Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28

glorious one. The retiring minister was
chiefly distinguished BY the supplenes. with
successive ministers. His one ambition was
to remain In ONCE This characteristic was
so marked that the BerIiners named him
the sKlebe Minister the minister who
sticks fast to office. come what may.
One of the most unloyeiy incidents In his
career was the readiness with which he
abandoned Prince Bismarck the moment he
fell from imperial favor. And yet he owed
everything to the Iron Observation-Disclosures
had been more than kindly chief to him.
But as he could also be good hater. he
ure which very nearly cost Herr Won Bot
tfcher his position.
About the year $780, when the latter was
minister of the interior. his father-ln-law.
In Stettin. got into financial difncuities.
Herr Won Bofticher went to Prince Bis
marck and implored his aid. and the chan
celior advanced him q very large sum from
the secret service funds. the notorious
'Welfen Fonds,. with which his father-in-
law paid his debts. The "Welfen Fonds''
was the confiscated fortune of the King OF
Hanover, amounting to about million ster-
ling. the interest OF which was at the dis
posal of the imperial chancellor. 1t was
with this money that Bismarck subsidized
the governmental press. the reptile press
as it was popularity called The only per-
son to whom Bismarck gave account of the
expenditure was the kaiser. Once year
he laid the receipts before his majesty and
they were then burned.
1t was the revelation OF the Botticher In
cfdent that chiefly contributed to the aboli-
tion OF the ''Welfen Fonds'' The public
was strongly of the opinion that govern
ment money was not intended to save the
fathers-in-law of ministers of state from
bankruptcy and SO. in 1892. the fortune of
the late King of Hanover was handed over
to his son. the Duke of Cumberland An
other thing that contributed to this was
the fact that Gen. Won Caprivi the sue
ceSsor of Prince Bismarck as imperial
chancellor, was too loyal and honorable a
soldier to care TO work with such means.
Prince Bismarck was brought Up among
the ruses and receptions of the diplomacy
of the first half of the nineteenth century,
the school founded by Prince Metternfch.
and followed by Prince Gortchakoff and the
Russian diplomatists, and he took things as
he found them. But such methods were re-
pugnant to soldier. especially chevalier
sans peur ct sans reproche as was Gen.
Won Caprivi.
My experience at Ascot. Ranelagh, VIM
biedon. Henley, and Lords has convinced
me that the single eyeglass is coming into
fashion again. Nor is the revival confined
to mere man. For at Ascot in particular.
within half an hour, saw FIVE ultra-fash-
ionable danes on the exclusive lawn wear
Ing the single eyeglass They did not look
happy with 1t. but they wore It, In two
cases, a veil was pulled down over 1t. but
whether to keep it in place not, 1t would
be unfair to say.
The single eyegiass in my opinion, did
not bring an added charm to the female
face. Few men, indeed, can wear 1t salts
factorily. 1t may remain fixed in the eye
with the adhesiveness of glue, but the aw-
ful, fixed CLASSY stare of the eye itself Is
not conducive to a good appearance. Gold
trimmed, horn -rimmed and rimiess glasses
are being worn indiscriminateiy. There
seems to be no particular fashion. Where
the trimmed glass is being worn. however. I
notice that false rim. which juts out from
the real one, has been affixed In order to
make the glass more secure in the eye.
While on your side of the Atlantic see
that milk and milk product trust is being
formed London is falling into line with
some other cities that are demanding the
municipalization OF the milk supply. A
number of cities, including some of the
London boroughs like Battersea, already
supply steriiized milk. and whenever the
machinery necessary for it's manipulation
can be set up it is probable that the county
council will take steps to obtain control
over the whole milk supply of the metropo-
lis. 1t Is contamination which most peo-
pie, whatever their views of municipal en-
terprise may be, will deyoutly wish to see
fulfilled. London milk has always been a
by-word for possessing all the qualities that
that 1t should.
Many people might be surprised at the
great development of municipal enterprise
In recent years. Municipalities now own
houses. docks. markets, and baths, race
courses. oyster fisheries, slaughter houses,
employment bureaus and sewage farms
The Brighton corporation owns the local
race course, from which it derives a reve-
nue. of $4,000 a year. There are municipal
theaters at Brighton and scarborough
West Ham manufactures it's own paving
stones and sells them to contractors at a
profit. Colchester has municipal oyster
bed. Manchester produces soap, OIL tallow,
and mortar residuals from it's gas and
other industries.
Glasgow maintains an institution for the
cure of inebriates. Wolverhampton sells ice
to the traders of the town. Torquay breeds
rabbits on a water preserve and has also
undertaken sheep farming. Tunbridge Wells
grows hops for sale. Liverpool cultivates
beets, and Battersea maintains an orches-
tra L. II. MOORE.