New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-11
LONDON NOTES
r,,,ru MemOriaIs-An America"
''' acadcmician-Censorship.
London. July 81.

Esbf~. .ha Foreign once, as OoHpaiiVi
ns ~ "a clarendon at the foot or the grand
sssTe 10 + .,,ore II will be a standing reminder
esrase federation which WAS the char
| The "' ,olit,. OF his diplomacy. The other
,taisto sN.,,inster Abbey, where the Anglo
IN Nesla can see II and remember his
GnsroaH .o,f-restraint in resisting the tempta-
| SPACIOUS .hs advantage I'm argument and in
10 70 'e ,,oreyuela boundary question for the
| fttlns u, and good will The statue in the
| sEe Of -. is Of Carrara marble. little
Frelsh ,ife size. and stands on q pedestal in
Gse' "'' rho sculptor Mr.. Herbert Hampton.
{ ri'H' a. massive head in characteristic
E p' IS clothed the figure I'm peers robes
90 sHN ouor of the Garter. The recumhent
rh u. -. in the Abbey is by MIR. Goscombe
en" finer example of sculpture, albeit
Mh -, ,,astical in form, than many Of the
nfs 80 80 .a,oirers would have liked IL to be-
S'', se5gy is mounted on a black marble
~ -, vhich the Cecil arms appear In re-
Fi'''as s,stuettes Of Lord Burghley. the High
~ w. ~ eueen Elizabeth, and five other an
"a with groups of eight Biblical char
W. ,he corners. The statesman is arrayed
ieis . - tho Garter. and the shields Of the
P'', po-,s and Trinity House are behind the
g. 800 and Westminster are also brought
re decorative scheme. The left hand at
I. h-sast clasps a small cross
=. design Of the national memorial in the
- vil be more harmonious when the bright
7. s.onze Of the panel decorations Is duller in
=. There Is now \ lack Of proportion and
-, IN The main dgJre and the unduly as
-. accessories; yet the head is nohly mod
and the lines Of the figure arc graceful and
g. II is distinctly medieval design and
=. 10 remind visitors that the marquis WAS
usb Church man as well as a statesman.
=, Hugh Cecil must have strangely influenced
solnter in the production Of an ecclesiasti-
,,,,-s in keeping with the gray archways and
- ,sllgious light" Gladstone, who was de-
.hss nv the marquis as a great Christian"
-. an the edge OF the transdpt and with
- rnsn is gazing down THE aisles Of time"
y, sort OF treatment would have been more
,.,.s for national memorial OF a high mind
|, SALESMAN, although q more impressive head
y, s,re than can be seen in the Foreign Office
,up6 have been necessary. Yet there is artis-
!, ,omposition in Mr.. Johns work, and a de-
aszts attempt 10 produce noble example Of
r.,usr worthy Of the dignity OF the subject
" Edmund Grey made an admirable little
r,..h when the marble statue was unveiled.
mn sentence Of eulogy especially deserves 10 be
vrsnberea: he had that detachment which
,-, no: from indifference. but from entire
tsaom from all small ambitions and petty
,zml anxietes"
n. election Of ar. J. J. shannon as a fun
,sSsrician IS a well deserved compliment 10
!. American portrait painter. He had been an
Ssiste for twelve years and had commanded
H,Ention as the one painter who represented
eighteenth century tradition OF decoration in
yaziiure II Mr. Sargent was the Van Dyck
l rTsssouez Of the time, Mr.. shannon was tho
/ Azlsy with 4 romantic style and decorative
s,ry Of his eWn. Now that Mr.. Sargent has
Einsd portrsture and warned his friends
rthsy must never ask him 10 paint man or
r-,n Mr. shannon Is without rival here as
fashionable portrait painter. He has earned
Is pcmauen by q long series of artistic ac-
omphkhmsniz since his first important portrait
vas exhis st IN 1881. He IS the third American
scaasnafn Mr Sargent and Mr.. Abbey being
bis colssfss. He came 10 England when he
sss szsS and worked for three years ~ the
Solta Khsngton school. whore he carried of
s's ssdsl or figure painting, and although he
Subsequently rudied art in Paris. his training
as essentially English. The Academy has al
'nI lsalsd hin IS r favorite child. and has
iHay henorsd him "ith the highest gift 81 its
uunlua
NJ George Alexander BEDFORD instead Of
ss peWlldered and exaspeTated By the cross
a questions respecting the censorship. has
N's an excellent witness before the Joint
'laui'ee o. Le=ds and Commons. He did not
y VI airs as dramatic critic or literary ex-
- eu spoke as a civil servant who had
N''u az apprenticeship under a former IA
~@1 o. PLAYS ana had learned how 10 take
oneA point ~ view without concerning
sa with abstract principles He had read
- tls term OF office seven thousand play
Aa refused licenses 80 only forty three re-
Ting MS adverse decision in thirteen in
- Only thirty plays had been condemned
- sna without appeal since 1895 This was
N'Aeing proof that the censorship was not
as dramatic authors and press agita-
80 Au represented il. Mr. Bedford, moreover
:, most Reasonably and sensibly about the
&C.,. /" conducting the censorship. Like
s"'As else under The British constitution, it
SITUATED not b. principle 50 much as by
sho precedent. The examiner read 4
"H view 10 detecting IN il indecency. or
g.. Intensive 10 religious sentiment, or TO
Aeses' or personalities affecting public
ra Il was not his duty to give reasons
ssnn. pay but he often had unofficial
a,,.s 'esuons with authors and suggested
tan. sAea rendered stage production prac-
:. ~. Nr kedford strengthened his own case
40 -o'y and candor Of his replies He
s.,...r-ss4'h mat the secrecy Of his Office was
su,s a+s and that there had been a con-
- p la'eiligible policy in ,he conduct of
= snip The agitation against the office
w,,. 20 violent that the censorship is
ss~t !, abolished ultimately by act Of Par
Gu, Is MOI by any means certain
e. sse ~il benefit by its liberation from
ets.., VISION Even Mr shaw comedies
3 A,A.. S1sat 10 be some form OF control. and
4. sealts that his strenuous objection
" A,~, snip would DO modified n there
''s form Of appeal.