The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
WINDSOR CASTLE IS IN
THE HANDS OF WORKMEN.
Duke of Argyl's Rapid Writing of a Biography of His Late
Mother-inldw, Nctoria-Chinese Ambas-
sador's Automobile.

, members Of the diplomatic body, recently
placed IN order with one Of the leading
makers for an automobile. which. contrary
to expectation. will not be decorated with
dragons and peacock feathers. but will be
just a plain. ordinary carriage.
He had found the trip between Portland
place. where the embassy is situated. and
Downing street daily becoming more Giiti-
cult for the ordinary carriage. and there
, fore adopted what promises to become the
fashion IN the near future.
In this connection l heard a motorist ex-
plain the other day n novel advantage of
automobiles as compared with old-style car
This popular impression that there is dan
compromising advantages" he said.
Especially is this the case with work.
men. who deliberately get in front of a
carriage. cab or bus. pick ak over Shout
der. and only jeer when the angry driver
"But with automobiles these men show
respect almost equal to what they show fire
engines.
Similarly. when a block occurs. street
crossings a bus driver is not so ready
to crawl in front of an automobile as he
would Il cab or carriage. Somehow they con-
slider such tactics dangerous, and 1t is well
not to undeceive them"
Is n result. the speaker drives his ma
chine to business in the city in the morning
and evening and has never had an accident.
BRITISH POST OFFICE
AGAIN COMPLAINED OF.
The working of the British post office is
beyond an ordinary mans calculation.
Only a few months ago London was up in
arms against the terrible delays in mails
Office, which for a few days produced a
state of business chaos.
Since then the department has been re-
sponsible for n condition of anarchy in the
public streets by laying telephone wires for
an opposition system. which may prove a
white elephant. owing to the fact that 1t
10 iyrynSSih1a IN COLL I'm rnnrn than N farp
subscribers.
Lately the post office has been reaching
further afield. and has taken the district
messenger system into camp.
This system had heretofore existed only
on sufferance. as 1t was deemed In opposi-
ton to the Government monopoly in carry
The new regulations contemplate. instead
of calls being answered direct from the
messenger office. the latter must be trans
mitted to the nearest telegraph office, which
will send a messenger boy.
THESE are veritable sloths compared with
JagGers.
CHARGE OF A GUINEA
FOR ABBREVIATED ADDRESSES.
But there is no help for it apparently. and
the public will have to grin and bear it. 1t
may result in %crippling the messenger serv-
ice, but that is the public's concern and not
the Governments.
The latest innovation, however. would ap-
pear to be dictated by fiendish red tapist
ingenuity for the purpose of irritating the
public.
This refers to the charge of a guinea for
all abbreviated addresses, which were for
merry registered free.
Some queer Illustrations of this annoyance
are forthcoming since the new rule went
into force.
A country doctor. residing in a village
where he was the sole practitioner. was in
formed by the post office that he must have
his address INCLUDE street and number. as
otherwise it would not deliver letters or
kilograms addressed simply to his name and
town.
To his Indignant protest that he had new
err known any necessity for such a prolix
address. the official reply came that he must
either pay a guinea or miss the letters.