Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
Neus and Gossip
From, Foreign, Lands

FRI
General Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
who won fame a. the defender Of
Mafeking during the South African
war, and the founder OF the boy scout
movement, to advance which he re-
tired from the army, has started on a
tour OF the world In the interest Of the
organization.
The central idea OF the tour Is to
consolidate the movement thruout the
empire, to coordinate It as great i'm
perial organisation and to standardize
the method OF management as far as
possible. AZ the tour necessitates Sir
Robert passing thru America and other
countries, he will attend meetings IN
the interests of the scouts in those
countries.
Sir Robert proceeded first to the
West Indies to visit the Rarbadoes,
Trinidad. and Colon, and while In
Panama will visit the canal works.
New York will be reached about Jan.
81. and thence the tour takes him to-.
among other cities, Boston. Philadel-
phia. Washington. Cincinnati. Chica :
60, San Francisco. and Seattle. From
the latter port the general will take
steamer for Japan, where, under a
promise made to General Nogi, an ef-
fort will be made to start the boy
scout movement in Japan. General
Baden Powell has previously visited
Canada. The scouts have made Won
derful progress in England and the
colonies. In the United Kingdom alone
there are a million members, $4,000
having enrolled last year. The Royal
Scouts Association has Just been in
corporated under royal charter.
80
There are still few "old masters"
left in England's homes despite the
oftrepeated cry that American and
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-
lions, which might almost be said TO
have been rediscovered, they have been
SO long hidden away. and long list
OF masterpieces. none of which were
seen at the previous shows.
Among those that American collec-
tors might look upon with envy are
two from the private collection of Miss
Driver. the "St. Francis Of Assist,
standing with arms outstretched, by
Giovanni Bellini, and the Descent
From the Cross" by Gerard David.
Both these pictures were last seen at
the Manchester exhibition in 1857, and
tho{. ,yhoroo h0,,to 1a,ovo ,,plr0n1vn until
sent by Miss Driver to the present ex-
hibition. Others that Americans might
bid for, IL there was a suggestion that
they were for sale, are small panel
by Mantegna and a group Of three
Rembrandts, sent by Mr.. A. R. Bough-
ton-Knight. The Rembrandts repre-
sent the famous painters earliest and
latest work.
Because OF, a misunderstood army
form, 100000 reservists We're on the
point OF mobilizing at Aldershot re-
to the excitement by publishing news
item to that effect.
The situation was due to a general
misunderstanding of Army Form D461.
which was announced by the military
medium by which the, eresarvists who
would in the natural course OF events
be called on for service on the first
call were apprised Of that fact. In or
der that there should be the least pos
sible delay when the order was given,
it was announced that the form would
to pass the reservist to his allotted sta
nd toI nd fSfo n
money during the Journey:
Every precaution was taken by the
war Office to instruct the 'f4en that the
of mobilization, but some of the reser-
visits failed to read or understand their
Instructions. and a number Of the or
ders were cashed and attempts We're
made to get railway passes to Alder
shot. The affair has kept the war Of
flee busy explaining the mistake and
pending war.
The professional London beggar can
earn more every Gay than the average
British workingman. This is the con-
clusion Of w. Fitzgerald Arbuthnot.
secretary of the London Mendicity So
ClCISs WltlSH Ia SohIpICliIS iASVSti
CATION into the subject. The secretary
estimated that the average takings Of
tho street beggar amount to SLIPS a
day.
1t is said that begging is not so we'll
organized as formerly. few years
ago the beggars met and arranged
their respective stations so that their
territories should not overlap, but the
competition has now become SO keen
that little attention Is paid to these
former vested rights.
Doubtless the time viii come when
Mexico's national theater. the construc-
ton Of which was commenced seven
years ago. will be completed. but 1t may
be styled a monument to graft.
Beautiful in its outlines and con-
tanning the best materials obtainable,
Mexicans have long told strangers
with justiflable pride that 1t was to
be the most magnificent playhouse on
the American continent. adding that its
cost when completed would be 12,0O0,-
900 pesos. Now the government IS
waiting for the reports Of It's experts
to know just what part Of this sum
has been wasted and what part can
be saved without altering the plans Of
the architect.
The investigators turned up informa :