke to her encourage
! ing words. bidding her mot fear, for
all present had good hearts, and could
| hear her message" They listened
| gravcly while she was speaking
| through an interpreter, and then the
| Sultan, acknowledging what she had
| spoken was the truth declared that he
! coull not but respect one Tho had
! travelled from so distant land to
! bring them a message from the Lord,
! Cod He invited her to stay in his
| dominions, and when she insisted on
/ returning to England, furnished her
| with an escort, "snce he would not
| that she should not come to the least
! hurt while In his empire" The Eng
| lish ambassador at Constantinople. Sir
| Thomas Bendish. in his official dis
/ patches, preserved in the Thurlee state
| papers, reports how he had shipped he
| back to England And even AFTER
| wards she was honored among his
| fellow Quakers as "ahe that spalke to
| the grand Turk"
| Copyright, 1913. by tho Brentwood
! Company