The record-union., 1897-05-30
Receives Foreign Ministers In Honor Of
the Queens Birthday.
One of the Most Brilliant Functions of
the Season.
First of a Long List of Festivities
Which Will be in Swing Until After
the Jubilee-Embassad Hay and
Wife Among the Notable r1embers
of the Diplomatic Corps Present.

Oh the UlplOmatiC corps Present.
LONDON, May % copyrighted, 1897
by the Associated Press)-The cold
weather continues.
The Marquis of Salisbury gave a full
dress banquet to the ambassadors and
Ministers Plenipotentiary at his resi-
dence, 20 Arlington street, on Wednes-
day last in honor of the Queens birth
day. The Prince of Wales was among
those present. The banquet was fol-
lowed by a reception at the Foreign
Office, for which more than 3,OOO in
vitati We're issued. 1t was one of
the most brilliant functions of the sea-
son, and is generally regarded as
launching the long list of festivities
which will be in full swing until after
the jubilee. The display of diamonds
was really magnificent, and the bril-
liancy of the scene was heightened by
the fact that all the men were either
uniformed or dressed in court dress.
Colonel John Hay the United States
ambassador. accompanied by Mrs. Hay,
was among the members of the diplo-
matte corps present.
The jubilee preparations at present
are in a state of more or less chaos
The Queen has not yet finally approved
of the programme, but sight-seers
stands are going up at every possible
place from the Easements to above the
roofs. Many of the seats are only tWen-
ty inches wide, and are on the faces OF
steep buildings. 1t is estimated that
a million seats now line the route, but
their sale is not lively, and prices are
falling, as the arriving Americans are
not eager to buy at the prices.
A genuine fire scare prevails on ac-
count of the fimsy stands erected ev-
erywhere. An expert who was con-
nected with the fire department for
twenty years has written letter to the
newspapers pointing out the danger
from fire, and especially to the price
less treasures in the national gallery,
which is now surrounded by a huge
pine structure, several tons of resinous
wood being stacked closely against the
building.
The list of jubilee honors is Indefinitely
closed, and notice has been given TO
aspirants that their names cannot un-
der any circumstances be added to the
list. 1t is stated, semi-officially, that
the Kings of Wurtemburg and Portu-
gal, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Aus
tria and Grand Duke Sergius of Rus
sia will be made Knights of the Garter,
and that Prince Albert of Prussia and
Prince Rupert of Bavaria will be
made Knights of the Grand Cross of
the Bath. The Marquis of Salisbury,
the Marquis of Tweedale and the Mar
auis of Londonderry will be made
Dukes. and Sir John Lubbock and Sir
John Gerst will be elevated to the
peerage. The honor of knighthood will
be conferred upon hundreds of people,
including the Premier of Canada, Will
fred Laurier, and Alfred Harmsworth,
proprietor of the Daily Mall, tne
Evening News" and sixteen other
journals.
The Due d'Alencon, whose wife lost
her life during the Charity Bazaar fire
in Paris on May 4th last, will, it is said,
take holy orders, and retire to mon
astery.
The Pope has just completed a Latin
poem of eighty stanzas, pointing out
the duties of frugality and the evils of
gluttony The poem is full Of charm
and quiet humor. His holiness says
pay attention before all to cleanliness;
that the table appointments be spot
less, the glass bright and napery i'm
maculate, and that from the cellar
comes the purest wine of the Albanian
Hills. (which exhilarates the spirits
and hides away trouble, but don't trust
Bacchus. so don't be frugal in diluting
wine with water"
He continues: "Obtain from healthy
grain well-cooked bread. Eat sparing
of chicken, lamb and beef, which are
most nourishing to the body. Meat
should be tender and without abun-
dant sauces or root vegetables. which
spoil it. Fresh eggs are excellent,
whether raw or slightly cooked. Drink
an abundant quantity of foaming milk;
it nourishes infants and assists old
age; also honey, that celestial gift. But
of this frugally; add to these sweet
herbs. fresh vegetables and garden
supplies Add ripe fruit according to
season, especially tender apples, with
their pink tints, brighten the banquet.
Lastly comes drink, which in hard
seeds Mocha seeds) sends you a softly
slipping, black liquor that comforts the
heart"
The Pope adds that by following
these precepts a man may live to a
healthy, strong and good old age.
The second part of the poem consists
in a graphic description of a banquet
which is largely composed of oysters,
high-spiced venison. foie de gras. ETC..
at the end of which there is sometimes
strife and contention, and almost al
ways bodily disorders.
Oscar Wilde has written a three-col-
umn letter, published in the Daily
Chronicle" regarding the dismissal of
a warden of Reading Jail for giving bis
cults to hungry child prisoner THE
cruelty practiced day and night upon
children in English prisons is incred-
ible except to those who have witnessed
it. The communicating influence of
English prisons is not that of the pris-
oners: it is that of the whole system of
Governor, Chaplain, Wardens, lonely
cell, revolving food. the rules of the
prison, the Commissioners, the mode of
discipline, etc
Wilde further declares that at Read
ing youthful prisoner is being made
mad by the system, adding: AT pres
ent it is horrible duel between him
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