The record-union., 1898-09-11

! does not approach the magnifcence
with which it is credited in the imagi-
nation of the foreign journalist and by
| the facile pens of some of the promi-
nent lady novelists Life in the Guards
| is very pleasant, according to the Brit
| ish officer who writes of Social Life
| in the British Army in "Harper's
| Magazine for September, if the men,
| Der is blessed with good private means;
| his mornings, and occasionally the
| greater part Of his day, are taken up
with the drills and routine duties of his
profession, which are no great tax on
his intelligence or on his physique, and
| his spare time is devoted to those
| amusements common to young men of
his class and education The Troopers
! are unusually great race-goers, and
| therefore habitues at the meets at AS
cot, Newmarket, Goodwaad, Liverpool
| Manchester and all the suburban meet
| ings. such as Sandown and Kempton
and, in addition, they have a meeting
| of their own, usually held at Haw-
thorn Hill, where, besides a number of
steeple chases and hurdle races con-
| fined to the members, there are always
| some races open to the whole of the
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summer there will be an exodus from
who can by hook or crook get leave
| for Scotland or Yorkshire.
| In this matter of leave the Guards
man is fortunate above his brethren
| in the cavalry; the subaltern of the
| Guards rarely finds any difficulty in
| getting away for four months out of
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| more fortunate, as he can generally
| count on six months leave in the year.
| 1t naturally follows that the Guards
men are great travellers: the British
| officer says, that wherever the Brit
ish pioneer has penetrated, some menu
Der of the brigade has ventured also at
| no considerable interval. The North
Pole itself appears to be the only vir-
gin soil to some Of the holder spirits
Of the brigade"
| Notwithstanding this picture of en-
| joyment the actual surroundings of his
| daily life are simple enough, and the
necessary expenses are not nearly so
! prohibitory as one might suppose.
The Guardsman receives the same pay
as officers of corresponding rank In
line, with the addition of f10 a year
/ Guards pay, so that it is possible for
| youngster of an economical turn to
live in the Guards on an allowance of
$500 a year in addition to his pay
But 1t is only fair to admit that 1t is
| not often done.
"Spaulding's Official Football Guide"
has just been issued. The rules for
| 1898 are published exclusively in the
Guide" which also contains the rules
adopted by the Western Universities,
| records of all the schools and colleges,
instructions to beginners, the ALL
American team for 1897, and portraits
of over 1000 football players The
| Guide contains 1872 pages, making 1t
the largest football guide published
1t is sent to any address in the United
| States or Canada upon receipt Of 10
cents by the American Sports Publish
ing Co., New York.
Trained Motherhood (New York; for
| September is very full number Be-
sides the many departments and the
| poems, receipts, advice TO mothers, etc.
there are the following features:
| Childhood of the Nineteenth Century,"
| by Ellen Lee Wyman; poem, BE
/ Strong and True-Be Kind and True"
by w. T. Sleeper; Reforms in Baby
| Clothes--A New Garment" by Hanna
| Otis Brun; "The Dangers From Tight
Lacing During Expected Motherhood, -
/ by William Edward Fitch NJ D.: 1.-THE
Eruptive Fevers," by Edwin Rosenthal,
! M. D.; Recent Literature on Alcohol :
by G. S. Perry, M. D.; "a Baby's Hab-
/ It's" by Martha NJ Russel. sCro,1p Tc
Diphtheria'