. The Argonaut . rried on the even-ing of October 5th at the Hotel Majestic,New York, to Miss Elizabeth Woodson, ofthat city. Miss Florence Woodson, the sisterof the bride, was- bridesmaid, and Mr. F. was best man. Mr. and Mrs. WilliamR. Hearst attended the wedding, as did alsoMr. Carvalho, Mr. T. T. Williams, Mr. GeorgePalmer, and others of Mr. Roberts col-leagues. Mr. and Mrs. Robert will pay abrief visit to Mr. Roberts home in St. Louis,and will then come to San Francisco, wherethey will reside permanently. Dr. Jordan on English David Starr Jordan made his first pub
. The Argonaut . rried on the even-ing of October 5th at the Hotel Majestic,New York, to Miss Elizabeth Woodson, ofthat city. Miss Florence Woodson, the sisterof the bride, was- bridesmaid, and Mr. F. was best man. Mr. and Mrs. WilliamR. Hearst attended the wedding, as did alsoMr. Carvalho, Mr. T. T. Williams, Mr. GeorgePalmer, and others of Mr. Roberts col-leagues. Mr. and Mrs. Robert will pay abrief visit to Mr. Roberts home in St. Louis,and will then come to San Francisco, wherethey will reside permanently. Dr. Jordan on English David Starr Jordan made his first pub-lic appearance since his return from abroadat the last fortnightly assembly at to the universities of England,Dr. Jordan said: Two great weaknessesare evident in the English university sys-tem ; one is the prevalence of the men supposed to teach or conductresearch do nothing of the kind. The otherweakness is the dominance of the examina-tion. English higher training is largely a. Alfred Guillous striking painting, The Passing Fleet. the picture is the simplicity of theme andtreatment. In the foreground is an oldgrizzled French fisherman, holding a spy-glassto the eye of his little grandson as he viewsthe fishing fleet sailing away to sea. Thedrawing is faultless, and the solicitous ex-pression of the old man and the rapt atten-tion of the little fellow are beautifully con-veyed. Another notable picture of the sea is The Coast of Cornwall, the work of oneof the foremost marine draughtsmen inAmerica, W. T. Richards. This subject is abit of English coast off Cornwall near LandsEnd. The colors are quiet in tone. The pre-cipitous cliff, in deep shadow, rises majesti-cally, with gray-green garment of rocks andherbage, while the blue sea rolls against itsbase. An idea of the immense depth of thewater is conveyed by its shadowy trans-parency. A single breaker in the foreground,perfectly drawn, seems to be rushing almostto the feet of the spectator. A
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