Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15

Ing over a somewhat large mouth. In
manner he Is abrupt and hurried. and evil
IDENTIFY careless OF appearances. for his uni
form. that OF a japanese admiral fitted him
badly. and did not show his meager form to
advantage.
He was quick to notice the large assem-
platform when he arrived. small fig
like himself. who bowed deeply
and In unison. as IL strong wind
had bent them. The princess bowed
to the Japanese ladies. who had awaited
the arrival In quivering excitement. and
they returned her bow, instead OF courtesy
Ing. ms Ia the custom here In the presence
of royalty. 1t was all very quaint and sus-
gestive. One could not help thinking of the
contrast between those small, shrinking
feathery creatures. dressed In the most cle-
CANT European fashions. and those stern.
unfiinching and Irresistible men who die In
battle with a song upon their lips.
Is ths authenticity OF DR.. Johnsons ASSOC
Citations with the Cheshire Cheese. the IA
nous Fleet street tavern, where every
American visitor goes for steak and kidney
pie, being questioned? When the old house
was put up for sale yesterday there was not
single bid for It. There has certainly al
ways been suspicion that Johnson
not the frequenter OF the Cheese" and the
'Mitre' that he has been represented to be-
and last week. most unfortunately for tho
sale. well-known literary mar made the
bold assertion that Johnson never sat at tho
iamillar table In the familiar chair.
rounded by the familiar audience OF awed
listeners to his ripe wisdom and ponderous
Wit. No one has arisen to contradict him.
and there Is this negative evidence In favor
of the assertion-that even the faithful and
vigilant Boswell never mentions DIR. John
son having visited the Cheese" Its fate
will soon he determined. In any case. for
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fares. Is changing its aspect day by day
and the Cheese is already ominously
rounded by hoardings that hide the demoli-
ton of neighboring houses.
Notes.
Miss Laurence Alma Tadema. "A daughter
of the famous painter by his first wife. has
written an incomprehensible play for hot
day In The New Felicity" produced a
couple of days ago at the Royalty by the
Stage Society Miss Tadema. In various
writings. some of which have been pub
l;shed leans TO the cult of the decadent, and
some members OF todays audience pro-
tossed to find The New Felicity" which Is
not Miss Tadema's first play. full of mean
ing apd rich in Individuality
A new Titan portrait is now exhibited for
the first time at Messrs. Colnaghi's 1t
comes from the Roman palace of Prince
direct from the painter. For generations IL
has hung in some out-of- the-way corner and
was only known TO one or two students.
But when Prince Chlgis famous Botticelli
was smuggled out of the country and across
the Atlantic to Boston this Titan
brought from Its obscurty and hung in
place of honor.
The portrait is of great interest because 1t
represents Pietro Aretino. the scurrious
sGtirst. who Titians dearest friend.
and because 1t Is evidently the brilliant and
remorselessy lifelike sketch 10 which Are
tino objected In letters that have been pre-
served
There came under the hammer this week
a small but important collection of old por-
celan. chiefly native. formed by Mr.. +. W.
Walker. The examples of old Worcester in
Guided three hexagonal vases and covers
some twelve inches high, painted with
exotic birds and landscape, dark blue scale
pattern ground, 4S0 guineas; one oviform
and two heXagonal vases and covers, about
IL inches high notified blue ground. mar
bled with gold, 40 guineas; pair OF cylin-
drical mugs. five inches high. painted with
exotic birds on dark blue scale pattern
ground, 10 guineas, and large jug, nire
inches high. apple green ground, -
guineas. The total of fi.G69 included $50
guineas for a pair OF Chelsea figures, eleven
and a half inches high, OF a shepherd and
shepherdess, with lamb and dog.
l.. II. MOORE.