Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-22

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was rejectsd ~ fSs to =: tho proposal for
fifteen was rs1Pctsds by lib to 5k Then with
s sueed iimie 'ns SSsnmons asrssd that the
shall be tweAty MILES an hour So twenty
miles II = tOSbe. bit the dtfHcufy win be 70
Judge what b twenty miles,
Anectistss a YAn May.
Phil May Is dead ere his prime Only q
few weeks go hi celebrated his thirty
ninth birthday. In happier circumstances
OF oodffy health heiinlEht fairly have count
ed upon at least twenty years Of splendid
work. He Was generous to fault Phil
May was the,sort Of man who would think
hothins OK swing hts coat to stranger on
a colo night. and walking home In his shirt
s.eeves' HIS work commanded exceptional
prices anu at one time not very long ago,
MS income was little less than that of the
mead OF a state department. He welcomed
II. he mas been known to give a newspaper
10y nan sovereign for an evening paper.
sovereigns and shfllings being Of equal ac-
count to him, and the divisions Of a purse
UNKNOWN. A cabman was as likely as not
10 get gold for silver for half-miIe drive.
nls generosity extended to the lavish scat
tering OF his original drawings.
A very short time after he Joined the
funch stan 1t became point of etiquet not
10 praise his contribution to the current
! numDer. DO You Ike itT' he would say.
Give 1t you" The next morning would ar
rive the original drawing In last years
Acaoemy there was a clever portrait Of Phil
Way Dy shannon. But readers of Punch
noe personally acquainted with the artist
nave frequently entertained him unawares
He was very fond of craving his own por-
uait. not always IN fattering circum-
stances One Of his most wonderful
sketcnes. little thing tossed OF in a mo-
nlenl OF inspiration with q few strokes OF
fha fffvNn 40 ~ A.
marked by his hatr. The face Is not drawn
Wy single touch but exactly at the SPOT
Where the big cigar was ever in his mouth
e1R was stuck. and instantly those
&rlmly humorous smile.
M may cOineur was his most distinct
Ne personal popularity. His hair, let black.
s SUI Siled. was brushed closely over
precise cut about the forehead and ears
save II tne appearance OF q wig This per-
sohal fashion CHANGED to be In sharp con-
..act with the manner Of colleague on the
IN a whose hair habdtnally stood upright
az an over his head At the dinner one nt1ht
, IN. coiieague, passing out. laid his hand on
MS friend shoulder and said: my dear
IN nv: why on earth do you do your hair IKE
a..s gay made no response beyond the
. uasn OF the queer smile that occasion Ily
Illuminated his countenance, but the next
WeeA tnere appeared tn Punch q eouple OF
poI .raits. One showed this artist with his
hatu s,anoing obstrustvely on end the other
nus ' coAeague with his exurberant hair close
" brushed down and cut abeut tha tan,n1e.
a1ter the fashion Of Phil Nav
Chinese Literature.
catalogue of the Chinese books in tho
BLUSH museum has just been issued This
e'iiee'ion mas In recent years been consid-
% ANY enriched by the gift of Sir Ernest
Satow' who has presented the museum
1ar
DOCKS. printed at early dates in Korea and
Japan. As might be expected from The 90
t ,oI es winch Tor some years have been made
~ pnhanthrop1sts to enlighten the Chinese
me catalogue makes mention of MANY
,a.nn IONS OF European works. several of
WHICH, Dear on the mechanical inventions of
the west and on reforms in the constitution
ny naive authors, notably a work entitled
China's Only Hope" by the great Viceroy
Cnang che-tung. OF special interest is a
connected with General Gordons campaign
AGAINST the TAPPING rebels, many being let
ters from Ii Hung Chang with reference to
the conduct OF the campaign. and clearly
proving the fnterrta tional difficulties with
which General Gordon had to contend when
In command of the Even Victorious
Army
Inc trustees Of the British Museum have
aecIoed that they cannot possibly longer
delay the very necessary extensions The
land for the purpose was acquired some
Tune ago In the immediate rear of the rnu-
scum In Montague Place The plans. which
the trustees nave now sanctioned, are thor
oughly In harmony, with the existing build
ings. The cost will exceed f2OOCGO To-
wards this the trustees have a sum of ESQ
600 which has come to them at various
times in bequests. but the remainder will
be provided out of the public revenues by
the parliamentary BILL which proposes that
sum OF f1.790,OOO shall, be spent on public
works and buildings. The necessary sum
Tor the new newspaper department at Hem
don has already been voted.
An Arabian Marriage.
There was picturesque marriage on Sat
urday of an Arab maiden and her lover at
Earfs Court. The crowd at the exhibition
seemed to derive much interest from the
ceremony. The bridegroom Hamdun, fine
specimen of the Egyptian Arab, came rid
ing on mild white horse with richly col
ored trappings and hoofs brilliantly painted
in red. green. blue and yellow. He was es-
corted by the men of the village playing on
their peculiar musical Instruments. To the
bride 1t was not permitted to ride on horse
back. but she was conveyed on a rickshaw
decorated with flowers and drawn by two
women Of her tribe followed by every fe-
male Arab in the exhibition with peculiar
ceremony. including the waving of nags.
The marriage contract itself was signed by
Sheik Mohammed ALL who was clad In
white robes. and from that moment the
parties became man and wife, The shei1
held copy Of the holy Koran, and from
1t he seemed to recite well-known pas
sage. for the surrounding Arabs made fire.
quent responses. Then followed addresses
of advice from the fathers of the bride and
of the bridegroom, and weird fire dance
brought the proceedings to close. 1t was
a strange scene, without precedent In Lon
DON L. H. MOORE.