Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29


the greatest Commanders of the. pagan
world, and certainly the victor of Ross
bach was pagan of the most unmit1gated
kind, in his philosophical beliefs, as we'll as
in his private mOrals-so much so that
dual alliance of the sort referred TO by the
emperor at Berlin was entirely out Of the
question.
great labor experiment which may have
far-reaching economic effects has just been
commenced in London. and will be watched
with keen interest during the coming win
ter by all who look for a solution of the
employment problem. Ten days ago the
central body under the unemployed act of
1905 opened at Kensington the first of a
chain of twenty-seven labor exchanges
which are to link together the metropolitan
boroughs in one great organization for
mutual help. -
The seventh Of these exchanges has just
been opened, and the last Of the series will
be in full work by the end of October-in
time to cope with the winter distress.
The scheme may be said to represent
the first scientific commercial attempt to
organize the labor market. and under
stand that the committee In charge is most
anxious to dissociate 1t from the faint Of
philanthropy" and the still more OBJ
jecttonable influence of the 1il-starred dis
tress committees of last winter. The sum
of GS7, 600 was raised by a penny rate under
the act, and of this sum 91O,150 was set
aside for the establishment Of these labor
exchanges, so that the idea will be given
fair chance.
AS for details of organization, it Is suf-
ficient to say that each of the twenty-seven
offices will be connected by telephone with
central labor clearing house In the city,
in order that the demand in any district
may be instantly met by the supply In an
other. Several large employers Of labor
tell me that the system Is admirable, and
meets a real want and that the master
builders in particular intend to avail them
selves of it to the full.
X
1t is well known that the king is really
fine bridge player, who plays, like all
good opponents Of the game, for the pleas
ures it's scientific problems afford. and not
for the stakes which may be in question.
He loses gracefully, but nothing will induce
him to play a second time with an indif-
ferent partner. Bridge produces more quar-
reling than any game ever conceived. but
his ma jesty Is one of the very few people
who never lose their temper. more especial
ly If his partner happens to be lady.
1t Is always left to the king to suggest
when it is time for the game to cease. If
he finds himself with a bad partner. or
with one who does not understand his play,
his majesty politely discovers that 1t is
advisable to retire earlier than usual, and
the rest Of the company. of course. under
stand.
The king has a few very hard and fast
rules, from which he never deviates when
he plays He will not play with young
men under five and twenty-even when they
are millionaires. When staying at coun-
try house last summer for week 1t
fell to the lot of the young daughter of
ner. His majesty had known the girl all
her life. Marjorie. you are not one and
twenty. On principle I never play with
little girls under that age" The little
rvirD <Io& h. will |, iv,
months of the suspicious date, and ex
planned tearfully that she had been prac-
ticing 80 hard" that she might be his
majesty's partner, whereupon the king gave
in "for once" but he was very emphatic
about the once.
Another rule Of the king is never during
the progress Of an evenings play to touch
the brandy and soda or wine which 1T is
customary to pass round.
*
During the coming autumn a public ap-
peal will be made for funds to carry out a
scheme for improving Trafalgar Square. in
commemoration of the recent centenary OF
the great naval battle from which it de-
rives its na,na. The office of works has
already informed the Navy League that the
government will be prepared to consider
some alterations in the square, but that
there must be no general removal of the
existing statuary and no horticultural
work Whlch WOulQ restrict the IacllltleS at
present enjoyed.
The scheme is estimated to cost 100000,
and provides for the decoration of the
fountains and of two pedestals at either
end of the terrace, with statuary groups
celebrating the defeat of the Armada and
the Cromwellian and Stuart victories over
the Dutch. 1t provides also for the trans
ference of the statues of George w, Ma
pier. Havelock and Gordon to a more COM
manding position in the square; the erec-
ton Of terminal columns at the southern
end of the inclosing walls, surmounted by
figures of victory; the decoration of the
wall Of the terrace with bronze reliefs and
medallions, with memorials of seventeenth
and eighteenth century admirals on the
revetment, and the construction of drink
ing fountain to balance the entrance to the
tube station on the Strand side, which
would have to be treated intellectually.
Cockspur street, the connecting link be-
tween Trafalgar Square and Pail Mall,
presents just now a rather striking Illus
tration of the keen competition that exists
among the great ocean steamship lines It
is, of course, the west end home Of the
passenger shipping business. as Lead
entail street and neighborhood are its
city headquarters. Within a distance
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