TTTT7- srrvrAV nurnnviAV. POUTTj VXD. JANUARY 15, 1911. - j oack CARMEN SYLVA, QUEEN OF ROUMANIA, IS NOW AT WORK UPON HER MEMOIRS Most Literary Boyal Person in Europe Wfll Give World Her EecoUectoni-Other Royal Men and Women Resale Themselyes With Their Writings on Various Topics. ' I RARIa. Jan. II. SpecUL Cumcn Sylva. Queen of Rouminli, Is finishing her memoirs. This Is the news flashed from Bucharest, her beau tiful capital on the banks of the Dan ube. So wide is her circle or acquaint ances, so extensive Is her knowledge of men and women, so well-known is her majesty In the world of letters, that the publication Is looked forward to with pleasant expectancy. And yet no revelation of state secrets or International scandals Is feared, as was from the memoirs which the Em press Eugenie In her efforts to die well has destroyed. Nor will ear be made, to Itch by the prurient and porno graphic "tit-bits" which have disfigured latter-day autobiographies, reminiscen ces and memoirs. But Carmen Sylva la more than a Queen among authors and greater than an author among Queens. She has made her mark In the world of letters quite as successfully aa she has played her part aa a Queen. Among literary royalties, she la easily chief. Queen Pauline Elisabeth Ottilia Lou ise Is her majesty's full name. Eliza beth Is her popular title, and Carmen Fylva her pen name. She Is a daugh ter of Prince Herman de Wled and by ter marriage with King Charles she belongs to the great House of Hohen sollern. She Is '. while her venerable husband Is five years ber senior. Some ten volumes. Including novels, poetry end literary thoughts are to the credit of Carmen Sylva. Most of these are translated into French as well aa Into English. Among the best known and most successful, especially In France, are -Stars." "Married Accord ing to Law. and "The Romance fct a Princess." For a long time Helen Vacaresco. herself a distinguished poetess and woman of letters, waa associated with Carmen Sylva. Mile. Vacaresco was on of the ladles of the Roumanian court. The Queen and her lady of honor did their literary work together. Finally Cupid Interrupted their studies. A romance between the Crown Prince and the accomplished young court lady, which political "reasons prevented from ending In marriage, caused a separa tion, but not a dissolution of friendship between Queen Elizabeth, and Miss Vacaresco. Carmen Sylva la as painstaking with ber writings as she Is with her deeds of cbarlty. She has been known to have made a trip to the Wlcklow Mountains In search of wild scenery. She has associated with her literary conferes In the friendly fashion charac teristic of men of letters. Jean Lor rain, who wrote limpid and lucid French with the soft ease of the Southerner; Francois Coppee. who poet ised the poor; Pierre Loti. the prince of travelled novelists. and Anatole France, the purest of French stylists, have been ber associates. In her memoirs Carmen Sylva gives quite a prominent place to the world of music as well as to the elite of let ters and of society. In this connection. It Is Interesting to note that an ac complished America composer and organist spends two weeks every Spring playtng the great organ at Bucharest for Elizabeth of Roumania. His name Is Gustln Wright, of Detroit. Mich, well-known among the musical composers of Paris, where be is organ ist of one of the great churches. The late King Leopold was not quite successful In his efforts to prevent Kings and Queens and scions of royal houses from being literary. King Oscar, of Sweden, incurred the wily Leopold's displeasure by publishing a book of poems. The King of the Bel gians laid down the brosd principle that a sovereign should not write. This he particularized by saying that the King of Sweden convinced Europe by his writings thkt many of his subjects surpassed him in talent. I Oca da Bawl oj4 aut&ars today. is King Nicholas, of Montenegro. Al though he has celebrsted the golden Jubilee of his reign, he is not much older than Carmen Sylva. But 6i Win ters have passed since the then ath letic young Montenegrin penned French verses in Paris, where he attended the Lyceum of St. Louis. The monarch of Montenegro la also a playwright. Two plays of his. written In the distant past, still hold the boards. One of them la called "Prince Arbanet"; the other Is "The Empress of the Bal kans." The latter has' no connection whatever with the play called "The Balkan Princess." In the modest the ater of his mountain capital of Cet tinge. King Nicholas has frequently the pleasure of seeing bis own play. "The Empress of the Balkans," on the boards. Europe b,as 12 reigning dynasties. Of the dozen, by far the most literary la the House of Savoy. All the members of the reigning family are bookish or blue-stocklnglsh or given to writing books. The Dowager Margherlta is the most literary of the sovereigns. Her knowl edge of Shakespeare has passed- Into a proverb. Whenever any question is raised among Italian scholars about the law in Shakespeare, the theology of the Bard of Avon, the women of Shakespeare, the Bacon - Shakespeare controversy or some kindred quest'on. "t Is referred to the Queen Dowager. Her majesty Is quite familiar with "The Great Cryptogram." the standard American worn by Ignatius Donnelly on the Bacon-Shakespeare theory, and while admitting that its literary -part shows splendid scholarship, she holds the mathematical or cryptogram'c part to be purely arbitrary and Incapable of psovlng anything. That Queen Margherlta Is versed In Dante goes without saying, for as every educated person In England knows his Shakespeare so every one of liberal training In Italy Is conversant with his Dante. There la a soulful aa well as a literary finish about the beautiful prayer com posed by Queen Margherlta after the as sassination of her husband, the late King Huroberto. King Victor Emmanuel Inherits his mother's literary tastes. Though his great work on numismatics can scarcely be called literary for the subject does not lend itself to literary treatment It Is a standard book among scholars who spend their days In studying coins. King Victor Emmanuel has tbi finest collection In the world and Is one of the highest author ities. His Majesty Is a member of many learned societies. Within his own range his learning recalls what the late King Edward said of the Duke d'Aumale: "Monselgneur . d'Aumale'a learning is so extensive and his recollections of things so accurate that every time 1 talk to .him I feel as If I were learning a lesson In French history." Queen Elena does ao many things well, from nursing the sick to shooting a stag, that people are likely to overlook her literary attainments. She comes of a family of poets and musicians and, poetry and music have been highly culti vated at the old homestead In Montene gro. Some of her early poetry was In spired by her husband, whom she met first at Moscow when he was still Crown Prince. Princess Elena's love effusions. were published over a pseudonym in a Russian literary review. There la an other exquisite poem from her Majesty's pen on the Bay of Naples. It were stretching the truth to say that an American lady Inspired a mem ber of the Italian royal family, the Duke eVAbruzxl, to write books, but It Is lit erally true to say that the forth-coming volume from the Duke's pen would not have been written now were it not for the difficulties connected with hla mar riage with Mlaa Elklns. His latest visit to the Himalaya Mountains originated In tbe.se troubles. And to that visit may be traced the new volume which will see the light one of these days. The Duke Is to the Himalaya Mountains what Sir William Martin Conway Is to the Alps. Mountains seem to have a special it- very title comes from the mountains. Abruzxl is the name of the uncivilized part of the Central Apennines, a high, cold, snowy table-land. The Mountains of the Moon have also furnished him a theme for an Interesting volume pub lished some years ago. The Duke Is nothing If not an explorer and his mai den book dealt with this two years' trip toward the North Pole. Thl was published for the benefit of an orpnan asylum. . We do, however, owe the African diary of the Count de Turin, at least In a remote way to the fascinations of an American girl now happily married into an old Roman noble family. The royal Count fell deeply in love with Miss Are thusa Schuyler Rosa, of New 1 jrk. Tho Dowager Queen Margherlta, having oth er ambitions for her nephews than mar rying them to American beauties, had the young man packed off to darkest Africa. The result la a diary of travel and adventure and chronicles of flora and fauna, and other nature studies. The Duchess jTAosta completes the famous literary stxtet of the royal fam ily of Italy. The Duchess Is at present In Central Africa, while her book, which treats of her travels. Is going through the press. This Is her second season In that country. French readers have already had a foretaste of her style in her lettera to the Parisian re views. She Is strong as a descriptive writer and Is said to Imitate success fully Gabriel d'Annunzio's prose. Young King Manuel may be classed as a royal writer of great promise. All the niore Is this so now that being re lieved of the cares of a kingdom he can give undivided attention to the develop ments of his literary talent. His dream now Is to win fame in the kingdom of lettera like his grand uncle, the Duke d'Aumale. King Manuel has written for the Academy of Science at Lisbon a memoir on the occupation of Portugal by General Junot In l!07. Unlike his : paternal uncle, the Duke of Oporto, who malntaina that ignorance is the duty of a royal prince, and whose chief exploit has been to descend the stairs of tho palace at Lisbon on a bicycle. King Manuel pursues his literary and scien tific studies in his English home near London, where he is studying kingcraft with a view- to his return to the Portu guese throne. Another literary member of the younger branch of the Bourbons Is the ruk of liontDensler. He is the next heir to the throne of France after his brother the Duke d'Orleans. Last year he published a book entitled, "The Beauty of the Chateau of the Sleeping. Wood." It Is an account of a trip made to the marvelous ruins of Angor In Indo Chtna. The book is remarkable as a piece of word-painting and also because of the secrets of the famous ruins which ; the author gives to the Western world , for the first time In their long history- , Of the Romanoffs, the only one who . hi. mv uterarv nretansions Is the i Grand Duke Michel Alexsndrovich. The Grand Duke, or Prince Michel, as he is sometimes called. Is a first cousin of the Emperor Nicholas IX He has pub ii.v,h four rora-aous volumes entitled "Russian Portraits." They are made up i of sketches or me greai men ui and though thev may e lacking in lit erary finish their get-up is s'mply "splendiferous." The work is sold for $15' a copy. Prince Albert of Monaco Is the sole llterarv. perhaps scientific, representa tive of the house of Grimaldl. His re searches on the Gulf Stream currents, maritime fauna and oceanography in general are well known to the learned societies of the world. He lectures be fore scientific organizations and writes for the great reviews. He is a corres ponding member of the French Acade my of Science. His Oceanographio Mu seum at Monte Carlo Is a monument of his industry and learning. The Princess de Saxe, had she followed out her love of letters, might now be the ni.,,r onoen of Saxony. As It is, she has given us nothing but the unsavory -Rniieotions of a Princess." written i since her elopement with the Belgian tutor Guerln. . Prince Karageorgovltch. brother or King Peter of Servia, is of a literary turn and writes occasionally for the re views. The late Queen Victoria of England left two volumes written in sweet school girl fashion. These are "Leaves from Our Life in the Highlands" and "More Leaves From Our Life in the High lands." It is said that Princess Louise. Duchess of Argyll, inherits the literary tastes of her mother, and the fame or her husband, tne Duke of Argyll, as an author is world-wide. 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Do we see the hands np of many of the members of the State Legislature? Never mind, they don't all live In Portland. They are very busy on their weekly day off looking over pet schemes for next week. Be sides they are not quite sure on Just which shelf high up the Bible Is se curely kept. ... Some folks wonder how the antedelu vtans and postdeluvlans got along for the first 15 centuries without any writ ten law at all. They ignore the fact that the written law Is but an elaborate duplicate of what, from the very first, was written on the tablet of the human heart. We freely admit that sin and Satan have done their very worst from the beginning, but that was Impossible. Even In the darkness of .heathenism men "sought the Lord (its author). If haply they might feel after him and find him, though he was not far from any one ot us." (Acts, 17:27). As an example of their longing, a statue was found in the streets of ancient Athens with this Inscription: "To the Un known God." The law of morals was given in a distinct and definite form, first audi bly, then engraven on tablets of stone. Tben the Hebrews were Its custodians and continued to care for It for many centuries; and they still hold that hon or. But it was designed for and is now In the possession of all peoples. To speak of the decalogue as being eccle siastical simply is to give a false lm. . presslon. It Is the star-nentage or nuMiiu. on every member of the family of man. It is never possible for a human being In any conceivable relation to escape Its Jurisdiction. The foremost Jurists of the civilised ages have claimed It as the unerring basis of all Justice. Its terms are so purely generic that they are applicable alike to all relations and conditions of mankind. Every precept of the decalogue Is prohibitive; but each nrohibltlon plainly implies -a re quirement. But two of the command- k ments contain an expressed require ment, namely, the fourth: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep It holy," and the fifth: "Honor thy father and thy mother." God Is the author of but three Insti tutions the family, the church and the state. The application of the ten-precept law to these institutions Is deter mined by the nature and obligations of each, so that there can never be any confusion. Specifically, the family bears a relation to the state which places it under the protection of and under obligation to the state. The church, while Inder indent of both the family ai.d the state In the proper ad ministration of her own affairs. Is nev ertheless amenable to the state In her secular affairs, and Is under the special care and protection of the state. As a beautiful compensation for this care and protection and In obedience to her divine head she is the state's teacher in civic morals. nations is ine com- To teach all tra&Uoa X the Duke d'AhruwI. HJ Jjaand ot him who i thj ftaly. "H Pf the church" and at the same time Lord of lords and King of kings." (Rev. 17:14). The inspired prophet Isaiah is very explicit In express'ng the relation of church and state. The study of his 60th chapter is exceedingly Instructive In this respect. That the second-person pronoun all through the chapter refers to the church Is beyond all question. Now read carefully the 12th verse: "The na Ion and kingdom that will not serve (protect) thee (the church) shall perish. Tea. those nations shall be ut terly wasted." ' Reflecting that the church is the teacher of the state In morals, and that ehe can only discharge that duty under Its protection, we reach the plain and Inevitable conclusion that In the state's failure to perform Its protective part It will become its own destroyer. Gov ernment without morals Is anarchy. Instruction In morals Is mostly accom plished through the Individual citizen, but the state must make Its possible for the church to reach the Individual citizen by removing the obstacle of secular business one day in the week. Since man's physical and mental na tures demand one day's rest In seven, the state has a doable reason for rest day legislation a law to protect the toller and the worshipper. Tho church. In discharging her duty to the state, must take the decalogue as her guide, for that is the state's charter, which it Ignores at Its peril. Thus the state must learn that God holds it responsible for the honor due his law, as embodied in the decalogue by protective enactment and faithful execution of penalty in the event of transgression. The church 'must take cognizance of transgression, and if the transgressor la one of her members, ex ercise discipline, but she, may not enter the domain of the state for punitive purposes. For example. 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H '"T7 - - I 1 I II if n H Ti U imilVM sa w i r r-osJta.': iRiWBt Si'A-ltLiiiigiiiiiililiii 111 SlU m st I ta I e ta U'Sr-.ft: .. iiu.:..;;..ii-jii.iiiUB-t i BIGGEST I I lll!:li BUSIEST mm 0VR 40 STORES BEST j special penal law for murder: "Who so eheddeto. man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." (Genesis 9:6.) That was a law for the race for all time to come. The life sentence pro nounced upon Cain, the first murderer (Genesis 4:11-12), does not seem to have put a check on crime. So that a more summary punishment must be in flicted for the protection of life. The lesson taught is that man Is not to be left to his own discretion in fix ing the penalty for the moat deadly of all crimes. The death penalty was abolished In the state, of New York some time ago. The crime of murder "ncrea'sed 10 per cent in 10 years. The panalty was restored. The law of God is always wise and merciful. The Beard of AVoodrovr Wilson. Indianapolis News. As is well known. Woodrow Wilson has a clean shaven fece. But it was not always thus. Once, when Dr. Wilson was a young lawyer, pleading a cause In a North Carolina court, he perceived that his most attentive listener was the sheriff of the county, who sat with his feet on the stove and with his eyes on the attorney. The young advocate was greatly encouraged by the interest manifested by so distinguished an of ficer, and was encouraged to increase his efforts still further to enchain the attention of that auditor. When he had finished his address with a rounded period of glowing eloquence, he stepped toward the sheriff to receive his en comiums. It was a dreadful shock to him when that official drawled out: "Say, Wilson, do you know that one of your side whiskers is shorter than the other?" The future president of Prince ton was so disgusted that he shaved off his beard. A School of Ship Cooks. London Tit-Bits. An old frigate is moored in a canal close to the most fashionable center of Copenhagen. On It is 9 school of ship cooks. There is an awning on deck. Tables are laid out and numerous in habitants of Copenhagen take their meals there, for they are both varied and inexpensive, such aa are served to Sioab, tile second, XaUjer oX th rce, ajfiassen.gera 90 sea voyages. SHDRTTALKS URGED French Deputies' Speeches May Be Limited. PROPOSAL IS DISCUSSED Motion Made in Chamber Would Fix Length of Addresses to Only Quarter of Hour Many Orators in Noted Body. PARIS, Jan. M. (Special.) A motion has oeen proposed to limit the duration of speeches In the Chamber of Deputies to a quarter of an hour, except under certain specified conditions, and is being much discussed in the lobbies and in drawing-rooms, where the general opin ion seems to be that it would be prefer able to let all the deputies talk at once. At present the Chamber Is remarkably rich in oratorical talent, and " the most diverse character. There is M. Briand, whose strength lies in a subtle touch on the pulre of his audience and a way of always In appearance, humbling himself and elevating his hearers to heights they had not thought they occupied. In glar ing contrast to M. Briand's sobriety and direct style is the gorgeous and florid eloquence of M. Jaures, who is gifted with extraordinary lyric imagination and the power to clothe it in glowing J words. Tnis .leads mm, nowever, onen to confusion of metaphor and to losing all 6ense of proportion in his pursuit of analyzing some minor point. M. Vlviani, again, is a splendid rhetori cian, ot most sollshed and- Ciceronian language perhaps the most elegant of all. M. Clemenceau is more of an actor than an orator, and relies more on sudden repartee and "gag" of the most effective description. There are many others only slightly inferior, and those who have lis tened to them could only regret any stop watch being held over them when they mount the tribune to delight the ear. If not to convince the mind, with their splendid gifts of eloquence. Pharaoh and Salesmanship. Newark. N. J., Evening Star. Pharaoh looked out of the palace window. "Isn't that Joseph down there in the crowd?" he asked his attendant. "Yes, ineffable one." "What's he doing?" "Buying corn, deathless boss." "He's always buying corn," muttered the Egyptian monarch. "The royal granaries can't hold much more. But see he seems to be making a speech. What's he say?" "Supreme ruler," replied the attend- ant, "Joseph loves to hear his own voice, and he never loses an opportun ity to deliver his tiresome talk on salesmanship" Which shows that they thought they knew a thing or two about the high art of exchanging commodities even at that early day. Xcw'Kind of Stage Lighting. Indianapolis News. A new system of stage lighting has been devised by Signor Merlano For tury, of Venice, by which a diffused light, very like daylight, is obtained. Using electric arc lamps he so arranges them as to secure a reflection of their light from surfaces of cloth. The cloth for the purpose Is made in broad strips, alternately light and dark, so that a dead white glare is avoided. The pro. portions of light and dark vary, and the cloth Is arranged on rollers, controlled from In front of the stage, so that the operator can watch, and change effects at. will during the progress of the play. The sky-backing for each scene set is arched, to further the illusion, and the diffused lighting gives a remarkable result. , , . r