The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-02
A DARING
AUTOMOBILES

whisiey. and with a band of Jacobite
noblerncu drank the health OF the Chera-
ii. II Dc ST. George md sworc to make him
King of Scotland
Drunkenness Among Women.
One Of the shocking sights of London
ard the other big cites OF England and
Scotland is the number OF drunken Voc
men 10 be seen i'll the streets. especially
on Saturday night
As many women az men are TO be seen
III the saloons in the poorer quarters OF
the cities
The spread Of drunkenness among wo-
men is alarming. So terrible is the evil
that out OF Eondonis registered 1880 IN
durable drInkarGs 300 are women ana
A,oa men. Between 1887 and 1881 the
deaths Of women from chronic alcohoi1sm.
increased 1i5l-2 per cent
These figures and the cruel facts they
represent have moved the wife of the
Archbishop OF Canterbury TO call spe-
cial meeting of the temperance society
Of the Church Of England to. see If means
cannot be found to stop the progress OF
this awful social plague.
Another of the society attributes the
growth of intemperance among women
of the miGc}e Classes to the ease with
which they can obtain and drink liqGor
secretly.
In TIC lower classes it is attributed
TO the growing attractiveness and con- !.
fort Of the saloons.
If the gocd wife of the Primate OF
Eng and 8can do anything toward curing
the evil she viii he blessed by Ameri
can tourists. to whom the spectacle of 4
large numbers#of women drank on he
pubic streets is not only shocking, but
novel.
A Journalist Retires.
News comes from Paris THAT N Mar
inoni. the originator of penny news
papers IL France. has Just retired from
the harness Of Journalism to Pirate
life owing TO advanced age. He has
aocumulated a large fortune
LII his youth he was a printer with
ideas but no capital! He invented many
in1prove ments on the then crude print-
ing press.
With the intention Of proving what
his press could do rather than of be-
coming; Il newspaper publisher. he start
ed the Petit Journal in Paris. and sold
il al q cent. 1t prospered beyond all
eS,eetafi5ps made VI Masinon rich
and his printing presses famous. and
now hasa circulation of a million daily. /
The Kings special Train.
King Edward VII has returned to
town for the winter, and the railroad
men oil England have uttered a hearty
$ glt OF relief. Mtlen the hing travels /
ille#enlployes OF the railroad over which
his gorgeous private special train IS n
hauled are under a load of RESPONSE
blnty that makes them nervous.
The greatest precautions are taken to 4
insure his MajestSs safety While he is
travel ing; precautions some of which !
4a,.r -
manager as iud!croas We're ne asked TO 1
aaoi,t them when the President OF the
United States goes on tour
E. The other day King Edward came d Town /
TO London from North BERWICK. Scot
land 3Sa miles away The best engineer
al4a iirenaa Oh lite road We're ce.ai.ed
tc the engine while n superintendent OF
the engine ds apartment and a chief from
the maintenance4of- way department We're
also On the engine to keep an eye on |
things.
Instruments and wire, rode in the bag
gage car, ready 10 tap tie. wires III event (!
OF an emergency requiring their SER
vices.
Two brakemef7, veterans were on the !
train in addition to the ordinary number
required foI Il special train. one of these
special l,ralscIflen rode i'll the baggag e car
with his !le4a oat The door all the time,
his eyes scanning the length Of the train.
watching for hot boxes or other pre- /
nonounous OF trouble
= a pilot engine ran twenty minutes |
ahead OF the royal train and no train or
engine was allowed u, the track some :
thirty minutes before the passing ofathe I
ROYAL TRAM.
Freight trains m@re run Oh sdirgs "a /
half houl bforc the logal train was
Clue, and tileir ellgineers had strict orders t
10 prevent sinoke issuing. from their en- +
gli1es Wniie the Kings train was pas +
sing.
Trains passing on the next track had
TO reduce 5tll'ai:, Sped 70 ten miles an
hol1r VILE pas sinS5tlle royal train.
The foreman of:seveTy section made a
sptcal e. sre,lionsoi MS s5etf.In an Rom. /
before the royal train was due. All t
station masters We're on duty with tl,e,r I
station employees. ard We're forbidden [
10 cheer when The royai train ia ssed
As soon as tbs train passed station 81
message vas sent 10 the next station +
ahead. and in addition a MESA sc vas
also sent to the general manager ii, &
Edinburgh
All railroad crossings We're closed !.
half hour before he royal tran was
due. and neither people nor wagons were
allowed to cross the tracks during that !.
period. Every switchman was on dlity |.
at his switch an hour. 5efore tile pilot I
train was due.
The King. as is generally supposed does /.
not travel over the railroads a s a dead Il
head He pays his#way likeHan ordinary
untitled passenger. the railroads charging |!
81 p pei. mile for hauling. a special train. i
Because OF the extraordinary precau-I
tians taken 70 assure the safety of the +
kings train. there probably is no profit +
In the business for the railroads but the i.
railroad managers don't mind that, for it
is the custom for the general manager L
and the president Of the road over which /
the King IIa&e1s to ride on the Kings
special or to meet him at the terminal
station on his arrival.
The King shakes their hands and thanks
them cordially and nearly every rail- I
road general manager already has been.
or hopes to be, lnighted by His Majesty
Prince Georges Visit
Prince George OF SaXony. who is now in
,l,a of op