The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-20
NEW YORK CITY GOSSIP
WoMAN'S EXHIBITION POSTER
WILL BE AS TRADE MARK
Visit of khedive's Brother Recalls Ru-
NOR That He Seeks American Bride
-Grimy Old Picture at One Time
Hanging in Saloon May Prove to Be
Rubens.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-In the effort
TO secure creditable advertising de-
sign to stand for the forthcoming wom-
ems exhibition at the Madison Square
Garden, the management of that show
recently discovered that the value of a
strlklng poster is not greater than the
d1mculty of securing one. Such
sketches as "The Spirit of Niagara"
which was used by the officials of the
Buffalo exposition, are strokes Of good
fortune, and, like strokes of lightning,
they do not seem to fall often 'fn the
same place" or the same field The
desired allegorical study for the Profess
sional Women's league was only OBJ
tanned after months of delay by Offering
prize of $500, which was won by a
member of the organization, Miss
Emma Shields.
The prize winning design will be
hung at the forthcoming salon of the
Association of American Artists. Wom-
an is shown browning herself with lau-
rel, while at her feet repose the tools
OF the arts and trades she has MASTER
ed. The tower of Madison Square Gar
den, at which the exhibition is to be
held from Oct to 18, rears its bulk in
the background. This poster is in nine
colors, and will be the trade mark Of
the exhibition.
khedive's Brother Seeks Bride.
Prince Mohammed Ali, the younger
brother of the khedive, has so many
American friends whose acquaintance
he made at Cairo, that his arrival at
Boston for the purpose of making a
prolonged stay in the United States,
will excite a good deal of interest in
society.
1t will likewise serve to revive those
very persistent rumors current three
years ago to the effect that the prince
was bent on securing an American
wife. In those days his name was as
ISOLATED with first one and then Of an
other lovely daughter of Uncle Sam.
That he was on several occasions
deeply infatuated by their charms was
a matter of public notoriety. Not only
were his intentions to them at Cairo
most marked. but he even went to the
length of following the objects of his
devotion of various fashionable resorts
in Europe.
Indeed, it was asserted that he was
ready to sacrifice his rights of success
sion to his brothers thrcne in order to
wed the American objects of his adora-
ton, and to become a convert to Chris
tianity, and that he was only prevented
mand of his brother, the khedive, who,
being without male issue at the time,
was anxious to prevent his throne fall
ing into the hands of his uncle Prince
HusSe1n, who was next to the prince
in line of succession.
Now, however, the situation has
changed. The khedive has not merely
one, but two sons. Prince Mohammed
Ali is no longer heir to the throne, and
the obstacles which formerly existed to
his conversion to Christianity and to
his marrying an American girl have
consequently disappeared.
1t is quite possible, therefore, that
his visit to this country-he has al
ready arrived-is for the purpose Of
demanding the hand of the charming
maiden whom he was 20 anxious to
make his wife three years ago.
He is very good looking and accom-
plished, has been educated in Europe,
speaks English perfectly, and holds the
rank of general in the Egyptian army,
beside being decorated with almost
every order in Europe.
May Be a Rubens.
After hanging for years in an OBJ
scure corner in the weinstube of George
Stark, on Seventh avenue a painting
alleged to be from the brush of Rubens
has been discovered, and its owner be-
ieves it to be the missing "The
Drunken Bacchus" spoken of by Garlic
ton Smith in his work on Rubens.
Recently visiting artist saw the
painting and asked permission to take
it away and subject it to a restoring
process to remove the CRIME and dust
and accumulat1ons Of sixty years to the
knowledge of the Stark family.
Mr.. Stark says that his father, Carl
Stark, bought out the old Heidelberg
Fuss tavern, in East Broadway, when
he came to this country, sixty years
ago, and often told him that this paint
ing was one of the famous treasures Of
the inn at the time of its purchase, and
that some time 1t would be very vaIua-
ble
When the family removed to their
present location the old painting came
too, although the figures on account Of
the smoke and CRIME coverying the
canvas are hardly recognizable. All
that is known of it was that it was
very old. Last winter the picture
caught an artists eye as it hung there
in the corner.
After hearing him Stark decided to
find out something of Rubens himself,
and visited the AStor and Lenox libra
ries, and in the works of Carlton Smith
discovered that the picture called 1.-The
Drunken Bacchus" was missing and
could not be accounted Tor except that
it was believed to have been bought by
brought to New York in 1885.
In the book a canvas IS described
giving the figures that appear here.
HONOR MEMORY OF