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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-2-23, Page 3ti W=lsrvµs; ar is the Standard Article READY FOR USE'IN ANY QUANTITY' r For making 9059i softening water, removing old paint, disinfecting sinks, closets, drains and for many other / purposes, A can equals 20 lbs. SA1. SOPA. Useful for 500pprroset—Sc-d Everywhere, s, w. (`,iLLE1•T Coatr'ANx LlMITeq 'soRororo, erre .i .ri'rr,'E; �"i,. . :7i!r5' •so t; ilii ser Tea You Can't Beat Lipton's" Tho Only Gentile() E[as This Signature on the Paicletao, weeeetoelessweastesamesa kat a.w -- ! THE WELFAREOF THOUSANDS that as their 'company lice] been liquidated, udated their liabilities had also • ceasedt o exist. A lost case was decided against . them, howeyer, • and they wished .more than ever BUDGET OF BIG, 3LOODJESS that they had loft the Englishlish bull - BUSINESS BATTLES. • dog alone. Instances' Whets Rich firms Melte War Upon Each. Other ' for Trade. • What is a trade -ward It is ahettle in -Which no blood is spilt, but which can bear results every bit as serious as those which occur oil the actual field of war. Two great organizations are pitted against each other. Silently, with scarcely asound above the scratch- ing of a pen, the more powerful faction presses its opposlent back, and upon the issues ,depends the welfare of thousands, many of whom have no idea that any kind. of a battle is being fought at all, says London Answers. THE TIGHT FOR OIL. Forty-five years age, Mr. John D. Rockefeller realized the great possibilities that lay in oil, formed •a syudicate, and proceeded to buy up every rival syndicate, He often paid absurdly high prices to his ri- vals in order to gain absolute con- trol. 'If they refused" to sell be either retailed oil in their districts at, a loss, or else 'actually gave -it away,until they 'were forced, through lack' of business,' to admit !themselves beaten. The bootmaker recalls the late Invasion by America. For many years the Americans had eyed our thriving b'eot trade with 'envy. At last they sent over huge supplies of, their surplus stock: The American boots looked vary finely finished, and the prices were so low `' that we were unable to compete against them. But the' Englielunen must have good quality, or go without, The leather used fax the soles of the .American boots was tanned so has=. tily that it could not withstand the damp of our climate; and, if there is ono thing an Englishman will not put tip with, it' is cold feet! So he paid -the higher price, and the Americans had to put up their. shutters. THE 'TOBACCO BATTLE. A particularly iuteresting trade - war was that fought recently be- tween the English and American tobacconists, . The American To- bacco Company was one of the most formidable syndicates' that- ever 'threatened our chalky 'cliffs. It was an Amalgamation of 'five separate companies,, which; pie- viously, bad tried to cut eaeh.otlr- er's throats in their own country. 'They had placed wonderul "Su - prise Packets" and ether' advertis- ing dodges upon the market. They • bad blazoned the walls with enor- mous posters, One 'company spent $1,500,000 annually in advertising. its principal feature, "Battle Axe Plug," the price of 'which under- went tremendous reductions. For the small price of fivepence, the Amoriaap elastic -jawed chestier could buy a plug of "Battle Axe" three inches broad, over half-an- inah: thick, and a fpot long. s But when theseold rivals banded' together, and invaded Englandun- •dor the banner of The American Tobacoo Company, they found themselves absolutely out -classed, By offoring a bonus of. $1,000,000 a ,year for four years to all the Eng- lish retailers who would supply their cigarettes, ertd nobody else's, .at a CERTAIN LOW FIGURE, ;they hoped to get the entire mon- opoly of the tobacco custom in this country. Before the temptation had spread too far, however; the English tobacconists had )(lined forces, andformed themselves sato The Imperial Tobacco Compauly. The Americans, instead of dealing svith a host ofsmall,. iirrlepelident :merchants, found themselves -face to face with a solid organization representing almost the entire bo- :baoco interestofthe 13vitish Isles. So they packed up their cheap cig- arettes, and took the next boat home, But, the matter• did not end there. The tobacconistli who had been pr'o- miseil their big bonuses, ,and who had 'received only ono half -year's • liayiti:ent, sued the American Coin - pithy for the halanae. At first the A mericlins refused to pay, at oningl 'ACROSS THE OCEAN. FOR $7,50 Trade -wars are double-edged. The multi -millionaire has nearly al- ways made his "pile' through combating .some big trade concern, and finally overcoming it. But the low prices' which this competition producee aro also the direct result of -trade-wars, anti many an emi- grant has blessed the feuds which break out periodically between shipping magnates. One of 'the nest' notable' occurr- ed when, as a result, ,the Atlantic could bo crossed fox the ;absuixlly low figure of $7,50, or less than the price of an ordinary third-class. ticket from London to Edinburg -h. For . several years the , foreign steamship companies .he'd agreed to leave our intercourse with Amer- ica intact, if we refrained frpin en- croaching upon, . other .interests which they poesesse'd'in.Europe. At last the Cunard Line withdrew from this arrangement, and sent emigrant Ships to Russia, and rthe Adriatic porta of Austria and Hun- gary. THE FOREIGNCOMPANIES retaliated by sending ships to Am- erica on exactly the same days as the English ships Were sailing, at greatly reduced faros. "For every passenger you take from 'Hun- gary, Hun- gary," they said, "we shall take one from England,"' Most of the English lines follow- ed suit, andreduced their fares al- so. The Cunard Line, however, considered that feeding and hous- ing a matt for over a week on $7.60 wasn't good enough, and they therefore allowed their rates to re- main as, usual, until matters read - jested themselves. • A humorous incident is supplied by a hair -dresser, who, surrounded by a big and increasing firm. re- fuses to budge from the quarters in which he has always wielded his scissors and razor.' The firm- has offered him every inducement to go, but he has the law on his side, and neither an.•, oil :trust .nor a tobacco combine could succeed in making him quit 1 3 LOST $000. Lightning Against Steam and the Former Won. Years ago iyhen the electric tele- graph was a new idea and a mys- tery to ysteryto the masses, there came trou- ble one Satin/tray night in; the Bank of En land2The business of • the day had ; osette and the balance' h deficit wasnot `lit. There was a vi g the mons of eas;,du00, It was not y, bu...che error, 'that must be found. For the ,officials and clerks there could beno sleep until the Mystery had been cleared ilp. All that night and all Sunday, a three of nen wore busy. The money was surely gone from the vaults, but no one .could discover whence. On the following morning a clerk suggested that the mistake might have occurred in packing, for the West Indies, some boxes of specie that had been sent to Southampton for shipment. His chief seated on the suggestion. Here was an op- portunity to test the powers of the telegraph — lightning against steam, and steam with forty-eight hours the start, Very soon the tel- egraph asked a man in Southemp- ton, "Has the ship Mercator sail- ed2' The answer carne back, "Just weighing anchor." u, Stop'her• in the Queen's name. fi,ashed back' the telegraph. "She is stopped," was returned. ' ' "Have on deals certain boxes (marks given), weigh them .. care • fully, and let me know +ho result." telegr.aph.ed the chief. This order was obeyed, and elle 'box was found to`'be somasvhoee about ons pound and ten' cuinc.s, 'heavier than its mates ---just !hie. weight of the missing ; sovereigns. "All right. Let the slop g'i I. was the next order, . The West India humus was debit- ed: with the $500, end the tams •or England was at page again, Bane—Flare you and your wife iilailiur tautest Egbert—w4 tlsink so. f ri•ri'h i.eaave silo likes her cook - TRUTH •ABORT. JEUUSALEI COMMONPLACE A)sol)E OF OR. IICN'JhiL PEOPLE. Only One Out. of Ten Works --Ila]• toxon I,ivc eu.'I'ouriats and • Clnn'ches. Fifty years ago- Jerusalem, the Holy City, was as the from the sea coast as nowadays you might say Winnipeg is from Montreal, be- cause an those days you had to do the journey on horseback. To -day the railroad does it in four hours, Even thirty years back a trip from Jaffa, the seaport of Palestine,. to Jerusalem was a dangerous under- taking without a.segular Govern- ment escort. Now tha journey is made without any more ineonven- ienoo or troub.ie than almost any other journey, as Cook's or Clark's tourists. can judge, The. better part of that great change=has come about within ,the experience of Mr. F. Vincent, a well-known magazine writer,' who Ibas spent many years in Pale ti.lne. I Mr. Vincent gives some. interesting views on phases of life .0 modern Palestine that are not known to the general public, and are not seen by many, even of those who have been there, for themselves, As a 'natural consequence to the improvement in means of transit in Palestine, bIre Vincent points out, the tourist business has increased to a great extent, and every year during -the season, which lasts from December to: March, there' are a great number of English, Americ- ans and others who visit the count- ry. TOURISTS DISAPP9INTED: Meat of the, tourists, says Mr. Vincent, are disappointed when they get to Jerusalem. From in- fancy they -have been taught to re- gard it as the Holy City, sacred to the memory of the Founder of Christianity, .and it is hard for them to disabuse their minds of the im- pression that such a city could con - thin' people who are just as wicked, just as grasping, and just as un- scrupulous as, any other city in the world, that sacrifices principles fax the main chance of profit. They are disappointed to find that Jer- usalem is just a commonplace Or- iental city. The Church of the Holy Sepul- chre is, of course, the toniest's Mecca, and there he finds a guard of Turkish soldiers -who ?isnow the meaning of the term "palm-oil" as well as the best of Turks—with bayonets fixed to protect the holy places from. - desecration. Once •within the church 'and its sanctu- aries, as a, general rule the tcirist will be so disgusted as to be glad to getoutside again: One of the peculiarities of the fanaticism of the native Christians is that no Jew can pass in front of. the Church of the Holy Sepulchre without being mobbed, or, as some- times happens,. killed, though with- al the last ten year's this fanaticiste has been moderated by thr epee ofJewish'societies take the. Zionists and the Alliance Israelite. CITY OF NO WO;liii;--- Jerusalem to -day counts 90,000 inhabitants, of which 65,000 are Jews, 15,000 Christians (native and European), and about 10,000 "Mo- hammedans, Unfortunately for the city, in the opinion of Mr. Vin- cent, the Jewish population is grow- ing, because the Jews, conforming to their habit, do not take to any work but trading. Unfortunately also the only industry that Jeru- salem can boast of is the manufac- ture : of souvenirs in olive wood. Yon can, therefore, imagine, says this observer, that out of a popu- lation of ninety thousand there are only about nine thousand who act- rally work for their living. The nest are living entirely on tourists and the various religious institu- tions founded by foreign societies. EFFUSIVE PILGRIMS. To religiously inclined people visiting Jerusalem it is, Mr. . Vin- oont'thinks, a •'great disappoint- ment when they isappoint-mentwhenthey do the round, of the places of interest—the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, and se onto see what the Greek, Russian and other pilgrims are led by their clergy to do at these reputed sa- cred spots. He instances their be - 'levier in kissing stones and .Pros - treeing themselves before images. All this, with the Turk and the Jew ever in the background When/emit their hands for baoksheesh, tends in the opinion of, Mr. Viacen!• to shake the belief of the Christian tourist, w -ho finds his ideals, spoilt by the ocular . demonstrat.io,s. Le witnesses. Mr, • Vilicent's conclusion is that Jeruseaetn .will •`always remainfor people :bf the ,Christian creed the focus of ihterett in their religion, butt, he says it should be visited with an advanced point of view, and not as the Jerusalem of the time of Christ; es a modern city in Turk- ey in which "are,,still to be found, traces of the Redeemer, and Pot theatres, Fifty-five tests wore as a shrine whose sacredness has' mado. Twenty-one ' proprietors been rigidly preserved by devout were notified to install adequate attendants who would scorn to take moans of ventilation, In many RIVALRY iN, BIG DIRIGIBLES 14AIIG]'1ST AIESWJ1' YET IIUI.I.'I' FOlt THE RIO'ITISH NAVY. It Is 010 Peet tong and Equipped With Powerful Wireleae Apparatus. Although the new' Siemens- Sohuckert dirigible baloon, which nsade'its trial trip in Gerinany re- cently, is the most powerful airship yet tried, it is •surpassed in size by the vessel which has just been com- pleted for the use of the British navy. The airship has .been built at Barrow op designs prepared by Messrs. Vickers Sons & Maxim and several aeronautieal experts, who have taken the Zeppelin type 'of vessel for their model,. Precautions have been taken to preserve thesecrets of this British airship, no stranger being allowed, even to approach' the enormol,s shed in which it is housed. Both officers and, men concerned in uta construction areswornnot to dt vulge any of its details, and to'any one 'seeking for .such inforrnatiee is handed a leaflet on Which are printer] -the penal clauses of the of- ficial secrets act. 'Nevertheless, sufficient -particulars have hes i learned to make it possible to com- pere it with the latest Zeppelin ves- sel es sel and the new Siemens-Schackort airship, THE BRITISH DIRI(1IJI E. is of British manufacture through- out, even the envelope, which is of the same character as the fabric used in the latest Zeppelin. The principal dimensions . are: Maxi iuum length, 510 feet, tempered idea has bean abandoned. As soon .with the 485' 1-2 feet of Zeppelin as he.le.aves Dartmouth the Prince VIII. ; maximum diameter, 48 •feet, will begin to read for a .short uni- 'against the Zeppelin's 46 -feet, and versit'y' career and he will probably gas dapacity, 708,330 cubic feet, epter Christ . Church, King Ed - compared with -the 529,750 cubic ward's old college., in the autumn. feet ofathe German boat. He will not remain at Oxford for The British vessel is equipped the regulation four years, two with two sets of eight cylinder Wel years being the utmost that can be seley engines, each of which is rat- spared for this portion of his train- ed .at about .200 rain-ed.at:about.200 horse -power, and ing. Rooms are shortly to be fitted in. this also she has a considerable up for him at Buckingham Palace advantage over the latest Zeppelin, end Windsor Castle, and his stud- which has three Diamler-Mercedes 'res will be directed; by his present motors of 115 horse -power each; tutor, Mr. 'Hansell, assisted by The latter are intended to give the various professors, The Prince, it vessel to 'which they are fitted a is stated, is .already well up in the speed of thirty-five miles an, hour, subjects necessary for matricula- while the British vessel is credited tion and he is expected to pass his with :forty-five milesan hour. entrance examination with ease. There is yet one other detail in WHILE Hr, IS AT OXFORD whish shs marks an -important im• provement over her type, and this the Prince of Wales will lead pre - is in regard to the metal used for cisely the same life and will be sub her framework. This metal is' a ject to the same discipline and rout - recently discovered alloy known as in as any other undergraduate, duralumin, which is both A special suite of rooms will be LIGHTER AND STRONGER presided and furnished for him and he will have his own tutor, but this than aluminum, the metal used in will be the limit. of the exceptions the Zeppelins. " The British vessel made tri his favor. is equipped with 'three propellers, The King is very firm on this one large one et the rear being point, and so long as any of his templed up to.tbe after motor, and sons are being educated, he is deter - two smaller onesbeing cirri.el on mined that their rank shall not as - each side of the forward gondola. sist them and that they must sue - It is intended that- the airship coed or fall on their merits. This 4 ail.work- in„copjunction with the much he has made clear to his Meet as a scout. a family on more than one occasion. powerful wireless apparatus, which An illustration of this was given will enable her to send news of the sllottly after, the Prince of Wales movements and position of an op -;.was entered as a cadet at the jun- posing fleet while within clear sight'ior seetini2, of the Royal Naval Col - of the ships and yet well: out of lege at •Osbore,e. He was invited range of the enemy's guns. to a garden 'petty one atternoon, The launching of this airship tie and was very anae " s to attend. To likely to take place any time with- hi&,disgiist, Vowel er,s fit , s refus- in the next six weeks. If her trials ed permission to be geese the prove satisfactory she will talreauthorities of the college, en f part in the summer naval manoeu- ground tnat his attendance was vrss and also join the home'and At- necessary at a special class of in - 'antic n c fl tats for the 0 coronad n re- sti•uction that was to be held that view at Spithead. day. , g' In high dudgeon, Prince Edward, DANGER_OF DUST. as ha then was, wrote a letter of complaint to his fattier, The King Chicago Health Bureau Points to at onee inquired into the true ton - Peril of Gerin Laden Air. dition of affairs, and when he was "Consumption informed of the circumstances leis ra,'ss due to Chicagop- reply to, his eldest son was at. once don hedms eyt a bullettin. Chicago short and decisive. He saw no are cath department eshort These reason he said,in effect in inter - are air abut distances hh through fere in the mater. His son had to the ae to those that have the leara as quickly as possible that Surcease , those who are to catch o he' was at oolle e' inerel • as a cad - So, first, the air must be clean ' of g 3 consumption germs, et, and "Air to be wholesome must he • . NOT AS A ROYAL PRINCE, free from dust. The most harm'P.tl and that the Pules that applied to dusts are those of certain trades, and comrades' applied with e nal Nearly all metal and store polish- force to himself p It was 1115 lace ors, most cigar and typographers p die from lung disease. Y. o ono can to set an.example to the other boys 'afford to neglect dust. Keep away b3' cheerful obedience to orders, from dusty places. however irksome the task might be, "Air can be Pooled by aonsump- and not to look for special favors tion germs as - well as by dust. Of= because of his high birth. fonsive odors maks the air un- This taught the young Prince a pleasant, but they do" little harm very salutary lesson, and. he has pleasant, never complained to his father other than causing people to shut their windows. The crux we breathe since' of any duty that has been as - out is nothing but the smoke from signed to him. our bodies, It cannot be breathed •. The Prince is stronger in rnathe- back again without hurting us, any =tics than in classics. Though a more than we can run smoke bask great reader he has no great liking into a file and expect to get a good for the dead laugaaaes, but great- , ly prefers modern history and bio - "Fouling of the air may be call graphy. He has some command of ed consumption, pneumonia, grip lno(iei•n tongues and caws already or. colds, but by one name or the speak French and Garman with a ether ib is the 'same old fouling of tolerable a'niolmt of, pidieiencya. the air. Math'etatics is a very strong'siib, "Duriilg the last few months the •jsct, and in` it ho carried off the laboratory investigated conditions palm at both Osborne and .Dart - Of ventilation in the 5 and 10 cent month, the two naval training es. tablishments, BRITAIN'S FUTURE MONARCH PLANS FOR. THE EDUCATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES Will Take a Short Course at Ox- ford, Then Make a 'four of the EmpiI-e, An obviously authoritative state- ment has been published dealing with the future career of the Prince of Wales. The young Prince will complete his course of training in the senior division of the Royal Naval Col- lege, Dartmouth, next April. It was at first suggested .that he should accompany the King and Queen on their visit to India at the end of the present year, but this filthy leer) in exchange for their eases no adequate means of sontfl- serveie, laden was found." When his university course is at an endahe Prince of Wales will set off on a tour of the British Empire, aorampanied by his brother, Prince. Albert. The Mem-dont of the sine- sums. ilar• tour undertaken by the present King and the late. Duke of Clar- ence and Avondale in the cruiser Bacchante will be very closely fol- lowed. Since that time, however, the empire has expanded to an ex lett it will be entire] to the sat - tent hardly to be conceived, and � ideation. of its makers. At the it is estimated that at least twelve i'eiy beginning of his reign certain mouths will be necessary fax lire stories that bad long been. current Princes to gain even the most cur- great dem- u the discredit t of- Ki g George were wisely tackled and killed. inions over which their fattier N,iu a new idea 'of the man is raps • was the ease in the tour of the idly forming itself. King a cruiser will he specially fit-! THE NEW KING, tccl uli fur the accommodation of flinch as they loved King Edward, the Princes, and this will probably the English people recognize that a be of man of a very different. type' may r be equally worth of their nffee OMITABLE TYPE. � q y y THE INDOMITABLE The 'Princes will be attended by a; time Edward VII: luvod society rather largo suite, including dis-; forits own sake; it is no secret that in wished representatives of the George V. does not. Like his fa- t g p then he is a keen sportsman and army and navy. { a hard worker, but possesses less of Precedent lays it down most em that superfluous energy which made phaticaIly that the heir apparent the late king throw himself with the British thione shall be closely'the same' zest into the social as in- to with the army. • This >s 1 to the more serious side.of life. to be adhered to in the case' of the' Queen Mary mo - Prince ofWales. Prince Albert,' is essentially a mo- r ther. It will perhaps be impossible on theother hand is destined to fol- for ber to be as ,much in the public low in the footsteps of his father, , neon Alexandra, who and to become• in due courst a sail- e3e as was Q KiNG GEORGE AND HIS COUNT CHANGES ARE LOOKED FOIE 11Y LONDON SOCIETY. Court Will Bo More Stately Than in Icing Edward's Day, However. As the cud of the year of mourns. ing for King Edward approachee the inbbereat of the British people- in the new court grows keener, writes a London cm:respondent. The personalities of ]ting George and Queen Mary 'are not as yet very well 'knout tothe great majority of their subjects, but daily the sum of their knowledge increases. Grad- ually but surely, an idea, a mental portrait of them, thein oltaracters andpersonalities is forming in the minds of the people. It is already safe to say that when that mental picture is nom - or Prince. Therefore when the Princes re- turn from their tour round the came to the throne when the more absorbing side of her domestic du- ties may be said to have been at an world the Princes will be at once end. But it was ibe devoted moth- -world to one of the regiments of er while Princess of Wales that g 9ltaandra gained that deep hold cavalry of the line then stationed i' on the affections of the English peo- in England, j pie which she has never lost. The life of the Prince of Wales in ! As Queen and mother, Mary will follow in her footsteps: With the smarter element of society she may not be entirely popular, but that element is .not important. When Victoria died there -is no doubt that the court and society as a whole the army will be that of any other subaltern. He will have bis own quarters and his own servants, and that is all. Though attached in the first place to the cavalry ho will in due course be acquainted with the duties of the various other branch- es of the service such as the Roy- al Artillery and the Royal Engin- eers. It is the earnest desire of both the King and the Queen that their eldest son shall be a soldier in something more than name, and no effort will be spared to insure this. The great wish of the Queen is that the Prince of Wales may re- main n boy as long as possilble. Consequently be is not to be allow- ed to undertake any public duties whatever until after he has attain- ed the age of 18—when royalty leg- ally comes of age in England. DYSPEPTICS CAN EAT BREAD. Crust or Toasted Crumbs and Starch Cannot Ferment. The conclusion that wheat bread is unfit for dyspeptics, sometimes jumped at because ill-effects are ns>ticed to follow its use, is errone- eu"s, On the contrary, it has been oint�.tY r b Bouchard and oth- ers t ors that farl'naeequs food is peculi- arly adapted to sante deemeptic pa- tients. It is the microbes in the starch, which are capable of producing ir- ritating acids, that cause the trou- ble, To avoid this, Bouchard re- commends that only the crust or toasteu crumbs of the bread be us- ed by dyspeptics, particularly those whose stomachs are dilated, The reason of this is explained by the fact that baking temporarily, though not permanently, arrests the fermentation of dough. When it is again heated by the warmth of the stomach, the fer- meutation is renewed. In cases where the .bread is toasted brown through, tho fermentation is stop- ped permanently, i`EWER PAtI'ER.S I\ LONDON. Old Age Pensioners Said t.o Explain Decrease Last Year. There were 11.985 fewer paupers' in London, England, an January 7 than on the corresponding day of 1910. The official return in which the figures aro given attributor l,he decrease mainly to the removal of the pauper• disqualification. for old- age pensions, but it is due also in a certain measure to the already existing pensions and to the lin- proved economic conditicns, which have been telling on the pauperism statistics• for some months, Thus. on December 31, 1910, there wore 1,436 fewer paupers in London than on trio oorrospondieg day of 1909. Those receiving outdoor re- lief have benefited to a greater ex- tent than the .inmates of institte dons by the grant of old -age pee - NEEDED A FILLIP. An idea has been gradually gaining ground that in the last year or two society had forced the pace a little, and that had Icing Edward lived his unerring .instinct would have told him this. His successor has come to the' throne at a moment when a bril- liant court is less of a necessity than it was ten years ago. The required social impetus has been. given, and it is not likely that its ef- fects will quite wear off. A re- straining influence, it is felt, will not now come amiss. It must, and will be, exercised with tact and discretion, for society to -day can be led, nob driven. King Edward at the earliest mo- ment possible abolished the some- what antiquated methods of the Victorian court. The old -day draw- ing -rooms gave place te evening courts. The waiting outside the palace gates, with ladies in court dress shivering in their carriages, was done awe with. y Instead of waitingfor weary hours before passing the presence, .people went to a brilliant evening party; tgrelettelead of going empty aw.ay, they sat d ettete A SPLENDID SUPPFItT' --s— ..:...,. This change was representative of many more. It is unlikely that the procedure of court entertaining will undergo much change in the new reign. But it is probable that the next few years will see more of stateliness and less of brilliance about the court than in the reign of King Edward. The late King and Queen Alex- andra moved about a great deal in society-, dining .and .attending balls at the, greater houses during the London season, and constantly vis- iting about among their personal friends in the coo ltr , It is'lfke 1 y >y. that the present King and Queers will go less into general society, pay fewer country hours visits, except for specific purposes, • and them- selves entertain much less in the country than did their predeces- sors. For one thing, they possess- no ossessno adequate country house of their own, except the- far distant Bal moral, and entertaining at Wind- sor neaoeserily partakes more of Stare than did the cheerful house parties at Sandringham, where Xing Edward always loved to be. You couldn't get the truth out of some mon with a stomach pump. That ship of yours that's -coming i n --can',, t you communicate with it by wireless 1 The delicate bitted bindings of holiday lioolts may be °leaned with, chamois dipped in powdered pum- ice,