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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SEPTEMBER · 5th, 1931.
HARP OF TOM MOORE DISCOVERED. IN AMERICAN MUSEUM WITH OTHER RELICS.
In a dusty corner of the Drexel Institute Museum in Philadelphin there has been standing for many years, unnoticed, a graceful. Ittle, green harp. Nobody seemed to know anything about it except that It had been there ever since the museum itself was founded, stand-i Ing next to the desk on which Byron' wrote "Don Juan."
Now it has been rellscovered as the instrument that belonged 10 Thomas Moore, the frish poet who Kang. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls," and whose "Believe Me, It All Those Endear Ing Young Charms" is remember- ed by everyone today,
Thus America, which a century and a quarter ago was smarting under Moore's marshly critical comments based on his brief tour of the United States and Cana.. now finds itself the possessor na the most famous of all the pool's relles
A Pleasant Association. To be sure, Moore Byrd to re pent his injust criticisms as "the fruit of an immature youth." Bu It is a coincidence that his cele brated harp now is held in the un Anterlean city from which e Jeaned pleasant impressions. The pool wrote to his mother, in 1804 "The only place which have seen that I had one wish to pause in was hila lelphia."
When the curator of the Drexel Institute Muscuti
Wynk rearrang-
Most valuable of all the Thomae Moore relics in the famova poet's harp, which here is shown being held by student of Drexel institute, in Philadelphia.
The Irish pet came to America
The exhibits recently, he re-the tones of this harp were deli- |are inscribed the births of Moore's moved the harp, sixteen and one cingly sweet and mellow and that five children and the early deaths half inches high, with a painted at one of Tom Moore's renditions of four, each signed with Ton decoration of a daloty gift shatm-of semgs, an Irish maid in a house Moore's initials. rock vine. The harp has fifteen where Moore was visiting was so strings and stands on ad ebony creame by the power of the molin 1804 base, Ou the brass plate is the lies of her native land that she land from feription: J. Egan, 20 Dawson) Street, Dublin. Harpmaker, By became hysterical in the presence Three years later he issued a vol Special Appointment in His Maj-of a large company of guests,
[ame of Hipgaut verses describing eaty torge IV & to the Royal
This soul intrument used to Ameriens customs and politics in- Family
have a broad black band attached pertinently and irreverently.
The carator set to work to dis- cover the origin of the trenattre
on his way back to Fres a visit to Breda.
STATIC-
Eur it and Tom Moore carried it what in the manner of many lat- 13:01
in
and found that it in been in the sang from his shoulders, Madetve-day visiting Britishers, Drexel Museum since the founding Dublin during Moore's youth jin Philadelphia Manre found of the Institute in 1801. SC the port was born in 1779), it is pleasant companions. Hall. Thomas Moore's hiegrupber, į belleved to have become the modelj Cottage Still Stands. lind a mamber of the poet's pers for the improved American harps sonal belongings. Af his death, of later years. they were bought by fivorge Childs, former newspaper pub
lisher.
Overcome by Beauty,
W.
When Tem Moore arrived in Philoctelphin, he had published Although the Moore harp is only one volunie of verse, and be thought to be the most precious had translated *Antercon." · His Mouce evtic in the Drexel Museum, fame, however, had spread sufi- fall wrote of this instrumentalso the More Bible,
it is not the only one. There iseiently, for his arrival to rause "a an Edin-trent 'excitement in the literary This harp he (Tom Moore) more
edition of nargh than, our brought with him to as
1810, which | virelos,” In the columns of "The evening' at our house and touch bears the inscription. "From Res-Portfolio," Battering comment ap ed the strings while he sang to ussie Moore (Tom's Wifey to Charles Peared in which Moure was called and our guests, one of his melo-Murray, her nephew," Mrs. Hall the fascinating friend and the dies. It was a gift from his friends įgavo this small. plainly-bound sweet poet. at Limerick when they sought book to Mr. Childs who in turn In Fairmont Park today, on the send him to Parliament as their gave it. to the late Anthony J.banks of the Schuylkill, stands the representative."
Dregel, founder of the Drexel In very cottage which is accepted as Ms. Margaret Halvey wrote institute, who was a great friend of having housed Moore during his Donohoe's Magazine in 1895 that [his, On the fly-leaf of the Bible|visit to the city.
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TYPHOON
BURGLARY
DEPOSED CZAR IN GERMANY. Revelations Soon Expected.
Ejected from his native Bulgaria, former Czar Fredinand
live the life of a bon vivant in Coburg, Germany. He is shown above in three recent pictures,
If by the antsms there is still party has resolved to put through such thing as a Cabinet and na motion, as soon as the Reichstag Parliament in Germany the Govern- meots, asking the Government to ment is going to have a stormy tell all about it. In the meantime. time in the Reichsitug over ex- the apologists for Ferdinand have Czar Ferdinzind of Bulgaria. been busy. Only their stories don't
ta
The ex-Clear-half German Ce-join up. One statement is that burg and half French Bourbon-When Ferdinand determined Joser of his throne, would seem to take his people into the war on feared be a queer person for Germess to the side of Germany, he be fighting about. But when and very much for the future of his if the whole story cones out, it landed estates in the old Austro- will be a sensation.
Hungarian Empire. If the Central Powers lost the war, he was sure For the fact is, so assert theto lose his lands, which were esti- German Socialists, that while Ger mated to be worth 25,000,000 many's business and finance
are marks. So the story of one
Bet
all shot to pieres, while the Govern-of apologists is that the German ment is compelled to pass the hat imperial Government guaranteed around to the Allied powers for him against this loss. monetary support, while taxation
to
The other explanation is even has been heaped upon the Germanstranger. Ferdinand is people.
said and while wages hove steadily heen benten down, Ferdin-ave had on deposit in the Bank of England in London a very large and has been living fat and rich in Coburg on money paid him from ready finally to throw Bulgaria HUMI of money. When he got
into the war against the Allies, Just why the German taxpayer prudence would have dictated that should dig into his pocket for the withdraw his money. marks and pfennigs which are!
the German Treasury.
passed un to Ferdinand has never Bul to do so would have given quite been made clear. All that the Allies an inkling of what he is definitely known is that the Im-contemplated.
In order to pre- perial Government
the element of ex-Kaiser Serve
f surprise Wilhelm made some sort of ar-jabout Bulgaria's entry into the rangement with Ferdinand and all war. it was, therefore, necessary the repuldican administrations for Ferdinand to leave his money since then have honoured the bond. in London. And to guarantee him
In January, 1921, when Dr. #gainst loss of this surn, it is Fehrenbach was Chancellor and claimed the German Imperial
How Wars are Engineered. When and ir the Reichstag
Dr. Wirth was Finance Minister. Government agreed to indemnify Ferdinand drew down from Ger-jhim,-- * many the sum of 25 million marks, i or the equivalent of about 1,500,-!| 000 gold marks, He is said to have given the Government his tackles the problem and probes written nasurance that he accept-into the whole Bulgarian mess, ed this as payment in full of all readers of the cable news are like- promises made him by the Impe- I still further to have their eyes rial Government of 1915.
They Keep on Paying. But in August, 1924, despite this, when Herr Wilhelm Marx WALK Chancellor and Dr. Luther, Finance Minister, another million gold marks were paid over to Fer- dinand.
opened us to how war business is conducted by Europe. Just before the war broke out, Bulgaria was dickering with big German banks for a very large loan, much of the money being desired for the built-
ng of railways.
Almost on the very eve of the war the contract was signed. Then In 1925, when Dr. Luther was came the war and for the time- Chancellor al Dr. Schlieben was being, all financial bets were off. Finance Minister, once more the The Allies knew all about it and gold-thirsty Ferdinand drew down there ensued a battle royal in
another million gold marks.
Sofia.
BB
Nobody knows what happened,
Each side wanted Bulgaria but in April, 1927, when Dr. Marx an ally. was Chancellor and Dr. Koehler this, then they wanted her nou- If they could not get was Finance Minister, the Govern- ment showed itself moru economi-French banks vied with German trality-benevolent It possible. cal. It offered to Ferdinandan banks in offers of loans to Bul- annual honorarium. of 00,000 marks,
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
Maddening Moments
The man who dared
The manager was furious. The young man serunched. The waitress was flabbergasted. The young man went on scrunching. Over the faces of his fellow lunchera stole a look of horror mingled with admiration at his sangfroid. Still be went on scrunching.... Ho didn't Care. How delicious they were, these "Ovaltina" Rusks.. How subtle their melting crispness... how piquant their unusual flavour. He took a drink, What an admirable lunch he was having. Why should he order anything else when he had got these perfect rusks? Ho toyed with the idea of passing them round. Perhaps it was hardly fair to keep such pleasure all to himself. And yet, dash it all, there were only a fow left.. No, he couldn't spare them. Certainly not.
OVALTINE
Pusks
NOURISHING
CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA. Masterpiece of Byzantine Art.
(A.J.B.10
The Church of St. Sophis ar seen through a nearby gateway. The Church of St. Sophia in colossal piera of cubical stone, Constantinople, is known as "the bound together by iron clamps and supreme masterpiece in Byzantine faced in marble. To counteract the art."
Immense lateral pressure two smal Ten thousand workmen, under ler plers were constructed at both 100 master builders, toiled six the east and west ends. Two other years
to complete it, in 538, a piers were built at both the north record for ancient church construe- and south sides In a straight tion. This architecturally and his-line with the big piers. The four torically unique mosque cost £15,- direct supports and eight lateral 000,000 in present day money, supports formed Greek cross. £3,000,000 more than St. Peter's in
The church was, and ie, consid- Rome.
ered a world wonder. Its mosaice, St. Sophia antedates Moham-showing the whole of the Old and medism, to which it was later New Testamento, and the life of devoted, having been constructed a the Holy Virgin, are among the whole generation before the birth most beautifal in the. world. of the Prophet of Allah,
Thirty thousand individual cubes, After the revolt of 132, in which enc one just a tiny piece, are re- the thrice-built Church of St. quired for the composition of a Ferdinand thought this Kuria-offers with war strings tied shabby, so in May the offer was to them, The Russians, who know Sophia was destroyed by fire, single
yard. raised to 100,000. Still the ex-the Bulgarians as well as anybody, Emperor Justinian decided to re- The church 1я nover dark. Czar kicked and by December the told the Allies they were wasting store it on a scale of magnificence Flames of 6000 allver inmps "mado such na the world had never seen the night" as Theophance put it, Government had once more raised their time. The way to get Bai- the ante. It would give him angaria was to bribe some of the big before.
"as brilliant as the day." Ilo selected to build it, An- of 129,000 marka political leaders and parliamen
The church han undergone tary heavy guns.
themius of Tralles, the most skilled pair from time to time. An earth architect and engineer of the quake in 658 wrecked the Greeks to utilize
original the power of dome. steam. "He was able to imitate Introduced in the course of restora- Among the improvements earthquakes
and thunderbolts," atlon, the domo was raised 25 feet. contemporary wrote.
In 1848, during the reign of Abd- Contributions for the
great-a
the bullding church flowed in from all the By-t zantine Empire-from
thoroughly
repaired by the Italian Europe, architect, Fossati. The domo was Asia,
Africa-the whole of the rainforced and re-roofed
in 1926-27. Sultans are gone now and the Anthem
know
hit business, beautiful old building has felt Ife built a dome 108 feet in some of the efforts to relegate it diameter with an axle of 46 feet to the past, along with the fes For its support he bullt fourland the harem.
· RUM
nunl and for the rest of his life.
marks.
But Ferdinand bent them to it. In February of this year, with
Germany apparently guaranteed Dr. Bruening as Chancellor and Ferdinand against any monetary Dietrich ม Finance Minister, Ferdinand got the sum of 500,000 loss if he took his country into the war on the side of the Central Powers. At any rate, whatever happened, In October, 1915, Bul- So, all in all, the dothroned Czar garia faally entered the war on has received out of the Treasury the side of Germany, Austria and of the German people over
Turkey. million dollars since he fled from And the German people have Bulgaria. The Social Democratie been paying Ferdinand ever since.
Want to Know Why,
one
known
was