Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
AMERICANS BAuLKED KING
How Sargent and Abbey Kept Can.
didatc out of Royal Academy.
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Special Correspondence.
London, Dec 7.--How J. S. Sargent
ana Edwin A. Abbey, the fumoue two
American members OF the Royal aeade-
my. recently managed TO sup9ct a pet
protect Of King Edwards can bc told
Tor he first time on the authority Of a
ROYAL academician 1t seems that the
king was especially anxious 20 have
Emil Fuchs, the portrait painter made
member Of the academy, and that
Sargent and Abbey found means OF pre-
venting the royal wish from being car
ried out Ever since Fuchs designed tho
new postage stamps, which bear the
kings head-and which most people
think anything but artisuc-and made
the drawings for the coronation medal,
Edward VII is said TO have been re-
markably keen on him, and the SOW
,rcign has spent a lot OF time I'm the
artists studio I'm .Devonshire street
Not long ago 1t popped into the royal
head that Fuchs ought To- be a Royal
academician and the result was "a letter
to The famous society OF Burlington
House TO the effect that his majesty
Nhull w pltNHfN 10 htt the appointment
made That letter made trouble. AC-
cording to my informant, the members
| of the Royal academy did notsthink Mr..
| Fuchs entitled to become one Of their
number. but they were I'm no end of a
| quandary as to how they could get out
| OF making the appointment without Of
| Tending the king I'm their pcrplcXity.
| however some Of the more prominent
academicians went 10 Messrs Sargent
a a..
which was promptly given, The two
American artists who of course are
quite the biggest guns I'm the English
world at present promptly sat down
and wrote to the king stating that II
MIR Fuchs was elected to the academy,
they would resign Whereupon his ma
iesty is said to have withdrawn his re-
quest without loss Of time.
The English royal family really gets
a lot Of fun out OF Christmas owing
TO the number Of grandchildren,
grand-nephews and grand-nleces for
whom presents have 70 be chosen with
that care and thought for personal pre-
ferenccs that makes Il more pleasant
to give than to receive. The kings big
country house 80 Sandringham win be
the scene Of the gathering this year,
and as the whole family IS I'm good
health and spirits at present the festivi-
for many year past The chief OF
the great kitchens al Windsor Is al
ready busyng himself with the tradi-
liOnal baron Of beef and the mighty
plumb pudding aud the tradesmen are
LOCKING to Buckingham Pnlace with
r''lples "a their wares for royal in
'Doruon. After the Christmas shop.
riGr "a done thcir majostlos win 20 10
,oEliinghom until about the middle Of
D. .fI
cua'le
Probably the busiest American wo-
man I'm England today is Mrs Joseph
'hambcrlain, daughter Of the late Judge
I'1dlcott, secretary for war under Presl-
doi Cleveland. She has been present
90 practically every one Of her hus-
hangs speeches I'm the big tarn CAM
raign of which ne is the foremost
figure Ii he succeeds--and those who
fmd he wouldn't are beginning
to hedgc-there Is little doubt
that ne VIII become prime min
ister And Mrs Chamberlain viii
have earned h.g place as mistress OF
the nEurati'C IrItish White House.
for she bad been great political help
10 her husband lu many ways hear
ing his speeches before they We're de-
lvcrod prompting hb1 here and there,
ana even pulling him hy the coat-tails
10 call his attention To AN overlooked
point unde by someone I'm the audience.
At Newport the other right man in
terruptcd tho speech with a friendly
comment which thc bolIgcrent Joseph
mis.nterprcted and was starting In
ON n tart retort whom tn situation was
explained 90 him IN o. whisper from his
wife, She always appo3lw ahead OF
him on the platform and i1 greeted
with roar' Of appliance, Her face IL