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hostilities have begun in New York, tho
cabbies are at present busy organizing

hostilities have begun in New York, tho
cabbies are at present busy organizing
here.
Unlike his Partisan confrere, the London
cabby is renowned for his honesty and re-
liability, and should he go on q strike he
IS sure to have the sympathy Of the pub
lie, even Of those who will suffer most.
A London cabman works on an average
about eighteen hours a day and is prob
ably able to earn only half as much as a
New York cabman.
The cab drivers union counts about 5000
members and hundreds are joining every
day. So far the employers have refused
to arbitrate, but with Christmas only two
weeks off the drivers hope to be able to
enforce their demands Of living wage and
a twelve-hour day.
Royalty Shopping.
Between now and Christmas London
will not see very much of royalty, though
the queen and the Princess of Wales will
probably be back here in time to do some
Christmas shopping.
The queen is said to be very sorry that
etiquette does not allow her to visit the
shops in person, as she always did when
she was merely Princess of Wales.
For this reason she is said to ave
bought very extensively in Denmark,
where she says she can go where she
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said to consist of royal Copenhagen china
The king Is In excellent health and in
tends to leave early this week for a hunt
ing trip to Rising Castle. near Lynn, with
Lord Farquhar.
The king will probably pay a visit also
to Lord James of Hereford at Breamore
house, near Salisbury. in which case the
Duke and Duchess of Deyonshire and Lord
and Lady Burton will be included in the
small house party invited to meet him
there.
Breamore is the late Sir Edward Hulse's
pretty old place which Lord James has
occupied during the last two years. Tn
estate. which is we'll wooded. affords first
rate partridge and pheasant shooting.
Lord James was previously the tenant
for several years of Ferne, Sir Walter
Groves place near Shaftesbury, but re-
moved to Ereamore on that domain being
sold, with the estate, to Colonel Charles
Worth, who was for some years NJ. P, for
Wakefield.
Queen Alexandra is said to nave received
a Few batch of cartoons drawn by the
c%zarina. who has an unusual talent for
this art.
One of these takes for its subject an ad-
venture which befell the czar when he
was staying at Darmstadt a short time
ago. The czar was driving In a motor car
with Prince and Princess Henry Of Prus-
sia and the Grand Duke Of Hesse, and
when passing through ~Bockenheim, a sub
urb Of Frankfort, the car slipped on the
greasy cobblestones and came in contact
with the wall of a house.
Happily. no harm was done, but the car
had hardly been backed into the road again
when a policeman stopped it and demand
ed the name of the owner.
The car replied, II am the emperor of
Russia" and the policeman was so taken
aback that he let the car go on without
taking any further steps.
Gustavus to Marry.
The next royal betrothal which will be
very soon announced will be that of Prince
Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden and Nor
way and Duchess Cecile of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin.
Both are well known here, especially the
prince, who Is a fair-haired and blue-eyed
giant of true Morse type, which Is rather
remarkable when one remembers that he
is a direct descendant of the French Gen
eral Bernadotte.
The duchess is a sister of Princess Chris
tian of Denmark, who will in time become
queen of that country.