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thousand visitors and spectators. The object of 

 the costume ball was achieved, and the Savage 

 Club scholarship was duly founded. Fortunately, 

 I am enabled to give a portrait of Tegetmeier, 

 taken in the dress he wore at the ball. The 

 costume, which was a genuine one, was that of 

 a Japanese damio, and was obtained for him 

 through the kindness of his Brother-Savage, the 

 late Thomas Cutler, a great authority on Japanese 

 art and architecture. 



In Chapter VII. — that on Tegetmeier as a 

 pigeon-fancier — I have referred to the club's trip 

 to Boulogne in July, 1881, and I mention it 

 now as one of the occasions when the Savage 

 Club was the means of securing a compliment 

 to the nation at large. It was first designed as 

 a club picnic, but, says Mr. Watson, in his 

 book The Savage Club, the idea " was so heartily 

 taken up that the original scheme had to be 

 abandoned, and preparations made on a much 

 larger scale than was at first intended. It was 

 still a purely private affair, however, and would 

 have remained such had it not been for the 

 citizens of Boulogne, who, hearing of the pro- 

 jected visit, took matters into their own hands 

 and converted the occasion into a public fete. 

 Gambetta, Edmond About, and Victor Hugo 

 wrote to Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, who presided 

 over the excursion, regretting their inability to 

 attend, and Paris sent distinguished deputations 



