Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-20

CIT repeated cry that Americans an(
German collectors are depicting Eng.
land of the works Of art that an
earlier generation brought together,
The exhibition arranged by the
council Of the Royal Academy bears
testimony to this. There are some
pictures. loaned from private collec-
tons, which might almost be said to
have been rediscovered, they have
been so long hidden away, and a long
list of masterpieces none of which
were seen at the previous shows.
Among those that American COL
lectors might look upon with envy ore
two from the private collection of
Miss Driver. the st. Francis of
ASSIST" standing with arms out
stretched. by Giovanni Bellini, and
the Descent from the Cross" by
Gerard David. Both these pictures
were last seen at the Manchester ex.
hibition in 1857, and there where
abouts were unknown until sent by
y. SIS Diver to the present exhibition.
Others that Americans might bid for,
if there Was suggestion that they
were for sale, are a small panel by
Mantegna and group of three REM
brandts, sent by Mr.. A. R. Boughton
knight. The Rembrandts represent
the famous painters earliest and lat
est work.
Because of a misunderstood army
form 10000 reservists were on the
point of mobilizing at Aldershot re-
Gently. and London newspaper ad-
ded to the excitement by publishing
news item to that effect
The situation was due to general
misunderstanding of Army Form D
46l, which was announced by the
military authorities some time ago as
the medium by which the reservists
who wOull in the natural course of
events be called on for service ON tho
first call were appraised of that fact.
In order that there should be the
least possible delay when the order
was given, it was announced that the
form would be accompanied by rail
way warrant to pass the reservist to
to his allotted station and a postal
order for subsistel &c money during
the journey.
Every precaution was taken by the
war office 20 instruct the men that the
orders were to be cash only in case
OF mobilization. but some of the re-
servists failed to read or understood
their instructions, and a number Of
the orders were cashed and attempts
were made to get railway passes to
Aldershot. The affair has kept the
war office busy explaining the mistake
and denying sensational rumors of i'm.
pending war.
One Of the strongest points in the
argument against the grant of the suf-
frage to women is the fact that in the
United Kingdom women outnumber
men and that to give them the vote
would mean handing the government
of the country over to them. a revolu-
ton that anti-suffragists say would r"
too serious to contemplate.
An official estimate of males and
females Of twenty-five years and over
in the United Kingdom, excluding
aliens, paupers and other persons dis
qualified for enrolment as parliament
tary voters, places the number of
males at 10 100000 and that of fe-
males at II 1890 in 1912. and by
1916 it is estimated that the number
would be %, 100000 and 1l,729,000
respectively.
The professional London beggar
can earn more every day than the
is the conclusion of w. Fitzgerald
secretary of the London
Mendicity socie'y which is complet-
ing an investigation into the subject
The secretary estimated that the
average takings Of the street beggar
amounts to one dollar and a quarter
p day.
1t is said that begging is not so
We'll organized as formerly. A few
years ago the beggags met and
arranged their respective stations so
that their territories should not over
lap. but the competition has now be-
come so keen that little attention IS
paid to these former vested rights.