The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-03
ENGLAND SCANDALIZSD

Max Beerbohm, the brilliant car
toonist and essayist. scandalized
England. One of the strictest canons
of British life DEGREES that members
of the royal family must not be made
subjects of ridicule, at least until
they have been so long gathered to
their fathers that they have become
only figures in history.
"Max"-as he is best known has
emerged from the seclusion of his
villa at Rapallo. Italy, where he
lives with his American wife, for his
annual London exhibition. One in
novation for which he was respon-
sible was an admission charge equal
to the price theatres ask for their
best seats.
nighters at the exhibition found that
recently deceased and even living
members of the royal family had been
treated irreverently by his pencil.
me newspapers, consequently, have
fallen upon him hammer and tonss.
demanding that the offending pic
lures be removed.
Critics do not deny that Queen Vic
toria and her son, Edward, were
tempting subjects for the caricatur-
ist; but they do protest against
Beerbohm's portrayal of Edward VII
as a fat. bearded angel In flower
robes, with a halo over his head and
peace. They also object to another
picture that does not minimize the
portliness of Queen Victoria.
However the most bitterly as
sailed piece in the exhibit is a skit
on the reluctance of the Prince of
wales to find himself wife. This
picture depicts Mr.. Edward windsor
marrying Miss Flossie Pearson at
Ealing degistry office in 1872. The
critics think this lacks both wit and
taste and they tell Max that he has
lived so long away from England
that he has lost touch with English
sentiments. Beerbohm later re-
much comment.
AMERICANS STUDY ABROAD
Nearly five hundred American
students are finishing the scholastic
year at English universities. They
are scattered throughout the British
Isles, although majority are In
London. Cambridge and oxford.
The last named institution claims
the most representative American
body. for 1t harbors the hundred
Rhodes scholars who come from
every state in the Union. These
Americans are a real factor in OK
ford life. for they are usually of
exceptional scholastic and athletic
ability. Since the war their greatest
difficulty has been in wrestling with
the high living Expenses. The
scholarships provide 1850 annually
for maintenance at Oxford and
travel during vacations, together
with a bonus of ESQ. However, fur
chiefly because of the objections
raised by Rudyard Kipling and other
members of the Rhodes trust who
believe that students lives should
consist of plain living and high
thinking.
Lack of funds does not bother the
Americans to an appreciate extent.
They usually succeed in travelling
from one end of Europe to the other
during the three years Of their schol-
arship, for they can travel in state
on what ordinary American tourists
spend in tips. When the time comes
to go home, the students usually
ride steerage or cabin. They fire.
Quently promenade the upper decks,
where one Rhodes scholar last year
met Alicia Dupont, the american
heiress, who is now his wife.
DUSE IN ENGLAND
After lapse of many years. Lon
don again has the privilege of see
Eleonora Duse, the last of tho
stages very great" Of the last gen.
Grafton. Charles Cochran has sue
ceeded in bringing her here for six
matinees.
Signora Duse has a suite at the
hotel most patronized by grand
dukes and American millionaires.
Cards of the most prominent person.
ages fail to be honored at her door
She will not see newspaper men,
pleading that she Is very tired after
her journey.
Signora Duse is sixty-two. Never
very strong physically, she has ap-
peared on the stage only at long In
tervals in recent years, and finds 1t