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The Prince and Princas of Wales armed a: monunmntal piece of a work in theirpolonial tour, and 011190 their return have constantly Marci at public tunctions.’ It is only when one comes to tabulato a. days of Royal engagements that realizes how constant in the work perfounéd by the varioui mem-4 hon of our reigning house. Some “”17 weeks back Princesa Henry ' of Buttcnbcl‘g attended no loss than three public functions in on. day, an}! the Duke of Cambridge, inspite of his eighty-three years continue; to keep up a. wbndorrm puhlic- met- lvity. . W 1 think it must be in justice ed- ' tted that the Queen and all the Egcesses show a. fortitude" in this tter which few women would care I”. mulate. ever, except in the ease of real position, do the Royal ladies ‘use themselves from the patio ‘- ‘nca of a public or social “duty; Exile mien of being the observed 01 all Observers; the consciousness that .very detail of dress is "under in- spection, and each Word and look aommanted on, must make a. severe demand on feminine nerves and sens- flitius even though they my be oyal. The demands of the Empire, ‘ lite flora of the see of London, have‘ so .normously increased during :recent‘ 'ears that it seems almost an in- porable task for one man to" ful-' 3111 the monarchial duties. The King is ina. more trying position then the bishop, because he cannot me a: suffragan. Still, whfl‘e Hie . esty must perform the chief dut- llu of the kingly oflioe' himself, and tho Queen those of her position, they are admirably supported by the Prince and Princess of .Wales. and, hdeed, eaCh member of the Rayal ' It is 1053 easy to tabulate tfio [axiom demands on the Queen’s tin}. thought. than to dgsmzibe the do- of the King‘s working day's. palm, as in vaJla, it 13 the many lee which occupy a. woman's tun; make her day afiduom. ' ‘ Apart. from those houra‘whioh the ‘muSt give to matters of dress, ugdovubtedly may claim to be u ' dâ€"working woman in virtu’o of the mum; graciousqess with which she ‘ mpqnies the King to all ‘ public. _ . ‘1‘, the ready ”ear w 1011 film w jtor ‘ e demands df- phi anthrd- aid“: the kindly patrpnvago .‘ 1119 d to art! music, and the be more severely taxed. Tho School 0! Art Neediewogk om overything ‘9 Princess Christian, and she was the Originator of the Woman's School of Design, and one of tho most indefatigabh helper- of the nursing movement. The “bemoan and evening fire:- [natly bring public autiesg and 31- ms soclai on'es, while in b'etw ' e the_King mapagfs t9 dmveg is connectiou with the various asso- ciations over which she presidm. Fewi mime how completely this puru- thropic Princess gives up her time end renounce: many of her plea- sures of family and social life to st- anding meetings and committees. . She did it when it involved: luring Windsor by an early moi-nihg ‘frsln; ‘nd now that Her Royal Highness is established in her new. house in Pall Mall her energies will pimbably m ‘6? BUYMY WW“ "“' We â€"â€"*~*~u~ . fill a:- little purel'y family life. Too much emphasis cannot be placed 9n [In fact that the royal family 91%- we _a real home life amid all the calls of State and public duties,_ Pflnces-s Christian, apart mm» the functions which she publicly attends, I. a. hard-marking cqmmitteo womgn; but Mm AT ms DE“ 32903:: 7- gamma IS mm. ' 8%:an must often perform her duties in Lon-dpn when a rest Baggndring‘bam amid the Simple tnr 1311; which she love: so well (1 be more agreeable. But duty t must ever be the Reyal Watch- It is not easy to be always jams and smiling and sayin Claus thing, even though thegbody y feel weary and the head ache, Princess Louise. Duchess 0! Ar- gyfl. is also a. very practicu philan- thropist, and her skill as an artist ad sculptor enable. her to the real help to associations for the 'dovelop- wt of art whilo‘her knoiledge of cookery makes be equally helpful at a. oookay competition. Still more inch-Ii: tho fore. d m ox-‘ messages to ma W van in mother non. writing mm a demand a autograph .11. ad attaching m- denature to .90 to which m on: pro- .“ .mmm. I. m... flthoboutotWflHmIV,thhtho ”swiwmonlghtmfll ho w signed everythins which united ‘ Agaturowhday. anchowould , in his task even when toro- to gfidy the cramp in hip finger: bathln them in hot water. King E ward is not 159 conaCien- us than King William, and Sign enté with extraordinary dis- } 1:. Indeed, His Majesty does erythlng quickly and promptly, at! will see through a. thing befona - people have begun to discuss After State documents and car ondenOe have been dealt with, the King receives Ministers, Ambassa- Iofl. and oficial parsonage: 1n audi- ace, or there may be a. levee to ld or a funCtioz'x to attend, or, in 2980 days, some coronation matter consider. flan m Monumental Piece of Work. Queen Puts Duty First. A Little Family Life. The Pflncéss lathe. count on great occasions would probably be Wheaten flummery, stowed broth, nplnach broth gruel’ Cor hotehâ€"potch. The second consist- -ed 63 m. among which we my noto lamphreys, utockfish nnd sturgeon. with side dishes of porpoise. Tho .thhtd course comprised (making pud- ding, bag pudding blank puddingl. whit. puddings and gnu-tow pad-a . 7-mon Franco gh‘d Bull.- ILFI‘aneo tad ,Russla .docfiio to swarmed their liability, poo: old ohn will have to go bail for. tho full mount. Very likely this long will never be repaid. Greece'- old mkmater is mother unfortunato ‘dobtor. In 1881 th Ottoman Gov- ornment. being unu 10 to meat 2?. liabilities, was obliged call [other its creditors in or or to lfi- W into on arrangemont with thou}. J 011;: Bull must have g sum of about £4 000.000 owing to him 15 Tami? 1'“!sz sum is the balance a '11 ow g a a loan of £5,000,000 maids C fight Russia. Egypt owes a loan ob- ‘nfied so meently as 1897. In John 1;. "I account of his expendiguro "an is a heading "Special ep- c? Eg'yttian Government grant h 1d,?" , ndcr this is an amount ‘or £798,802. This is becauu' John lent ‘Egypt nomethlhg botto'r than more money. He lent her man with 'mnn. who have made her into a; filthy, proaperou. country of the sort that pay of: their debt: in lull. t has other debts than mone- tary debts to pay 03. ‘ sum is a alonn 01 fight Russia «twitter: 1; I aoco gm; ,coy: Esta: Although he had been cpl; a. low dayé in this country, says a. New York papa; Sir Phfllp' Burne-Jon'es, the? artist has already had a. taste of American 1): ofiossivenfis in ad- vertising. in: the I919 '01 (yield " trait. inviting mm to ‘COmpote for a: pxjm to be giben ‘for the best deals-n to housed in advertising their ‘waree. Only one prize, the olréula; stated, was to be given, end all unsuccessful growing: We‘ to becomO‘thg property of the am. After reading the circular. and not go be outdone by the audacious requgst, Sir Philip eat down and wrote the following letter’in reply: , "Mama Dried Fruit Compm: , ‘ "Don't" Sinâ€"I an: oflering a prim. of 50 cent: for the best specimen of dried fruit, and should b0 slid to have you take part in the oompeti-, t on. Twelve dpzen bone at cook (1 of fruit should be sent for 01- uninntlon’; and n1! fruit that h m adjudged worthy of the prize remain the property of tho were ligand. It in ulso muster! that thd'Cha‘rgeu on th’e'Trult‘Io forward-b .c4 be)“ by, the. send? -- ' ““Yofxrs vow tr'uly,‘ .' f‘Ij.‘ $WONES," l. Jufit before having for a. visit to Washingtofi ' Sir Philip received a. circular letter {mm 9 tin}: engaged om. humble pie, mutton. marrow pumice, Scotch collopa, wild {owl and game. In tho fifth course d! kinda of sweets. cream: in All their varietiw, custards. chess. cakes. jol- lies, warden pies. junkotl. syllabnhl, and no on. to be followed perhaps by white chm and tam am. For tho dunksâ€"ale and beer. vino, sack and numerous varieties or mud or motheglin. some of which won con- contodoutof‘umanyunvo-and- twenty herbs, and were redolent of quot» comm-y m_.â€"8‘= June. An Ancient mu of Fare. " Dunn was g substantial aflair In the mign of 92an Eliza-death, who was by 1'10 me'ana‘ indifierent' to thg plea-un- of the table. Tho first Artist and Tradesman. ‘Hu opponent,' any: Household .Woldo, was a. countryman of innu- onco. In an address to tho poop]. tins gentleman alerted thnt ho to: “standing to: the not upon tho con- Ititution of flu country, upo, t3. broad «a. 6! his W, upon 11', RM nn'd order." "What 'doeI It. mural: “and upon?" Manda! on. or the county mate'- aclnruu, with what marksman. Who) Hr. Disraeli madam. true. into public life, he céfiteoud fifth WNW? enfibfiea a,- my. his upon my lag-d." flu maul, with i dun gallery ‘ overlooking the scene, instead of sitting with hp colleagues dOWn below, the more par- ticularly as he was suflering tram dyspepsia; and the seed things pro- vided were forbidden him. But the 6001' leading to the gallery was locked, and none of the officials would produce the key or even. listen 10 his abp'eealds,_ Igesently Sir Red- were appear 9 e acme. the journalist, will; his couragé’lzdboth hands, as the French say, want u to him aha said: "Pardon me. Slr vex-1‘, but I am a. poor. “gleam“ journalist in a 51. Will yon help m9?" ‘-'Well, What Is "it?” asked Sir Bankers The sm'be eXplalned. an?! in a. very low minutes Sir Beavers hunself conducted him to the gallety and unlocked the doorIâ€"Iondoa M. on this island at one time, but all that now remains is e. ruined home- etemd, for the place is use'd purely for grazing purposes. A e ieature of the isles is the fact the no mice can live there, and on Vu’lo‘ on: occasions, to test the truth 0! this. miCe haVe been taught end slipped on the' isle, but. so uncon- genial did its 3911 prove to their e24 istenoe that in a short time they Were dead. There ere instances of crofters 'on the“ mainland‘ when trOUbled With miCe, going the length of fetching earth from this isle and sprinkling it On the ground before building their stacks. This is said There is a. small island named Papa Little. that lies in St, Magnus Bay, on the west side of Shetland. It gets his name in contradistinctdon to Pa- pa Stout, or the Big Papa, another island in the same bay. Both name. are of Norse origin, and signify Priest IslaIrdS. from the fact that they (were ‘colonlzed by the Irish Cw- tholica who first introduced Christi- anity. There was a solitary croft Sir Redvera Bullet has had 00mg hard knock; from the press, but. ap- parently he does not harbor any ani- 'moslty against journalists an a elm At tha recent. Devonian dimm- "a young jgurnalist Wanted to get into Din-30H rm; had the dawn: enact. in m 8h- Rodvm Not \‘hullctlvo. An Inna Fatal to ulce- In England glam in t1» tttgx'npi to preserve tho mom of bridges had other structures tron: docgy’ by cor- rosion, Without; paint they would rapidly View “my and)! the dc.- tructlvo action of the ‘gtmoaphen. Many other methods beside- painting have been adopted in the attempt to protect- iron from corrosion. but paint at present holds the premix plane. tortunately, however. there is not a t made. or used, tint h‘a'” , Waive comma! tor [.vroiécting trim tron con-onion.â€" ' The preservation of iron and mate! I Among the great ground landlords (ram corrosion in a. question of v in London‘ the Crown: in one of the great importance. Thousand; o! to greatest, ovming properties in variâ€" oi paint are thus annually W on: parts of tho capital yielding in In England glint in the £1me ' to ground rents £460,000 per annum. proserv. the metal of bridgee Ind Fifteen years ego the estates produc- other structures tron decay by 60F ed £250,000 only. but many leases rosion, Without point they would luv. fallen in within that time, and rapidly waste “my under “10 dee- the increased rents have been exact- tructive notion of the 'ntmoepbere. ed for mnewel fines or ,for new lens- in?» HI- it"! anyway Mummy-nah. hutâ€"‘1’“.wdh. '1 § $3.50 is equal to $3, $4.50 is equal to g yang“, M at retest Cut In COUGBS, COLDS. “gamma SORE THROAT. - 88m NORWAY Punt Vom- Bust. ‘ PINE : SYRUP. 03 Wood: ,. It should bq mentioned tint little or no may (a exec‘ by the “man of mule; to horses. as h pm tron: the tact mt m pd: In quecuon. present.- “ Hun. Bella. by the King of I‘d, Inn been vuued gt £500. we dun y a couple at tapes-b mules. The a. heretotoro. ha not. in this country been regarded seriously as a. gamma (or the earthy-home. but. the...“ ”time. the property of the m attain. Mme. ROM. my “.4 mm: mm roam-my. V " The was In “(06. A tho middle of last summer, ”a Bib, the frequenters o! the SW war. IOpewhat unused to “unmanaoneoccuiom. a weird-looking m not alt thâ€" c imllh c mm uh thato‘iad but. bait o! It: W’s mt, My do!!! up mot-Mm. ‘ ' flatâ€"xiv. 0n. Joke. Quoen Victor-it I on. recorded joke I: 3 good on. and Should be presen- ed. Th. :3“ Duke of Wellington having paid his sovereign I; visit on . vary vet day, the anxiously in- quired. what boots ho was Wearing: "The popplo all them 'Wcllin g4 tom; " said u» duke. " ' “Wink. nausea-o!" exclaimed the Que-n. "When, I should like to know, could you and a pair 0! W01- 0.. Th. Cur-non Hotel in a. striking Instance, of the increased , “Jug of grouni! In London. Formerly the an. op which the hotel stands was hd'd for the Crown {or 1 ground rent of £768 per mum: now £4 ,200 you!) in to to paid Crown 3 London malond. mammfl‘m gm I?“ M" disappeared and ”‘3‘" 5W Winter" took her place. 'J‘IDL‘ mud-u on her books make amus‘ ing leading. insisting as they do 0“ tho_ “WI "mnlinas." EVcn RUS‘ kin m deceived; and a, little disnl" m when he discovered the m; m 1! what he said in the m of a charming letter to 110’ *1 m tot the 193$ngth 0150” m um (I ought to have had. artfully women do evervthing 1 V" “I M. and they know mO'e about ”fliers than soldiers know J Wu.) But it had nmcr co‘ 8 into” had. and I'm a little so """ 1h: Mam 31d? I had fancied Inc. 1- have many 00‘ Wm wands. but. no caml‘ WM ‘ , ." Mrs. Stannai‘d Jo‘- sm Winter. Misha-s were bringir-B It. out any l.mfnsistod on he “10 ““3. I. man's name, shrewdy 81‘ “ing that t military book knovm t'o 1:0 written a. woman would strand mm of success, and so ")‘io- an mflé‘ as. early me, u. :2“ “tr: m6 had a 037 y o. - k now-paper. TWO. It a m paid m, but me roan: mt“ dld not mipd that. Uh. ‘On buted to Th. Family . lid don Boéiety under “I. m 9: "Violet Whytc." J“ 5 Whiter is the game 03 no! at. aha: 'I in “’Cavah‘.‘ .” h.- Qnt baa . V‘ “($9033 Strgnge “i1 W)‘ bOi‘n at 01301:: 1856, 1 “they rmerly m o r in un Royal nery. being meter of St WM’I. According to hers 1' in w“ “b“ child," but prong" 1y nly Wed fro a. supa-n “3 . A, of udgml 3pm 5. She " r~ low 3. 7. ram rook tho Hsn'z I! John SW '11:”. A WOMAN OF ff-Ié o‘A'Y. MI. Eliza 9.60 a 19.00 i This depu'tment 4 still alive as orders 316.00 to ‘18.00 $12.00 Pants to order in :‘LSO and 85.00. 'Worsted Suits 1: 3m and Grey ut .md ’20. trimmed * PM General M‘ Olkwool, We are union-1 mater tweeds or a stock when we tool are aim speck} authenticating. 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