Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

citation with view to building to their
highest class. This only refers to yachts
above thirty feet water line Many details
must be settled before anything Ike
unaninnity Is reached. and each country de-
sires that the best features OF Its own par
ticular rule shall be Incorporated. The abb
sence of the American representatives has
been much discussed and regretted. That
the American yachfsmen as q body desired
to be represented is well known. and. In
spite of the action of the New York Yacht
Club, 1t is quite possible that rule win be
adopted quite above the heads of that body.
The absence OF a central authority In
America on similar lines to the British as
ISOLATION explains the personal bitterness
Of the yachtsmen on your side. Such an
authority ought and probably will be esta5-
lished.
learn that since the Irving picture sale
OF December strenuous efforts have been
made to secure Sargent's portrait of Ellen
Terry as Lady Macbeth placing the crown
on her head, lor the transatlantic collector,
on whose behalf Messrs. b. r. Stevens gave
$500 guineas for Whistler's picture OF Sir
Henry Irving in the part of Philip OF Spain.
The Sargent was knocked down at l,20o
guineas, though many anticipated that at
auction 1t would go to 1000 guineas or SO.
The American collector was eminently well
pleased with his Whistler purchase, ana an
offer of about G3O0 more. than the auction
hgure was made on behalf for the Sargent
Several experts recommended acceptance.
but as fact there has been no change OF
ownership, and there is. not likely to be
any.
The interchangeable National Art col
lections fund has not yet lost hope of saw
ing the Rokeby Velasquez for the nation.
Another public spirited collector has offered
$4,000. and Mr.. s. Goethe has offered to
double the 5000 he has previously prom
Used. This would bring the available sum
up to about $4,000. It is stated that in
the last official communication to the fund
that when $4,000 was reached certain
donors were willing to bring the sum up to
the amount required. SO 1t would seem
that this masterpiece is now within fairly
easy distance. The big art collectors have
responded nobly to the appeal, and humber
lovers Of art are forwarding their smaller
sums.
According to present arrangements, Mr..
George Alexander will produce Mr.. Pinero's
new comedy, His House in Order" at the
Ste James on February /. Mr.. James WEIGH
begins his tenancy of Terry's on January
"a, with THE Heroic stubbs." new
comedy by Mr.. Henry Arthur Jones. MIR.
WEIGH Is signaling his accession to the
ranks of actor-managers by fixing O'Clock
as the hour for raising the curtain on first
nights. The departure. which is in the In
terest of critics, is about the best sug-
gested SO far for meeting an undoubted
grievance. seeing that it is frequently
nearly midnight before the curtain falls on
first nights. The present week will see the
end of The Merchant of Venice" at the
Garrick, where, on Monday next, Mr..
Bourchier proposes to revise for a short
time Mr.. Leo Trevor's military comedy,
Brother Officers" pending the preparation
of that authors new piece " Lights OUT
has been transferred to the Savoy in order
to make room for Mr.. Cyril Maude at the
Waldorf.
To the majority of playgoers the late Mr..
Herman Charles Merivale, whose death Is
announced, will be remembered as the
author of Forget Me-Not," In which Miss
Genevieve Ward achieved the principal
success of her career. Several other plays
stand to his credit, the last being The
Don," which was produced in 1883. Like
many other playwrights the deceased was
only incidentally a dramatist, being by pro-
fessiop a barrister, in which capacity he
was often engaged in government work
Mr.. Merivale. who was in his sixty-seventh
year, died at Chiswick. Forget Me Not"
1t may be remembered was one of the re-
vivals in which Mrs. Brown-Potter ap-
peared during her ill-fated tenancy of the
Savoy Theater. L. II. MOORE.