A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . of his Brother-Savage, thelate Thomas Cutler, a great authority on Japaneseart and architecture. In Chapter VII.—that on Tegetmeier as apigeon-fancier—I have referred to the clubs tripto Boulogne in July, 1881, and I mention itnow as one of the occasions when the SavageClub was the means of securing a complimentto the nation at large. It was first designed asa club picnic, but, says Mr. Watson, in hisbook The Savage Club, the idea was so heartilytaken up that the original scheme had to beabandoned, and preparations made on a mu
A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . of his Brother-Savage, thelate Thomas Cutler, a great authority on Japaneseart and architecture. In Chapter VII.—that on Tegetmeier as apigeon-fancier—I have referred to the clubs tripto Boulogne in July, 1881, and I mention itnow as one of the occasions when the SavageClub was the means of securing a complimentto the nation at large. It was first designed asa club picnic, but, says Mr. Watson, in hisbook The Savage Club, the idea was so heartilytaken up that the original scheme had to beabandoned, and preparations made on a muchlarger scale than was at first intended. It wasstill a purely private affair, however, and wouldhave remained such had it not been for thecitizens of Boulogne, who, hearing of the pro-jected visit, took matters into their own handsand converted the occasion into a public , Edmond About, and Victor Hugowrote to Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, who presidedover the excursion, regretting their inability toattend, and Paris sent distinguished deputations. TEGETMEIEK AS A DAM1U(at Albort Hall Fancy Dreat Ball, 1888). [.Facing p. li£8. FATHER OF SAVAGE CLUB 129 to represent literature and the arts. This isthe occasion whereon Wallis Mackay depicted theold pigeon-fancier despatching one of his birdswith the news that the party had sighted thecoast of France. Although I do not find that the Savage Clubgave many or any other big benefit performancesas a body, groups of members sometimes assistedat amateur shows for the benefit of relativeseither of Savages or their friends. Thus,after the death (November, 1866) of Paul Gray,the talented young artist who drew the illustra-tions for Kingsleys Hereward the Wake, and a Savage of whom it was said probably noother member had been quite so well beloved,a benefit matinee was given at the HaymarketTheatre on July 6th, 1867, for his widowedmother. Grav had been one of the chief illus-trators of Fun, and the piece performed waswritten
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