Evening star., 1909-05-23

was foreshadowed in Mr. Asquiths re-
cent speech in Glasgow and by Lord
Rosbery at Cardiff the other day II Is
not likely that the ships OF this years
program will be on this new scale Of
construction. but it is certain that the
four conditional battleships will be on
these dimensions when they are laid down
next year. | understand that this great
leap i'm Dreadnought construction is due
10 knowledge that has reached the admi-
rally of striking development in the
German type.
Olive Logan's Death.
There seems to be a sad story behind
the death in the pauper lunatic asylum
at Banstead, in Surrey, of Mrs. Olive Lo-
gan. She was an author. an actress. a
lecturer and a Journalist. and her books
have been widely read in America Yet
nobody was present at her death but the
physician attending the case and a nurse
from the fnfirmary ward. Unless the body
Is claimed within a few days burial will
take pace in the asylum cemetery Pa
pers in connection with the death de-
scribe the lady's relatives and friends as
unknown" The asylum authorities are
without knowledge OF any property haN-
ing belonged TO her. but a letter has been
received from the United States Dispatch
Agency. London. stating that Mrs. Logan
was entitled TO share In small legacy
left by her father, Commander Logan OF
the United States Navy.
Mrs. Logan was received into BAN
stead Asylum on January IS last Her
mind was not wholly gone, but was too
weak and erratic to permit OF her hay-
ing much liberty. Her last important
piece OF newspaper work was her inter-
view with ex-President Roosevelt on
woman's suffrage and other important
questions of the day. She came to Lon
don three years ago as Lady Cooks pri-
vate secretary, which makes IL the more
odd that her friends should have been
unknown" l am told. moreover, that
her husband Is living now in New York.
He was her second husband, her first
having been Mr.. w. w. Skies. United
States consul at Cardiff some thirty years
years ago. Mrs Logan was about seventy
years old.
wedding of the Earl Of Warwick's son
and heir. Lord Brooke, and Miss Mar
Jorie Eden. only daughter OF Sir William
ana Lady Eden Of West Auckland, Dur
ham. Both families are Of ancient lin
cage. The Edens have been at West
Auckland for more than two centuries.
and the present head Of the family. like
his father before him, possesses a dual
baronetcy. Sir William Eden is the
seventh baronet Of West Auckland, anu
y
title was first borne by Sir Robert Eden
the second son of the third baronet OF
West Auckland. The title was created
In 1716. and was conferred upon the then
governor of the state of Maryland then
one of England's colonies.
Wedding Gift From Maryland.
An interesting reminder Of this cir
cumstance, and a reminder also Of the
warm sympathy which the marriage of
Sir William Eden's daughter has aroused
in the state where his second title had its
territorial origin, Is furnished in the fact
that a magnificent silver punch bowl
has been received from Maryland, as Il
wedding present. The donors of the gift
are the Society of Colonial Wars in the
State OF Maryland, and the members, in
an Illuminated manuscript, recall that sir
WilllamS ancestor, Sir robert Eden, the
first baronet of Maryland, was the last
colonial governor of the state, and that
he married the daughter OF the fifth
Baron of Baltimore, the first proprietary
OF the province, and the foremost mind
or his time in regard to religious liberty.
which was given to his colony" This in
teresting present is supplemented by
nag OF the province. and of the state Of
Maryland, similar to that which was
borne throughout the American civil war
1t will be remembered that Sir William
Eden is the baronet with whom the late
James Whistler had his celebrated con-
test over a portrait of Lady Eden rne
case was the subject of a lawsuit III
which Whistler chaffed Sir William un-
mercifully and which was one of the
afterward wrote the book called Tine
Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
A glance at the big picture sales ar
ranged to be held at Christies this season
the art mart Of the world is every year
more firmly established. Yesterday a por-
ton of the collection Of the late Mr.. J. A.
Garland Of New York was offered Most
Of the pictures have been exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum, New York. In the
same catalogue Is another collection. the
property of q gentleman Of New York"
and another early sale will be of pictures
from an Amsterdam collection. In all
these sales and in the dispersal of Sir j.
c. Days collection. which is to begin May
IL. the leading interest Is the work of that
group of painters, poor and little honored
in their lifetime. who lived amid hard
ships in Barbizon. and whose pictures now
bring prices that compare with those OF
the English eighteenth century masters.
Notable Pictures.
The Day collection in Barbizon and
modern Dutch pictures is the best in Eng
land, and 1t is expected that over f5OOOO
will be paid for its 123 paintings and 166
drawings. There are several very well
known examples. notably Daubigny's
1.-The Harvest Moon and Les Bords de
rOise." Millets THE Goose GIRL Har-
pignies' Solitude Corot's "Entree au
Village de Coubron'' and THE Ferry, j.
Maris' little gems THE Four Mills and
Feeding Chickens" In the week follow
ing more Barbizon pictures will be sold
from the collection of Mr.. Cuthbertson of
Bushey House. A Burne-Jones drawing
from the late Lord Battersea's colleot ton,
q fulf-length Van Dyck of Mutio Vitelle-
schi. chief of the Jesuits. a large Alma
Tadema and Turner's "Ingleborough from
Hornby Castle" are among the other no.
table things that will soon fill he sale
rooms.
The sale of japanese color prints collect
ed by Mr.. John Stewart Hopper of New
York was concluded yesterday at Sothe-
bys. and the cosmopolitan assembly OF
dealers attracted by the fame of this ad-
mittedly the finest private collection In ex-
istence were occa sionaly surprised at the
temerity of their own bids 1t is true that
GS4 for a single print by the artist Yeisen.
or c34O for the set of ten illustrating The
Imagery of the Poets" by Hokusai. tho
Turner of Japan" in the early nine
teenth century is not to be compared
with the sums occasionally realized for
the best works of British masters OF mez-
zotint. but a few years ago these Japa-
nese works would hardly have fetched as
many shillings.
The total for the I0S lots was 96,0Ii,
proba bly many times the outlay for them.
A notable fact in the dispersal was the
numerous purchases of the best specimens
by q representative of the National Gal
lery of Victoria at Melbourne. to WHICH