The Washington herald., 1906-12-17

Tue roman CaIHoiic Archbishop OF
Posen, Monsignor Stabelevski. died last
month. He was an avowed Polish patriot.
and took a prominent part in the Polish
national movement.
In an article in a Bucharest paper the
Queen OF Roumania, using the pseudo
nym Of Carmen sylvia" states that. al
though King Charles in the last six
months has not had a single night with
out pain. his majesty's condition is now
most satisfactory, and hopes Of his re-
lcovery are entertained.
The new palatial war Office In London
| is now completed and has been turned
ever to the authorities II is considered
the finest government building in the
world. and contains over a thousand
rooms. It is situated in Whitehall, with
one facade facing Horse Guards avenue.
/ II has kitchens on the fourth floor capable
Of preparing meals daily for ], 600 persons.
4 BY the end Of the year the group Of build
iings on the south side OF Pail Mall, known
as the war Office. will have been vacated
for the Whitehall edifice.
In her colony in Southwest Africa Ger
many has had continuous trouble for sew
/ eral years. II has been known In the
! European newspapers as "Germany's Lit
/ tie War;" for a head line 1t is now
spoken Of IN capital letters as Ger
manys Costly War" sum of s., 900 900
/ is the estimate for the coming financial
year for this same little war. The Ger
man government VIII probably hear some
very drastic comments on its colonial
policy, when this enormous sum is asked
for In the Reichstag.
A strange and fearful thing has ap-
peared on the streets Of London and
Paris. An edict Of fashion has brought
il about, but it is none the less wonder
full to behold, and It is called the elbow
muff. II is a development Of the long
/ sleeved nun which has been in favor
two or three winters. and is shaped with
a bend like stovepipe. The elbow muff
I is due to the determination Of the dress
makers OF Paris TO maintain the short
/ sleeve fashion for dresses even in winter
/ These sleeves really should be passee, as
/ they are nearly three years old.
| The book which Princess Henry Of Bat
tenberg. mother Of the Queen Of Spain.
4 has been writing for some time upon the
Isle OF Wight is ready and will be pub
/ lished in the spring. 1t deals very ex-
haustively with the history of the island
/ Of which the princess is the governor.
I OF special interest. Of course. are the ref
! erences TO Osborne House and the life Of
the late Queen Victoria Princess Henry
was the constant companion Of her
/ mother. and never left her even after she
/ the princess was married, and she Is the
/ best qualified OF all Queen Victoria's chill
/ dren to write Of her late majesty's pri-
vate life.
| Lady Mimic. the wife OF the viceroy Of
/ India. has been distinguishing herself as
rifle shot. On the occasion OF the vice
regal visit TO Kashmir. the Maharajah
arranged a shooting excursion to Dachi-
gam for his distinguished visitors. who
spent several days in the camp. About
900 heaters were employed. Among the
game killed was a very fine bear. which
was shot By Lady Mimic as It passed
+ her at eighty yards range going at its
/ top speed. Sir Amar Singh was in the
same machan with Lady Mimic. but he
/ did not have cause 20 use his rife, the
I bear being killed at the first shot.
( The annual report Of the post-office
system Of India demonstrates some inter
esting and striking developments. An
enormous Increase In business is re
/ ported The sale OF the one anna q cents)
and half anna stamps has more than
doubled IN ten years. In 1885 q 10000 post
card were dealt with, while last year the
figure was over 40 o0, 200. The Indian post
Office undertakes functions performed by
10 other post-office IN the world. IL sells
/ thousands of pounds Of quinine. acts as
an agent for the receipt Of salt revenue.
and pays pensions amounting 10 nearly
s.. 800 000 10 the native army. Among the
men in the service Of the postal establish
ment many disasters have occurred Sew
eral have died OF plague. eight deaths
were caused by the Kangra earthquake
while four postal servants We're killed by
robbers; three were swept away by
avalanches on the Gllgit line. one was
carried off by a tiger, and another
was swallowed by a crocodile.
Under the auspices Of the Jewish Reli-
gious Union a meeting was held IN London
/ recently. with the object Of bringing be
fore the Jewish residents Of the metrop-
Oils the aims Of the organization. The
I promoters declare that while not seeking
to interfere with the belief or practice Of
any observaut Jew. or to awaken discon-
tent among those who are satisfied with
the synagogue service, they are anxious
to make those who are drifting away from
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Judaism afresh. The union wants to
teach Judaism 10 those Jews who have
neglected the means hitherto available
for Jewish religious instruction and pub
lie worship. or who are unwilling or have
no opportunity to make use Of them. Mr.
CLAUDE y. Montehore occupied the chair
and spoke of the objects Of the union.
Miss Lily Montague also addressed the
meeting on the belief IN efficacy Of pray
eT. which this union maintained and
taught Many prominent Jews were pres
ent. and Endorsed the Jewish Religious
Union and its objects.
In reference to complicated conditions
of the Italian railway system. an official
explanation has been offered. The nu-
merous and serious complaints of the
railways, especially from abroad, are to
certain extent justified, says the official
apology. but the lamented irregularities
in the train service of Italy are due to
transitory condition. to which rene
dies are being applied. The companies
who managed the railways from 1885 to
1905 endeavored TO obtain the largest pos
sible saving, especially in the rolling
stock, which had not been renewed for
ten years. They also aimed at reducing
the railways to such a state of neglect
that the government would abandon the
idea of buying them. Under these dis
astrous conditions the state took over all