Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-19

middle classes, the same classes from
which the women doctors emanate The
women house surgeons and house physi-
cans Will probably be young and will
take these posts for experience In many
instances the matron and sisters have held
once Tor many years. Tradition goes for a
great zeal, and while they are accustomed
10 act on the orders of a young medical
man, it remains to be seen whether they
Will treat young medical woman with the
J same respect.
LOndOn's Electric Trans
The provinces have at length taught Lon
don something and we have now got in full
working order our first service of electric
trans Drivers have been brought up
from towns in the provinces to teach the
London men their work. In this they have
apparently succeeded for the new cars
run swiftly and well. and failure any
where has been recorded. The service is
worked by the United Tramways Company
on several lines radiating westward from
Shepherds Bush to Hammersmith, Ealing,
Kew and Acton. The service is every min
ute and half, and you may run two or
three miles for a penny. The terminus is
happily close to that of the '"Twopenny
Tube" Consequently, resident, say, at
Acton, which is about four miles from the
Bank, by tubing up from the city and
then "tramming' home, can do the distance
for threepence in little over half an hour.
Londoners are delighted with the new serv
Ice and are making use of it for holiday
trips. For instance, no fewer than hun
bred and fifty thousand passengers were
carried on Good Friday.
The Victoria Memorial Fund.
Up to the present f5O,O 900 only has been
contributed to the national Victoria memo
rial fund. Considering the kings encour-
agement of the scheme by his large sub
scription of f1O0O, there is no denying the
fact that the project Is hanging fire little.
Experience shows that nearly all the big
donations are exhausted within the first
month of the launching of memorial pro-
jects and already, after the lapse Of near
ly fortnight, less than a fifth of the min
imum sum asked for is forthcoming The
fact Is that so many subscriptions have
been asked during the last year or so that
people have given all they can. The COM
mittee buoys itself up, however with the
probability that the great mass of intend
ing supporters are holding back their gifts
suffer by contrast with the heavy dona-
tions Of the wealthy class. Assuming the
truth Of this conjecture, constant stream
Of subscriptions of moderate amount should
soon be set in motion, and the proceeds of
the various local appeals will further swell
the aggregate. The f250,0O0 asked for
should not prove too heavy strain upon
the liberality Of the nation and doubtless
the sum will be made up when it is shown
that a pleasing design for the memorial
will be adopted.
Among the pleasant and enlightening So
cial gatherings Of the London season is the
Conversations of the Japan society," You
meet on these occasions the Japanese min
lister and his charming wife, the Baroness
Hayashi, who receives one most cordially
The rooms of the Royal Institute of Pain
tiers In water colorS form picturesque ka-
leidoscope Of all nations of men and wo-
men, and notably of the children of the
sun. There are many and varied uniforms
The Japanese naval uniform, like the Brit
ish original, is seen everywhere His ex-
cellency, the Japanese minister, comes in a
uniform Of cloth Of gold with bullion leaves
like the frst-class English levee dress
The Baroness Hayashi, in the toilet of
Bond street, might be an English lady. The
study of japanese beauty at close quarters
is good. In the background are walls of
pictures. The Baron Hayashi is most
genial and pleasant man. He is liked
everywhere and among none more than
the newspaper men, to whom he is very
good. L. H. MOORE