Evening star., 1923-08-02
Secretary Hug hes Russian Policy
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the hrst Napoleon 1t is rather re-
markable that this princeIy gift to
the nation of paintings dealing so ex-
ciuSlEely with the death and with the
ChlIdhoOd of the Founder of Christian
ltE. should have been donated by one
or the most eminent members of the
Je"lSh race and creed a man eminent
| IN science. in industry, in art and
chemical research and in Egyptian
exploration. He came by these gifts
| and tastes through inheritance from
MS equally remarkable father and
was a brother of Sir Alfred Mond, the
minister of health and also minister
OF pubic works in the Lloyd George
coalition cabinet.
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Sir John Bland Sutton. who has inst
been elected president of the ROYAL
CoAege of Surgeons. that is to say of
the organization which enjoys the
monopoly of the issue Of licenses to
pfaetice p surgery in England, is recog-
hlZed as the most eminent and, as
suredIy. the most popular man Of his
procession. and has been, in turn,
president of the Association Of Sur
geons OF Great Britain and Ireland
and president of the Royal Medical
Society. His career dates from the
| time when he entered the great Mid
dleseX Hospital. in 1878. as a twenty
two-Near-old student. where his ad-
Vancement was so rapid that. imme-
qualifying, he was appointed senior
demonstration of anatomy and lecturer
on comparative anatomy. He has al.
ways retained pronounced interest
IN the Niddlesex Hospital. and II has
found expression IN his creation Of its
new museum, known as the Bland
sutton Pathological Institute, and to
the foundation of which he con-
tributed. out of his own pocket, a sum
of 100000
CurioueIv epouoh he 5oa. -. -
strict his study OF anatomy to human
beings and he has held. for forty
years past, the appointment of path
ologist to the Royal Geological So
ciety of England and possesses a we'll
nlgh unrivaled experience of the
anatomy of birds and, especially, of
small mammals. Lecturing. on one
occasion recently. on comparative
anatomy. he remarked that the frame
of the birds and of small beasts con-
tanned 'as many slings and pulleys as
sailing boats. On another occasion
he remarked that the black mark on
the side of the dory is regarded bv
sGperstitious 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 sea-water fish
seventy and so hale and hearty that
he gives the impression of being at
least ten or fifteen years younger II
he has a hobby to which he devotes
his rare leisure 1t is the study Of Per-
sian lore, indeed everything that con-
Germs Persia, especially ancient Per-
sia, is, to him. a source of fascination
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Those who are interested in gene
illogical research may like to know
that a reward of a hundred guineas,
that is TO say, something over $500.
will be paid by Messrs Hasties & Co,
a we'll known and reputable firm of
London lawyers of 65 Dincolns Inn
Fields, for satisfactory evidence of
the marriage of Mary Seymour to Sir
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
bluebeard monarch Mary Seymour
was born on the 29th of August, 1858,
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-
ldnU LIVES Ol lne QuceHS Oh ENG
land" and Mrs. Dents Annals Of
Sudeley" published by the Murrays,
in London. in 1877.
This advertisement, which has ap-
peared in Mote and Queries in the
London Times and in other English
newspapers and journals, has aroused
a good deal of activity among anti
qdarians and genealogists, and II is
said that the documentary evidence OF
the marriage is the one thing needed
to complete the establishment Of the,
claim to the peerage of Seymour OF
Sudeley dating from Tudor timeA
which Is today dormant