New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-24

LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Nine de ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Remlnls
cences-A Comedy by Native Author
Dean Hannay Abroad America.

ocratic simplicity still ruled, much to
! the amazement of her husband. She
I tells anecdotes Of Evarts, Sam Ward,
Carl Schurz and other celebrities OF
the period, observing incidentally OF
Blaine and Conkling that the New
Yorker "may have been less vain than
MIR. Blaine. but he had the appearance
J of being more So" The "highbrow"
was not unknown in those fan distant
days in the national capital, for Nine.
| de Lindencrone joined the Brain CluD,
whose first session was devoted 10 a
discussion of the metamorphosis OF
negative matter. at was CHASTITY TO
/ compensate herself she became mem
Der of the National Rational lnterna-
tional Dinner Club, which was good
| fun. In the course of trip through
the West, NJ. de Lindencrone had oc-
casion to introduce himself as 1.-The
Danish Minister" whereupOn he was
promptly invited to pray in the hotel
parlor on Sunday. I'VE are not par
ticular as to sects here" explained the
host. At Cambridge the author hugely
enjoyed Longfellow's fear that his UNI
improbable respectability might be
furnished by a melting with Sarah
Bernhard. Her experiences in Copen-
hagen with the Dane who was told off
to take her in to dinner because he
could speak English are screamlngly
funny. He told her that she had "a
beard (bird) in her throat" There
are some charming pictures of the
simple ways of the Danish royal fam
lily.
In Rome Nine. de Lindencrone met
Ouida, who impressed her as a pOSeuSc.
dressed with a lofty disregard of the
climate, and wearing the thinnest of
shoes and stockings, of which she man
aged to show more than was quite nee
essary. "She spoke with an affected
voice, and looked about her continually
as if people were watching her and
taking notes" When the author in
vited List to dinner she received this
note from his famous princess:
hear that you are going to have
the master to dinner at your house.
beg of you to see that he does not
sit in a draught of air, or that the
cigar he will smoke will not be too
strong, and the coffee he drinks
will be weak, for he cannot sleep
after, and please see that he is
brought safely to his apartment.
Nine. de Lindencrone remarks upon
the admirable way in which the Paris
press kept secret the circumstances OF
President Faure's death, writes inter
estingly of the brave men who fought
the Dreyfus case to its end, describes
her narrow escape from death in the
Charity Bazaar fire, thanks to the un
pardonable remissness of dressmaker,
whom she went to reproach before
going to the fete, and informs US that
the Kaiser "has the rare gift of making
the person TO whom he is talking APP
pear at his very best. While talking TO
you he never takes his eyes off your
face. He is seemingly all attention.
His voice is singularly clear, and what
he says is straight to the point" And
here is an international anecdote:
The Emperor said to me: do
you know Mr. Carnegie?"
said that did not.
"He is a clever gentleman. Can
you guess what he said to me?'
| shook my head.
The Emperor then quoted Mr..
Carnegie: "You and Mr.. Roose-
welt would make a nice tandem"
The Emperor laughed: 81 asked
him which he thought would be the
wheel horse"
"What did he answer to that?"
said /.
81 am afraid Mr.. Carnegie did
not find anything to answer just
then"
As a matter Of course, the author
met the leading musicians Of the
period, and has much to tell OF them
She was present at the premiere of
"Cavalleria," and describes the scene
with enthusiasm. Hans Won Buelow
sent her one of Wagner's books with
the inscription, ODE Ia part du mari de
la femme de Pauteur." In the course Of
one of the periodic discussions Of
recipes for longevity, ALBERT explained
that "the only way to grow old is to
live a long time" Sgambati, Tosti,
Verdi, Massenet wrote songs for Nine.
de Lindencrone, or sent her their auto
| graphs, which are reproduced here.
| But of all the compliments she ever
received on account of her voice and
her art, she cherishes most the pretty
tribute paid to her by the driver OF
the Yosemite Valley stage coach:
"Some of them nightingales would have
to take a back seat when she sings.