Dr. Cheng's Experiences at Burlington House A glimpse into the recent Exhibi tion of Chinese Art at Burlington House, London, was afforded by' the talk given before members of the British Universities and Schools Luncheon Club at the Metropole Hotel on Sept, 22 by Dr. F, 'T. Cheng, who was Chinese Government re: presentative at the Exhibition, and accompanied the treasures lo and from England. The chair wis taken by Mr. "Singloh Hsu. Dr, Cheng, recalled that the exhibition was opened on November 28, und on December 3 His Late Majesty King George V, Queen Mary and a few other members of the royal family came to see the treasures. He was tone of hose who received the royal party, and both the King and Queen showed the keenest interest in the treasures. The Queen was partiularly interested 1n the jade exhibits, 'A few days afterwards, members of other royal families were on a visit to London, ona Her Majesty again came to visit the exhibition, She then intimated to him that she would receive him at Buckingham Palace to see some specimens of 21 own collection. Not long utter wards, he received a signed photo graph' of Her Majesty. "Dr, Cheng also recalled his acquaintance with the Crown Prince of Sweden, whom described as a great connoisseur of art, and an expert in bronzes and old jades, When the ship carrying the (reas: lures went aground off Gibrult there were people who suid that this been deliberately engineered by the advertisers of the Art Exhibition in order (0 obtain some "posthumous publicity," while others "said that Hollywood had had a hand in the accident. Dr, Cheng illustrated Fomance of the exhibition by a true story of a youthful couple who were examining some of the pictures together, and were admiring their beauty." Besides finding that their tastes in the matter of art coincided, they discovered that they had quite number of other things in common, and left the Exiubition an engaged couple.
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