Evening star., 1901-11-04

writS as high as Fellon on Ossa TINS
would not act as q bar nor invalidate the
marriage. Besides, there is not probably
a minister in Scotland who would give a
moments thought to the court of chancery
and all it's writs, or entertain the slightest
scruple about marrying two lovers. The
regular way of getting married by the
proclamation Of banns and the intervention
Of minister provides an easy and safe
way Of proving the marriage, That Is all.
The couple are game, and the happy
bridegroom notified the lord chancellor Of
England of his marriage by wire, and has
come to London to face the music. OF
course, he is liable to be punished for hav-
ing disobeyed the. courts orders. 1t is not
believed, however, that he VIII receive
more than a reprifnand. 1t Is true that ne
is under age, but he has acted quite frank
chancery regards 1t as q grave offense for
a man to marry ward without the sane
tion of the court. In that case the court
rather acts on the theory that the man was
generally commits him to prison. Even in
that case the Inevitable has to be accept
ed, and the offender is very rarely kept
long in confinement. There Is, OF course,
no suggestion that Lieut.. Cecil is actuated
by mercenary motives He Is only q
minor, and 1t was this fact that enabled
his mother to invoke the aid of the court
of chancery The general opinion is that
she would have done better to have yielded
gracefully to the wishes of her son.
Exit the Anglo-saxon Review.
Many readers Will learn with regret that
we are not to have any more numbers of
the luxurious serial, the Anglo-Saxon Re-
view 1t has been kept up to high stand
ard Of production for ten quarters. which
is in itself no small achievement. consider
ing the costliness of the work and the am
bilious character OF the design. At first
there were many cynics who declared that
the thing could not last and foretold
speedy collapse, but these gloomy predic-
tions were falsified. Whether the Fair edi-
tress change of name has anything to do
with the abandonment of the task is
matter for speculation. Since Lady Ran
dolph Churchill became Mrs. George Corn
wallis West her interest may have been ci-
verted In other directions than literature;
but there is a suggestion that the quart err
Iy NAV be continued in less expensive
form, with good material clothed in less
costly dress 1t Is to be hoped that it is
well founded. So
Hunting the Fog Germ.
After the many extraordinary proposals
that have emanated from the London
county council it might have been supposed
that municipal ingenuity was exhausted.
They have tunneled under the Thames. re-
constructed bridges. demolished. many
streets provided parks and music for the
masses. are anxious to add service of
free steamboats, and hope to buy up all
the water companies whenever parliament
will grant the requisite powers. Not satis-
fled with these enterprises, 1t Is now sug-
gested that the fog nend should be local
lied run to earth and deprived of his as
phyxiating terrors. AS commencement
it is only proposed to spend 1850 on ex-
permental Investigations. When preltmi-
naries are completed we shall probably be
told that fogs will cease as soon as the
Essex marshes are reclaimed, the river di-
verted and smoky chimneys suppressed.
These cannot be called trfhing obstacles,
but with ambitious councillors on the job
there Is sure to be big effort made to
overcome them.
French Pictures Exhibited.
There was private view at the Con-
tinental GalIeryocen Saturday Of the most
cha characteristically Partisan group of French
n,ctures that has been exhibited In Lon
don. The collectqjnz sAmprises 137 pen and
ink drawings andowater icolers by NJ. Albert
Guillaume. The sh9E certainly i will be a
ssatchsd his Pafis With bold and gener-
Gus touch, WHICH iliass not left ont Of ac-
count a certain broad humor which is bet
ter in Paris than in England. Withai his
touch Ia delicate. and his composition and
drawing perfect, while his humor is so
irresistible that 1T takes the grossness out
of some undeniably. strong situations. The
types of Parisians most represented are
jolly old buffers, gay young ladies and
digntffed officials. The characters are rep
resented at the-teiIsk, at the opera ball.
at the 1e 50 n on The There ltrest is
Paris tha. Is a budget of humor in itself,
and among the society sketches is vac
cination party, where the gaiety of the
evening surrounds the guests OF both sexes
who in turn are being vaecinated.
Ten acres of the grounds of the Lam
beth Palace will. on Thursday next, pass
from the archbishop Of Canterbury to the
London county council: These ten acres
will be an open space for the people DUR
ing the lifetime Of DR.. Temple. and he
Will he bold successor who --y>;u eyer
attempt to take them back from the peo-
as .,rhe Archbisnop's Park
L. Fl. MOORE
Physician Qunatic asylum)-"Mrs Shrap-
tongue was here today. and wanted her
care
Observation-Disclosures you let him sor'
Physieian-"No. He said he would rather
stay here"