The National tribune., 1910-04-21


will be received with genuine sorrow
not only in this country, but abroad
Mark Twain, or Mr.. Samuel Clemens,
has developed a heart affection OF SO
menacing a character that his physi-
clans have said that his span OF NE Is
very uncertain, that he may llve nVe
years or die at any time. Mr.. Clemens
has not been in his usual health since
the death of his daughter last year,
and soon after this occurred he lett
for Bermuda, where he has been untii
quite recently, and where he went IN
the hope of improving his physical con-
dition. He has been suffering for some
time with a pain in his side, which ne
supposed was simply Indigestion, ana
that a well-developed case of angina
pectoriS was the cause of this was sur
prising and most unpleasant news. IN
til about two weeks ago he was dong
very well in Bermuda, but for some
reason his disease must have taken
turn for the worse, for when he arrived
in New York on the 14th of April he
was too weak to walk even from the
ship to shore, and had to be carried
down the gangplank in an invalid's
chair. He went directly to his home in
Redding, accompanied by a physician
and nurse, and the last account of him
was that he was showing more strength
than was expected after the fatigue and
excitement to which he had been SUBJ
jected.
Lord Kitchener, the distinguished
Englishman, Kitchener of Khartoum."
is over on our side of the great pond,
and spent a few hours in Chicago as
the guest of Maj.-Gen. Fred Grant re-
Gently. He expected to meet his broth
er, Gen. Kitchener, who is the Cover
nor of Bermuda, in New York, and it is
presumed the two intend to do some
travelling for the purpose of looking us
over and probably also to visit Canada.
Lord Kitchener has been careful about
what he has said TO our newspaper rep
resentatives since his arrival in this
country, but he seems to share Andrew
Carnegie'S Sanguine expectation that
condition of universal peace will event
ually prevail. A lack of sufficient food
is the greatest factor in provoking war,
he thinks. A Nation cramped for food
becomes restless and irritable and jeal-
Gus of the broad acres of food-produc-
ing lands of other countries. The PAN
anna Canal is going to do much to pro-
mote peace by carrying the food of the
West to the swarming millions of hu-
manity in the East. Lord Kitchener
believes that it is vitality necessary for
each Nation to keep its army and navy,
ness for any emergency; but, after all,
in his opinion, the cry OF the comfort
ably-fil1ed stomach for universal peace
will be the weapon to finally extermi-
nate red-handed war.
The Yerkes sale, which has been 60
Ing on in New York lately, has proved
that pictures are a pretty good invest
ment if you happen to buy the right
there fachinno in
pictures as in everything else, and just
at present Rembrandt, Frans Halls and
q few others are having a great run
among millionaires. Yerkes paid s12,-
600 for one of his Frans Halls, which
cold for $4,000, and about $4,000 for
q Rembrandt, which sold for s51 1000.
For a Turner he paid something over
$19 900, and it sold the other day for
3129,0o0. On the other hand, however,
some of his pictures brought less than
he paid for them, notably Raphael
and Corregio. These celebrated Italian
artists are not the fashion just at pres
ent, as it appears, and then, too, their
pictures have been copied so much that
one feels suspicious when A so-called
s'originaP' is offered for sale. Both
Frans Halls and Rembrandt painted a
good many pictures, but tab has been
kept on them all, so that IL is almost
Impossible TO be cheated in buying one.
of course, well-authenticated original
with q great name attached to it viii.
always bring a good price, but If one
- buying pictures as an investment it
behooves him to buy those in fashion
Ind sell before the fashion changes.
Fo- the last few years England has
1pent much thought, time and money
bn the pageants which have been given
lt Cxiord and Diner places, either rep
presentations of great scenes in her his
lory or revivals Of those magnificent
bpectacles of the Middle Ages which
book very largely the place of our thea
ters of the present day. This year there
will be shown in the grounds of the
Bishop Of London's town palace an
ermy pageant under the direction of
Mr.. Benson, the well-known Shaksper-
kan actor. The first part Of the pro-
gram will represent the ancient wars of
Britain, beginning before the Roman
Invasion and extending down to the
year 1645. The second part will give
the stories of certain regiments in fam
pus fights; for instance, the storming of
Badajoz, when the gallant Lieut. Mac
pherson tore down the French tricolor
from the tower Of the fortress, and,
having no Union Jack to put in its
place, stripped off his own red jacket
and unfurled that as a signal that the
place was won. Another dramatic in
cident portrayed will be the fight by
Trooper Brown for the colors of the
Third Hussars. Dropped by wounded
color-bearer, they were seized by
Brown, then snatched from him by one
Of the emmy, whom Brown pursued and
killed, recapturing the flag. tho at the
expense of numerous wounds inflicted
on himself. There will be many scenes
OF this character represented, and the
American in reading about them can
not help thinking what magnificent acts
Of valor could be produced in a pa
geant given in this country depicting
the civil war. Was there ever in any
war the world has seen such assaults,
known well beforehand TO be forlorn
hopes, such reckless spilling of blood
TO retain hold on the beloved colors?
The difficulty would be to make a se-
lection from the hundreds of gallant
deeds. 1t may not be generally known
that at Bryn Mawr, in our country.
there have been presented a number OF
very beautiful revivals of the medieval
paseants of England These have been
given by the Bryn Mawr College. whose
campus and buildings make a wonder
fully fitting background for such a
spectacle. This year they will present
on the first Saturday in Nav a series of
"games and revels." with minute fideI-
3ty to every phase and circumstance of
their original production. Those who
have witnessed these "revels" have been
entranced with them, and are hopeful
that from them something worthy of
us as a National pageant may evolve.
Miss Marjorie Gould, daughter. of
md t1fe nfN