Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1929, Page 18

The Private Life “of The Prince of Wales (4s Told by an Intimate) Chapter XIV. The Prince as a Patron BY W. T. MARSDON. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, IARCH 1T, 1929.' COPY OF ‘MONA LISA’ STOLEN FROM EXHIBIT New York Woman Values Painting Missing * From Birmingham Library at $50,000. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 11.—A “Mona Lisa” said by experts to have been one of the most perfect copies of the Vincl original was_ stolen from the Birmingham between Saturday night and 3 p.m. Sunday. The painting, the work and property of Mrs. Elizabeth Tinker Elmore of New York, and valued by her at more than $50,000, had been on exhibition in the fourth floor parlors of the library since Thurs- day. Mrs. Elmore discovered the loss when she entered parlor A, where the canvas, unframed, occupied a center panel, Sun- day, when the library opened at 3 p.m. ‘The artist said she immediately noticed the vacant space on the wall. Library officials immediately called the police. Thumb tacks with which the canvas was attached to the wall were scattered over the room as though the thief had ripped the picture off in a hurried ef- fort to get out of the library. A rear door of the ex Mrs, Elmore said, and the keys to the next room were hanging in the lock. Mrs. Elmore painted the “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre in Paris in 1921. The {artist arrived here Wednesday to put | her picture on exhibition. The paintings were placed in the library for showing in the gallery Thursday. AIR SERVICE SUSPENDED. SAN DIEGO, Calif.,, March 11 (#).— | Indefinite suspension’ of the Maddux air service to points below the Mexican border was ordered yesterday by the customs service on receipt of telegraphic advices from Washington. The planes were barred under the of the munitions embargo, which airplane: CHICAGO GANG MASSACRE SUSPECT HELD IN CANADA Remark He Would Like to Take Man “For a Ride” Overheard by U. S. Officials. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WINDSOR, Ontario, March 11.—After he was heard by three special United States Treasury agents to discuss with a companion “ a men he would like to take for a ride,” Harry Gran- field, 29, was arrested here last night and held as a suspect in connection with the Valentine day massacre in Chi- cago. 'he officers overheard Granfield while eating in a cafe here. He was sald to| have remarked the man “would be bumped off if I had him in Chicago.” When questioned by Windsor police, Granfleld was said to have admitted he left here for Chicago February 3 and returned February 22. He was also said to have admitted he lived in the neigh- borhood in which the killing of the Moran gang members took place and that he had moved the day of the mur- | ders, withdrawing a small bank balance. | Chicago authorities were to come here tomorrow to question Granfield. RO A% 5 ‘The first highway bridge to be built over the great gorge of the Colorado River will connect three of the Wcst's[ most famous national parks—Grand | Canyon in Arizona, Zion in Southern Utah and the new Bi n Park. CONCORDAT CELEBRATED. Cardinal Hayes Officiates at Te Deum Mass in New York. NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Patrick Cardinal Hayes officiated yesterday &t a Te Deum mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in celebration of the recent concofdat between the Vatican and the Italian government. ! The cardinal received official notifi- cation of the pact on Friday from Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state. The event was solemnized through the archdiocese on the fourth Synday of Lent, Laetar Sunday, this being the only day in Lent on which the Cetholic Church rejoic has for years been a keen yachtsman. | He does not actually race his own yacht, | the Brittannia, but he has often served | as one of the crew when she has been |racing. The Prince since the end of the war has probably not been on his Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance, Part of the duties of the heir to the English throne is to encourage, by patronage, various activities in the way | of benevolent, charitable and social undertakings, and also to encourage the development of literature, music and art in general. The Prince of Wales cannct be said to have given much encouragement, as & patrcn, to literature, music or art. He is not much interested in such things. Among his intimate friends there are few, if any, really distinguished in literature, art or music. The Prince has admitted in public speeches that great music does not appeal to him, because he does not understand it. He rarely, if ever, goes to Covent Garden | Theater during the season of German and Italian operas. In his indifference to great music and grand opera, the Prince differs from his grandfather and father. King Edward, with Queen Alexandra, was a regular attendant at Co\'(‘nt‘ Garden Theater during the opera sea- | son, and he did much to encourage the production of opera in London. King r, made a point of reat singers who came 0 and Dame Melba engaged to sing at Buckingham Palace. King George and Queen Mary also regarded the encouragement and | Ppatronage of opera in London as part | of their public duties, and they have always attended Covent Garden Theater regularly during the opera season. Opera Bores the Prince. Grand opera bores the Prince. He prefers musical comedy, and a good “show” of this kind is always sure of his patronage. The highbrows deplore | the kind of theatrical entertainment that seems to attract the Prince. He seldom goes to see a good play. It is doubtful if he has ever attended a Shaw play. The Prince goes to the theater for much the same reason as the tired man of business, to be amused. Literary events have little interest for the Prince. He has a considerable | knowledge of men and affairs, and can | talk intelligently on many subjects, | but his knowledge has been derived from contacts with all kinds and con- ditions of people in different parts of the world, rather than from books. The Prince’s library at York House consists of three or four hundred books, Many a city clerk has one as good. If the Prince is not a great reader, he may plead that he has little time for reading, and he certainly much prefers to pass his off-duty time in the saddle or_on the golf course. He has, however, managed to do a certain amount of reading. As far as modern fiction is concerned, Gals- worthy and . Kipling are his favorite English authors, and he has read a certain amount of French and German literature. As a Teader he follows the advice Lord Balfour gave the students of St. Andrew’s University years ago. Starts a Book in the Middle. *“Don’t be afraid,” said Lord Balfour, %of skipping pages when you are reading for pleasure.” The Princé’s method of reading & ‘book is to begin somewhere in the mid- dle, and if he gets interested he will meeting all the read it through, though skipping all| ™ the pages that bore him. He likes memoirs of well known people, such as Lord Oxford or Lord Curzon. But & memoirs, to interest him, must be that of somebody he has met and known, and who has taken an active part in public life. Memoirs by people of no distinction other than' that of being soclally celebrated, have no interest for him. But if the Prince is not a good patron of art or literature, he has played | patron in other directions earnestly and | efficlently. | All great national philanthropic and | charitable movements in England owe much to his patronage. An appeal by the Prince for any really deserving cause never fails to bring in a large flow of money. Witness his appeal for funds for the distressed miners. The money | for the fund was coming in slowly; then the Prince made an appeal and the money poured in. Although the Prince is not a patron of art and literature, he has done much to advance the cause of learning. His patronage of the movement in England for the extension of university educa- tion has helped it greatly, and ‘medi- cine also owes & good deal to his pat- ronage. Interested in Racing. “The Prince of Wales follows the ex- ample of his grandfather and father! by being a patron of the turf. But, cu-| riously, fine sportsman though the Prnice is, he is a less enthusiastic patron | of the turf than his grandfather or even | his father. | ‘The Prince usually attends the classic race meetings, such as Epsom, Ascot and Goodwood, but there are many race meetings he never goes near. King George attends all the Newmarket meetings regularly, but the Prince does not. ‘The Prince is not greatly attracted by horse racing as a spectacle, unless it is very good racing He would prefer to ride a point-to-point race himself. or spend an afternoon schooling some of his own horses. Yachtsmen regard the Prince as a poor patron of their sport. King George ! . father’'s yacht half a dozen times, and he has no yacht of his own. Among the old members of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes there is a joke that the Prince will marry after he has won a race in his own yacht, which is another way of saying he will never marry, (Next—*"The Prince and His Future,” the closing chapter of this biography.) (Copyright; 1929, by North American News- . i SCIENTIST GETS MEDAL. Award to Dr. Schlesinger Achievement in Astronomy. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 11 (P). —Yale University authorities received word yesterday that Dr. Frank Schles- inger, director of the university observa- tory, has been awarded the Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pa- cific, an international award for dis- tinguished achievement in astronomy. Dr. Schlesinger will receive the medal at a special meeting of the society here April 12, The award was made to Dr. Schles- inger because of his work on photo- graphic parallaxes in particular and his services in other departments of as- tronomy in general. He is the holder of the Valz Medal of the French Acad- emy of Sciences, awarded in 1926, and of the gold medal of the Royal Astro- nomical Society of London, avarded in for ‘Walnut trees with figured grain throughout the trunk are found only at rare intervals. Only about one tree in a th le: usand has a grain that is more or GO BY BUS PITTSBURGH . CLEVELAND , DETROIT . 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