Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-13
AUTUMN IN LONDON
Promises to Be Most Brilliant
in Many Years.
SOME NOTABLE VISITORS
The City to Entertain Royalties This
Fall.
THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
Not Only Americans Who Are Fond of
Lords-sir Thomas Lipton's Hope
-Mohammedan Subjects.
HE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
'pecial Correspondence of The Star.

| LONDON, September ~, 1905.
! From the social point of view this autumn
/ ir London will be the most brilliant for
MANY. years. Parliament will be sitting.
and that alone would give the season an
unusual Importance. But what will really
give the season it's unique attraction will
he the presence of the king and queen in
! town, and festivities that will attend the
| visits of the numerous foreign royalties
who are coming to London in October and
November.
The king is devoted to London in the
autumn and winter, and is never complete
| ly happy when he is prevented from spend
| ing the gloomy months of the year III the
warmth and jollity of the metropolis. He
| has arranged "a program of entertainment
| for his coming guests that will no doubt
be to their qualification and honor, while
it will also give period of bright ANNA
ton to London, which 1t sorcly needs In the
last two months of the year. 1t is said
there will he d gala performance at Covcnt
Garden, and Il state concert or ball al Buck
ingham Palace. Such functions in the fall
of the year rare, and they are there
fore all rho more welcome to the glitter
loving Londoner.
Signs unusual activity are already APP
parent. Bond street, Piccadilly and Regent
street have assumed their height of-the-
season aspect. The shope are parading
their choicest and newest novelties. The
ateliers of Dover street are showing the
winter fashions a month earlier than usual,
and at night the theaters and restaurants
are full of evidences that the great world
IS returning to its old plane.
In fact, the season here will be remark
able for the number of royal and distn-
guished people who are to be guests in the
metropolis. The city, as Its custom Is, will
entertain the royal visitors at the Guildhall,
and as the King and Queen of Norway will
share seats at the civic board with King
Frederick of Denmark, the lord mayor will
score record in municipal hospitality sec
ond only to that achieved by his ancient
predecessor, Sir Henry Picard, when he en-
tertained at his own house Eward III of
England David, King of Scotland, the King
of Denmark, John, King of France, and the
King of Cyprus.
King Frederick Of Denmark will be the
guest of the German emperor at Berlin be-
fore his visit to London, and he is expected
to bring with him to Buckingham Palace,A
therefore, a fund of those military and
courtly anecdotes for which the kaiser is !
renowned. The Crown Prince and Princess |
of Roumania are also coming, and it is now
almost certain that We shall also the !
President of the French republic.
The Duke and Duchess of Aosta, whose !
visit is also announced, have not been
here for several years. although the duke
at one time was frequently seen in London !
society. The duchess was born at Twick- |
enham. and was married at Kingston. Until !
King Victor Emmanuel acquired son and
heir the duke was in the Italian sue
cession. He is the son of King Amadeo.
who ruled in Spain from 1870 to 1875.
1t Is not only Americans who love a lord. !
The English are very keen on titles Of all |
kinds and just now a state Of affairs exists |
in the city in regard to the kings visit for |
the purpose of opening the new central
criminal court which almost amounts to a |
scandal. The trouble all arises out of the |
IN To he Oneninpr n ha
new court, and the definite charge is being |
leveled at certain civic authorities that by !
advancing the date of opening they are try !
ing to do Sir William Treloar, the we'll |
known carpet dealer. who Is now merely a |
knight, out of baronetcy and the prestige |
which 1t was intended should mark the |
opening of his term of office by this cere-
mOny.
The king it is confidently stated. will mark
the occasion by making the first citizen a
baronet, and at the same time make the
two new sheriffs knights The new sheriffs,
however-Alderman Crosby, NJ. D., and Mr.
William Henry Dunn-are to be installed
next week, while the lord mayor elect, Sir
William Treloar, is not installed until No
is pointed out, is in Sir William Treloar's
ward, and he has repeatedly associated him
self with many schemes of reform in the
ward, not the least of which is the recon-
struction of Old Bailey
For these reasons the opening of the
court should, it is declared, be put off until
November, when Sir William Treloar comes
into office. OF course, the date of opening
depends entirely on the convenience Of the
king and as his majesty has not yet init
mated his pleasure in the matter, the
disputants are really causing themselves
great deal of unnecessary heat. In his
tactful way it is probable that the king will
settle the matter for them
IL
Sir Thomas Lipton's hope that the New
York Yacht Club will accept a challenge
for the America cup the understanding
that the contending boats are to be built
to the new International rule finds little
echo among yachting men here. No doubt
yacht designed to make the most of this
rule would be what racing men call more
wholesome, but the whoesomeness or I'M
wholesomeness of the typical racing yacht
is not a consideration in contests Of this
kind. The object Of each side is to build
for speed pure and simple, and as lightness
is element of speed the advantage is
naturally with the defender. Shamrock II
represented the extreme for the British In
this respect and Shamrock II never was
fitted out after 1901 In New York there
is full appreciation of the handicap against
England and a natural inclination to ask
why they should surrender it. If the cup
came over here. the whole trouble would
be to face again from the other side.
Besides, yachting men in England believe
at the back of their minds that if Sir Thorn
as Upton carries his point the Herreshoffs
could build boat, even under the new rule, |
to beat him. They could make her much
lighter than the challenger. A limit to the
Tightening of scantlings would prevent this,
and probably Sir Thomas has something
like this in his mind. Scantlings, in fact.
are the whole trouble 1t would not mat
ter straw what the rule was if the scant-
lings of both yachts were the same. But
there Is not new rule to make an excuse
for demanding that, and it would be a large
order. What some people would like is that
Sir Thomas Upton should build a ninety
foot load water line boat as light as can he
built, fill the hull with cork, put jury rig
on her and tow her across as Shamrock III
was towed On the other side she would fit
out probably as light boat and might be
as fast as anything Rhode Island ever pro-