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The death occurred recently of
Dr. Chavasse, formerly Bishop of Liverpool, at Oxford in his 82nd year, and of Dr. Charles Leonard Thornton-Duesbory, the bishop of Soder and Man, in London at the age of 61.
£4,305 FOR A £20 CANVAS
AUCTION SURPRISE.
A picture bought originally for £20 and kept for five years in a workroom over a stable in Avonue- road, Harlesden, N.W., has been
at auction in London for £4,305 on' behalf of Mr. Tom Perry, an up. holsterer and blind maker.
re-
"Our Little Bishop" was the
The romantic story of the ple. affectionate phrase used of Dr. Chavasse throughout the large ture, "Diana and Endymion," by Liverpool diocese, where he held Tintoretto, the Venetian, was the sea for 23 years. It aptly lated to a reporter by Mrs. Mary summed up the regard his homely Perry, wife of its lute owner. and kind disposition had won for
About Beven years ago (she him not only among Churchmon' said) a man from the Isle of Wight, but others in industrial. Lanca- a stranger to us, approached me
shire.
Although small in inches he ap- peared to possess unusual vigour and he had a large heart which endenred him to everybody. No duty appeared too small for him to carry cut, and he sacrificed himself in going to wayside villages and town's in all kinds of
smoky weather.
Present of Motor-Cur.
with the picture. I could see it was a beautiful painting, but what impressed me most was the re- murkable frame, I gave him £20 for it, but of course, I had no idea
I
NEW YORK'S POOR.
OF ESTIMATE
4,000,000 UNEMPLOYED IN U.S.A.
DEATHS FROM STARVATION.
New York.-Destitute and out of
of the world.
One man
crawled
work, two men died of starvation rocently in this the wealthiest city into the tunnel of the New York Central Railroad and sought warmth from the steam pipes. When removed to hospital he died. Another, James Barry, 76, was found unconscious in a lodging-
house, and he, too, died after ad- mittance to hospital. In bath cases doctors diagnosed the collapse as being due to hunger and cold, ..
Mr. Walker, Mayor of New York, met representatives of 640 social organisations in the City Hall to discuss the unemployment situa- tion.
In the Senate a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary for Labour to investigate and re port on the question.
Senator Wagner, of New York, candidly put the figures at
it was worth so much money,
For 18 months it hung in the landing
Bat. of our
was rather afraid that the children would damage it in their play, and so it was sent along to my hus-4,000,000, which would mean that band's workshop, where it lay for one wage earner in every ten is idlo. "This," added the senator, the next five years.
"entails at least 12,000,000 people indirectly suffering from the pre- sent widespread epidemic of un- employment."
On his railway journeys it was his custom to travel third class,
One day a dealer in a small way and when in Liverpool either on foot or by tramway-car. In his de-of business offered us £40 for it. I thought that if it was worth that clining years, when many men would have sought a richly deserv- to a man of small means it must ed rest, Dr. Chavasse held on, and have some viluo beyond anything to help him cope with his duties we had expected. When a proces- of dealers increased their the diocese presented him with a ston
The stipend of the offers until about £120 was reach bishopric of Liverpool is £4,200 aed, we began to think it very valu-
motor-car.
year, but Dr. Chavasse lived a life able.
of great simplicity, and gave much We sent it to Messra. Robinson, to help the poor clergy and deserv- Fisher, ing people.
Dr. Chavasse was appointed bishop in 1900 in succession to Dr. Ryle, going straight to Liverpool from a theological training college of which he was the principal, though he had previously been fcurate and vicar.
or
and Harding, with instructions to include it in their auction. The interest shown by dealers encouraged us to believe
in it would bring us £200 more.. You can judge.. our sur- prise when eager bidding took the amount to 4,100 guineas, at which figure, it was bought by Mr. Frank Sabin.
Popular without seeking popular- ity, Dr. Chuvasse showed no lack
The picture is of "a fair wo- of firmness and character, main-
man kneuling by the side of a tained Church discipline, and ex-sleeping figure"- Diana beside pressed strong views on drink and
Endymion. betting.
Despite these statements, when the Communists held a
"monster
men
mass meeting for the unemployed" in Union-square only 150 listened to the speeches.
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