Evening star., 1909-06-12


(then Prince Of Walesl won the Derby
with Persimmon the kaiser sent him a
handsome cup in commemoration, ana
this was conspicuously displayed on the
royal table at the banquet to the members
Of the Jockey Club Wednesday night.
Queen Victoria Memorial.
l understand that a special effort is to
be made to have the memorial of Queen
Victoria-the boarding around which was
removed Monday-completely finished by
next Empire day. This week many thou
sands of persons visited the great square
In front Of Buckingham Palace to see the
monument. and all were delighted with
the cleaning white marble and the cas-
cades of silvery water.
So Tar only the lower part of the memo
rial has been completed. but 1t is easy
to see that it will be worthy of
the magnificent site which has been
wall Of the finest Carrara marble, of
which already more than a thousand tons
have been used. On this wall are carved
immense figures Of mythical Inhabitants
OF the sea, OF Neptune and of mermen.
mermaids and water nymphs. On each
side Of the memorial are flights of steps.
down which water falls into wide marble
basins. Streams OF water pour from the
mouths Of immense bronze heads of Nep-
tune. At the corners are bronze electric
light standards. surmounted by models of
Viking galleys.
The central portion OF the monument
has yet to be finished. 1t will be occu-
pied by carved groups and an immense
Of the statue, which will be 1s feet 8
inches in height. is now in process of
construction. The statue, on which
something like 100 tons of marble have
been used, will face the Mall. The queen
is sitting in state. and beside her will be
figures representing Justice. Motherhood.
Courage and Constancy Over the statue
will be winged figure Of Victory.
Sir Horace Tozer. the agent general,
building In the Strand which used to be
known as Gatti's Marble Hail, and is
now dedicated to the imperial business of
the government of Queensland. Until
now this had been conducted partly in
the city and partly in Victoria street.
whence the colonial Offices have steadily
taken fight to the Strand, thus symbol
izing in a way the change from the
days when their chief concern was with
government officials to the present when
their affairs touch the English people at
large in a thousand contacts.
Office Handled Many Millions.
AS an example of the extent of the
business transacted at the agency, Sir
Horace Tozer mentioned that during the
last eleven years (his term of office)
nearly 916OOO.OOO had passed through
the Office in the way of payment. Three
branches of the agency now brought to-
gether are the administrative and finan-
cial department, the emigration and in
formation department and the depart
ment concerned with indents for the sale
of machinery, railway rolling stock and
other matters under the control of an
engineer. In the course of short his
torcal summary Sir Horace pointed out
that since 1859. the day when the first
governor arrived, the population had
grown from %. ZOO to 100000 persons. and
the exports from G523.OOO to G14,6S4. 600.
Her trade with Great Britain is double
that of her trade with foreign lands.
The peculiar richness of Queensiand's
resources was dwelt upon with just pride
by the speaker. and in the smart and
shining hall downstairs specimens of
them were to be seen and handled.
The ordinary passer-by in the Strand
can now step in and see the thirty
ounce nugget that was found In the Dee
river, and large yellow topaz bigger
opals. polished and rough, and gold
quartz ore and copper. well as the
silky oaks and hoop pines that take on
so exceptional a polish. There are cereals
pastoral settlers used to say wouldn't
grow a cabbage: wool. of which Queens
land now exports 1O5 million tons; cot
ton and tobacco and fruit. huge turtle
sprawls on the floor. and perched on
cases are nakeen heron and pelicans with
a dash of black in their feathers.
On the day that Mr.. Bernard Shaw
published his vivacious protest against
the censor who has interdicted his new
Theological melodrama. The Showing
up of Blanco Posnet, which you are
to have in America. another produc
ton illustrated the pass at which the
London stage has arrived. Mr.. George AL
exander, apparently despairing Of finding
v>In ,f<,I, <hA hlf<,
in sufficient numbers to his theater.
vived that highly sentimentalized melo-
drama Of German military life. "Old Hell
delberg.' In itself this fact Is significant
quite startling as throwing light on
the condition of the English theater.
The play itself is adapted from the
German. 1t succeeds another revival
from the French. That was preceded by
an English play written by a liberal
NJ. p. which. while possessing some
humor and literary grace, was withdrawn
after a sorry career of fortnight.
And while London is craving good plays
by English authors and the West End
theaters abound with ''revivals," the CEN
sor seeks to repress the work of the one
English writer of genius who has given
a new impetus and new significance to
the drama of today.
Disciples of Shaw.
1t is proof, l SUPPOSE. of the vogue of
Mr.. Bernard Shaw that certain kind
of youth is affecting the Shaw beard.
Mr.. Shaw's beard. however indispensable
to the physiognomy of its wearer. is
not suited to every type of face. and il
may, therefore. be assumed that the
serious minded and socialstically incin-
ed young men who cultivate 1t are pre-
pared to accept the Shavian beard as
we'll as Shavian principles. Since Oscar
Wildes peculiar style of dress and repu-
tation for Wit made him a god among
his youthful disciples. one has en-
joyed the admiration that is now given
to Mr.. Shaw by the earnest youths of
today.
Every other year a collection of pic
lures appears at Christie's as the prop
erty of some great nobleman whose art
treasures are famed throughout Britain
and excites jeers rather than bids. Last
year number of the Duke of Suth-
erlands pictures met with this reception
Yesterday 1t was the turn of certain "old
masters the property Of the Rt Hon
the Earl of Derby. as the catalogue an
nounced. Four heads of Rubens went
at Us I'd head. A holy picture by
Murillo brought 33s. Giordano's "A
Sacrifice" exhibited at the art treasure S
exhibition. Manchester. in 1857, was sold
for 2ls. The biggest prices were 81
qnineaS EiIlape .