Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03

the hrst Napoleon. II is rather re-
markable that this princely gift to
the nation of paintings dealing so ex-
| ciusively with the death and with the
ity. should have been donated bv one
or the most eminent members OF the
Jewish race and creed. a man eminent
IN SC ience. in industry, in art and
chem ical research and in Egyptian
exploration. He came by these gifts
and tastes through inheritance from
/ his equally remarkable father and
was brother Of Sir Alfred Mond. the
minister of health and also minister
OF public works in the Lloyd George
coalition cabinet
Sir John Bland Sutton. who has lust
been elected president OF the Royal
college of Surgeons. that is to say of
the organization which enjoys the
monopoly of the issue OF licenses TO
practice surgery in England. is recoe-
nized as the most eminent and. as
suredly. the most popular man of his
profession. and has been in turn.
president of the Association of Sur
ge9ns OF Great Britain and Ireland
and president of the Royal Medical
society. His career dates from the
tlme when he entered the great Mid
dleseX Hospital. in 1878. as a twenty
two-year-old student. where his ad-
yancement was SO rapid that, inme-
diately on receiving his degree and
qualifying. he was appointed senior
demonstration of anatomy and lecturer
on comparative anatomy. He has al
ways retained pronounced interest
found expression in his creation of it's
new museum, known as the Bland
sutton Pathological Institute. and TO
the foundation OF which he con-
trlDuted, out OF his own pocket. a sum
of 100000
CuriousIy enough he does NOT re-
strict his study of anatomy to human
beings and he has held for forty
years past the appointment of path
ologiSt to the Royal ZooloKical So
ciety of England and possesses a we'll
nigh unrtvaled experience of the
anatomy of birds and. especially, OF
small mammals. LecturinE on one
occasion recently. on comparative
anatomy. he remarked that the frame
of the birds and OF small beasts con-
tanned las many sings and pulleys as
sailing boats" On another occasion
he remarked that the black mark on
sUperstitious fishermen the world
over as the mark of st. Peters thumb
when he seized the fish and opened
its mouth TO find the shekel where
with TO pay his tribute. But he dep
recates this superstition. pointing out
that the Sea of Galilee is a fresh wa
ter lake and the dory a sea-water fsh
Sir John is still on the sunny side of
seventy and so hale and hearty that
he gives the impression OF being at
least ten or fifteen years younger. If
he has a. hobby to which he devotes
his rare leisure II is the study Of Per
Sian lore, indeed, everything that con-
Germs Persia. especially ancient Per-
STA, IS, to him, a source Of fascination.
\
Those who are interested in gene
illogical research may like to know
that reward of a hundred guineas,
that is TO say, something over $500,
will be paid by Messrs. Hasties G. Co.
well known and reputable Arm of
London lawyers of IS Lincolns Inn
Fields. for satisfactory evidence OF
the marriage of Mary Seymour to Sir
Edward Bushell and the marriage of
their daughter Mary to Silas johnson.
Mary Seymour was the daughter of
Thomas Lord Seymour OF Sudeley lord
high admiral of England. and OF
Katherine Parr. widow of King Henry
VIII and one of the six queens OF this
bluebeard monarch. Mary Seymour
and after her fathers attainder. on
the charge of high treason and the
loss of his head by the AK OF the ex-
ecutioner in the Tower OF London. she
the fourth year of the succeeding
reign, namely that OF Edward vi. Her
marriage Is referred TO in Miss Strick-
lands Lives of the Queens of Eng
Sudeley" published by the Murrays,
in London, in 1877.
This advertisement, which has ap-
peared in Note and Queries" I'm the
London Times and in other English
newspapers and journals, has aroused
a good deal OF activity among anti
quarians and genealogists. ard Il Is
said that the documentary sv:dano9 OF
the marriage is tho one thing Reedee
to complete tho establishment or the
claim to tho peexags OF Seymour or
Sudaley dating FROM TEdo1- lima
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