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'ing of its first sacrament. i . o». N RUSSIA’S ROYAL BABY. GETTING READY FOR A BIG TIME AT THE CHRISTENING. _â€" The Whole Empire w ill be Bu Feteâ€"Every- body flint Relates. Whether He Wants lo or Notâ€"Elaborate Ceremonies by the Priestsâ€"The Baby's Robes and Gifts, If all goes well there will be a royal christening at St. Petersburg before long. and a tiny bit of humanity will be the cause of national jubilation from one end of the vast Russian Empire to the other. \Vhile some of this merry- making will not be altogether volun- tary. none of the subjects of the Czar cares to attract the attention of the police by failing to make some sort of a show of festivity during the period of national joy. For months past the young Czarina and the ladies of her court have been preparing for the elaborate ceremonies which always surround the birth of a royal baby in Russia. Of all these cereâ€" monies the most magnificent and imâ€" posing‘is the christening according to the ritual of the Greek Church. The christening always takes place as soon after the birth of the royal youngster as its general health will permit. The baby's christening robes are mar- vels of the needleworker's art. The first godfather, who is always a high and mighty person, gives the child a gold cross inlaid with jewels. and the godmother provides the little white shirt which is used before the ceremony is completed. The occasion brings gifts from all persons connected with the court. These gifts are often the toys most likely to amuse a tiny infant, al- though many are suitable for a grown child. Other gifts may be lands or jewels. AT THE CHRISTENING the child is carried in the arms of its godmother to the 'church or chapel. Royalty and nobility, glittering in bril- liant uniforms and gala toilets, fill the body of the church and stand grouped around the font. The priests wear magnificent robes embroidered with gold crosses, and sacred banners are orne before them. Two deacons carry a portrait of Christ and the Virgin Mary. .The godfathers give the high priest nine wax candles, which are lighted and fastened across the font. The priest in- censes the godfathers and godmothers and consecrates the water with many ceremonies. Then aprocession is formed lound the font by those taking part in the ceremony. each one bearing alight- egl was; taper: The name of the child is won in writing to the priest, who puts he aper_ on an image which he holds on t e. child's breast. meanwhile saying a rayer. Vhen the priest asks if the child for- sakes the devil and his works the od- parents turn their backs to the fon .to show.their horror and aversion to the question and answer "yes." They again face the font and priest takes the child, which is quite naked, and holding it by the head so his thumb and fin er stop the ears dips it three times in he water. prouncing the words: “I bap- tize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." The _chrism. or baptismal unction. which is called the seal of the ift of the .Holy Ghost. immediately ollows baptism. In performing this ceremony the priest anoints the child with holy Oll ; on the eyes. in order that it may see only_ good; on the ears, that these may admit only what is pure; on the mouth, that it may speak as becomes aChris- tian; on the hand. that it maydo no wrong, and .on the feet, that the may tread only in paths of virtue. t the end of this ceremony, the shirt, which the godmother has provided, is put on the child by the priest. who says : "Thou art as clean and as clear from original sin as this shirt. thou are bap- tized. thou - are sanctified, than are washed in the name of the Trinity." THE CROSS. which ~lias_been given by the godfather. the .Clllld is under obligations to wear all its life. _ If this cross be not found upon the child at death. the priest says to the godparents. the child may not have Christian burial. even though he be the son of a hundred kings. Aparti- cular saint is also assigned 0 the child whose im a he is 'charged to cherish With specia devotion. Holy cil._or chrism, which is used at royal baptisms. coronations and conse- cration of churches. is prepared with elaborate ceremony. There is a cop- per vase, overlaid with pearl and called alabaster. in which is kept the original cil _sc_nt. from Constantinople when Christianity was introduced into Rus- sia. A.few drops are taken to reprire the chrism and are replaced wit other Oil! so the quantity never decreases. ‘Wine, roses. lavender, balsains and spices are mixed with the oil. Forty_ days after the birth of the child, its mother, the .Empress. is "churched." and the infant is received visibly into Christ's Church by the giv- W’hcn the royal gates are opened during mass. the deacon appears with the chalice. The baby is carried to the steps. and. the priest coming forward. puts adrop of wine into its mouth with a spoon, coping: " The servant of God communi- on as in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.” There is no _ceremony corresgondi to confirmation in the Rosaian hurcb. ut the child continues to receive the sacra- ment from its baptism; twice ayear. at Easter and on its Saint's-day until it is seven years'ald when itis brought to the confessiou‘ on Good Friday. THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS attendant upon a. birth in the royal famin are vcrv elaborate. They last several days. All the riches and mag- nifimncs of the court and. nobility are la ed. At night the illuminations arm the mpitals. Lamps are re~ moved from the_stree_t posts. and in their places shine illummatcd stars and circles. A‘ll house. fronts. roofs and chimneys are outlined With lights. The trees are full of festoons of Chinese lan~ terns. and from every limb hang globes of loss in red. yellow. blue an green formed and hung‘ao as to resemble mit. The houses of the nobility kick like fairy lanes. The gardens are ablaze with ight. and everywhere iligppear the burning monogram of the? ' m peror and Em ress. On the day the c ild dons its first the Czarina g distributed among the St. Petersburg. These_ are shoes, of course. not a bit like t baby's. which are of white leather, em- broxdered with gold. _ O _ The nurse of aroyal Russian child is always gorgeous in _her spparel. She wears a rich velvet skirt With two broad bands of gold round it. a blue velvet a on, also trimmed with gold, abodice 0 black velvet, fastened With silver but- tons. and round her neck a olden chain. This is the dress for or inary days. For state occasmns there are other costumes even more elaborate. ordinary SURGERY WITHOUT mm. Important operations Done While the Pa- tient is Fully Conscious. The meeting of the Philadelphia County Medical Society the other evenâ€" ing was rendered particularly interest- ing on account of the presentation of a paper by Dr. T. Parvin, on the new method of abolishing the pain of sur- gical operations without the necessity of employing ether or chloroform. This is the system suggested and practised by the well-known German surgeon, Schleich, who, by its use, has been able to perform practically all of the minor and many of the major operations of surgery without the slightest pain to the patient and without depriving him in any other way of his consciousness. By the method of Schleich there are prepared three solutions of common salt, in which are dissolved different quanâ€" tities of muriate of cocaine and morphia. The part to be operated upon is thoroughly cleansed with an antiseptic solution and the surface brought to a. low temperature by a spray of chlo- ride of ethyl. Into this area of the skin, which, by the action of the spray, has been deprived of all sensation, the salt solution containing the cocaine and mor- phine is injected by means of a special hypodermic syringe, numerous punc- tures being made in all directions. This renders the deeper structures insens- ible to the surgeon’s knife, and for a period of from twenty minutes _to half an hour the patient is not conscious. so far as actual pain is concerned, of exten- sive cutting and sewing. _ The new method differs in an imporâ€" tant degree from the ordinary employ- ment of hypodermic injections of cocaine. The strength of the drug which has been used in the past is about one part in each twenty-five parts of the soluâ€" tion. while in the Schleich method there is often employed a strength of only 1 in 10,000. In the former, owever, only a few drops of the solution are employ- ed. while in the latter the tissues sur- rounding the art to be operated upon are thorou, b y infiltrated With the solution. ith the small quantity. of the cocaine employed by Dr. Schleich, it is apparent that something more than cocaine is responsible for the local an- aesthesia. so perfectly obtained. In the o inion of Drs. Keen. Ashhurst, and orton, who discussed the merits of the new system. the infiltration of the tissues with the solution and the dis- tension and consequent pressure upon the small nerves were responsible in a large measure for the absence of pain when the incision by the knife is made. To indicate the manner of employing the method of Schleich, and to show the entire absence of pain, one of the surgeons had the solution inserted beâ€" neath the skin of the arm and an incis- ion an inch long made and sewed up before the society last evening. In the discussion it was generally con- ceded, both from the results achieved by the German surgeon and~ the experi- ments made in a number of cases in Philadelphia that a decided advance had been made in the field of anaesthetics. and that for a large number of opera- tions the infiltration method would en» tirely supersede the eneral anaesthesia by ether and chloro orm. TOLD BY THE Thomas. An Alleged lndlcniiouvof Nervous De rangement That lsObserved Commonly. "\Vhen I went to a nerve specialist first," said a man who was once an in- valid, "he told me that one way to judge of the condition of aperson's nerves was to watch his thumbs. Ever since that time I have found the greatâ€" est fascination in looking at people's thumbs. The doctor said that ‘if they moved involuntarily outward it was a sign that the nerves of that man or wo- man were not in the best condition. I find myself now sweeping the line that sits opposite me in a car. and if that doctor's test is a good one there is near- prising number of people in this town whose nerves necd looking after. There are few among the women who do not involuntarily move the thumbs outward at intervals of every few minutes. and when your attention has once been atâ€" tracted to it the process of watching their gloved hands grows very interest- ing. 1 have found the habit much less frequent among men: but take the average number of women in a cable car and it will be a surprise to you to see how many of them indulge uncon- soiously in this little habit. I only hope it does not mean anything as serious as it mi ht indicate if that nerve spe- cialist's iagnosis was a good one." Railway Between Russia and Persia Persia is about to be provided with a new railroad. The line is being engine- ered by the Czar's officials, "and con- structed by means of Muscovite capital. It is to have its base at the Russian port of Baku, which is connected with the entire Russian railroad system. and is to extend. across the plain of Megan to the frontier station of Dulfa. whence it will proceed southward to the neat Persian cit of Tabreez. From t ere, by way 0 Kazvin. it continues to Teheran. whence branches are to be con- structed to the great pi rim resort of Mmhed. on the north-ens frontier.,and to the ancient metropolis. Ispahapu in the South. Apart from the political consequences of this line, the practical opening up of a great country so rich and , an undeveloped a‘s Persia can not all to dprove of immense interest to trade on industry in every part of the civilized world. ives 300 or 400 pairs tobel 90°r mum“ '“ *' ’zactly right to me,‘ said Brother Gard- l ‘THEIIMEKILNGI-UB." “Dar am seb’ral things dat doan' look hex-05111 ner. as he rubbed his bald head with one hand and opened the meeting with the other. "It doan‘ look ’zactly right to see one man wuth ten millyon dollars an’ an- oder wuth only ten cents (applause by Samuel Shin), but yit if I was (is ten millyon dollar man I wouldn't keer wheder it looked right or not." (Sudâ€" den end to the applause.) “ It doan' look ’zactly right fur one man to own a great foundry, while an- oder man am obleeged to work fur him fur $2 a day ("Hear,hear," from Judge Cadaver). but if I was de $2-a-day man I wouldn't frow myself out of a job to spite de owner or to please a dema- gogue.” (The judge subsides.) “It doan' look ‘zactly right to see one man hold offis all do time, while anoder man has to shoveajack-plane fur alibâ€" in' (great rustle in Pickle Smith's cor- ner), but he who shoves de jack-plane has do respeck of do community anâ€"'~ keeps outer jail." (Rustle dies away.) " It doan’ look ’zactly right to see fo'ty lawyers rush to defend a criminal who has stolen money in his pockets, while an offender who am moneyless am left to dig his way frow a. 10-foot wall wid an ole knife-blade (grins on a dozen faces); but if I was a. lawyer I should aim my money any oder way except by sawin' wood. De public doan' look for any partickler display of conscience on de part of lawyers, an' darfore suf- fer no disappintments." (Grins no longer observable.) "It dosn' look right fur one man to have a big brick house an’ anoder man a rough bo'd shanty, but 'long' bout tax-time de man in de shanty kin sit on do fence an’ chuckle over defac dat he hain’t rich.‘ ' “It doan’ look 'zactly rigth to see one man go pushin' and swellin' an' crowd- in’ everybody else off (16 sidewalk to let de public know dat he am a king bee, but such men have to carry de anXiety of bein’ in debt to de tailor an' of dodg~ in’ de grocer, an’ of subscribin' $25.to build a church widout a hope of bein’ able to' pay ten cents on de dollar. “In fuck, my friends. dar am heaps an’ heaps 0’ things dat doan’ look ’zactly right to me at fust glance._but when yo' come to figger it up an' divide an' sub- tract we've all got a heap to be thank- ful fur an’ to encourage us to_ git up airly in de mawnin'. A man kin brace his legs and lay back like a mule, an’ kick away at de hull world an‘ hate everybody an' he hated in return, or he kin pick u sartin crumbs of consola- shun, crow inter a seat in do back end of de wagon,. an’ take a heap o' comfort, knowin' dat somebody is wus off dan hisself. Let us accumulate to bizness.” ELECTION. Sir Isaac \Valpole shifted the peachâ€" stone which he held in his mouth for earache over to the other side and went his rounds with the bean-box, and the secretary found a clear horizon for the following candidates: Fractional Smith. Hesitation Baxter, Lord Thos. White, Buckingham' Juneberry, Elder \Vait- ham and Sixday» Foster. FOR CAUSE. The following candidates were reject- ed for the causes named: Smart Old Smithuof Union Springs, Ala., for walking thirteen miles to'see a dog fight. This club never goes over a. mile and a half to enjoy such a. spec- tacle, and then always rides in a hack. Comprehensive Baker, of Lynchburg, V3... for having charged forty per cent. interest on money loaned to a poor woman. This club doesn’t object to fifteen per cent. on money borrowed to o to a circus, but the man who grasps beyond that must and shall be rebuk- ed. A MORAL LESSON. Trustee Fullback, here arose and moved that $25 be appropriated for the purchase of a. looking-glass for Para- dise Hall.~ No one supported the mo-, tion, and after a moment of deep sil- ence the President remarked: "Brudder Fullback, dat moshun am not only a mile and a half outer order, but it betrays a malicious sentiment dat mus’ be sot down on at all hazards! \Vhen dis Lime‘Kiln Club becomes so purty, an' so filled up wid vanity dat de bizness of de United States of Amer- ica inus' be neglected to stan’ befo’ a lookin’-glass an’ smile at ourselves it will be time to disband. I shall fine yo' sebenteen hundred dollars and costs!" . Trustee =fell back‘with a suddenness that jarred the whole building. and during therest of the session he was busy figuring how much cash he would have left to squander in on Christmas presents. THEY ARE. A communication from Louisville, in- quired if Prof. Lyon 8: Co., of that city, who advertise to do calcimining in eight different shades, were members of the Lime-Kiln Club. “ I‘kin testimony dat day air,” repli- ed the president in answer, " Prof. Lyon am not only one of de best men to stretch a carpet seben inches‘ (lat I eber saw, but he has invented six dif- ferent ways of mixin' whitedvash to imitate do ile colors of de ole masters. I doan'believe dat Shakespeare. Nero or Capting Kidd could hold a candle to him 'hangin' paper or touchin' up a- cen- tax-piece." 'PICKLES DENIES IT. A communication from Holdfast Hug- gins. of Norfolk. inquired if he could secure an insurance policy on the life of» his mother-in-law bi joinin the club. and added that Pic 'les Smi h was well known to him. having once board- ed in his house and being still in debt to him for six weeks of the highest kind of living. . ‘ Pickles denied the accusation in the most emphatic terms. and will robably bring suit for slander. As to t other matter. the secretary was instructedto reply that the club had nothing to do with the insurance business and did not care to make a member of any man with such a name as Huggins. RESOLVED. The secretary announced an official communication from the commissioner of agriculture acting forth the fact that he had succeeded in making sorg- hum at a cost of only 81.62 cents a and asking the club to assist an in circulating the glorious news among the laboring men of the coun- tr . i’elson Slabs thereupon offered the following resolution: " Resolved. Dat de thanks of disclub an’ do 5,000,000 people it represents am extended to de commissioner fur his tient an' successful efforts to bring a price of shu ai' widin' de reach of ebcry poo' fami y in America." Judge Congo removed his coat. vest. collar and neck-tie to prepare himself for a speech in opposition. but he was cut down and the resolution put to vote. The result stood: Ayes, 121; noes. 14. BE \VILL STAY THERE. The secretary then announced a letâ€" ter from Prof. Whereabouts Boggs. dated at St. Joseph, M0. The profes- sor lives in Mississippi when at home. and is known all over the state as the man who cures twenty-seven different diseases by the use of alligator 011. He started for Detroit three weeks ago to deliver a lecture before the club. but ran out of money at St. Joseph and could not come on unless 8. S220 bill was sent him by mail. " “ Den he won't cum on." replied the resident as he glanced over the letter. "De highest figger dis club cber paid for a leckter was forty cents in cash an' a place for do orator to sleep on de flo', an' I see no occashun to 112 on de price at dis time. De seckretary will write him to dis effect. an’ we Will now close our labors and percolate to our homes." , YOUNG-FOLKS. . ‘ “\V‘\- \‘V‘ x. s » . ..-~.\\/~ V‘ .x. A Doll Party. Parents too often forget that they were once young and liked amusement. A mother of our acquaintance, with a house full of young people. is a shining instance of one Who remembers. She lately gave a unique party which was a most successful affair. The in- vitations were sent by little Chinese and Japanese dolls. of the kind sold on the street at two for five cents, which are already dressed in gay Oriental gar- ments of pa er. In the sash a tiny en- velope was t rust, addressed to the per- son to whom the doll was sent and containing an invitation to a doll party, the receiver being requested to come in a cpstume personating a doll of some sor . One of the most amusing features of the evening was a row of paper dolls, dressed in white and leaning against the wall, with hands joined. To do this well one must contrive to drive every bit of expression from the face, and by the aid of powder to assume a ghastly complexion. An ingenious costume of gray Jaeger underwear, drawn over the shoes and stockings and sleeves, with short skirt and waist of ray Silesia, made a very good rubber 011, but the belle of_ the evening was a turbaned black Dinah. Of course, in most cases, masks are worn. but these can be dispensed with early A prize is given to the one who can guess the identity of the greatest number. There is a field here for any amount of ingenuity. .As this was in a. suburban town the inv1ta- tion dolls were delivered by a. messenger. in the evening. The Enchanted Pumpkin. When your little brother or sister has a. birthday party and you want a novelty as a centerpiece for the tea table try the " enchanted pumpkin" and see what fun it will make for the guests. It ought to be a prize pumpkin and a big one. Scoop out all the inside. That will do well enough to make pies out of for rown up people on days that are not irthdays. Then stuff full of toys tied up in mysterious-looking bundles. To each package tie a bright ribbon, letting the loose ends fall out over the sides of the pumpkin. Then carefully replace the cap or stem part, which you cut off. so that it will look as if it were still whole, and pluc: it on your tea table. Surrounded by ferns and colored autumn leaves and decorated with the drooping ends of the ribbons, it will make a very pretty centerpiece. \V hen the feast is over set the child- ren to guessing how many seeds are in the pumpkin. \Vhen all have guessed. tell each to take hold of the ribbons, and when you say " Three!" they must pull on the ribbons, and in that way they will see how many seeds are in the pumpkin. Of course each little guest secures a pretty gift. . , Talking Dogs. There are but two recorded instances of dogs having been taught to artiâ€" culate words in such a manner that they would resemble those uttered by a hu- man being. The most famous of these cases was that of the celebrated "talkâ€" ing dog of Zeitz." The owner of this intelligent canine, a small boy living at Zeitz, Saxony, imagined that his dog's voice strongly resembled certain words and sounds made by men. Acting on this point. he soon trained the animal. a big Saxon mastiff, to dis- tinctly utter some twenty-odd German words and about a half-dozen from the French language. Although the young trainer devoted much time and pa- tience to his queer task. he never suc- ceeded in enlarging his pet's vocabulary above thirty words. The rival of the famous “talking dog of Zeitz" was exhibited in Holland in 1718. Besides pronouncing several words, the Holland beast could arti- culate the names of all the letters of the alphabet except "1," "m" and "n." ThaNeW? r onoun. An effort is being made by some learn- ed professor to introduce a new pro- noun in the English language to supply the place of he or she. him or her. him- self or herself, etc., when we use the masculine and feminine gender toâ€" gether. . The new word is to be thou. and if oddity has anything to do with it its introduction ought to be successful. But will it not sound odd to say: "The boy or girl who is diligent in school is laying a riches for thonsclf that cannot he etc on." instead of "The boy or girl who is diligent in school is laying up riches for himself and herself I that cannot be stolen i" o SOME NOTABLE PEUPLE. BEHIND THE SCiNES WITH TEE GREAT FOLKS OF EUROPE. The Queen u a Poetâ€"Expenses of the Vaticanâ€"Alphonse naudet's Barty Day! -â€"Royalty:s Fadsâ€"The Queen‘s Ions-in Law, etc... etc. The Prince of \Yales receives on a daily average between 500 and 600 let- ters. 200 of which are of a WEEK character. Lord Lonsdale recently had occasion to telegraph to the Emperor of Germany and the message was directed to "His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Ger- many. Potsdam.” llalf an hour later the message was returned, marked "in. sufficiently addressed." Queen Victoria once wrote some verses which were sent to a publisher under a nom do plums and were romptly returner "with thanks." Her .Iajesty's next literary venture came out. With a full rcgalia of royal and im- perial titles. The Duke of Marlborough's cigarettes must have a stopping of cotton wool to keep the nicotine from his mouth. In England this is said to be the keynote of the Duke’s character, his health is not of the most robust, and he caddies himself most carefully. The expenses of the Vatican are very heavy, one authority estimating them at $5.000 a day; but when the immense number of cardinals, chamberlains, ser- vants and the personnel of others con~ aidered it does not seem an excessive coat. The .Pope is a keen man of busi- ness. No item of expenditure escapes his eye, and he pays all bills from a coffer, the key of which never leaves him. The rivalry between England’s new South African millionaires is certainly most profitable to the impoverished peers who have houses, land, stables or plate to dispose of, as Mr. Barney Bar- nato and Mr. J. B. Robinson never weary _of being taken in as Ion as some. titled personage does the to ing. Fashionable charities, along with every- thing else, have profited by the Kuffir boom. "The National Pension Fund for Nurses" is the pet charity of the Prin- cess of Wales. What should be more natural. therefore, than that Mr. Robin- son and Mr. Beit, casting about to do good, should dole out a mite of $25,000 apiece for the Princess's charity? The irrepressible Barney couldn't stand that, so, doubling the sum, he sends it to the Hospital Fund. Among other things Mr. Barnato is building a house in Park Lane. His ground landlord, anxious that the building should be worthy of the site, made a stipulation that a sum of-no less than £20,000 ($100,000) should be spent upon it. He received the fol- lowmg letter in reply ; “Sirâ€"I am going to spend more than £20,000 on the stables. Yours. etc., "B. Barnato." The King and Queen of Italy are m_i htily puzzled to find a suitable Wie for Master Naples. And though the Continental newspapers betroth him on an_averagc of once a fortnight to some impossible princess from some lnlpCBSlble place, he still remains a soli- taire. The matrimonial manager of a princess possessing the qualifications de- manded by Master Naples's parents would undoubtedly have other ambi- tions for his fair charge than a union With the hobbledeho heir of Italy. The future Princess of - aples must be of the bluest blood and the most ancient lineage. She must be a Roman Catho- lic. yet she must conform to the olitiâ€" cal and not the religious side 0 the Roman controversy. She must have a consuderable dowry, for the Italian cof- fers need replenishing. Under these circumstances Naples will probably smoke an unmolested bachelor’s pipe for some time. Alphonse Daudet, the eminent French author, was for a long time an usher in _a secondâ€"rate school, on a pittance which scarcely sufficed to keci body and soul together. After a w.ilc, he grew sick of this hard, unremunerative kind of work and made his way to Paris. where he arrived with a capital of fifty cents and a bundle of poems. According to a time-honored custom, M. Daudet, should have slowly eaten up his fifty cents and then starved, as ncets do in stories. But he didn't; for he found a publisher for his poems almost. immediately. and then began to do journalistic work, which supported him till he adopted novel writing. To- day. he can command any price for his books and articles and is a very wealthy man. During the reigns of the Georges, as every one knows, it was considered a disgrace for a gentleman to spell cor- rectly. How times have changed: to-day it would be hard to find a sovereign, or a sprig of royalty for that matter, who has not an artistic or an intellect- ual fad, the cultivation of which occu- pies much of his time. Any spare time the German Emperor may have, after he has finished playing soldier, he do- votes it to painting. " Carmen Sylvia" is such a devoted student of literature that one might say any time she can spare from her books she devotes to be- ing Queen of Roumania. The Pope isa fine latin poet. King Oswr, of Sweden, asadandso'ipe painter, strikes a liaipy medium in lnlprcsflfinlsnl. Queen 10- toria is an excellent linguist. and at State concerts it is not unusual for Her Majesty to speak ulternatel ’ to sever- al orcign artists, each in his native tongue. The Duke of Saxe-Cohurg and Gotha is a devoted violinist. Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is a most success- ful physician. The Princess of Wales and the Unvagcrâ€"l-Juipi'css of Russia are both brilliant pianists. The Queen's son-in-law, the Marquis of Lorne, scouts determined to taste the sweets of authorship in every depart- ment of literature. As Governor-Gen- eral. politician, poet, novelist and guide writer in: is well known to the public. and now this "Adiniruble Crichton of the lit-use of Argyll" is about to elec- trin the world With a playâ€"that is if he can persuade a human manager to ITOllUCB it. So much for the Queen‘s ' mutt-h son-in-law. Her Majesty's grand son-in-law. the Duke of l-ife, who is also a Scotch laddie, has ambitions. (I quite another order. Since his marriage to a daughter of the Prince of Wales he has assumed all the rcticcnoe of royalty. lie objects to being looked at particularly. 'A watcher is set to me that no one (’0ch a-ziigh his lwellm": and his tonantry have been warned ' to take lodgers.