The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-01

IN metropolitan life. and there are MANY
more whose names he has not received.
Ping Pong Invades Wall Street
Pins Ping Pong has found its way to the
Wall street district
In the stock brokers' office of Ames q
Co, the most strenuous game Of that kind
on record was played last week. Broker
Norman de Maurice beat Broker Fred
watson Tor the championship Of the Wall
street district and side bet Of $500
work IN the exchange and on the curb
mad been particularly dull and these two
brokers' We're discussing sports in general
and ping pong in particular.
Each claimed to be a champion ar
some kind at the new game One of them
had beaten somebody who had won the
championship of an ocean liner. The
other had bested all corners in a fashion
able uptown club
watson made good his boast that hs
was line server" and won the 6rr+
set and also the third. But he coIIa ,,ot
always serve" and de Mauriac. bv fine
work in his speciality of returning and
placing won the second, fourth and
fifth, and pocketed the $500
Sultan Fears of Our Pilgrims
The SEQ American tourists making A trip
including the Holy land and Mediter-
ranean ports on the big White Star line
steamer Celtic had a more strenuous time
apparently, than was at first sl1pposad
when they paid a visit to the sultan's
domains and peacefully invaded Constan-
tinopIe.
One steamer had to anchor for tbA
night at the entrance to the DardaneIIas
| until the sultan would permit her To
pass up to Constantinople. The reason
given was that the sultan did not want
ConstantinopIe filled with foreigners
when he went to the SeIamIik the next
| morning. but the real reason is believed
TO nave been his Insane fear ~ attack.
The Americans on the Celtic met with
every possible obstacle when they tried
to land. Only after the most energetic
work by United States Consul Dickinson
was reluctant permission to land finally
given When they did land hundreds of
ponce spies followed them. and the
Celtic was ransacked from top TO bot
tom by the sultans agents.
Ldch tourist was under constant sur-
Ne1Hahce. Every action was noted ard
reported to the sultan-even the bazaars
| they stopped at. the goods tbav bo,,erl,+
and what native officials talked Mir
| them. "-'"
Rubens' Holy Family TO BE Sold
The collection Of paintings. of the late
! r. o. MatthiessOn-one Of the finest nf
| the many fine collections in This cftv-t.
! 10 De sold at auction at Mendelssohn hall
on the evenings of April ! and , In the
! meantime 1t IS on view at the American
! art galleries. This sale will be the most
| important one OF the year and is exDecta1
| 10 realize several hundred thousand dol
! lars. '0i
1 There are 145 paintings, aquareues and
! drawings, representing the work of 100
| artists. A study of the collection rava.,Is,
mat IN his purchases the collectors dis
elimination grew keener and truer
! Nearly dozen fine "old masters are
| Inciuded There are two examples of
Ruoens. The most important is THE
| Holy FAMILY 1t was over this picture
| that there was trouble with the custom
mouse tue government alleging that it had
! peen entered at much lower figure than
its true value as established bv the sale
Inc matter was settled by the payment
| on additional duties. The other Rubens
! pears the title Portrait of a Gentleman. 80
Iitlans portrait of Antonio Grimauf
/ Doge of Venice" is also i'm the collection
IL was painted for the GrimanI family
| collection, and it remained in the Grjmani
palace for $50 years.
The Rembrandt is the one known "a
Portrait of an Old Man with His THROAT
| Uncovered" IT formed part ar tba
Demidof collection, and when sold at tba
celebrated San Donate sale in Venice in
| 1880 was catalogued as attributed to
| rembrandt" In consequence it brought
low price. Since then it has figured in
the corrections Of Sedeimeyer, Leopold
GoidSchmldt Thomas Agnew & Sons. and
| X. ". Hudson. and it's authenticity mas
! Deeh accepted by the best experts. 1t il
described in the latest edition of DIR
boae complete work of Rembrandt.
Inc collection also includes MANY fine
| examples Of the modern masters.