El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-07
THDEMF 8 Art
TREASURES
OF. SALE
Is Considered One of the
Finest Collections in the
Whole Of England.
AMBASSADOR IS
MUCH TALKED ABOUT
T ONDON. ENG June 7.-Of the

z ONDON. ENG, June T-Of the
many auctions of art treasures
and personal mementoes which
are a frequent feature of London life
no recent sale has created so much
interest as the forthcoming disposal
Of the treasures left by Sir Lawrence
Alma-Tadema.
Tadema was not only a painter. he
also designed furniture and decorated
houses. His own house in St John 5
Wood was one of the most remarkable
in London, not alone for its store Of
valuable objects, ancient and modern,
but for the personal souvenirs ron
brother artists which enrich ii. Tha
40 panels IN the hall, all done DF
eminent artists as gifts. are world ia
nous. These panels, together with
all the other art works, are beng
sold by the artists daughter Sar-
cents JavaneSe Dancer Leighton S
Bath Of Psyche" and valuable works
by Whistler. Sir Alfred East Sir Ed
ward J. POynter. and many other
academicians are included in the re-
markable group
Designs Own Piano.
Sir Alma -Tadema had magnificent
piano-fOrte which he designed himself
1t was partly OTnamented with silver
and on parchment panels bore the
autographs of the most celebrated
pianists Of recent time, all of whom
had played upon IL. Much valuable
old Oriental and European furniture.
with furniture Of his own designs.
paintings, tapestries, porcelains and
other works of art viii be dispersed
The fate of the studio itself Is
problem Few artists could afford =
and those would prefer workshops q
their own design and with less per
sonality Of another artist attached TO
them
Ambassador Causes Talk.
A good deal of talk has been occas-
toned by the recent resignation of Sir
Gerald LOWther. the British ambassa-
dor at COnstantinOple- whose wife was
Miss Alice Blight, Of Philadelphia
1t is a very unusual thing for
British ambassador TO resign, for the
position is a high one. and greatly
coveted III health was given as the
cause Of the retirement. in the case II
Sir Gerald but this was not accepted,
and many surmises and suggestions
have been voiced
One government paper, the Manches-
ter Guardian. usually very well in
formed, has come out candidly to say
that Sir Geralds retirement can be
traced TO the fact that The was GER
tainlF not such a success at his Con-
stantinCple post as his previous aCtiv-
lty In the diplomatic field has led one
to expect He arrived in Constant
1Ople in the very thick Of the Oun~
Turkish honeymoon. when our prestige,
one month after the revolution stood
perhaps even higher than at the time
OF lord Stratford de Redcliffe Within
six months that prestige was gone. and
strange to say, we even find the Brit
ish -embassys name involved in that
obscure and somewhat unsavOry incl
dent which is known as the counter
revolution of April 1909. And that
prestige was never restored TIL the
outbreak of the present war (Of which,
by the way, we had no previous in
fOrmaticn), when the magnificent di-
pIomacy Of sir Edward Grey himself re-
vealed to the Turks that England could
still be relied upon in the hour Of their
misfortune"