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"a ~
pers. which had hastily prepared an
obituary edition, snatched from the
presses it's illustrated account Of the
life and times of the immortal beast.
in order that the kings feelings might
be spared, and inserted. instead the
good news that Jack yet lived. But
later accounts confirmed the first sad
intelligence, and now the nation re-
joins the king in mourning for his lost
chum.
Persons who wished to stand well
with the king used to assert that Jack
had a pedigree, but there was always,
in truth, some obscurity about the i'm
perial pets family tree. 1t was, in fact,
Jack who adopted the king, and not
his majesty who selected Jack. The
animal strayed into Marlborough house
one day not long before the present
monarch assembled to the throne, and
refused to move until he had a look at
"the first gentleman in Europe" By good
luck, the ambition was soon gratified,
and Jack expressed such enthusiastic
approval of his future monarch that
the royal parsonage stopped to pat him
on the head. That was the final test.
The Prince of Wales-as the present
king was then called-was at once an
er from that moment was released
from the alliance. Where he went,
Jack went. Where he slept, there Jack
slept. When he was so i'll that the
coronation had to be postponed, the
first definite assurance received by the
nation that the king had safely passed
the crisis, was the official news that
he had been permitted to receive Jack
for few minutes at his bedside. Dur
ing the long convalescence it was Jack
who licked his hand whenever it drop
ped from the side of his invalid chair.
1t is more than likely, too. that Jack
had hand-or a pawn making
some of the secret history Of the court
of ST. James, for he was almost as
fond of Queen Alexandra as he was of
King Edward, and his exploits and ad-
ventures were, time and again, the
most agreeable topic of conversation
between the royal pair.
Jacks predecessor in the kings af
fections was a bow-legged bull terrier
named Peter, and 1t is strange fact
that Peters sudden and untimely de-
mise followed Immediately after he
sat for his portrait by a famous ami
lamented Jack had just finished his sit
tings to Miss Earl, for an oil painting
that will be now, no doubt, one of the
most cherished of King Edwards pos
sessions. Jack. by the way, refused to
sit for this portrait unless the king
stayed with him, and, in consequence,
all affairs of state had to be set aside
until the sketches had been made.
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Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-You never could
guess who is the best fire-woman-or
lady fireman, or f1re-lady, or whatever
it is that she should be called-in all
England!
She is w. K. Vanderbilts daughter.
Consuelo, whose husband is the Duke
of Marlborough.
And. although she stands at the top
of the list, there are at least a dozen
other naughty British peeresses who
really could give points on the man
agement of fires to some of the fancy
officers with whom the bosses of Lon
don adorn their fire department.
Plenty of the great ladies Of London
society know by experience just how
handle a hose, WELD f1re-oX, man
age a hand pump and work life lines.
There is a good reason for such
queer diversion for duchesses and
countesses. Most of the British peers
and peeresses own magnificent country
seats, far away from the cities and
from any fire department except such
as they can provide for themselves
The English countryside is dotted over
with hundreds of great mansions
where history has been made, where
kings have been entertained, where
connoisseurs for generation after gen
Grafton have collected priceless art
treasures. Fine old mansions they are.
and choice food for the flames that
now and then lay hold of them and
lick them up while the occupants look
on hopelessly. Some of them were
built so many centuries ago. and with
such joyous disregard of danger from
fire that they are nothing less than
death traps.
But with the advent of modern fire
fighting apparatus-much of 1t or
American invention-life in rich coun-
try houses has become more secure.
thanks to the study of the subject
made by their aristocratic owners and
the training they have given to their
servants.
The Duchess Own Brigade.
The Duke of Marlborough was one
of the first to take up with this idea.
When the access OF some Of the Van
derbilt millions enabled him to reno
vate the splendid palace at Blenheim
given to his famous ancestor by a ma
ton grateful for his victories in war;
one of his first thoughts was to pro-
tect it from fire, and he equipped the
mansion with the latest fire eXtin-
gushing apparatus. 1t occurred to his
energetic little duchess, however, that
their private fire department wasn't of
much use until they had trained help
to manage it, and an energetic chief,
so she appointed herself to the latter
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ness with which he ordered a hole to
be cut through the floor and hose
inserted that the fire was eXtinguished
before the arrival Of the regular fire.
men.
The Prince of Wales would be quite
competent, it is said, to take the po
sition Of superintendent of fire
brigade should revolution deprive
him of his exalted station. The prince
learned -the>work of fire extinguishing
when he was in the navy and it so
fascinated him that he took up the
study of fire fighting on land, and at
one time he made it his hobby.
AS a result, perhaps, of this fad
in the mother country, the colonies
have begun tie take it up, and even
in distant New South Wales there is
now a womans fire brigade which
is said to have earned distinction in
several notable fights with the flames.
They hold forth in. the town of Armin-
dale, practising with the town brigade
| appliances and paying especial atten-
| ton to rescue work
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NEWEST, AMERICAN PEERLESS.
Lady Yarmouth Making Rapid Prog
ress in English Society = Gossip of
Interesting Folk.

Interesting Folk.
Lord and Lady Yarmouth, whose
wedding excited Pittsburg two months
ago, are coming on surprisingly in Eng
liSh society. Lady Yarmouth gave one
of the smarteSt dinners of the season
last week at Princes, and for a first
big attempt at entertaining the English
aristocracy the event was voted
great success. Lady Yarmouth has al
ready adopted the graces of the English
grand dame. Some one said of her at
the dinner. She's just like every other
American peereSS, much more peereSSy
than one born to the title"
The most important Of Lady Var
mouths conquests thus far is the ia
vor she has won with her husbands
own people. The Marquis of Hartford,
head of the ancient family, has taken
his heir and the heirs bride home to
live with him at the town house in Ea-
ton square, and they will shortly ac-1
company him on a country and CONT
mental trip. Lord Yarmouth, accord
ing to English opinion, has been much
maligned with regard to his marriage.
His intimate friends declare that far
from marrying for money his lordship
was and is in state of "all- for love
and-the-wo -well-lost" so far as the
present Lady Yarmouth is concerned.
Lord Yarmouth is not thought of as O.
business man in any sense of the word,
and stories stating that he demanded
more money with his bride are laughed
at over here.
Two ardent converts to motoring are
the Misses Nell and Anita Evans,
daughters OF the, United States consul
general, III. Clay Evans. Miss Nell has
gone fon long motoring trip on the
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land, but she is evidently studying the
question scientifically and with view
to setting the vogue. Her grace has
just had sent home from a fashionable
English shop an evening gown made
with one of those high cut belts, giving
the short WASTED appearance so much
seen a few years ago. This evening
gown is a very beautiful sequin affair.
It has a quaint effect, what with the
high belt and long dropping sleeves,
gathered into a narrow cuff at the
wrist.
Mrs Potter Palmer and her sons.
Honore and Potter Palmer are at the
Carlton hotel, London. The young men
expect to return to America shortly,
until the late autumn. Since their ar
rival in England "the Palmer boys"
have taken several motor trips about
the country, and on one journey UP the
river were accompanied by their moth
er, looking very handsome in her wild
ow's weeds, with just touch of white
at her throat and wrists. Mrs Palmer
is not going out" at all. but she is
seeing a great many people in a quiet
way. Among the many are Mrs.
Mackay. Mrs. Ronalds and Mrs. Chat
ield-Taylor. It is saidvthat Mrs. Pal
mer will be in Homburg soon. Several
important Chicago. people are there
now, among others Mr.. Marshall Field.
left England Immediately after seeing
his daughter. Mrs. Tree, in Leaning
ton.
Miss Leila Paget, the beautiful
daughter of the beautiful Mrs. Arthur
Paget, is in a state of health distress
ing to all her relations and friends.
Her parents are sending her to New
port with her companion and maid in
attendance in the hope tina the sea
voyage and Viewpoints bracing air wifi
promote recovery. Miss Paget has not
been we'll since her winter visit to her
brother, who was stationed at Cairo
and for whom Miss Paget kept house
for several months. 1t was not known
how ill she was, however, until few
nights ago when she was not able even
to descend to her mothers drawing
room on the occasion of an evening
party Mrs. Paget could not postpone.
Marshall Lord,
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MUST NOT MIX WITH
HIS OWN BROTHER
German Army Officer Gets Into
Trouble on Account of
Caste Lines.
Snecial Foreien Service

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-There have been
So many instances lately of the absurd
tiles and of the cruelties arising out of
the caste system in the German army
that it begins to look as if even EN-
peror Williams support of the system
would be powerless presently to hold
off the needed reform.
The latest example Of the system Is
the experience Of major general with
a faithful record who was given the
command of an infantry garrison in an
East Prussian town. Because the ma
jor general, after his elevation, con-
tinued to be intimate with his brother,
mere teacher in the same little town,
the generals brother officers declared
the dignity of the service to be Offend
ed and led by the wife of the former
commandant, proceeded to make the
new commanders life miserable. Fur
thermore, when the minister of war
heard of the affair he sided against the
major general, who was placed on the
retired list.
Another phase of tie same caste
feeling is the cruelty with which minor
officers frequently treat recruits, who
are looked upon as having too lately
emerged from the civilian state to be
worthy of any respect. Often soldiers
have been beaten and tormented until
tney elther ran away or Killed them
selves to escape the ingenious cruel
ties.
At a recent court martial in Lor-
raine a sergeant named Dunkel was
charged with 568 cases of cruelty to
subordinates. Although 366 cases were
proved, the courts sentence gave the
sergeant only two and half years in
prison, with the loss of his rank An
other sergeant who was convicted OF
unnamable treatment of his soldiers
weeks medium arrest, While the same
court sentenced to a month Of strict
confinement private soldier who had
tried to escape the sergeant. Seven
weeks imprisonment was the ridicu-
lous penalty melted out to a sergeant
Of the Fortieth regiment. who devised
the punishment Of forcing his men to
drink petroleum.
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with engagements five or six deem.
London church goers like American
preaching hugely.
There is considerable regret that the
Kew. Frank w. Gunsaulaus. of Chicago.
did not come over again this year to
preach in the City Temple. One man
who has been preaching for DR.. Camp
bell during his absence in America is
the Rev F. L. Goodspeed, of Spring
field, Mass. DR.. Goodspeed has still
several engagements to fill at subur-
pan churches before sailing for the
United States.
The Rev. H. C. Meserve of Indian
apolis. who amused one English audi
ence by telling them he was the only
preacher in America who didn't have
d. D., has decided to remain in Lon
don three months. Mr.. Meserve is one
of the best liked of the ministers
The Rev. DR.. Frank Crane. formerly
of Chicago, now of Worcester, Mass,
has been in London, but went on to
Paris yesterday. after arranging to
preach in London churches later in
the season.
The Rev. DR.. Bradford, of MontcIair,
n. j., has arrived and will remain as
long as London can keep him. The
Congregational union having the as
Segment of supply" in hand stated
today that for years back DR.. Brad
ford had maintained an immense pop
ularity here. greater probably than any
other American preacher.
The Rev. Harris G.. Hale and Mrs.
Hale, of Brooklyn, Boston, are in Liv-
erpool today and will be in London in
few days. DR.. Hale is booked up for
several weeks. He comes to the COM
mittee with excellent recommended
ton, although this is his first visit to
London. Rev. Mr.. Bridgeman, of the
Outlook, is standing sponsor for Mr..
L, -
fail to appreciate the young divine.
The Rev. DR.. Judson, of New York,
son of the celebrated Baptist mission
airy of that name is coming to London
shortly, although the exact date of his
arrival is not yet known.
DR.. Mcfarland. of Maiden, Mass,
who came abroad several weeks ago. Is
still on the continent with a large
party of friends, but has arranged to
return to London on the 23d, and Will
preach here for six continuous Sun
days.
The Rev. J. A. Luccock, the Metho-
dist, has come over this year especial
ly to make sociological Investigations.
He is collecting information for arti-
cles and lectures on LOndon's prob
lens of the poor. DR.. Luccock has
been In conference with the Rev. F.
M. Meyer, of Christ church, Westm1n-
ter Bridge road. and is going up to
Keswick with Mr.. Meyer for the Kes-
wick meetings next week.
DR.. Campbell will return from Amer
lea before his church, the City Temple,
Is "done up with the renovations now
in progress. He is expected in town
this week, but it is not likely he will
stop long in London just at present.
Brighton, his old charge, hopes for
visit
The Rev. Campbell Morgan's return
to London for an autumn visit is much
anticipated. Mr.. Morgan arrives in
September, and will be one Of the
speakers at the great meeting of Con-
gregationalists in Bournemouth next
October
Prof. Graham Taylor, of Chicago,
who lectured in London before going
on to the continent, will preach here
in September.
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a brick or handled a spade for her
should be included, the duchess took
the preeaution that each workman's
name and address should be recorded
when he first entered her employment.
The duchess has instructed the build
ers not to take the days outing from
the mems pay. The men will go one
day and their wives and families the
next. It is estimated that at least
a thousand persons will thus share in
the Marlborough hospitality. 1t is the
first time in the history of the building
trade in London, and SO far as is
known in the United Kingdom, that
such an invitation has been given.
The new appointment of the duke
will give political significance to the
first reception in the new mansion to
be given early next year, and it is ex-
pected that every one Of any impor-
lance in the political world will be
there
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AMERICAN INVASION
EXTENDS TO THE CHURCHES
Sermons by Yankee Preachers Are Greatly Liked by
the People of England.
special FOREIGN service

Special Foreign Service. - sse4h ~
LONDON, Aug. 22-The American
preachers are fiocking to London for
holiday supply" The, number. ap-
preaching thirty, is even greater than
last year. when the coronation was
supposed to have been the attraction.
And the clergymen from across the
water are finding churches to preach
in with an ease astonishing to them
selves and everybody else. The COM
mittee having the reception Of the
preachers in hand are lamenting that
they didn't realize the situation earlier
in the day. The Americans, wishing
to make their trips to Europe cost less
by preaching on Sundays and travel
ing during the week. seem to have
written to everybody they could think
Of to get them pulpits. The result is
wires have crossed promiscuously, and
several Of the brethren find themselves
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post, and worked in the small army Of
Blenheim servants as her assistants.
She took lessons in fire drill, learned
the architecture of the building, so as
to know how to isolate fire and con-
fine it to a certain area; mastered the
subject of the water supply and was
taught how to unroll and connect hose
with the main and direct the pumps on
the blaze. Then she started in to drill
the servants. The instructions were
that when the alarm was given the
footmen were to run out the hose, and
bring the manual out of it's shed. The
maids were trained to form into line
and pass buckets from one to another
with rapidity and precision under her
orders, and other servants were drilled
in the use of tarpaulin sheets to save
the treasures of art and antiquity with
which Blenheim'S halls and salons are
crowded. Test alarms were sounded
again and again until the duchess had
her brigade so we'll drilled that in case
of fire at Blenheim today it is doubtful
If there would be much confusion, or
If the fire department from Oxford,
some six or eight miles away, would
find anything left for them to do by
the time they arrived on the scene. 1t
was because Of her grace's proved
proficiency as a fire captain that she
was selected to present medals recent
ly to firemen who had distinguished
themselves by saving lives.
Baroness Shoots the Chute.
The Baroness Won Eckhardstein, who
is the daughter of Sir Thomas Blum
dell Maple, M. P, is another famous
firewoman Her establishment is fit
ted with canvas chutes, which can be
let down from the windows at the
alarm of fire. 1t takes considerable
pluck to descend from a top story
by this means, but the baroness prac-
tiSed the trick herself until she be-
came an adept, and then set forth to
drill her servants in the art of Shooting
the chute. l am informed by an eye
witness that the baroness sometimes
has had to slide down the canvas tube
half dozen times in person before she
could induce nervous housemaid to
follow her example.
Thanks to the energy and foresight
of the Countess Warwick, Dunmow
castle is protected from the danger of
destruction by fire by perhaps the
completest private fire brigade in Eng
land.
Since the recent destruction of part
OF Welbeck Abbey, the Duke of Port
lands historic country seat, fire drill
has caught on at house parties and
1t is common experience for the
alarm OF fire to be given purposely
in the midst of festivities, when guests
and servants alike rush to their re-
spectlVe posts in readiness to battle.
with the enemy. :
Lord st. Levem's daughters, their
rrelnds and servants, are among those
VINO have thus become adopts at fire
brigade work, and Lord. Rosebery's
staH or domestics at The Dudans. near
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place at Knowsley fitted up. in this
manner, but so far as / can discover
he takes no personal interest in seeing
that anyone on the premises knows
how to use the apparatus.
There is, however, a distinguished
exception to this rule. 1t is not gener-
ally known that His Majesty King
Edward VII has considerable knowl-
edge Of tile routine Of fire brigade
work, and that on the occasion of an
outbreak of fire at MARLBOROUGH house,
when he was Prince of Wales, it was
through. his exertions and the prompt.
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MINNEAPOLIS GIRLS
SEE MUCH OF LONDON
Miss Heisser and Miss Arson Have
Been Visiting Interesting People.

Miss Heisser, Of Minneapolis. is in
London and will remain a month. She
arrived in England from America two
weeks ago. In September she goes to
Paris to study for a year in the art
schools there. Miss Heisser Is the
portrait painter whose Saturday after
noon Russian teas" have become a
feature of artist life in Minneapolis.
Miss Heisser has been seeing London
in company with another Minneapolis
girl, Miss Mae Harris Arson. of the
Minneapolis Journal.
Miss Arson has sailed for home
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KING LOSES HIS
BEST CHUM JACK
Dog Who Was Bosom Friend to Roy
atty chokes to Death.

Special Foreign Service.
- LONDON, Aug. 22.-"Jack," foremost
of all dogs in the British empire. by
virtue of his imperial masters affec-
ton for him, has really departed this
life At first the nation couldn't be-
lieve the news. Surely the deceased
was some other of King Edwards nu-
inerous dogs! Surely it wasn't the
fun-loving, stub-tailed, Independent
Irish Jack who had ANONYMOUSLY
choked himself to death on the ocea-
sion Of his najesty's visit to Ireland,
of all the places in the world!
At first the grave news was denied.
One of the London weekly sporting pa
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LOCAL COLOR.

fuller wrote a bloody story.
Bright and red and very CORY
(Gory? Yes, an allegory)-
More he sent it out the more he
Got It back and he was sorry.
Editors kept writing fuller.
cts too bright. it Should be duller."
And, 1T needs more local color"
So he cut out all the brightness.
All the sun and all the lightness.
All the cleanness and the Wilderness.
So it CHANGED that by the time he
Sent it out it was quite grimy.
Smoke bedaubed and somewhat Shiny,
"Therel" triumphantly cried fuller,
That's Chicago's local color"
Ellis Parker Butler.
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SERVIAN THRONE IS
TOO HOT FOR PETER
Twice Within Ten Days Has He
Threatened to Abdicate.

LONDON. Aug. 21-From Rus
sian official source at Belgrade it is
asserted that King Peter. twice within
ten days, has threatened to abdicate
not only personally. but on behalf Of
the Karageorgevies dynasty. If the
present distracting situation In the
Servian capital continues.
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CONSUELO OF MARLBOROUGH
RUNS WITH THE MACHINE
Pretty Wife Duke Enthusiast in the Maintenance of
Fire Brigade at Blenheim,

EPSON, have been trained under the
personal supervision of the ex-premier.
Royal Firemen.
Curiously enough, however, male
members of the British aristocracy
witness the Duke of Marlborough
seldom trouble themselves about the
art of fire extipguishing. They con-
tent themselves with paying for up-to-
date appliances lat their mansions and
leave the instruction of their servants
to their wives and daughters. The
Earl of Derby has recently had his
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after a very busy two months
abroad. She was in the Netherlands
and other continental countries, and
since arriving in London has been en-
tertained by numerous interesting peo-
pie.
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Lord ST Levans Daughters and Side
the Housemaids the Other Side at Drill With the
Hand Pump at Narration, Lord Levan's Fine
Country Seat i'm Cornwall

mansion in Mayfaip have received no
tice that the duketand duchess are to
invite them to- spend day at the
Marlborough country house in Oxford
shire.
In order that every man who had set
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AMERICAN MAKES FAD
- ~ COLLECTING TITLES
Count Ward Has More Than Any Yam
x kee in London Town.

Special Foreign Service.
a LONDON, Aug. 22.-Reginald Hen
shaw Ward, hereditary count in the
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Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-Au the work.
men, who have been employed on the
Duke of : Marlborough's splendid new
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MARLBOROUeHS TO
ENTERTAIN WoRKMEN

Every EmpIoye on Their New Mansion
@'-v to Go to Blenheim Palace.