The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
Dozen Prominent
Men Go Over to
John Bull.
Percentage Of Those
Who Leave Uncle
Sam Is Small.
Edgar Seligman of the Well
Known Family Now an
Englishman.
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Sos--sl Cable g Tie Call
LONDON June s.-No people resist
the temptation 70 belong 70 another
nation more stoutly than co Americans
o. the 1912 aliens who were nsturalized
by the British Government IN the last
sixteen months there were only & dozen
who foreswore allegiance 10 0ncle sam.
and of these less than half that mum
ber were born IN the United States
among these latter is Edgar Isaac
SeIignan. a scion OF the famous family
q bankers He IS the son Of Leopold
seligman. The head OF the London
house. and Z nephew OF Jesse James
and Joseph Seligmsn OF the New York
lrm. he is an example OF the limi-
rsuons ot heredity. for the most con-
spicuOus OF the family talents seems
% have skipped him entirely and he
has never engaged IN business Instead
ot LaEmon he worships Art He has
e delightful studio in Roland Gardens.
--e wals OF which are hung with pic
r--es THAR he has painted They show
tlzt lie is an artist Of no mean ability.
l-r1oUgh he modestly regards himself
Gs merely IN amateur He does not
propose 10 seek popular Judgment on
MS work until another year or so.
when he VIII have completed pictures
enough % be able 10 seek Al intro
cuction 20 the ART public through the
1eciuu Of an exhibition.
Re states that he has become zn Eng
--snz1an because he was tired OF being
Practically z man without Z country'
De cane 70 England when only two
years old and for Ihtrty-six years IL
has been h:s home He has been back
- The United States once since his
baby hood and that was 70 comply with
Uncle Sans requirement that MS citi-
zens must spend st least six months
with him every ten years II order 70
be entitled 70 passports Selignan
cant get along without passports. be-
cause he spends much OF his tine on
The Continent particularly n Spain
whose picturesque pesssntry he de-
lights 70 paint OF the art outlook in
England he takes rather q pessimistic
view
OTHERS IN THE LIST.
Buyers here re said. appear 10
want curiosities more than anything z
else There is lir1Ie demand for modern
pictures Then there seems 70 be 3
sort ot conspiracy between architects
and interior decorators 70 design and
nnish houses n z fashion that affords
httle chance FOR displaying pictures
sometimes feel. re added. that
should be better satisfied II I were
engaged IN some more practical pursuit
where I should be Going something
ron which nsrkfn would benefit
Donald Carmichael Hsldeman, head
q the Mutual Life Insurance Com
psnTs interests n the United King
dom IS also numbered among the dozen
Americans who have become Britishers.
! came 70 England twenty-six years
aEc. when only - years Old he said.
PASSED here. When l vas IN the United
States some time hack 7 found that 1
could not claim q vote there because 1
vas not resident and had left The coun-
UT before I became Of age Il Is time
therefore that / ests bltshed nv rights Of
citizenship somewhere. Ny synpsthies
s-e thoroughly American but there are
ls-niiF- business and --scisI reasons why
should rurn Englishnsn nov ! an
settled here for life Both ny children
were born here and naturally regard Eng
land ss their home White represent an
American COMPANY. al ny business as
sociations are with Engiishmen Ny an
cestors were English and Scotch All
things considered ] don't think anv ore
can md fault with ne for The step I
have q ken
Ihe other Americans who have re-
nouncec their American citizenship in the
same period are Robert WashirvtoD
Dana. Gordon Le Roy Burnhan. Berthold
Bernheim- Edward Boehner. Ernest Jo-
septhsl, william Sampson Luke Rowe.
NhlreUright Ruthven Stuart Enoch
Nsrd- Phillip SchedroEitz and James
CoWie Simpson.
DoNEHS TAKE MANSION.
M- and Ms A D Loney Of New,
YORK have returned from the south Of
France where M Loney has gone 70 es-
cape the inclemency OF the English win
tel They have taken comnooioGs man
sion IN Lennox Gardens. Kensingeor.
wnere they V1il remain for three months
and enter into The festivities Of the Lon
con season The Lonsvs have settled
permanently IN Engians. but this is me
1rst time they have tsk.n z London resi-
dencc
When icy went 20 France il was their
intention 70 let their place al WfIloughby.
near Rugoy. in Northamptonshire. but a
suitable tenant could not Be found. Now
al tie servants. horses. carriages and
don for the season and Wfllourhbv Hall
j. left in charge Of czretskers who have
% lock after the cows and the fowls
which roam about the old farmysrd M
Loney cares little for society-thzf sort
which Is always spelt with Z big in
Enelsnd-b-t Mrs Loney does and II
vas on her initiative that the Lcndon
residence was taken. She is an enthuss-
zstlc notorisr and . magnificent horse
woman and Hyde Park viii see much Of
her during the season