The Washington times., 1924-09-22
YOlanda, Charles Majors Famous Novel, Has
Been Created Into 4 Super Motion Pic
tlre By Cosmopo litan Productions.
Directed BY Yignola; Settings BY
Urban; Scenario BY Luther
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SCREEN VERSION NOVELETTE,
BY Jane Mclean.
Reed.

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kind Ii prone to worship
= false gods, and persistently
Gets up the brazen image 81
sham hero AZ its idol. should
Hike to write the history OF the
world, il for no other reason
than to assist several we'll
established heroes down from
their pedestals. Great Charlie
inagne might come 'down.to earth's
level, pAtriarchal flowing beard
might drop from his face. and We
might see him as he really was
4 a plucked and toothless old saw.
age, with no. more Christianity
than Jacob. ana with ailepf Jacobs
greed. Richard Of England, styled
BY hero worshippers THE Lion.
Hearted" might be re-christened
sThe Wolf Hearted. and the fl.
smous Du Guesclin might seem TO
ts half-bruitisli vagabond. But
Charles Of Burgundy, dubbed by
this prone world 'eThe Bold and
"The Rash, . would take the
greatest fall. OF him. and his
falr daughters ! shall speak in
this history. -
AT the time OF. which I write
Louis XXI reigned over France,
Edward Nv ruled in England, and
his sister. the beautiful Margaret
Of York, was. the unhappy wife
Of this Charles the Rash. and
0tepmother to his gentle daugh.
ter Mary. Charles. though only
. duke in name. reigned as a
most potent and despotic king
over the fair, rich land of Bur-
gundy. Frederick of Styria was
head of the 81 eat house Of Haps.
burg, and Count Macmillan. my
young friend and pupil, was his
heir.
Most Of the really tragic parts
in the great drama Of history
have been played by women. This
truth / had always dimly known,
1 yet one does not really know :
fact until he feels it. l did not
realize the extent to which these
poor women OF history have sui.
Tered in the matter of enforced
marriages. until the truth was
brought home to me in the person
Of Mary. Princess OF Burgundy.
to whose castle Peronne La .Pu-
ellie, my pupil, Macmillan Of
Hapsburg, and made q journey
IN 147e. &
My knowledge OF this fair lady
began in far-off Syria, and there
! shall begin my story.
In times Of peace life in Haps-
burg Castle was dull; in times Of
war it was doleful. War is al
ways grevious. but my good mis-
tress, the Duchess Of Syria, was
ever in such painful dread lest
evil should befall her only child.
MAMMALIAN, that the pains Of war
time were rendered doubly keen
to those who loved her grace.
After Macmillan had reached
the fighting age there was too
little war to suit him. Up to his
eighteenth year he had thrice gone
out to war, and these expeditions
were Misunderstanding trials for his
mother. Although tied to- his
mothers aprOn-strings by bonds
Of mutual love, he burned with
the fire and ambition Of youth;
while !, reaching well toward my
three-score years, had almost Out.
lived the lust for strife.
Perched among the mountain
crags, our castle was almost i'm
pregnable; but that was its only
virtue as dwelling-place. Bare
walls. stone floors, sour wine,
coarse boar's meat. brown bread,
and poor beds constituted our mea-
ser portion. -
Duke Frederick was poor be-
cause his people were poor. TheS
lived among the rocks and crags,
raised their goats, ploughed their
tiny patches of thin earth, and
gave to the duke and to each
man his due. They were simple,
nigoted,, ard honest to the hsalt s
core.
SOftened by Love.
To leaven the poor loaf of life
IN Castle Hapsburg its inmates
enjoyed the companionship of tine
ktndeSt man and woman that ever
q q h smsHa A. ~.
ana Duchess OF Styria. Though
I'm their little court life was rigid
with the starch Of ceremony, II
was softened by the tenderness OF
love. All that Duke Frederick
asked from his subjects was a
bare livelihood and a strict oh.
servance OF ceremonious conveli-
tons.
The boar's meat and the brown
bread were eaten In state; the
sour wine was drunk solelnnly:.
and going to bed each night was
an act Of national Importance.
Oh all these painful conditions
young Max was suffering vic.
tim. Did he sally forth to stick
wild boar or to kill a. bear, the
master Of the hunt rode beside
him IN 2 gaudy, faded uniform.
Forertders preceded him, and
afterrtders followed. He was
almost compelled to hunt by
proxy, and he. considered hinseif
lucky to, be In at the death.
Poor Max did not really live;l he
was an autofnaton. Una
shall give you here ten lines
concerning. myself. I am Italian
by birth--a younger son or the
noble House of Pitt. / left home
when but little more than q boy.
, Jcurneying to the east, / became
Sir Kari de Pitt. Knight OF the
Holy Order Of st. John. and "