The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
The Christmas Season viii Be
Celebrated in England
AS 1t Has Not Been in a Num-
ber of Years.
OLD CUSTOMS REVIVED
Buffers will Dance With Count
esses and Maids With Earls.
Public Attention Must Be Taken
Away From Africa.

Ton5or. Dec. 22-There will be
merry Christmas in England though IN
conseo5enee London is already one OF
me dullest spots in the United Kingdom
The fashionable world has 1ncontihent-
" deserted the metropolis ana SOuS..SS
,-sf,7e-a in the country places. There VIII
be such a round of house parties as h19
been unknown for years Iney WIZ VIII ~
saccOmpanied by the revival OF the queer
old customs which a century dSo A.e.A
4ha season the occasion for unreStralned
1nerr-yfua king among rich ana poor AIM.
It would seem that those VINO are
able to celebrate reailze ny M e,,s ~.
for detracting public ATTENTION from from ~ ~
events in South Africa. Al OsooIHS x - ~
queen viii be surrounded Dy the 1ol1s M
and Duchess of York, the PrlhcesS u
Battenberg and several of her grand
f.hfldren At Sandringham, the Prince
of Wales will entertain the Duke ana
Duchess of Fife and their children Win
royal Christmas trees Weipeck ADJ Appsy; Si
T2lenheiTn Palace Hatfield house and all
the stately homes of England aIls-
tocracy are filling up with scores OF
guests prepared to make the most oL
YuIe tide Balls, amateur theaLlcdlS
and entertainments without end nave
been arranged, conspicuous among
which is the old English custom OF q
dance in the servants hall Al the
Duke and Duchess Of Devonshlre,s k-ail
and Countess Spencers. the MARQUIS
and MarchionesS of Londonderry anu
other pIaces of nobility Christmas eve
of buffers dancing with duchesses, loot
men with countesses and grooTns with
the daughters Of belted eariSs Whlie
ladies' maids, chambermalds and COOKS
will hang on to the arms Of cabinet
ministers and other male heads or Illus
trious lines.
The ancient practice of the landown-
ers enjoying the servants Quadr1lle nau
almost elapsed, except in the case OF a
few families The revival IS, perhaps,
IN no little due to Increasing necessity
o,-7+ +5e-1, NJ
Onlooler says the householders now
have to study the comfort Of their do
rnestics, as much as their own ana
uuOtes one country house where a set or
rooms is specially allotted to them for
recreation. comprising ball room'
music room, library and billiard room,
IN which a marker is kept for the ser
wants sole use
NICHOLS IS DISGUSTED-
In striking contrast to this IS the
treatment accorded to Bernard Nicholls,
the American golfer, who -defeated lhe
English crack, Peter Paxton, thursday
Nichols who Is of English birth, re-
turned here after having passed many
years in America. The Totting Bee
Golf club compelled him to lunch in the
workshop through the club members were
glad to face the December storm to wit
ness his play. Nichols said.
Had never been in America and
Witnessed the lavish kindness bestowed
on Vardon and other English players,
might not have resented this treatment,
but you may be assured VIII never
remain in England long ana II IL
were not for meeting Braid, Saturday,
who is a personal friend, / would not
pIav on another English link You may
depend on it VardOn will not remain
here long for I know he will be unable
TO stand this sort of thing after the
kindness he has received in the United
States. The curious thing about II all,
is that America will soon outstrip Eng
land not only in golf playing but in the
manufacture of golf equipment, Tor they
are getting the best talent in England,
which under better auspices, Is sure to
outstrip the home talent"
MAVERICK CASE.
Once again Mrs. Florence Maybrick
spends an unhappy Christmas in her
prison cell. In spite of the various re-
ports. her chances of liberty are no
brighter than last year Secretary Hay
has forwarded to Mr. ChOate several
private letters which will shortly be
presented to the new home secretary,
Mr.. Ritchie. in accordance with the Gus
tom of approaching now occupants of
that Office. But the Associated Press
learns there is no possible chance of
anything being done so long as Lord
Halsbury is lord high chancellor. Were
the cabinet to discuss the matter, as it
did once before, it could only refer it TO
the crowns chief adviser, Lord Halls
bury, who apparently made the May
brick case the basis of a feud with the
late lord chief justice, Baron Russell of
KflIoWen and cherisheS it Just as bir-
death. When a new chancellor is ap-
pointed, Mrs. Maybrick will have a good
chance OF freedom The Duchess Of
Bedford. who is reported to be especial
ly interested in Mrs. Maybrick tells the
Associated Press that she only sees the
celebrated prisoner in the course of her
regular visits to Aylesbury prison, not
especially in the interest of her case and
does not intend to express any opinion
Of her guilt or innocence
Another American woman is likely to
be soon elevated to the British peera ge
as Lord Salisbury intends to recognize
the Right Hon. Arthur Hugh Smith
BarTy's services to his party by putting
him in the house of lords Mr.. Smith
Barry married the widow of Mr. Arthur
Post of New York, whose sister Mrs
Adair is also well known in London So
ciety.
Others mentioned for a peerage in
clude Mr. Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor,
chairman Of the Southeastern railroad
and Mr.. James Lowther, NJ P
Lord Salisbury has already created
nearly W peers II the present rate is
kept 10 the upper house will soon be in
numerical superiority over the com
mons.
w r. Hobbs, head Of the recentlv
formed Canadian furniture combine now
In London, has decided that the Cana
dians have no need Of the assistance or.
OF the cooperation of English finan-
ciers, which was originally projected. \
significant fact showing Canada's pro-
greSS is that sufficient funds are easily
Obteinable there, while the new law
coming into force January L in the
United Kingdom imposes an almost pro-
hibitOry taxation on new corporations
About 20 pantomimes VIII be produced
fn and around London during the holi-
days. Cinderella being the most pOpu-
lar production, no fewer than nine YER
Ffons being presented
Nearly all the theaters are already do