Evening star., 1901-03-12


of Sun readers. This false version was
sent to the Manchester Guardian, who
printed II In good faith.
The entire press OF England condemns
this untrue and garbled report OF Morri-
sons letter, which reflects seriously upon
American, journalistic honor in general, az
the Suns peculiar pro-Irish and pro-Boer
attitude is for the moment forgotten.
Americans are just beginning to fnr It
practical to live in hotels IN London. Until
very recently the prices forbade the ordi-
nary, everyday American to think Of doing
this for any length Of time, but now new
syndicate of hotels has started up which
makes this possible. One of the best OF
these is the Hotel Russell In Russell
Square. and this provides excellent ac-
commoGation for $3.50 a day. which is an
inclusive price, an unknown thing a little
time ago here. for the extras In hotel life
We're things to be avoided and dreaded.
These hotels are beautifully built and enor-
nous in size, with fine winter gardens full
or MOWERS and palms, a good band or
music plays during and after dinner. And
so Americans are beginning to adopt this
form OF living, which solves the difficulty
of housekeeping FOR those who are staying
long In London
housekeeping IN London has its attrac-
tions. and these were well related by Julian
Ralph In an article In Harper's Magazine
some time ago " hrs its drawbacks as
well. however, for the ordinary American
who is here today and likely or would
like to he gone tamaff6w, To him seven
years lease Ia asuehear but to an Eng
ltshman or woman II would seem strange
to take Less than twenty zone years lease
of house or apartment. for an English
man always knows his own mind and does
not dream of his wife thinking otherwise
So for these peopse housekeeping is really
easy ana comfortable. for with good
star of servants one may listen with an
easy mind to the worries of others on this
subject
To the American. however, who wants
nd bringing
children for the benefit of perhaps a year
or two OF English schools. housekeeping Is
not an easy matter to arrange So good
substitute Is the new class of economical
hotels, where one may be really cOmforta-
bic and with pleasant surroundings pass
even year in comfort.
Another good feature OF these hotels is
the seaside annex! At the various favorite
resorts along the coast che syndicate has
established equally fine hotels. to which the
London guest is transferred for as long as
In town, thus remaining always under the
care Of the same management.
A Picture With n History.
Sir John Millais' picture NO" which was
sold at London auction room yesterday
for 1.401 guineas, has a curious story at
tached to it. The original of the lady who
forms the subject Of the picture was Miss
Dorothy Tenant. now the wife of Sir H.
M. Stanley, and the painting represents
her reading letter containing a proposal
OF marriage: which she rejects: On the
marriage of Miss Tenant, Millais was
among the honored guests, and as the mar
ried couple were about to leave the church
Sir Henry was taken ill with an attack Of
the fever he had contracted in Africa.
Thereupon Millais escorted the bride to her
carriage, and the crowd at the door mis-
took him for thesgreat explorer. Loud and
long were the cheers of the onlookers, de-
spite the fact that Miliais did not in the
orta Sr,
am not Stanley said the great artist. II
wish l were: Lucky dog, lucky dog!' But
the cheers drowned the explanation.
People are wondering why the king is
making presents to various officials of rail-
ways, etc, giving jewelry on which is the
late queens monogram The reason, how
ever, Is that no inconsiderable stock of
presentation jewelry remained over at. the
death of Queen Victoria. Each article
bears the monogram of, her late majesty,
and may be of London, Edinburgh or Dub
lin manufacture. No additions to this par
tlcular stock are to be made, and the arti-
cles will be distributed by King Edward
during the next few months as occasion
arises as souvenirs of his illustrious
mother. Hitherto it has been the practice
OF the king to refrain from the use of his
personal monogram, when making gifts of
Jewelry, except in certain instances, and
the crown jewelers. are now busiy engaged
in preparing new stock designed to pro-
vide for the new order of affairs.
R1ch Americans need not apparently feel
any hesitation at purchasing old masters
works in Italy, on the score of getting their
owners into great trouble through the law
that prohibits such sales 1t was supposed
that the law was most stringent against
ancient works of art going out of Italy,
ana 1t Will be remembered that quite re-
Gently Prince Chigh was condemned to a
fne Of S6300O (the price received for the
for selling Botticelli to an Amer
lean
The sentence was hailed throughout Italy
as most righteous and proper, and likely
to effectually stop all owners from doing
likewise.
This sentence was, however, reduced to
a fine of S400, and las an amnesty was de-
clared on the accession of the new king
this sum was further diminished to $40!
OF course, 1t is a little hard that a man
may not dispose of what is his own, but
there are so many impecunious princes in
Italy with magnificent picture galleries
which form part of their patrimony that
a law had to be made to stop this whole
sale dispersal. L. IL MOORE