Evening star., 1900-05-26

the Misses Leighton. still in mourning. Re-
turning again and again to look at this
memorial OF her brother. Mr.. Onslow
fords huge equestrian statue more than
life-size. 1t seems as one looks up at II.
could not be got inside the building so 1t
was set up In the quadrangle. He makes
the horses and carriages look quite small
as they drive round him.
The Queens Yacht.
The royal yacht which was built at great
expense to the country is in bad luck. I
hear that notwithstanding the efforts that
are being made to reconstruct the interior
plan. 1t never will. under any circum-
stances. be used by the queen. There would
De public outcry. however. If .he large
sum or money already spent upon IT. run
liing as 1t does into six figures were to be
thrown away by the breaking up Of rhe
nun. ana for this reason the task of utiliZ-
ing II in some form or other is being per-
sisted IN, and 1t may ultimately be used as
a a, successor to the Osborne. The queen
likes her old yacht, the Victoria and Albert
which has carried her so many wears in her
various channel crossings, and when she
learned OF the accident to the new vacht at
It's launch. she deter mined never to use it.
Lord leighton. House.
Lord Leighton's house is proving a veri-
table Mecca to artistic pilgrims especially
TO Americans. who are now arriving In Lon
oon In shoals. Situated in Kensington the
most get-at-able portion of London. Il has
proved a great attraction to many since it
was thrown open to the public After Lord
lAefghtons death the house was bought bv
an art association. and since then has been
Tree TO the public except on Sunday Amer
ha,,s'. ,ars VIII ma the house well worth a few
hours spare time, as the Moorish hall as
one enters the house, Is truly beautiful
with its fountain in the center and the
,s Wai,s OF dark blue mosaic The floor is
tied and at the end is a charming round
window with seats about the sides over
looking beautiful garden
Most of the rooms lead out from this hall
ana one may visit the library. dining and
craving rooms. The STUDIO on the second
!roor' Is large room. divided into sections
me walls are covered with I,eiphtnn.s
saetGhes and the beauty of the masters
i ptncH work Is SO fine and delicate as to
claim instant attention. In a frame tbaro
IS picture of three punches of swee. meas
.ii eacn mower. each petal. so plain and dis
tlnct so exquisttely shaded that aIthongh
no coloring Is there, they are as narfart
as though richly colored. but it is ali pencil
work. The library is entirely given IN 70
feiebta,', Lei si,, the most noticeable being one Of
Leiehton by Watts and one of Warts hv
neighton; The dining room walls are COW
ered with the masters sketches Thor.
ar are at least thirty-five sketches of his
!aIhouS picture of the "Betrothe,i sbou,
ing the painting In different stages Tho
as t, oelns complete. from which he tool
ms design of the "Betrothed." N
Inc house is full Of gems and is rro,;e
sron)e and DIR. jameson.
" nat s in name? Mr. Bertram N Dan,
son. midshipman on H. NJ. s. Doris who
was IN charge of the cutter In which
Cron)e and his family landed at St. Helena
IN private letter mentions an amusing
anecdote OF Cronjes voyage from the Cane.
our doctor is DR.. Jameson. Mrs. Cronte
was suffering from sea sickness. The csn-
s saiIi asked her husband If he would like n
DOCTOR. Cronje said: Yes: but who 4. the
aoc.or: oh. you can have the ship's doc
.or. .or. W nat Is his name? DIR. Jameson.
On. no. thank you; it doesn't matter or
course this was through the Interpreter.
nave a suspicion that Cronje wished to
nave Dr. l.. S. Jameson hung after the
raid. Our doctor is a naval doctor
Sron1e was apparently determined not to
nave ANYTHING to do with a man of that
name II he could help 1t.
Mr. Rudyard Kipling sat between Sir
6eorge White and Capt. Lambton at the
Royal Academy banquet the other night,
ana the seat to which he had been assigned
seemed peculiarly appropriate to the dis
Ingulshed guests who assembled at Bur-
iington House. The popular writer is grow
ing rather stout, and his burly little figure
ana oronzed face conveyed the impression
OF sturdy yeoman rather than that of a
literary genius. L. H. MOORE