Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25
Some State Salaries.

charm of manner.
Some State Salaries.
The report Of Lord Jerseys committee on
the reorganization Of the board Of trade
and the local government amounts to little
more than a recommends ton that the
board OF trade should change its name and
that the salaries OF the chiefs and the I'M
der secretaries should be increased The
salaries of the heads OF the great depart
ments of state are not settled on any fixed
or satisfactory principle.
A secretary Of state receives Is 900 a
year. while the presidents Of the board of
trade and Of the local government board
who are In some respects as important as
a secretary OF state. are paid e., 600 a year
The committee proposes that the president
of the board of trade should become the
minister Of commerce and industry and
that his salary should be raised to 5000
Apparently the local government board Is
still to be retained in formal existence
but 1t suggests that the salary of the
president should be $1,000. Why this dis
tinction in the matter of salary should he
made 1t Is difficult to see.
The local government is In many respects
as important a department as the home
office and touches the municipal life of the
country at innumerable points II is also
somewhat difficult to see why the president
OF the local government board should re-
cefve t3,OO a year, while the postma star
general. the secretary for Scotland and the
f2 900
The whole question of the salaries of the
ministers of the crown will doubtless be
reconsidered, and 1t is a question whether
the process of leveling down should not
also be adopted the process of Ieyeling
up. A salary of f2.OO0 year may be too
low IN some cases. but / never heard any
one assert that Mr.. Brodrick or Mr.. Akers
Douglass are worth f5.c0O year British
ministers are much more highly paid than
the corresponding officials in other coun-
tries. and probably a satisfactory arrange
ment will be to give the heads Of the high
er departments 1900 a year and those of
the lesser departments 5000.
Fashionable Necromancers.
The craze for consulting professional as
trologers. clairvoyants and other dealers in
futures" which is more prevalent than
ever this season in Smart society. is hay-
ing its natural effect in increasing the num-
Der of fashionable necromancers who have
set up their caves of mystery. with most
profitable results to themselves In the west
end
In this kind of enterprise there is never
any fear of the supply falling short of the
demand. but 1 hear that very shortly the
question of where the law comes in will
be raised in an acute, highly practical, and
somewhat disconcerting form. The injus-
tice OF prosecuting gypsy for fortune tell
ing by the roadside and of letting the we'll
TODD practitioner of the same magic art
carry on a nourishing business with abso-
Lutte Notwithstanding commercial sue
cess with social eclat-is manifest; yet
the west end SYPHILIS. who charge
guinea or more for a Consultation" con-
tinue to carry on their prosperous trade I'M
molested.
There is. perhaps. no particular reason
why they should be molested, for the silly
people who are their patrons may as we'll
on jeweled collars for pet dogs or on any
other within: but the distinction made be-
tween the west end lady who has a smart
upper part in fashionable Bond street and
the gypsy woman who haunts the areas
for the custom of Mary Ann Is an obvious
illogicality. and l hear that the home sec
rotary will shortly be invited to say why
the distinction is made.
Another Club for Women.
Yet another club for women is shortly to
be opened in London, the Lyceum Club
which has secured premises in Piccadilly
overlooking Green Park. recently in the oc-
cupation of the Imperial Service Club. Is
primarily intended to provide common
meeting ground for women throughout the
world, who are workers in literature, art.
science or medicine.
The club will have all the conveniences
common to its kind, and one or two which
are not 20 common. such as billiard room
and q bar. II differs from many institu-
lions OF q similar character in London.
however In being essentially a club for
workers In this connection special fea-
ture viii be made of an information bureau
which - Intended to afford assistance to