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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, TORTLAXD, SATURDAY EVENING, !MARCII 5. 1904. GOSSIP ABOUT SOI The American Invasion of French lit . ratur 1s matter that ls exciting; act a little attention from the literati of both countries. Franc has been slower ' to take up American literature than al most any other country, translating few of our standard works, awi none, almost of our current fiction, and placing but one of our authors among their classic. Edgar Allen Poe, and Spain has ac corded this honor to Washington -Irv ' lng as well as Poe. At present it is said the works of President Roose velt are having quite a vogue In France, -but this la not the "American invasion" , that is creating such a disturbance, but the introduction of American characters into French stories. v v "':' The effort with which many French writers are ,: endeavoring to inspire French characters with American spirit seems to alarm many of the more con servative -writers of France, who resent the sturdy character and forceful energy of the American. This departure by many of the current writers la said to be due to M, Pierre de Couvertlus' efforts to popularise college sports ... among " young Frenchmen. , He calls? Theo dore Roosevelt, as Witness of the need of a - manly '. education. This 'j gymnastic gospel has in some Vway : ' been transferred to the French girl and has lately broken out In a book "La- '" quelle'' (which?) that has been received -with more or less favor according as t lie reader has grown away from old tra ditions. There -are two young cousins, Nell and Nellie. Nell had an American mother and was brought up in America with decidedly practical opinions and ' possessed, of ' strong ; Individuality. Nellie, who Is all French even to educa . tfon. Is compared to a , "fragile piece of Dresden china," The story reaches the climax while the two cousins are . traveling in Rome, and a nobleman woos Nellie, thinking, of course, she Is the rich girl, because Nell's independence and energy would Indicate a, necessity for earning a living and an unfamlliarity with wealth. Finding his mistake, he Is about to transfer -his affections, when v Nell, with rue American generosity, be stows the "dot" upon Nellie, which will insure her the "noble husband." The preponderance of good qualities ' Is so plainly on the side of the Amerl-J can u is not 10 De wonaerea ai mat an alarm is felt lest the "Dresden china" type be superceded by a stronger but entirely new type of French men and - women. '. - "t." 'Jr.: . "Sanctuary" -By Edith Wharton. Few books that have been published the past year that would come under the head of fiction have made so profound an Impression. We doubt the propriety of classing it among the works of Action, for while It is a story with just enough romance to stamp It as such, it mirht properly be called a psychological study. for there are more questions Involved than a superficial reading of the book would indicate. . The story is divided in two separate periods. Opening with the approaching marriage of Kate Orme and Denis Pey ton, with the exhillaratlng enthusiasm : of perfect confidence and happiness on , her part and the rather veiled character - ofDenlaexcept-4n the-matter of-cne weakness the courage to do the right tiling when the trial came. . - i Kate, who had been kept "unspotted from the world," knowing little, of Its temptations and none of its vices, found herself crushed and broken, -with lova - gone, when she discovered the weakness of her lover. .-, - V. t .- , Threading per way through a labyrinth of subtle reasoning, wrestling, with, her . own convictions ana reelings, she ar rives at the decision that it is her duty to let the marriage proceed, that she may hold the controlling hand in shao ing the character of a son that might ne Dorn to Denis, which would be taken out of her power were, another woman the mother. - .-- Here tha.au thor draws a veU-ovw-4e married life founded on such hypotheti cal reasoning and opens the story again when the anticipated son la a young man grown, talented and possessed of all the accomplishments of good breed ing and a superior education, added to a handsome personality. The father's Influence was removed by death when the boy was six years old and the mother, had every opportunity to put her the ories to the test of actual practice. When the crucial time came, the supreme mo ment of temptation, the writer brings the story to such an artistic finish, we find we have learned a great lesson In psychology while being held with the in tense Interest of a dramatic story. Perhaps the writer may at times be too intense In the subtleness and an alysis of her reasoning and theories, but it Is done in such a charming way one can easily overlook the fault if It be one, and the distinctness with which the writer presents her characters, or lllus- Churches the Striking; Feature of Lima, Peru. (By Frederic 3. Baskia, Special Correspondent of TO Journal.) . Lima, Peru. It was i evening In old - Lima .... The , wind was very low and flaming banners of red were waving in the west Along all sides Of the square the porters were busy putting up. their wooden shutters for the night Lights were beginning to flare in the cafes as darkening shadows fell . over the old, old city. It was a fit hour to hear, the stories that good old Father Francisco told ma of this ancient strong hold of the Catholic church.. He told of Plsarro, the iron-hearted conqueror, whom the old books say was an lllegltl matechlld, left to perish by an unknown mother, and who would have starved had he not been nursed by a sow. Pizar ro became a foundling of the church, and although in after years it had cause to blush for bis vandal acts, he was a valiant soldier in the cause of God and king, and even though be caused rivers of blood to. flow through the fair valleys of Peru, he put a cross on every hill. The Sign of the Cross. "When his time came to die," said my venerable narrator, "his assassins dealt him the death blow as be knelt to make the sign, of the cross In his own blood. It was his last act and very fitting, for his way up and down the world was marked by much carnage. It is told of him that he could not read nor write, and that his murder of Ata haullpa, the Inca chieftain which ruth less act wa of today still greatly de T1 ore was caused by an Incident expos ing that fact. The .written accounts rt-late that Plsarro had agreed to give the Inca ruler his liberty if his subjects filled the room in which he was confined with treasure to the height or a mark made on the wall. This mark was as high aa the noble prisoner could reach witn his finger tips while ha stood on tiptoe. The treasure was in the form of Iiitf of gold and silver brought from the temples of the barbarians. During the time it required for the riches to CO1ENT1B00KS trfitfftn a tinlnfr l mn iATfinrehftnftiVe that it makes up for- the close-brain, work demanded by her reasonings. . Can't we just see Denis mother wnen she comes to call-on Kate? "A scented silvery person whose lavender silks and neutral-tinted manner expressed a mind with its blinds drawn down toward all unpleasantness of life.''- Or the worldly society girl, Kho "likes to be helped first and have everything in her plata at once." To the believer In the transfer ence of thought and the power of on mind over anothep, the book would par ticularly commend ; itself, and to tin young mother without grounded convic tions it could be a great power for mood if it was read with the keen apprecia tion it deserves. This book Is handsomely Illustrated and printed on heavy cream paper with deep margin, and. rough edge. Charles Scrlbner'a Bons. Price l.o. "Henderson" By Rose E. Young. 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Bo far as modern opin ions are concerned, the book may be said to be revolutionary, and yet the re sults are conservative and the composi tion of the various gospels become much easier explained.. The "author realises that the work will meet with opposition, for in the preface he says: "The book must go into the fires of criticism, and the hotter the better. - If the light ia true light, it will abide." The book will undoubtedly . enjoy a ' large sale. Charles Scrlbner'a Sonsj publishers. The new edition of the Lewis ; and Clark Journals, In convenient small 12 mo. form, which A- 8. Barnes & Co. are preparing for Immediate issue, will cop tain a general introduction and an ac count " of the Louisiana purchase, by Prof, John Bach McMaster, and . an Identification of the route of the ex plorers by Ripley Hitchcock. "Beauty Through Health" will be the title of the book which Dr. Emma K. Walker is engaged upon. It will appear in the Woman's Home Library, edited by Mrs. Margaret E. Langster,, for A. B. Barnes & Co. of New York. , be brought, the royal- captive amused himself by learning words of the lan guage of his keepers. : He had one of them scratch the name of God on one of his nnger nails, and it pleased him mucn to see that the lowliest of the conqueror's followers recognised the let ters arranged in such a novel place. ' JPlsarro Could Hot Bead. . 'One day . when Pizarro called upon the royal captive, the latter held out his hand that his - visitor might see. but Plsarro could not read and did not understand. When the prisoner discov ered that hia captor's menials were less Ignorant thsn their master, the thought amused him and he laughed. PUarro'u pride waa hurt, and although tha room was eventually filled with gold nearly un to the mark on the wall, he broke his word and killed the lordly Inca In cold blood. This foolish act of vengeance win ever ne a stain upon the honor of the arms of Spain. - "But even though the conqueror's cruel deeds left much to regret his valor won for Spain a great domain. This is one of the strongholds of the church. I am told, my "Win. that To ledo, In Spain, Is the only other city in tne catnoue world which has more houses of worship than Lima, I believe the nuffiber is 72. From a high place their towers and spires are almost as numerous as trees standing In a forest And they represent great wealth. Time was when . the church property con stituted one-seventh of the total calcula tion of the city, and It must be nearly so at this date. .. -...v. i Xima'a Greet CataedraL "The cathedral, as you see, is a most stately edifice. . It is -now quits old and gray, for the foundation was laid by the conqueror himself. It took 90 years to build. It was really more than' a cen tury before the Imposing towers were complete upon the great foundations the Iron-hearted Pizarro laid down for-them. The present archbishop is the 26th In the line. The principal , portal, which you can see from where you are sitting yes, you are riglit. the big one in the middle is the Door of Pardon. That large pedestal, which crowns the whole, bears the statue of 8 1 John the Evan gelist, the patron of the cathedral. It Is getting dark and my eyes are old, but you can doubtless see the eagle at his feet, and the book and pen In his hinds. - The second door of the transept opens at the court of orange trees, which is precisely like that of the same name in old Seville, in far-away Spain. On the pantheon are the, remains of the con queror and his daughter,' Francisca, - who left a fortune to defray the expense of celebrating a dally mass at the high al tar. Tomorrow you shall go to mass with me, and after It is over I will show you the tombs of the archbishops and the -very. body of Plxarro,! which is yet very well ' preserved. ' You can . see what a big, strong man he really : waa, and that he had but one eye, the other having been put out from the blow of a javelin during one of the intrepid sol dier's early expeditions.": ; t&j,l' Tenoed Ground at Wight. I do not know how many priests and nuns there are in Lima, but their num ber is very great It seems to. Tne I read there were 1,700 of them, including all orders. . I know there was once 700 monks In the bouse of the Franciscans, but there are ,not so many now. The site for the founding of the' bouse of this order was selected in an unusual manner. The friars applied to the vice roy for a suitable place, and he offered to give ; them : whatever ground they would enclose In one night, , selecting any location they might see fit - Al though the time was very ; short, the monks secured the necessary materials, marshalled all their f oi ces, and built a fence around - an entire square. This piece of ground contained an ; orchard and a pond, and completely stopped up two streets. The municipal , authorities quite naturally protested against this act as sn encroachment on their rights, and demanded', that the property be re leased. But - the viceroy favored the friars, and paid for the ground In ques tion out of his own purse. The order retains this choice piece of property, located in the heart of Lima, to this day." The church and convent of the Franciscans' are the most sumptuous in Lima, both Interior and 'exterior. The latter have fortunes invested in them,. Dominicans Were Tlrst. The Dominican friars were the first ecclesiastics who landed in Peru. Pl- sarro had seven monks of this order In : his suite. Father : Valverde, the priest who induced Athaullpa, the un happy Inca monarch, to embrace the Catholic faith, and who held the cruci fix to his Hps just before his execution. was a Dominican, The first prayers paid in Lima, the first mass celebrated in the cathedral, and thejlrst' sacrament administered, were all performed by the Dominican friars. As a souvenir of the first administration of the sacraments the members of the order still retain the first baptismal font In those times the friars lived in reed huts and begged their food from door to door." ' Hundreds of Masses Sally. "Yes, I can tell you how many masses are said In Lima every day. I have It in a little book here. 1 know it is more than 100 every day, but I have forgotten exactly. Can you make it out by the light of the lamp back of you? You say it is 39,607 in a year? Well, that is con slderably more than 100 a day, isn't it? f i new that about-2O,000"iof-- these masses are paid for by the various brotherhoods. Another point you might jot down in your book, my son, is that we celebrate in our churches 469 festi vals every year, which is considerably more than one every day." Tortnaea ia rornlsnlags. "I heard a statement the other day which will give some idea of the former great wealth of some of the brother hoods, When the decree was made by the government that al the property of the various brotherhoods should be man aged by the board of relief of the poor, the extracts from the inventory of one altar showed that the weight of its sil ver service was 1,800 pounds. The heaviest piece was a kind of hand-bar- Tow-for c&fTylhglhe"l-eirciiof saints." This, together with lz lamps, comprised about half of the total weight, although the front of the altar, and the Virgin's throne were each embellished with sev eral hundred pounds of the precious metal. My informant said the seraon atrance contained more than a thosand diamonds as well as a large number of other valuable . stones, topaaes and pearls. I have forgotten tha number of IT IS Portland the latter as well as the total value of the. whole, but it was a sum princely enough to ransom a king, I can assure you that "Besides tne intrinsic value or tne furnishings .of the old churches here, the workmanship on . the decorations. Inside and out represents a quantity of labor that it is almost impossible to calculate. - Take the wonderful carving on the front of the church of La Mer ced, for instance. Where in the world can we find the workmen to duplicate the carving on that stately old edifice. Its splendid tower, riddled with , the bullets . of many r revolutions. ' and crumbling with the decay of the cen turies that are pressing hard upon It cannot be replaced when, once it falls. Over at St . Augustine's, In a nearby street they are repairing the church. The other morning when I was there, they were taking up the floor and cart ing away the bones of the monks burled there hundreds of years ago. The new structure will be very fine, but It will be far different .from the old one." ; . , 'U'Vf'.UBaint.. Boss of - Lime, :'f.r.r't" "No mention ' of the glory of the church in - Lima - would . be complete without the telling of the story of Saint Rose of Lima. The wonderful his tory of the life of this holy daughter of Peru has few equals In sacred litera ture. She was America's first saint and was the daughter of honorable parents. Her baptismal name waa Isabella, but as she lay in her cradle, a tiny breathing thing; there were rosea In her : cheeks, and her mother said: .'Her name must be Rose. It is written that she conse crated her life to God when she was but five years of age. From her very youth her walk waa that of piety. - She had purity as white as a virgin's soul. The mere fact that her parents had changed her name caused her . great grief of spirit, for she believed it was the result of their vanity, and she considered pride of that sort greatly unbecoming to a worthy daughter of God. She was very beautiful as a child, but steadfastly re fused to dress In the ray fashion of the young. "Once when her mother Insisted that she wear a crown of flowers on her head she pinned it to her flesh with needles, and the'paln she suffered was not discovered until her nurse, late at night found out what she had dona "As a girl she kept a garden and cul tivated bitter herbs, planting them in the form of crosses. When men came to court her, she was. displeased at the beauty which attracted them and scalded herself with hot lime. After she became a nun, she was not content with the or dinary discipline, and chastised her body with Instruments of penance. The bed she used was in the form of a rough, wooden box, filled with stbnes, pieces of wood and broken tiles. The fasts' she kept were truly, wonderful. During the forty days of Lent she took no' bread, and at other times she was known to subsist for fifty days on one loaf of bread and pitcher of water. Dur ing her supplications she tortured her self mercilessly with Iron chains. "Her whole life was a miracle. She was a saint if one -ever lived in the flesh. Her little habitation was ox a place where mosquitos were very thick. They made It exceedingly uncomfort able for every one else, but one of them never alighted upon the consecrated per son of the saint The birds knew her well. She could command them at her will. When she. desired them to come and sing praises to the master, they re sponded, and went away at once when she wished them to depart The strang est -thing of all -waa-that she-knewtho day and hour when she waa to die, and her white soul winged its way to para dise at the exact time she appointed. Fifteen years later, when her body was taken up, the coffin did not smell of the odor1 of decay, but waa sweet with tho unmistakable perfume of roses. In her name many miracles have been wrought here In Lima.' A blind boy got hi Sight when .her picture was laid upon his ' face. A cripple stepped upon a garment of hers and he straightway threw down his crutch. We of old Lima will ever hold her sweet memory in reverence." The venerable priest solemnly crossed himself as he finished bis story of sweet Saint . Rosa It waa now quite dark. The evening . hours were wearing on. Away off on some dlstantbllLav.beU-.waa faintly ringing above the tumult of the city. 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