Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
Opinion Of Leading Spanish
Officials in London.
LUNCHEON TO A CONSUL
wHITECHAPEL INHABITANTs RE
SCENTED UNJUST NoToRIETY.
Appearance Of New Girl IN Beginning
to Be Vexatious to London
Housekeepers.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

LONDON. June I. 1905.
The young King Of Spain can In no sense
be regarded as a reincarnation Of that
gloomy author Of the Armada, Philip II.
Talking on the subject with leading off,
Gals of the Spanish embassy. was inform
ed that Alfonso XIII, though certainly "a
good Roman Catholic" is by no means -
bigot." He Is attentive to his religious du-
ties. but never forgets that he Is consti-
tutional king. The question has arisen over
the building of the Protestant chapel at
Barcelona. Cardinal Caxanas drew the at
tention Of the government to the fact that
the chapel transgressed the Spanish law
which forbids the external exhibition OF re-
ligious emblems other than those Of the
Church Of Rome The government in q
friendly way showed the Professionals where
they were infringing the law. and the nee
essary alterations were made. Cardinal
Cazanas wrote further letter to the king.
to which his majesty replied protesting his
loyalty to the national church. This has
been made a good deal Of as If it indicated
spirit OF intolerance on the boy kings
part, but nothing is, ! am given to under
stand. further from his disposition.
Il
A delightful luncheon was given at LIVER
pool on Thursday by the lord mayor Of
the city, welcoming the new American con-
sui and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Crit
flths When the guests were seated they
were agreeably surprised to have handed
to them a pretty souvenir of the occasion.
consisting of piece of white silk on which
the menu was daintily inscribed. and bear
ing also reproductions In colors of the
union jack and the stars and stripes. The
tables were profusely adorned with flowers.
the decorations being carried out In
scheme Of red. white and blue. Seldom has
the town hall dining room presented Q
more charming appearance. or more effec-
tually reflected the artistic tastes of the
lady superintendent. by whom the floral
decorations were arranged. Roses, corn
flowers, lilies of the valley, iris, narcissi.
spirea and smilax were employed in the
scheme, as well as ribbons of red, white
and blue and innumerable miniature flags
representing the stars and stripes.
The inhabitants of Whitechapel have al
ways resented the notoriety unjustly thrust
upon them by the series of murders which
fifteen years ago stamped that district with
the unenviable personality of Jack the Rip
per. Most of the so-called "Whitechapsl
murders were committed in Spitalields,
but the people who live and trade in
Whitechapel find 1t difficult to shift the
stigma from their locality to that which
properly deserves it. They are. however.
to make an attempt to remove a reproach
that Is applied to them with more justice.
Whitechape. although not the loathsome
and dangerous slum it Is generally sup
posed to be, Is one of the most unloyely
places of the metropolitan area. Although
small in extent, ii has population of near
ly 100000, and its activities are manifold
1t is now hoped to turn this teemlng and
squalid neighborhood into mething like
garden city. Its tortuous streets are to be
Strengthened. Its narrow closes widened, it's
alleys turned into flower beds and there
are to be little gardens in which people
may grow flowers and keep bees.
l. IL
Servant troubles are not yet so CALLING in
England as they are in America. Still the
new girl Is making her appearance, and
it is becoming increasingly difficult to OBJ
tain the old-fashioned English servant,
clean. respectful, and who knows her
place" and work without being told Ser
wants are beginning to bring their bicycles
with them and American steamer trunks
instead of the little tin box" of former
days, and demand to have their young
men call in the kitchen. Men followers
have never been allowed in England. and
Americans who are used to 1t hardly
imagine the terrible CONSERVATION Into
which such demand has thrown the
British housewife. Still the system of
apartment houses, where food and servants
are supplied. such as exist In great num-
bers in American cities. has never caught
on here. The Englishman and woman wish
to rule their own house or fiat, but this
state of things may come If servant trou-
bles increase.
singularly enough. though Mary Ann may
be diminishing In numbers. just as she 10
becoming more exacting in her require
ments. she Is still numerous enough to keep
domestic service as "England's greatest in
dustry." The last census showed that
nearly a million and a half women and
girls were employed In domestic service.
one-third Of the whole number of working
women. With men servants included the
number reaches two million. and in no
other industry in this country Is so great
a number of people employed. This Is fire.
quently forgotten by those who complain
of the scarcity OF servants but 1t Is not
surprising that many girls give up the dull
round of life below stairs for the greater
possibilities offered by other employments.
The unattractiveness OF the life has led
to the decay of the old type OF servant.
who would remain throughout her life with
tho family to which she was first attached.
and the disappearance of this type was Ia
mented today at the annual meeting of the
J,omestic Servants Benevolent Institution
This sentimental bond has been broken in
most occupations. and 1t cannot survive the
modern spirit OF freedom and independence
even in the kitchen and scullery The Be-
neyolent Institution suffers therefore from
a lack OF support from the employers of
domestic servants, who can hardly be ex-
who are with them today and gone tomor-
row.
One by one the old Londen coffee houses
and taverns that had been staggering along.
Tending off dissolution from year to year.
have made big effort to come to terms
with modern taste, and after period of IN
ternal commissions have swallowed their
ideas, tricked themselves out in the most
modish dress, and begun new life. The
old Hatchett's White Horse Cellars in Pic
cadilly, well known to Americans. had not
dropped out" IN quite the same way as
some of the old houses that have recently
reformed themselves. but its favor In the |
coaching days made It more prominent !
Judged By the description Of Its appearance |
when Mr.. Plckwick waited here for tho mail |
coach to Bath, It seems to have been a |
rather uncomfortable place In its great |
DAYS reminding one of railway station |
rather than a Piccadilly hotel. It fulfilled |
much the same business as a railway sta /
ton. for at one time twenty-one coaches |
started from It's little broad door. There Il |
stin a waiter at the White Horse whose |
memory goes hack further than his thirty |
two years service might warrant One OF |
his glowing memories Is OF the judges of |
the fat stock show at Isiington. who held |
their annual dinner In the cellars: they are.