New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
KING EDWARDS TACT.
PLEASES ALL IN ROME.
The Education STRUGGLED Dull
4cademy -Music.

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Copyright: 1903: The Tribune Association1
London, April So 1 a. m.-Fresh evidence OF
the English sovereign's tact and hexiDllty 10
supplied In the copious press dispatches oe-
seribng his reception at Rome. He has pleased
and satisfied the Quirinal. the Vatican ana the
Italian people. and has not caused Irritation In
any quarter There have been faint murmurs
of discomfort among a small knot of extreme
Protestants in England over the Kings visit
to the Pope but this feeling is not shared Dy
any influential section. The press dispatches
make it clear that 1t not a ceremOnious
visit involving recognition of the temporal
sovereignty of the Pope. but a simple and
6ecorous act of respect on the part of the SOW
ereign to the venerated head of the Roman COM
munion The friendly relations between Queen
Victoria and Leo XIII when he visited England
in the early stage of his career alone would
have justified the Kings visit to the Vatican.
The Kings homage to the Italian national
cause has been paid In equally emphatic
way.
The opposition to the London Education bill
was renewed yesterday with strenuous persist
ence. James Bryce. who was leader on the
Liberal side in last years education debate.
again came to the front and made 1t clear that
the measure would be fought at every stage
The Liberals are justified In offering resistance
to measure which is sharply criticised in the
Unionist ranks. Bumbledom has been dignifed
and decorated by the creation OF borough coun-
ellis, but it's equipment for educational work is
not scientific.
Mr.. Sargent's portraits at the Academy in
clude Lady Evelyn Cavendish. Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain, Mrs. Philip Agnew, Mrs. julius
Wernher, Lord Cromer and G. McCorquodale.
J. J. Shannon has equal number Of portraits
which hold their own against Mr.. Sargent's.
Among them are Mrs Anseu Mrs. Lazarus and
daughter, Miss Beale. in doctors gown; Mrs.
Henry Rivire. and two charming portraits OF
children. Charles w. Furse's portrait Of Lord
Charles Beresford in vice-admiraTs uniform
is a strong bit of realistic painting. Watson
Nicols portrait of the German Emperor for the
United Service Club is not a remarkable work.
1t is a dull Academy. in which no painter rises
above average work except possibly Mr.. Shan
non and George Boughton. The sculpture is
unusually interesting.
Narylebone Parish Church was crowded yes
terday with artists and Of letters at the
marriage of Alfred East's daughter to Herbert
A. Johnson. It was a pretty wedding with
four bridesmaids in cream and blue, and a
dainty little maid of honor quantity dressed.
There was a large reception at wharnciifre
Rooms. at which the Academy was represented
by Sir Laurence Alma -Tadema and many of
Mr.. East's colleagues.
The opponents of the remarriage of divorced
persons turned up in force at the London Do
cesan Conference yesterday TO protest against
w. K. Vanderbt's marriage. The Bishop of
London, who presided at the conference. said
the chancellor of the diocese was obliged to
give licenses by law If the parties could find a
clergyman to marry them, and he added that
when he had had chance of interviewing the
clergyman who performed the marriage cere-
mony he would state his opinion of the whole
matter,
As the Philadelphia was nearing the English
coast yesterday ocean newspaper is
sued to the passengers. 1t contained good
summary Of the news Of recent events.
There another immense audience at Gov
ent Garden for Die Walktre,' in the special
Wagner cycle. The improvement in scenery
was less noticeable than in "Das Rheingold."
but the band conducted by DR.. Richter. was
the best ever heard in London in Wagner's
music. It included his trained Manchester men,
with reinforcements from London and Ger
many, and the orchestration rendered
fautlessy. with strings. brasses and woods in