The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
QUEEN All AIEXANDRA'S HANDS
 TRIMMED CHRISTMAS TREE
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 Special Cable to The Advertiser by
 Robert Frederick.
 fCopyright. 1906, by The International
 Press Syndicate)
 London, Dec 29--The royal family enjoyed a rather quiet Christmas this year according to the wish of Queen Alexandra. who has come to dislike court Functions more and more. The usual number of Christmas gifts were exchanged between the members of the royal family, and the Queen herself had trimmed the immense Christmas tree for her grandchildren. who were al- lowed 10 indulge in all kinds of pranks.
 The charitable gifts of both the King and Queen were large and numerous, and the Queen personally visited scores of needy families whom she had pro- vided with Christmas dinners.
 The King had sent coal to all the poor of Windsor and Clever who had applied to him. that is to say, a little over a thousand families.
 The King and Queen received splendid Christmas gifts by messen- gers from their nephew, the Kaiser, the Cxar and Cxarine, King Frederick Of Denmark, King George of Greece, and KinE Haakon and Queen Maud of Nor way.
 The Prince of Wales is believer in The future of flying machines, and is keenIy interested in the great aera- plane race from London to Manchester planned for next year.
 His Royal Highness. who is clever amateur mechanic, Is familiar with the 4echnfcaIities of the different aeroplAues that have been invented by Santos pnmont and others.
 Tho Prince, 1t is stated, will be the next president of the Aero Club. He firmiy believes that practicable aSeo- plane will be In use within the next few years.
 E2gnchtiun by sand-buiiding is being tried by the London County Council in It's public schools. Glasses of very ltt- tie children are being given boxes filled with sand to play with as a means ofs developing their intelligence.
 The method in use is delightful play forj the children. A story IS toid to them. such as 'Tdttle Red Riding Hood." and they are told to illustrate it in sand and plasticine. The babies hul1d cottages in the sand and make figures of Red Riding Hood, the Wolt. and the Grandmother in plasticine, and illustrate the progress or the story DJ moving the ngures
 The system is such a success that the council is extending 1t to all the schools that wish to take 1t up.
 Treasure seeking .has become reEu- lar tnOuBIfya III British capital is invested.
 The iatest enterprise in this direct sou is that of a new treasure seeking couapany with a capital or Slzo'VVV. which is sending salvage ship very shortly to try and bring up the $S'z5O'- noo ir gold which President Kruger esss. aendinT in the Dorethea to South America at the time of the Boer war. when the ship was wrecked on the roast of Zuiuland. .A
 rive other wrecks on the Sontn AL vsean coast will be salved by the com - vvhich has obtained exclusive con ressiona from the Cape government Tor sha4 purpose, three of them being olo YSufoh gaHeons wrecked in the seven teenth century.
 aansational attack upon the Ma .tar.I snorttng Club, where boxing matches take place twice a week pc. fore an audience of artstocrauc anu wealthv men, is made in the socle'S paper ''The Throne"
 Tn an open letter to the DIke n. .. vaedsord. who owns the land in Covent se-Ssn where the club stands. the syrlter points cut the alleged horrors that are witnessed there when prlze- lights are held. - .Ao
 .sIn four successive years" says the writer, -four pugilists have been XIII XIII ed and 2,O0O men and boys have been carried out of it's ring senseless ana bleeding from the deadly knockout
 .Teo poor, unfortunate victims are hurried from the precincts of the ring and the club so that in the event or death ensuing the club and It's omclais may be less incriminated.
 .'Thc club Is now the devils play rroupd for those having the taint or inc brutality that revelled in cock fiGhting and bcll-baiting"
 The article says severe things apout aome of the prominent members of the club. aud announces that a petition to queen Alexandra Is being organized, asking her ito use her gracious inhu- ence to wipe out this blot upon our national life"
 Ten beautiful pieces of Flemish tapestry dating from the seventeenth century, have been discovered slowed away in Holyrood Palace, the now dinev and ruinous residence Of Mary queen of Scots.
 tlton renounced the claim which his family had held for generations to control certain rooms in the palace, and had his property removed there from While the rooms were being cleared out, the ten tapestries were discovered, and it was afterwards found Thaf they had been stored away since 1eg0. when Queen Victoria visited T5olyrood. and one of the large rooms had to be divided into three bed rooms for her suite.
 The tapestries are beautiful works Of art. some being figure subjects, oth- era landscapes, and others architectu- ral. They may now be hung in the ,,feturA gallery, which contains num- Der of worthless daubs purporting to be portraits of the Kings of Scotland from F. Fergus, the first monarch. to Charles IT. but were painted to order by one James de Witte abort 1884.
 Although the Earl of Leven and Mel Wtlle left S2O0,0O0 for the restoration Re HolsFood the work will not now be