The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
PRIZE FIGHTERS :. TO STAGE BOUT
 IN GRAND OPERA
London Critic Finds
 Fault With Tenor's Z. - ,. Left To Bass's Jaw
(By AssociAtsd Press)

(By Associated Pressl "
 LONDON, Sept. 20.---Londcners who have just finished reading novel by Queen Marie of Rumania, syndicated in the daily newspapers, and who have grown accustomed to hearing of motion picture offers to ex-royalties sojournins in Englsnd after rerolations have top. pied them from their thrones, willfpres- entlgshave,a a new thrill.
 A prize fighter has been engaged to aid in staging grand opera. The produ cer of an operatic piece in whicha a fight is done to music foAnd himself in diff faculties in trying to dove-tail the ac- tion with the score, 1t being essential that the blows and the beginning of the rounds coincide with the music.
 Finally, after a dramatic critic at the performance found fault with the man ner in which the Welsh. .fenor middle weight landed a straight mft on the jaw of the Australian bass heasyweiEht. the producer called in a professional fight + CT, and promises that the next perform. ance will be knockout.
 Hold Three Largest Diamonds
 London can lay claim at present to- holding the three largest cut diamonds in the world Besides the famous Culli.1 nan stones in the British stage rega- lia--one in the sceptreS and the other in King Georges crown-the celebrated tata jubilee diamond is occasionally seen here these days at exceptionally brilliant assemblies.
 This jewel is owned by Sir Dorabii Tata, Indian captain of industry, one of the richest men in the world. The stone was. found by a Kaffir at the Jagersfontein mine, Orange eRiver col. sny, 30 years ago. In the trough state 1t weighed 9711a carats, but, like the Cullinan stones, owing to q. flaw it had to be cut in two-the latger portion forming perfect brilliant weighing 2S9 carats which Lady, Tata, now on visit here, sometimes wears.
 The Tata diamond was exhibited at the Paris exhibition in 1900 when a price of 100000 pounds was placed on 1t. Its value has steadily enhanced since then, and some experts declare it the most beautiful diamond that ever left the cutters hands.
 Rumor has 1t that negotiations are afoot for its sale to an American, in which event. considering itessteady in- crease in valuation, it willsin all prob- ability fetch the largest sum ever paid for a precious stone. .e;. <.. 4ass. se
 Exhibition Faces Deficit.
 Although the British empire exhibi- tion at Wembley has been a big sue cess from the point of view of exploit ing the resources of the empires far flung dominions, its authorities face an enormous deficit r and theT shows fi- nances are expected to be the subject of a government inquiry as soon As parliament reassembles.
 The government has afreedy guaran teed 100000 pounds and the treasury officials are determined to make a searching investigation of the way the exhibition has been conducted before releasing any of this sum. -.
 Those who have been watching the show say it is. only too apparent that large sums of money must be lost and that call for at. least 10 shillings in the pound will be made on all who guar anteed the finances of the project. Such a call would cost the Duke of Devon shire alone 100000 pounds.
 Although the aggregate losses cannot vet be estimated, the treasury officials are talking about a deficit in the mil lions of pounds, and in authoritative circles it is declared no attempt will be made to carry the exhibition another year as was suggested earlier.
 T. Horn Rim Appeals
 The British are beginninErto take up horn-rimmed spectacles after turning up theirs noses al, them for WAITS. Until recently anyone seen wearing such spec tacles along the pavements of London was taken instantly to be an American, unless there was overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Indeed, no cartoonist in Britain, or on the, continent eltner' for that matter, could bring himself to draw carieature of the homo Amerl- cano without encasing- half the face Tn a pair of "those dreadful American spectacles," adding a corpulent cigar and a straw hat with jagged edges. @
 Yet, walking along the Strand for five minutes the other night a stroller counted a dozen pairs of eyes looking out from behind the berated horn-rims, and none of these F strollers was an American. Any one who knows the various home grown accents when he hears them could tell that all were suD- iects of His Majesty, George V. Thus is the Americanization--which some here insist is the vulgarization-of Enqland carried forward another step. Cocktails. ice cream, Hollywood movies and even chewing gum have found a -1nao ;, Jondou-not easily but slowly