Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01
thing to do to overtake England in this re-
A Members Duties.

Ill. <ASSioit, w. WHO Has just uleu,
was not particularly brilliant man, but a
description he gave of a member of parlia-
ment's duties may be appreciated by many
a member of Congress, who will probably
find that the description, with certain YER
bal changes, will apply to labors congress
sional as well as parliamentary.
"A member Mr.. Ascroft said, must al
ways be in the house and at the same time
never away from his constituency; he must
support every religious. philanthropic and
charitable object, assist cricket, foot ball.
swimming, athletic clubs, patronize all
theaters and concerts; be ready TO open
every bazaar and sale of work: must be
ready to speak sensibly, at a moments no.
tice on any question; must be able to
prophesy every change that will occur in
the next twenty years, and vote accord
lngly, and must be able to obtain inter-
views for his constituents with every pub
lie department whenever the same had
been refused. On foreign questions he must
advocate free trade and abolish foreign pro-
hlpltlVe tariffs; must know every town
river, port, canal and railway whether con-
structed or in course of construction, in
Europe, Asia, Africa America and every
treaty or concession affecting the same: he
must read every act of parliament. blue
DOCK and official document published. and
be able to answer and explain all questions
He must pay his own election expenses,
ana Keep himself while in parliament not
giving offense by emitting to answer let
tiers, never AXE an enemy. be more popu-
| lar when retiring than when elected. AMI
not be surprised to find that a stranger
captures his seat at the next contest"
Defending Tod Sloan.
Tod Sloan's ARRAY with a waiter at Ascot
the other day promises to develop into an
international affair, SO l hasten to give the
version of his employer Lord William
Beresford of the trouble His lordsbip
says:
fri ofl l.;
table when a big waiter came up-a man
OF about 22f pounds-and began to insult
Sloan presumably the man was angry at
having lost money he had put on Sloan's
| mounts The jockey and his friend took no
notice of these insults and the waiter
| passed on. Presently, however he returned
| ana again fired volley of insults at Sloan.
| me iatters friend was for getting up and
gong Tor the waiter, but Sloan persuaded
nm to keep quiet and treat the waiter with
| contempt. third time the waiter came.
| ms time he said nothing, but coolly put
| ms leg under the table and upset it, glasses
| pottle ana everything, on to Sloan. At this
the Two could no longer restrain themselves
| and they went for the waiter, Sloan's com
| panIon hitting him in the face and prob
| ably drawing blood with the ring he had on
| MS hnger while Sloan hit him with the
| champagne bottle. which however was NOT
| broken IN the process. OF course, in Eng
| iand we regard an attack on Il man with a
| bottle as a despicable thing: it's as bad as
l
| therc was first great provocation; the waiter
| Undoubtedly began the quarrel; and sec
| ohdly, the man was great, big hulkins
chap of sixteen stone while Sloan of
| course, Is little chap, not capable of fight
ing him on equal terms" Lord William
! then says that Sloan was not drunk and
| goes on to give his opinion of the American
| jockey. Il have always found him most
| civil, most obllging and perfectly straight
| forward. And before you judge him too
harshiy think what he has gone through.
| When first he came over he was made popu-
| lar here. A tremendous lot was written
| about him, much of it very ridiculous stuff.
| That was enough to turn anyhody's head
! Latterly in quarters which l do not care to
name strong tide of opposition has set in
| against him.
1t seems necessary in the interests of in
| telnational peace that the jockey club shall
| rot cancel Sl1an's license or take any notice
| of the event.
Journalistic Enterprise.
l hear that another expedition to the in
| terror of Africa, this time under journal
| istic auspices, is in contemplation. 1t will
not be, as l understand, an exploring ex-
| petition III the exact sense of the term, but
| rather a journey of investigation through
| parts of the continent which, if COMPARE
| lively little known, are yet invested with
much public interest. The expedition will
| probably land at a point on the east coast
not further south than Beira, thence pene-
| tidtc 10 tIie Interior, examine the region
| between the Zambesi and the lake sources
| of the Nile ard possibly reach to the Med
| iterranean by way of the Nile itself. This
would virtually cover the country through
which Mr. Rhodes desires to carry his
Cape-to-Cairo' telegraph and railway,
and the accounts of such journey could
hardly fail to be interesting if the enter
| prise should be successfully accomplished.
History in Pottery.
| very attractive loan exhibition has just
| been opened III the east end of London at
| the Bethnal Green branch of the South
kensington Museum. 1t is display of pot
| terry and porcelain illustrating British his
| tory. The collection, which is the property
of Mr.. Henry Willett of Creighton, is a
| thoroughly comprehensive one, embracing
many specimens of the homely British
ceramic art produced to celebrate various
| incidents of the national history from the
sixteenth century onward. The exhibits
are classified under different heads, SO as
| to more readily engage the interest of the
visitor. Under the section Royalty and
| Loyalty are to be found many quaint and
! curious relics of British monarchs from
Elizabeth downward. One exhibit is a
! punch bowl of Bristol Delft of the date
| 1I57, bearing the inscriptions:
Now friends are nett
Let's drink and sing,
\ health to George,
Cur British King.
A snuff box of Battersea enamel with the
portraits of George III and Queen Char
lotte also figures prominently in the col
| lection. 1t was manufactured as a souve-
mir of the wedding of the third George in
| 1761, and has inscribed upon it the lines:
Let him love
Who never loved before;
Let him who loved
Now love the more.
| Another and more pathetic remembrance
of the farmer king is supplied by jug of
Staffordshire ware made to celebrate his
majesty's recovery from illness in 1879. The
trial of the unfortunate Queen Caroline
was the subject of many ceramic efforts
which figure in the exhibition, most of them
bearing lines more or less denunciatory of
the treatment of the queen. OF trophies
relating to military and naval heroes there
is a large and curious collection. Political
subjects, too, find ample treatment in the
works exhibited. A mug of Leeds ware
inscribed wilkes forever is one of the
prominent exhibits shown under the latter
head and near it is another mug, also of
Leeds ware, of the same period, 1l64, bear
ing the lines:
Let not liberty be sold
For silver gold;
Your freely give
To the brave and bold.