The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

Iand Paris ina she was unhappy Win
her tyrannical German lord. escaped
to the Highlands. where the fine old
chief and all his five sons cone being
"a pri, 1t was cScmpt) and all tho
friends of the five som fell in love
with her and pcttod and made nucn
Of her until her Nictzschian lord
bought u yacht and entered the har'or
aud stormed the castle. all in dcsp't"
Of the fact that he had locomotor
ataxia very badly.
There IL also ~ jealous American
woman who pcrchcd NJ II her nus
bands narrow knees aud called nm
Hub" while slc looked like u ~Srcckicd
hen on u fence. There are English
girls. who looked like boys all day
and dressed for dinner as II they were
going to "A children's party. II hero
and his travelling companion watched
the procession of nations and knew
that every fat man with u rolled neck
who made jokes and puncttated them
with bowling salutationS from the hips
was German: every dark man with
large ears and handsome bulky aides
attached to his person was II Jcw:
every man with "a wild beard and mild
eyes was "A Russian. and so forth.
The heroine. for example, had n
starry face. a kind of divine, remote
limpidity, as If she smiled in her "
atmosphere. apar from the dust and
heat Of ours. She carried herself
rarely. and though sh" was plainly
! dressed shc had the air of jewels
about her. especially in her hair. |
: mean that her head seemed to hc lift
Ing "A coronet.'
Who in these days could resist a
heroine of that sort? For the short
period when small. plain heroincs with
high, white forellcads and red flannel
wrappers obtained popularity through
the genius Of the IIrontc girls *
passed, and So far as tn" appearance
of hcroincs In fiction goes we are Midi
Victorian again. The only diff"r"n""
Icy Is That they are not required To-
weep ard swo"n 40 Consistently.
tn" hcroinc's huslu nd had square
bulk and hardy eyes. the assured air
of the comfortably cushioned in Ills
world. that air of u corner seat. which
the great, especially the foreign great,
are seldom without" liz Was an AUS
TRAN. "lou can always tell says
tho hero. 'lf ever YOU SEQ Germans
who seem sorry about IT. and anXinus
to bc something else. they are AUS
TRANS. Very nice people, except TO
each other"
The Austrian knew everybody the
world owe and talked about every
thing-l!terature. art and politics.
"Noltairc vas a pose with Byron. He
wore him like pip'c armor. He
scorned himself, that young man, and
took pains TO he sCornful Of the world
in order 10 let himself down. There
never was any man Of his ability and
force who got less out Of the world
than your Lord Byror.' This IL an
excellent bit of criticl NJ upon art and
life 10y the Austrian ogre husband.
The hero. II you choose anon so
many heroes To single Hector out. was
"A serious young man, who lIamlrtl.he
believed himself born to straigItcn
out an evil world. He "wrcStlcd with
life" so his creator tells us. though all
we see him doing is travelling at ram
dom through various pleasure re-
sorts falling in love with other mons
wives. However. he does this deco
rously and quite after a Sir Gialahad
fashion. He made me- demands upon
the lady except that she recognize and
confess her uuhapp:neSs with the AUS
TRAN ogre:
II, Wa a' So" tag, or Jos" when thu
c"ns'iousu',. of love its,if 81. q triumph. I.
J., ;l.t Glazed i',lus which Be- poet has
when h" h"s written 4 poem, wh!,h "a hen
has when size has Ia!l an egg You 60
'!dcking ahrI'. y'u ~. your feet up. your
head Is iu the stars.
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