Evening star., 1935-02-17

to the British Legation in Washing
ton, when his uncle, Sir Henry Bull
wer, later Lord Dalling, was British
Minister here in 1849-50 Sir Henry
negotiated the Bulwer-Clayton treaty
in the latter year. Mr.. John M. Clay
ton being at that time Secretary of
State in the administration of Pres
ident Tyler.
The first Earl Lytton was nom:-
mated governor general-later was
viceroy-of India by Queen victoria's
beloved prime minister, Benjamin
Disraeli, and his son, the recent
charming visitor to Washington, was
in 1925 also viceroy of India and act
ing governor general. His father was
the son of Edward George Bulwer,
first Baron Lytton. the English poll
tician and novelist who was one of
the most popular writer's of his time
and whose novels, especially, are
found in most American libraries.
Eugene Aram"-there may have
been others-was illustrated by Gus
tave Dore, the French painter and
engraver whose illustrations Of
DanteS Inferno are so remarkable.
"Richelieu," THE Last Days of Pom
pei" 'Rienza" and THE Last of the
Barons" are perhaps not much read
by the present generation, but were
gripping" stories in their day Then
the Lady of Lyons" and other plays
are charming.
While Bulwer's novels may not be
read now, romantic young men and
girls the world over read Lucille"
which was written by Lord Lvtton'S
father under the pseudonym of Owen
Meredith" Robert Edward - first
earl-waS doubtless better known as
poet than statesman.
I'VE may live without poetry, music
and art;
We may live without conscience, and
live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may
live without books:
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks"
Sounds familiar. eh?
Lord Lytton got quite a dose Of
Lucille while here. and almost every
OAIC IiIcAlIlollcu AliC hdSC Lays VI
Pompeii." The earl and countless
returned to England last Friday.
President RooSevelt's face is so full
of animation, so changing in express
sion-the gamut is rather unusual
that Mr.. Frank Salisbury, the British
artist, is finding it difficult to make a
characteristic likeness. For instance,
when the camera man says, Hold
that" nine times out of ten the Pres
ident will make a humorous remark
and smile.
He was made very happy the other
day when Gov. Curley of Massachu-
sets presented him with a miniature
model of the famous old clipper
ship Lightning. which until 1884 held
the record for crossing the Atlantic
And all of that is a reminder that
the timbers of the United States
frigate Chesapeake, which fought in
the War of 1872, are now in the vii
lage of Wickham, near Southampton,
England, where the hull was sold and
used to construct a mill. Plow shares
and pruning forks are one thing, but
fighting frigates and flour mills are
another
The Chesapeake was captured by
the British in Boston Bay and taken |
across. And Notwithstanding that
was 1913 years ago, it is said that
the timberS are as sound as when !
the mill was built, although the
heavy joiStS are pitted by embedded |
bullets and the floors are scanned and /
marked with evidences of the con-
f1ict. So much for American timber. |
The passing of DR.. Lyon Gardner |
Tyler Of Virginia, son of the tenth |
President of the United States, has
indeed cast a gloom over hundreds of |
men and women in all parts of the |
country who knew him best as the |
beloved "preXy" of William and Mary !
College, of which he was president |
for more than 80 years Virginians
are much beholden to him for his
untiring research in the fields of !
genealogy and the interest he aroused |
in the collection and preservation of
old Virginia family and county rec
ords. The Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. the Colonial Danes
and other patriotic societies have
benefited largely by his work. He
was particularly painstaking and i
courteous in answering letters ad-
dressed to him by individuals asking
information relative to their family
history.
Up betimes and so to bed: And two