At the present time the Prince, whose wite is the Tsar Nicholas, is in Europe, and it ix expected that he will exercise Portrait of a Lady Feather Fan." They are now in the Widener home at Elkins Park, near Philadelphia, The case has revived a great interest in Rom-Brandt's work among a certain art section in this country, and it) may be of interest to recall that Rembrandt was born on July 15, 1607, being the son of miller, while 8 hhis mother was the baker. "He had no t {ng and went to learn painting when he was 12 or 18. His career Of the great artists Rembrandt has been pronounced as "not the most perfect," but he "is the most interesting, and his work is full of variety, both in subject and in technical methods. He was a great draughtsman, in his own way, and often a fine coleurist as well great executive virtuoso both luting and etching.'
His life seems to have been absorbed in work, and like all great men in this much later day, he was compelled to avoid the ravages of fashionable society, keeping to the burghers and artists.
662 Miles of Air Mail Lines On September 15, 1925, the historian will note, the era of commercial aviation in the United Stutes took an advanced stride. Tne air mail service of the Post Office Department, which has been the pioneer in demonstrating the feasibility of the aeroplane as a means of transport in continuous day and night flying, winter and summer, will open tenders for coa-tracts for carrying mail on eight new air routes, Through the stimulus of these contracts, "commercial aeronautics the post office and take its place event ly one of the principal methods of com. munication and transport and to become the of an effective air force for use in the event of war. This new air service will directly link up 20 important cities by air mail routes with the 16 cities which have: been receiving similar "service on the trans-continental air mail route for more than a year. When this 'Sun Franciseo—New 'York servi was started people used to astral along on its last lap to Pucifie. Nowadays, however, it is, taken as a matter of course. The writer is among the blase. A year ago T look up from my study' desk to watch the flyers; to-day I do nothing of the kind, nor do I take out my watch to see the for I can always tell that it is ti to stop work when the mail mar rushes through the skies—and he rarely varies five minutes either' way.
T understand that in a few weeks further air mail routes are to be advertised. The contracts for the ight new routes now call for an extension of the air mail servi of 4,662 miles. Fulfilment of the contracts will require about 390,000 miles of flying yearly on the six
each route: One day flying will round trips per week scheduled for scheduled for the "routes," among among which are: (gleratay ana Saltese
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