Evening star., 1926-09-26

mer schools of Cambridge, Manches-
ter, Leeds and Edinburgh, and he
has counted Americans by the score
in his audience. Prof. HarmsWorth
holds the chair endowed by the Wat
son fund of oxford and administered
by the Sulgrave Manor Board. Some
of the lectures of this series were de-
livered in the Moses room of the
House of Lords with a. big attendance
from the peers. The Sulgrave Manor
Committee recently placed before the
American board the project for COM
pleting the manor, once owned by
grandfather, five times removed. of
the great American patriot. This
enlargement would give over the en-
tire mansion for commemorative pur-
poses, whereas now wing is used by
the caretakers and artisans needed
to keep the property in repair. Two
wings will be added and the beautiful
old dining hall will be connected with
the grand oak -beamed kitchen with
it's ancient floor OF red brick. Now
it is removed from the house and
entered from without. These Watson
chair lectures yield a fine revenue for
the manor, those of DR.. Robert Nc
Elroy given a year ago being as pop
ular as those of DR.. Harmsworth, as
they were all given in the Moses
room of the British Parliament,
splendid chamber devoted to inter
pretations Of law.
Mr.. John G. Shedd formerly presi-
dent of the mammoth Marshall Field
& Co., has recently presented
the municipal government of Chicago
with two million dollars with which
to build and endow the worlds great
est aquarium, and already Mr.. Stan
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Field Museum, Is busy formulating
the plans. Though two million dol
lars is q pretentious sum to be de-
voted to such purposes and almost
quadruples that hitherto given to
such collections, Chicago lies 1000
miles inland and it cannot compete in
many essentials with the already ex-
listing aquariums at Naples, New York
City and Brighton, England. These
are accepted as the three greatest
and most complete collections Of the
world, with that Of Naples the oldest
and perhaps the best Of all. The
lovely city Of Italy possesses geo.
graphical advantages and in the mat
ter of sea monsters captured readily
close by and the various abnormal
creatures of the deep which live In
sunny waters. Naples Is rich in the
natural sense and beyond the dreams
Of money piled up to the billions. For
many Of these rare, frightful-looking
monsters do not leave their immedi-
ate environment, and even Brighton,
SO much nearer than any other large
aquarium, has not been able to trans
port the most vicious-looking devil
fish The aquarium will be part of
the Field Museum foundation and
will be housed in building which
corresponds with the general plan Of
those already in use. Scientifically
the Chicago aquarium may surpass
the old collections, but not in. pic
torial effect.
Lady Queenborough, formerly Miss
Edith Miller. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs William Starr Miller of New
York City. is among the most
active of the American hOstesses in
London now that the British court
season has ended and a little sea-
son." so to speak, has been inaugu-
rated for the benefit of the scores of
visitors from Uncle Sans domain.
wife of Lord Queensborough, who as
Hon. Almeric Hugh Paget married
Miss Pauline Whitney, elder Of the
two daughters of the late William c.
Whitney and his wife, who was Flora
Payne. She Is unusually lovely and
her portrait by Joseph Helm. former
ly court painter of the Austrian KIM
peror Franz Josef, created a sensa-
ton when recently exhibited in Lon
don. Lord and Lady Queenborough
have stately home in Berkeley
Square and, as they travel consider
ably. they have not at present a per-
manent country estate, though they
frequently reside in the Suffolk place
of the late Gen. Sir Alfred Henry
Paget. eldest son of the late Marquis
of Anglesey. Lord Queenborough is
admiral Of the Royal Yacht Club and
he finds his London home more con-
venient for his river activities, 'espe-
cially when the lower Thames events
are due. Lady Queenborough Is on
the board of directors of Guys Hos
pital. Of which her husband Is gov
ernor. and she devotes as much time
to charitable projects as to social
events There are two other cOnspic-
uous American women married to
Pagets resident in, London, Lady