trysting-places for lovers; and one is glad for this little
glimpse of quiet and peace in the tossing, troubled life-journey of this
tireless man. In fact, the few years of warm friendship with Vittoria
Colonna is a charmed and temperate space, without which the struggle and
unrest would be so ceaseless as to be appalling. Sweet, gentle and
helpful was their mutual friendship. At this period of Michelangelo's
life we know that the vehemence of his emotions subsided, and tranquility
and peace were his for the rest of his life, such as he had never known
before.

The woman who stepped out of high society and won the love of this stern
yet gentle old man must have been of a mental and spiritual quality to
command our highest praise. The world loves Vittoria Colonna because she
loved Michelangelo, and led him away from strife and rivalry and toil.

REMBRANDT

The eyes and the mouth are the supremely significant features of
the human face. In Rembrandt's portraits the eye is the center
wherein life, in its infinity of aspect, is most manifest. Not
only was his fidelity absolute, but there is a certain mysterious
limpidity of gaze that reveals the soul of the sitter. A
"Rembrandt" does not give up its beauties to the casual
observer--it takes time to know it, but once known, it is yours
forever.

--_Emile Michel_

[Illustration: REMBRANDT]

Swimming uneasily in my ink-bottle is a small preachment concerning
names, and the way they have been evolved, and lost, or added to. Some
day I will fish this effusion out and give it to a waiting world. Those
of us whose ancestors landed at Plymouth or Jamestown are very proud of
our family names, and even if we trace quite easily to Castle Garden we
do not always discard the patronymic.

Harmen Gerritsz was a young man who lived in the city of Leyden, Holland,
in the latter part of the Sixteenth Century. The letters "sz" at the end
of his name stood for "szoon" and signified that he was the szoon of
Mynheer Gerrit.

Now Harmen Gerritsz duly served an apprenticeship with a miller, and when
his time expired, being of an ambitious nature, he rented a mill on the
city wall, and started business for himself. Shortly after he very
naturally married the daughter of a baker.

All of Mr. Harmen Gerritsz's customers called him Harmen, and when they
wished to be exact they spoke of him as Harmen van Ryn--that is to say,
Harmen of the