Show ILLEN TERRY com COMIE Celebrated English Actress to Pay a Farewell Visit to United States to Discourse on Shakespearean Subjects I NAVAL AND MILITARY TOURNAMENT IN LONDON Spectacle in Which Thirty Dif Different Different ferent terent Nations Will Be Rep Represented Represented RepS Represented S resented Opens May 16 1 6 With Peace as Its Prime Motive WARNING TO AMERICANS Special Cable to London Lendon April 9 It is only fitting that before finally retiring from the thu stage Miss Ellen Terry Terr should desire to pay a farewell visit to America the tile scene of so many man of or her former triumphs The series of discourses on oil Shakespearean subjects which it has hag ha been somewhat vaguely announced will form Miss Terrys entertainment will willI I understand be a sort of half halt lecture half hair recital with interesting anecdotes drawn from her long experience of the tile stage and some remarks on the acting of plays in general Miss Terry Terey will win visit all the principal cities of America and possibly a few in Canada She will confine her hor appear appearances appearances appearances ances to the theatres the universities and auditoriums Miss Terry holds very strong views on en the question of or dra dramatic dramatic matic artists appearing at and under no circumstance will she bo be prevailed upon to appear app ar at any during the tour The tour commences in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York in October next and will proba probably roba bly bI extend to the ensuing April Imposing Display A display which will form a striking strikIng ing lag contrast to any yet seen here is to tobe tobe tobe be the chief Item Hem at the Naval and Mil Mi Military MilItary tournament which opens at Olympia on May 16 As its name the Millennium Indi Indicates indicates cates the display will have for its motif Peace From a spectacular lar point of view it promises to pro provide provide provide vide the most moat elaborate representation of the armies of the world ever brought Into any arena In London Four hundred men and nearly horses will take part in the tho spectacle Thirty different nations will be represented seated including England Ireland Scotland Wales the British Colonies the nations of Europe and also the United States China Japan Persia and Egypt Each nation or colony will bo be represented by three mounted and eight dismounted men and the troops will wUl bo be grouped according to the continents Europe Asia sla Africa America and Aus Australia Australia Australia The music which will be ren rendered rendered rendered dered by the famous band of or the Cold Coldstream Coldstream Coldstream stream guards has been specially com corn composed composed posed by Lieutenant Rogan M lIf V C Mus BIle Ban Representatives Re of each country will file In n one section at a time the mounted men leading One of them will bear Its flag and its national anthem will be played by the band When all have entered the arena a huge pro processional processional processional car upon which is enthroned the Goddess of ot Peace will be drawn in by a team of eight horses and will take its position in the centre of a hollow square formed by the various countries Evolutions by the mounted men will follow in set Bet order so 80 that the colors of their uniforms will blend into con constantly constantly constantly changing designs The dis disContinued Continued on Page Five EllEN TERRY b COMING OVER Continued from Page One mounted troops will then their ground arms and Za fk a hymn of peace will be bo sung by the men mep Scotland Yard Y rd Campaign American tourists of wealth and so social cial standing will have to be very care careful careful careful ful In what they the do o while on this side aide this summer for tor Scotland Yard Is In possession of ot much Information which shows snows that a famous gang of blackmail blackmailers ers eis who have h ve their agents at nearly nearl every capital and pleasure resort are planning a a campaign against wealthy Americans who believe that th t while on this side they may Indulge in nany things they would never never think of ot doing do doing ing tn at home where the ubiquitous American reporter Is always on their track The headquarters of the blackmailing gang are In this city and Its ramifications ramifications In England spread In all U di dl directions encompassing the therace therace therace race course and all the resorts of rank and fashion It has a membership of about Including men and women In all stations in life There Is IB a restaurant In the West Test Westline line Ind which Is known to be the rendezvous of these blackmailers They The meet t lere frequently In the afternoon to dis discuss discuss cuss their villainous plans and in the thee c e they mix among tho audiences nt ot the music halls theatres hotels and An easy victim T vas as found not many days ago in tho the stalls of ot a West Vest End theatre A lady and gentleman In oven even evening ing dress said to be from fron Philadelphia two scats seats Jn the second row of the orchestra and between the acts the gentleman got into conversation with will a stranger also In evening dress sitting near him who induced him to a drink at the refreshment bar barAs barAs barAs As a result of this casual acquaint acquaintance ance the Ue gentleman lost a considerable t s tm rm of money under the tho blackmailers Influence e Children Degenerating English children are degenerating and lacking in grit It tr we wo are ara to believe fi j Rev Bernard Reynolds He chief duet In Ins inspector s of London diocesan sellouts schools In his annual report just issued he rays FIS Many M nr teachers have noticed that the children will not take reproof nor punishment It is out of their minds why they should suffer sutter or bear pain boys ely cry and talk about it instead of taking their punishment in a manly way as they used to take it In fact t tae tle IB want of grit in children is a tact which demands serious attention Children are better disposed and andI andr I r ore more receptive of influences es that are not annoying It Is rarer than form formey formey ey ely that we have to complain of bad bado o Savior or even een of ot indifference There Thero Is more adaptability to higher ideas and a wider range The soil soU is more fruitful though shallower There is ismore Ismore ismore more reverence shown the best bost are are de cl edly better and the worst less de decidedly decidedly are worse Reason for Change The reason for these noticeable changes c angel are first of all the altered en environment environment environment The rush of new ne ideas and inventions makes males the wideawake child its mind is accustomed to wonders and expects them fairy fair tales arc are becoming a commonplace of life Inventions that would have appalled our grandfathers are received as ordinary ordinary ordinary nary events by b tho the child he would not be in the least surprised if I communication cation c were established with the moon distractions have settled down into normal conditions novelty has become normal Instead of ot volcanic as it used 13 to t be Mr Reynolds Re sums up p the matter thus The Tho child mind is certainly differ different different ent from what U it was avas oven even five years ago but the change has signs of hope and promise if only onh the child has righteousness put preeminently before it otherwise there Is chaos in front Professor a a former lecturer lec lecturer lecturer at Liverpool university teacher in various high schools of Liverpool and anda a member of the examination beard bourd for Lancashire has just jU t published p an essay containing a comparison between English En English English glish and German schools the result of which is distinctly In favor tavor of the lat latter at atter ter tor English teachers he says lack a ai thorough scientific and pedagogical training hence their teaching and edu education education education cation also lacks thoroughness Pre Premature Premature Premature mature specialization overestimation of everything connected with examinations examinations exam nations and scholarships and particularly particular lary lar excessive attention paid to all kinds of sports are the chief faults he finds with English schools which also offend the German sense of equality by bythe bythe bythe the insidious caste cute distinctions upon which they are based |