we’- is. the ramm- Danish
we wonderful picture of the
' of that day The doors 0:
memsehoitsreflangwfls-
3 and with that pm...
m skillgwhlch 10-day marks
mm :alone in his: par-
lit: field he searches out the
, its and corners and brings into
the m new knowledge 0: the men
_ m or Route and the lands
use»: use. concerned themselves
with Roma society under Julius
Mr. But it is not given to every
Gilt and out historian to invest his
work with such picturesqueness as
mm! the characters alter the lapse
at. more: ’than nineteen centuries.
fistula lies his fascination as a.
writer of historical events. Crew's
mimic with Cleopatra alone make
I. chapter 0: unsurpassed virility.
. "Daring the later years of his life."
”I Brandes. "Cleopatra meant to
' hint what Aspects was to Pericles:
as object for his love and a scandal
hi the eyes of the envious."
Divorce Evil of the Day.
Of the many women whosensmes
are associated ~witfh Caesar's only
’ very few present a clear cut pic-
ture, declares Brandes. In compari-
Itm with the mew of the time little
lllmown, about the women. The
'historlans of antiquity were not in-
terested in the sentimental side of
existence. And‘yet the Danish critic
tound plenty of material for , his
molding. Take the following. for in-
‘ liaise: “While it was said that
during a. full 500 years no divorce
had taken place in Rome. in the
period that now occupies us a whim,
& quarrel, a love affair, in particular
political interests, suificed to dis-
solve the marriage pact. The incli—
nation to look on marriage as merely
dermal grew constantly. They tell
of a. lady who in the early years of
the empire had eight husbands in
the course of five years. The dis-
position to make changes quickly is
evidenced by the actions oi? another
lady who brought it up to twenty-
three marriages. and her twenty-
‘ third‘musband had in her his twenty-
flm wife. .
"In former years the head of the
family possessed unlimited power
over every member, not only over
.‘ie slaves but what we may term
'2' all belonging to the household.
‘ ’(e and death were in his hand.
\ husband ruled absolutely OVifl‘
wife' 8 person and property
f’But that time was now inner past,
Woman had obtained rights and had
freed. first her person and then her
property from the domination of her
husband. Right of inheritance was
new here, so that she could dispose
It “rill over property left her. She
had cvre‘.euccm-llvi in having set
. aside those laws 0:: :t in fomicr times
.2 were decreed against luxury in dress
‘ and expens si‘v'c jewols. -
"Jestingiy. the Roman women of
Caesar’s tinte were referred to as the
'flllers of ti ’masters of the world.’
“Where they possessed fortunes they,
‘ what their money affairs in good or-
“thud as managers lawyers. who.
«Its? necessary. 'instituted lawsuits on
'M account. “ihouid the husband
happen to get lmoney difficulties
1&ch no rare thing for him to bor-
M of his better half, who made
mp” high interest. Furthermore.
was-not an emotional thing for
the-handsome lawyer to become the
Without friend.
‘2‘ "In the circus the women esat
m the men. The same was the
one in the theaters. but here they
Min occupy the upper rows where
“I! could be best observed. They
went there perhaps more for the
m to be seen than themselves
A“ There they were sitting in their
We“ costumes with their most
Wire couture. They arrived
m on toot or were carried there
their sedanchairs. We find tram
What, later period Ovid's de-
.. 5‘20! the kind of flirtation
could‘take place on such an ac.
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. - 11.. my “a Poetry.
{"The Roman, women. in contrast
blooms play could compla-
wltness some rather bold
The clever, intellectual
‘ m.ladiee sometimes gath-
ma them an entire courtot
rwho followed them about.
2m2then they would compose
' lint these were dilettantish.
-..a2 Sapho nor a Corrine sprang
.. «soil as in the case of
relations of Caesar to his
Melts. Pompeia and C81-
mniso Cleopatra, as well
other women who entered
insomnia be a. field where
mid give special evidence
any disappointment on
Wmaneociety, luxuri-
; so that it appears
W electors on the
" MMOre usin the
well; to know the
' : enunciate-
Miles has succeeded in throwing '
3 arch.
that: at Greece. at the perform- 2
internship to the women W
by the writer-apt antiquity. It is a
domain was W~Mw‘2
.sumes gigantic proportions school it
concerns an individual whose name
constantly. oocurs- and recurs in: t1.
mat and the' past;
“etgreaeweie‘hthmm
two facts." asserts,Braudes. ‘The
first is that Suetonius was not a con- -
temporary but. in the capacity of
private secretary to Hem-inn and
rummaging. We the libeirles.
published his imperial biographies
around.120. according: to enemies of
reckoning. The contemporarywho
is the richest source tortin'mc'mgtion
is. Cicero. who. in spite o: as his
flattery. constantly proved was: to
Ceesu'.
“The second important fact is that
all judgment anent Caesar that has
reached us from the past necessarily
has had to pass through the period
of Augustus and during this passage
received impressions of a. very 2-po-
culiar kind.
. "Augustus owed everything to
Cesar. but we understand.human
nature very littlejr we think that it
was a necessity or a pleasure for
Augustus to hear-Caesar praised. _2In‘2 .
that respect he'mas totally didereut
from Napoleon III. who, notwithe.
standing his nanny shortcomings.
lived and breathed in the remem-
brance of Napoleon 1., and at no
time expressed the least doubt of the
greatness of the founder of the dy-
nasty."
Cleopatra and Eunoe.
Among the many women who one
tered into Caesar’s lite two queens
occupy unique positions. It is true
that almost nothing is known about
one of these, Eunoe of Mauritania.
“But about the other one.", com.
ments Branden, “we know’a great
deal, especially since among the
many women or sar's acquaint-
ance she alone captivated him to
such a degree that she influenced his
political program; that for her sake
he committed the only consequential
political stragetic folly in his whole
life; his long stay in Egypt which
came to cost him so dearly. On her
account be challenged at last, one
wisely, the public opinion of Items:
something that contributed toward
the feeding of the last conspiracy‘
against him.
“Cleopatra was a. fateful element
in Cicsar's life. Her father. Ptolemy
Auietes, did not enJoy a good reputa-
tion. Cicero says about him in his
second speech, ‘De iege agrhria'
that neither through his descent or
by his mode of thinking did he carry
the royal stamp. But Cicero fails to
add how much Rome contributed
toward the debascmcnt of this man.
It is simply fabulous how
the Romans utilized his misfortunes
through cxtortions, and thereby com-
pelled him to proctice extortion on
his own people.
"In this variant Cleopatra saw, no
worthy prototype, and the events
experienced by her in ’her childhood
could only teach her to be on her
guard and make the best poselble
use oi: her abilities. The events or
that time did not inspire her with
confidence in human kind or give her
any illusions as to what life in gen-
eral could promise her. She was the
issue of a. marriage between brother
and sister, such as was customary
in the case of the Egyptian-Macedo-
nian royal house. Her mother was
also called Clccmatra. Following the
execution of the sister. Berenike. the
succession was so arranged in her
father's will that Cleopatra as the
oldest of the surviving children
should marry the oldest of her two
brothers. both of whom were named
Ptolemy. and that after her father's
death she should ascend the throne
together with her brother and bus-
hand.
Married Young Brother.
“Cleopatra was 1‘. years old when
her father fled to Rome. 14 when he
was brought back and triumphed
over her older, sister. She was 1?
years old when she became queen
and was married to her nine-year-
old brother. *“ ’
“Applet: relates that Marcus An-
tonius. who years later should oc-
cupy so big a. place in her history,
was struck with her beauty when as 2
general of Gabinius'e cavalry for the
first time he saw the fourteen-year
old princess. Altogether she. greatly
impressed every Roman with:whom
she came in contact. When the
oldest son of Pompelus and Mucia.
Cneius Pompelus. in the year 49,,
came to Alexandria to hasten. the
war preparations of his father
against Caesar, Cleopatra is said to
have won him completely."
The reign of theseventeen-vear-
old queen and nine-year-old king
was short. The leading men of the
country took tilt boy's part; since it
was much easier to control him than
finally accused her of attempting to
expel her brother from the throne. ‘
Organizing a military And plebeian
rebellion against her, they succeeded
in having hendriven from the cap-
ital.
"But she by no means gave Ill),
her cause, but gathered an army
near the border between Egypt and
Arabia which was ready to meet the
forces of her brother, equipped by his
guardian and Prime Minister Pothi—
nos. and commanded by the daring
and dangerous Egyptian general,
Achilles. The encounter between the
two armies was prevented. because
great events in the Roman Empire
gave all something else to think
about "
Georg" Bras 7
vious Tongues and 33’ ,
It is necessary to touch only
briefly on Caesar's arrival before
Alexandria in its bearing on the
meeting with Cleopatra which sub-
sequently: proved are total 2 to his‘ tor-«2
tunes. Attachis detest at Fares.
los. Pompeinsfled to Egypt. where,
as that-former protector and friend
of Ptolemy Aulete‘s, he expected to
get a good reception; perhaps even
hoped to obtain military aid to con-
tinuo his warfare, agalnst Closer.
Egypt, out of consideration fer her
own security. had heretofore re-
_mained neutral during the civil war.
After due consideration the Egyp-
tian Government concluded it would
be best to have Pompeius killed on
his arrival.
“A few days after the murder
Germany’ 8 New Art Is
‘EW art with a-distinctly Rus-
N slan' flavor. which hesbeen
adopted almost exclusively
in Germany, was deprecated by
Frank Crowninshield- editor 0!
Vanity Fair and Vogue. alter he had
spent several days in Berlin and
other museums.
"The Germanxhas attacked art
from the intellectual standpoint.“-
said Mr. Crowninshield. in his criti-V
clam. "Art as we have all come to
accept it is the expression of the
artist‘s emotion and not the product
of complex intellectual processes.-
Hence the new German. artist has-
taken all the emotion trom arc‘and
is proud of it.
‘ ”,‘Look at this-picture: one of the 2
leading Berlin critics said to me in
one ‘oithe expositions. 'The artist
has taken. every trace: 0: 2 the, old
fashioned emotionsout or it; It rep-
resents thought alone—411s work or
a magnificent brain.‘ I confess I
can see nothing in it. I believe peo-
ple still want their emotions played
upon and delight in the expression
of ideals."
Will Bring: Samples Home.
The New York editor has collected
a huge array of reproductions of the
new art in Germany which he will
take to New York in the hope of
[making his point against the present
tendencies and encourage the more
sedate forms or painting and sculpe
.ture so long accepted as genuine art.
2 "It is only in painting. etching.
architecture and sculpture. however. .
that the Germans have strayed from
the things we always considered ex-
cellent. That is merely one evidence
of how they are drifting into a new
order with utter docility under the
changed conditions of. the country.
The theater is as admirable as ever. :2
“I have seen the best of the plays
now running in Berlin and the great« , .
est impression they convey is the in-
tense seriousness oil the playwright. ‘
the Actors‘end the analogical
_ “,fftht have you round in Europe:
Lilia: America needs or would; wantii’. . '
:moinent sew henanxiety redo bled;
‘ What was. she so deep. etch?
"701?. And then the mill fightllt_ Blfifht
' .031 the; BMW 2 9' '
cease. sunrises
Caesar's fleet cast anchor before
Alexandria.” Brando's writes. “While
yet+ on board he received the head
of Pompeius and his signet ring. He "
had the head buriedwand erected
dvu' it a small temple consecrated to
\emesis. The iiigaet {insignia sent
to Rome in witness or his opponent‘s
death and his own supremacy. ' 2
"But Czessr, did not leave Alena»:
(iris when he learned, of~.~Pompeius‘s
death. He had not come to" Egypt
merely for the purpose- of pursuing“ '
a beaten enemy."
Brande: then enumerates a num-
bar at reasons for Carrier's stay.
among them his need for money,
'his desire to maintain his political
prestige: this and much more he '
makes mention of in his book about
Mr. Crowninshieid was asked bye
Hiram representative.
"Much." he said. “There‘are the...
musical and art criticisms of. France '
and Italy, the political and social
expressions of England and the sci-
ence and theaters of (lemony.
Content in Their Own Sphere.
, "There do a great class 0! people;-
in America which is really striving
upward. perhaps not seriously
ehough yet. but the tendency is seen
in the increasing number who want
to know something about the outside
world or art and letters. There is;
ever present the tendencyé. to Want
' continues.
the civil war. But there is one
reason that he dues not speak of his
wish to make the acquaintance 0!
Cleopatra, of whose cleveran and
ibeauto' rumor had told him some:
deal. And2 there is ground for the
belief that some time: beforecithe had
sent a2 meesengpr to him to enlist
his aid
Summoned‘ by comer.
"On the advice or Pothinos the
young king went te’see Caesar but
left his forces at Pelusium. under
the command of Achilles," Branden
, “But Pothinos only Sent
' word to Cleopatra that Caesar ccm~
mended her to send home her troops.
Cunningly he musics the further
Dlshked
ething better in the home. the
ofiice and education. Publications
owl-rich portray the better, things oi
life are avidly seized {and read by all
classes who are striving upward in
2, anything froardreas to science. Such
publications do not find favor in
" Europe. where members or no class
are “3101152 ‘ ’to' get into another.
There is no dissatisfaction with life
among Europeans and they remain
content it; their own spheres."
Mr. Crowninshield declared that
Berlin social life isJar less desirable
than that in other European coun-
tries.
A Cats
N American. who. has.- BB6!“-
much time in England. tells ,
of a little comedy. that.ka
place inla country inn. if,“ 939
quietest and cleanest 2am! perm”
the barest inn he had ever seen; 33
had the parlor all to himself at this
particular time and sat-gt the plain
deal table. wrapped about With ‘2“
silence that was a posit-lye. tangible 2
thing. Suddenly he stopped eating.
baet with a. curious idea. that some-
thing waa about to happen.
Ali‘s it did. A taint tapping sound“ 2
ed in the 10118 passage outside. It
grew- louder, and presently a. lean.
lanky yellow hen cruised in at one:
open door. obviously in m 91,
crumbs.
The man remained WW2W
The hen went about witty ll
askew. narrowly inspectinzdh' 131803.
She seemed cautious to. ’ '
room.- Her footsteps on the We
wood floor, were as acute 2311!
dumbshow'fll: ma.
m of Humor
in the machine lay it from tabbya
cat. which near...“ the man for the
first time observed her. opened one
eye—e: wary; viieni’sh‘; gm aye-—
and turneditoume'hen. Theresa-2
eon tor the hen!!! caution was an:
parent, and as speedily justified. .
- It is a moot point whether- any
sense; of humor has been vouch-
sated; to the lower creation: but the
old eat in this case baseman this
,sense it ever tour. rooted creature
1 did.
She rolled. to her teen; and made
as it she would spring... There was
no harm it; the sets :hsfid: eerie
dently not: the Slkhtest.:wieh to; hurt
the hen. It wasrmex‘elr chihuahua:
:5“? did: not: :evex; learn or snot:
_m~«e.,m- him tease what a cam-
' ' ken, cuts whom she is:
'2' carethatsheehouldnotknowotlt.
" posts fot the Egyptian army would.
2 lusiumi, disguised and accompanied
“that time carried for the purpose
:mies undisturbed to gather armies (jay danced
,was’a women of great merit.
. tamed by historians and pests want-
_ among liberated slaves.
- occasion.
yritemia or in Egypt 3 connection with
was by no means a. barbarian queen
her 5 :—dm 27mm
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More ht had damage has peep. figmfisfim pea.
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Romans Under the Empire," it :2;
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in attempt- Q mt 2133!. m {7 homeowner! in: th‘3; ’Mxteen 098i-
m'flae'sar had proved unsuecasat 1 tnry should an English peer or a.
enamel!" would not hesitate to im f“%~ 31“" :‘m‘w a
use violence tom their ens,- my 819!!- was open We:
um felt M her ilk. was ate: public opixrlnarwhenmsar
more should she show herselt Bastily statue 0: her in the temple in
in: Alexandria. Jamaica. were an sentazion. 0‘2 3 Rm goddess, .
around, andwmtask it; would be also: caisson! had blood that be m
to make known hes- coming. Should mitted her “3 call his 50" Wane...
she go} to the city overland the out- How the murder a! 0895‘” ””1““
an end; to the relaqpnshlp hence.“
the R6381: and the Egyptian Qmm
it is not necessary to panic”; 2:9
here. Also, in "Antony and C .0_
patral" Shakespeare dramati zes ,2 v-
idly the further career of c: .3.
as enchantress.
Clndia and Fulvla.
There appeared on the Rn.;;3,n
stage at the time of €833!-
vggxnen who played impor
in the" political drama w?
take her prisonen She therefore
went aboard a. mil boa}; near Pee
by ea single Mend. the-2 Sicilian Aga
pdodoros.
Carried’ in a. Bug.
, "Late that evening she reached
unnoticed—#pessiug among the mass
of ships that tilled the harbor—the
stairway leading ‘to the wing or the
ire
22:.)
t parts
men 33‘.
royal palace occupied by Caesar. Her ness. ed, the rise'and fall of 2:9 23%;-
companion placed her in one of the tater—-—Clodia and Fulvia. c: the
manycoloredbmthat‘ travelers at former of these, Brandes says ma:
she probably was descendld frag;
that famous Appius Claudius if... ,9
the builder of the Appian Slay a -d
the Aqueduct. Her partit ulai admirer
was Cains Valet-:2 us Caiuilus, and
of their bed covering and rugs. The
bag was laced together with straps.
and, putting the load on his back.
Apollodoros‘ in that way fooled the
guard around this couple Cicero “eye a can-
“Cleopatra. was brought before? was showing Roman beam; at jig
Caesar as a bundle. Before his eyes worst Every lover of Lazar. 3.39.92
the straps were «11100881163 and out is familiar with the manner 5112\th
of the bag stepped Cleopatra; like Camp us sang the 9.3.5.5 or
Aphrodite. according to the legend. who cgmes 1.9
from out. the see. shell.
“Cessar was transformed into Cleo-
patra' s spokesman after having been of Catuilus that his friend
her judge. to that period as another
Brandes discusses the Alexandr-lax; Brandes affirms, ..
{war for no other purpose than to
present to view .Cleopatra, “for
whose sake Caesar permitted his ene-
Claim,
zine
fore the reader in
form of his beloved Lesbia.
“Originally i: was the :
her equal
of attraction, knowinige 52:2
Clod‘ia was of an imposing lie
the aristocratic young 1m 1‘:
art».- .22 n
in 12:: m-
along the Tibcr. or
place in Bajae. Married
mate. Quintus fsictclius L‘
had been practor in G3 .
in 60, he was considered .21
ble mi man. ii“.- :—
59 very sudden! y
mnr had it that Clo.
upon
her
at iii 21‘
against him in Asia. Africa, Spain. her house
while. if Cleopatra had .never existed.
he could have put an end to the
world war at ‘once. For Cleopatra’s
sake he found himself. in amore dit-
iicult position than ever before. and
on her account. he ‘was compelled to
wage war during more ”than four
years subsequently. No other wom-
I‘V
I 1 1 ‘ .3
an, did him such harm and none re— ; through her mm .2»; :.;.; ; . - 3f
malned so precious to him until the of her husband by gm;- :,..-2.; .2-
19.81.2802)" .
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"Not that this passion was tln- Caluilus {1-}! (Kit mu} ‘: ‘\’ ' 3 .(r
reasonable or was bestowed upon rained abusive
one unworthy of it. Cleopatra me. one 'who fornii. .
sensed not on :y beauty that beauty
which tel. cs equal rank “1th rich
intelligence and rare goodness. Apart
from her attractions she apparently
Cicero occupies
in 311932086 1*. 2: ‘...:.
her accusers he
the Roman sea:
argues Brand
lure of her pr
mountable dillic2
"The fury with which she was de-
ing to ingratiate themselves wi: h
Augustus makes no impression on a.
modern reader free from bias, and
what. for instance, Plutarch tells
about her long after her, time is un-
reliable nonsense that he'had heard
trorn his great-grandfather, \ihar—
(Silos. who again built upon evnience
and anecdotes passing from mouth
to mouth during 150 years. mostly
and which go
contrary to the facts. It 's a pits‘
that Shakespeare had no other source
than Piutarch for his presentation
of Cleopatra. True enough, it was
not her he wished to picture with his
portraiture but evidently another
woman much closer to him.
work from
violent accu.‘
lover and a malicious who
law; er
persecuted her because in her daring
and impudont brother he had found
an enemy. Cir coo batik-175.56 himself
in a matter that id not concern him
in the least.
The Rebellion of Women.
"That Ciodia. overstepped what
was due old time Roman custom and
morals is :ndis‘auta‘ole. But she was
no exception in that respect. Eman—
cipation of woman broke over Rome
during the last century of the repub—
lic. ‘ The ladies were getting tired of
"Closer never complained of Cieo- sitting at home while Roman and
pairs... Nor did shegive him any Greek courtesens took possession of
His love for Cleopatra. their husbands." '
nevertheless. proved ruinous to him Moral censors of tmday shoot wide
once more, when again he saw her of the mark if they udduce from
in Rome. On the completion of the what took place two thousand years
Alexandrina war. and Cmsar. in the ago-that the world has changed little.
year 472’ left Egypt. she bore him 3 But ‘yet Brandes comes to the defense
son soon after his: departure. who at the womankind of that period by
as prince 0:2Eg'ypt Was called Ploi- calling attention to the kind of men
emy, but whom the mother named that surrounded a Cl odia. for in-
Caesarion; a designation that Caesar stance. To judge her with some
acknowledged. It is very certain show of justice, he says, we must
that when in the year 46 she er-r consider her enviwnme: 2t. Cicero’s
rived in Rome to be near: Caesar she enmity contributed in :owmd
had her tiny eonwlth her. 3 the oad reputation 2.:132: .- in; to her
character.
M b! H“ Romans. 2 “To understand «much like Clo-
"Althmlgh her reception was 101'- (3.2.” affirms :Izv Tun; h \ericr. “her
real. still she was received in Rome and others with
85 Qflm 0??? a flat C0118“? that similar 31153130»: and methods of sch
was the all? of the republic: she lug. we must i‘enie:m'l,>er 212...: an: :x-
wasthe guestiof the Dictator and blood was untamed. It was not for
carded: in 113 gardens. VBufi her nothing that they were the remake
001115113”!!! reality caused great. Of~2 to the males who made conquest of,
tense; thevantipathy of: the Romans the then known world. They fol-
rose to fever, heat; Xot that. RO- lowed their impulses, which were Eu
men moiety objected to an illegiti- ways impeluous, sometimes wild.”
mete love connection. The old fash- “If czodia possesed the beauty 01 2
1‘3an P11339335!“ 8335183 no longer. a bacchante, Fuivia‘s features WU?
It Was 8:40:33 timé since the Rorhan those of a. beautiful but wild goddess
W2 remained at home at the nevengeance. Like Clodia, she is {b6
spinning wheel. feminine instinct of the time, but h“!
2 "That Caesar's Ilium in Rome was- aimjies in the direction or power and
Sistebin-Iaw F1: 2 l ' 1.
women of. the patriehm cheer-athei- men. Ambition to rule. covetouenesfi.
shed a halo around him than made a jeadousy are her component parts.
last in the historical events then cen-
toting, and she enjoys to make her—
selt felt by gathering taxes. take re-
venge. have the weaker men obey
mrQueEB Of the Nile. those were
her summons and setting the
travel adventures and isomerent gal-
lantflék" ’ ‘ stronger rulers against each other
V Brandéa declares that the Romans to get back the one on whom de;
108! sight fit the fact that. Cleopatra pended her influence. She did no
succeed in pushing aside Octavius so
13353.;an but to the contrary. of that Antony became absolute 801;:
’ meek; stock lioworer; {111815 {61%. She was no more success} f
, e 2m from An simulating Cleopatra. Her is
«Cass: herald let 2 was passion’s football; her death
"7 ,2 ‘ 0&5 M2 We.”