The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
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AND sIEk1l
No Boom Wanted, Said
President Habfield. In
Stitute's Head.
.LONDONERS WANT \.
NO QUICkLUNCH|.] n
An Enterprise Which Has Start
ed There Nov in the Hands
Of a Receiver r~~-- Great
Achievement il nh
the Theatrical
World. IN.

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LONDON, September I'VE don
want booms for they are bad alike for
ali. we want continuous and steady de-
rand" said Mr. llabfield, president Of
the Iron ana steel Institute. in opening
tho autumnal confcrcncesat Sheffield the
o.hcr day and added as expression sat
isfaction at the better prospects Of the
v t1adc in every country.
I'm told thut{in an Important trade
y union branch III Sheffield, which num-
bers two thousand. aheres not q single
name now on the unemployed book. ..
Sir Charles Eliot chancellor Of shef-
field University, says he believes that
Il IT Is tho only unvcrsltyiin England which
i recognised inctallurgyj Jas science and re-
called the statement ds5Professor Arnold,
that mining cngineerl In South Africa,
y man Of whom drew salaries amounting
Il Is several thousand pounds, were. almost
without exception Americans S n
''yVe certainly RCD hire some institu-.
tlon, ,.5 commended s!. Charles Thall, TO
Il enable England Ito provide: material ma '' TO
4. Ill those posts
Don't Like. Quick Lunch.
The American quick-lunch restaurant,
. founded In London, has had very bad
business, It's hackers are now mourn
& ing the loss Of we'll over. ~, 600, and an
~ assistant official receiver says plantiyey:
5st.It scemed%never TO have made snn inn
preston on the pupic.'' Nj n
u a misunderstanding In he III popular
mind worked against he success Of The
y quick lunch from i tliesf.art.. # The people
81 thought that the food t,a d ito be bpltcd
I. nIorder ~ play ths game pro perl ly. hey
believed & meal would Ebe salS failure unless
rushed through at lightning speed, and
4 AZ I4ondoncrs didn't want to become
81 fdysepeptics. they stayed away AS az t
ter ofIfacts the term "quIck-lunch's re-
fcrred onlyto tl,c, service which was
II rlnart enough. lss sSa
An extraordinary story Of q man dying
Il from drowning on dry land was told at
{ ali inquest at Lewes the other day. Al
German William Gates. lieutennnt-co
( OF the Sussex Royal Engineer v oluntecrs.
Z was found dead in aEfleld a few yards
e,way from a brook and when DE- Frank
Fawssetr WIS asked by the coroner what
was the cause OF death, he immediattet,
startled court by saying, drowning. "
st,How do you reconcile that With the
evidence that tie body was on land?5
81 asked the coroner. s3li r.
TO the doctor he replied that while
o,yt n tn tSbnSy hnw't he
lad got into the water. there was no
doubt that he had crawled out, which
was surprising. Having regard toSthe
large Quantity OF water which came from
4 the body he had no hcsitattonin saying
THAT sdcathswas due to drowning.
With the Theatres.
Augustus Thomas's farce, .on the
Quiet" with William Collier In principal
part produced attsthe Comedy Theatre
Wednesday,, has already caught on,
4 Critics have hot spoken very favnrably
I CT the piece Itself and have been rather
+ condnmnMoryf1p 1pf the threadbar Jokes
h Lutias the DAILY Telegraph says, what
matters the story sols d farce; al n al e-ii
tends upon The CLEVER business of \ "a
clever Ictor,'' and COLLIER makes this
farce VERY anu sing Il 4
The cldsing of Trees Beautiful Theatre,
II Fills njesty' ii caused d commotion and
DympathXshas been universal.
N. Never hHs such q fent been performed
4 by a stage manager In London of trans
serrlng such nm elaborate production as
$"Oliver Twist" from one theatre to an
other In one night sshnt Tree was deter
nined and did ity though 1t was dlsas-
8lrous lnasmuch as It must have cost
lomeS thousand of mounds, while Tho cost
VI reconstruction Of the splendid arch
over the sprosecni.ln must be very heavy
\oo II NJ
h ~ - $4,000 - IN y a 90 N M