The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
Court Gossip of Interesting
.5pents on Two Continents

, who is assisted in the work by her mis-
'tress. Nine. Lebaudy gives away nearly
the whole of her income. Most of her
donations are bestowed anonymously. 1t
is an open secret that for many years
past she has made up the annual deficit
of the leading French Royalist paper,
which usually amounts to about 400, OC0
francs. Great as the wealth of these two
ladies is. there are at least two women
in the United States with even larger
fortunes, namely. Mrs. Russell Sage, who
administers an estate worth about $780,
0oO,OOO, and Mrs. A. f. Hartman, who
controls about ssO.OOOOO0.
When he visited Essen in 1906 to con-
tract for guns, foreign general noted
the lavish generosity OF Krupp's, OF
which some further instances have been
brought to the attention OF the German
courts. He put up at the Essener Hotel,
which belongs to the Krupps, and is gun
mainly for the accommodation of the for
eign army officers experimenting the ex-
ecution of orders for their governments
Gathered around the dining tables were
Russians, Belgians, Scandinavians, Turks
Bulgarians, servIans, Japanese, and
Chileans. Some day they may have TO
fight, but meantime they are friendly
enough among themselves. Some Of these
officers stay at the hotel a year or two,
$4,000 a year to run. An English jour
nalist sent to Essen had the greatest DIFF
ficulty TO obtain his bill when he took his
departure. He was told TO consider him
self the guest OF Frau Krupp, and not
to bother about such n trihe. But he
knew that he was not "madame's guest"
and by making this clear he at length got
his bill"
PnDmlar tradition
zion. the recently 80 popular Cornish
shore resort, with an ancient Hebrew
colony, Is not accepted by Cornlshmen,
who will tell you that the name has
nothing to do with Zion" The first
two syllables do not mean bitter" the
word is not "a strictly Hebrew name"
II is a native Cornish word. "Maraz'
means market, barter. or bargain; the
ending ion is the plural form; so that
the word indicates the place where bar
gains or operations OF barter were car
ried on between the Cornish people and
their trading visitors. These were not
Jews. but probably Phoeniclans The
business was transacted in "Maraz-
ion" /. e, the market places. not as We
have been led to believe in Penzance.
MarketJew-Street there means no more
than that 1t is the street or way or road
leading to Narration. II is curious that
Cornish people commonly used the term
Market-Jew instead of Mara zion.
Narration can yield up the secret Of
her beautiful name more easily in St
Just than anywhere else. For in that
town OF "tinners and fish people" the
Cornish tongue could be heard long after
il had died out elsewhere. In the center
Of the little community is preserved the
ancient amphitheaterr where miracle
plays were performed, and its parish
church can show a register Of Wears
going back 700 years. Yet St Just, al
though it also has forgotten the old
tongue, has steadily refused to grow up
in other ways. The place has dwindIed
down to 500 souls, but there is no water
supply. Everybody provides water for
himself dt is generally herselO, judging
from the number Of women water car
riers at the public well.
In the evening the streets show a pro-
cession Of men. women, and children with
all sizes OF pals and barrels on wheels,
coming and going 20 the center of life
the village pump. One shUdders TO think
what would happen to st. Just-in-Pen-
with. II the steady southwest hreezes
from the Atlantic and the plentiful rains
OF the cooler months did not at recent
intervals give the streets and gardens
ablution- A beautiful name for a holiday
resort may be desirable. but water is
sweeter. FLASEUR.