TTTT7- srrvrAV nurnnviAV. POUTTj VXD. JANUARY 15,
1911.
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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.
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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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UPHELD AS GOD'S LAW
Rev. J. H. Leiper, in Argument on Decalogue, Bible and Relation of Church
to State. Contends That 'Blood for Blood" Is of Divine Origin.
BT REV. J. H. LEIPER.
IT Is certainly true that foggy ideas
exist concerning the decalogue.
Even Us marvelous history Is to
some extent misty. How many Bible
students are there In Portland? Hold
up your hands. 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. If one of her
members breaks the sixth precept of
the decalogue, taking the life of his
fellow, she may expel him from her
membership, but there her Jurisdiction
ceases. But the state must deal with
the offender from a civil standpoint
and is bound to do so according to the
revealed will of God, who created the
state and revealed law for its guid
ance. And as no penalties are appended
to the decalogue we must look else
where in the Bible for information
as to righteous penalties.
Let me Insist here on a very Import
ant fact. Man Is not a competent
legislator In morals. Moreover, he la
not needed in that department of gov
eminent In any capacity save as the
agent of God. Turn to and read care
fully Romans 15:1-7. To bind the hu
man conscience by law. that law must
harmonize with God's law, for God
alone is lord of the conscience. This
Is true both of the preceptive and penal
elements of law.
Now what does God's law ay in re
gard to the case In hand? Is there
a divinely fixed penalty for the crime
of Intentional homicide? Very soon
after the earth had been washed of
human crime, which had reached Its
climax (See Genesis 6:5V God called
all that was left of the human family
tosrether and after giving directions
as to the Immediate future, he gave
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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. , , .
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