Evening star., 1934-03-11
Tales of Well-Kn0wn Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
Greetings to Successor-Natonal Museum
Treasures-Sea Serpent Stories.

two with single stroke And indeed,
during the Shanghai fighting last
year, the story Is told Of a japanese
lieutenant, using valuable old sword,
cutting through the water jacket and
barrel of a Chinese machine-guu at
a single stroke.
But the trip to the museum. What
a. wealth Of beautiful and interesting
things there are to see there. and
what a delightful, restful thing dur
ing the Lenten season to wander
quietly and leisurely through the
rooms, stopping as ones fancy die
tates, while recalling almost forgot
ten lore.
Looking at art created hundreds
of years B. c., one concludes that
the most beautiful and wonderful in
art grew up cons and cons ago, per-
ished, and was revived in different
centuries there is nothing new
under the sun.
In passing, the Arthur Duane Pell
collection-especially the china must
be mentioned. Much of it is more
remarkable for its beauty than its
antiquity. Yet there are some very
old pieces of the ceramic art that
are lovely. This collection is one OF
the most satisfactorily placed in the
museum While a bit crowded, 1t
still shows to advantage.
On Tuesday, when the National
Academy in the Fine Arts Building
in New York opens. Mrs. Roosevelt
will receive a special honor. She will
be the first patroness in its 100 years
of annual exhibitions. This is the
first time the art shows have been
under the patronage or sponsorship
Of any individual.
Mrs. August Belmont OF New YORK
has announced that Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge has been made honorary
vice president of the Motion Picture
Research Council. to help select bet
ter films for children. 1t is doubtful
if the sophisticated youth of the
present day would care to have their
films specially selected. 1t was no.
ticed not long since, at film which
later had to be censored and cut,
that there were quite a number OF
children evidently with their par
ents or grown-ups present.
Treasure hunts are no longer con-
sidered smart by the fashionable
Londoner. for now it is nothing less
exciting than sea monster hunts. and
large parties go from Mayfair to
Scotland in search OF the celebrated
Loeb Ness monster.
This famous sea serpent IS rumored
to appear at long intervals in the
waters of Scotland, and the excite
ment following will last for months.
Those who profess to have seen him
give most accurate descriptions. and
parties of man and women will pa
tiently watch for a reappearance. AS
nothing has been seen Of the mon
ster cutie recently. it is rumored
that he has been seen in Turkish
waters.
Wondrous tales have been told OF
those who go down to the sea In
ships, of great monsters which have
been encountered, and it is no su-
perstition among seamen that these
monsters exist and appear periodi-
cally.
"Amiable Amy" Vancouver Is
lands sea serpent. has recently been
seen cavorting about the Pacific in
the vicinity Of Vancouver. She may
be a companion of the Loeb Ness
monster. and while it has not been
heard that any hunting parties have
been organized in the Northwest, two
young men duck shooting from Pen
der Island, testify that they saw
Amy grab a duck which they had
wounded, ate it before their very
eyes, licked her chops with her
pointed tongue, snapped her fish-like
teeth together several times. and sub
merged. hmy's official name is Amy
CadooroSauTuS."
Beverly w Bonds book on the civ
ilization of the ole Northwest-which
by the way is the title Of the book
is outlined more in the sense of a
study Of the political, social and eco
nomic development of the great ter
ritory to the west and northwest in
the eighteenth century.
In reality it is saga OF that little
army of fearless Americans who took
the westward course, some for ad-
venture, but the majority for the bet
terment of their economic, industrial
and social welfare.
Mr.. Bond describes the various
types as the Revolutionary veteran,
the Yankee farmer weary of tilling
the scanty New England soil, the
young man seeking fortune, the anti
slavery zealots from the Southern
States and the backwoodsmen from
Kentucky. Western Pennsylvania and
Western Virginia"
The newspaper reporter of today
would describe Queen Elizabeth as
good copy for the biographies and
even studies of the masterful Queen,
roll off the press, and strange to say
almost Immediately become best SELL
ers. Readers do not tire of the SUBJ
ject and writer's find it remunerative.
The only trouble about good copy"
Is that the very term itself implies
that there must of necessity be a
good deal of embroidery of the sub
ject, and while j. E. Neale, the author
of the Iatest-this is not said ad-
visedly, for there may be another
book on the Coed Queen Bess since
February-indulge in the usual
amount of atmosphere, he does use
artistically the high lights on the
foibles and shortcomings of Elizabeth
in rather an interesting way.
He describes her as presiding over
a royal household that had always