Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-02

lords spiritual, or Bishops At. the; -
tablishcd churcn; and tho tfstx
poral, those inheriting or becomfn6s
PEERS. which horror is conferred by the
Kin;, nn roc"c,nen,;:itIo IN III tho Cab.
M, On account OF Some special dis.
tinctiOn or for other reasons. Natur-
ally, the "old and originals" do not
look with favor on the newly made
peer and he plainly Is not on social
level The number Of the upper
House is indefinite as new peerages are
created from time to time. BY the
act Of Union with Scotland sixteen
representatives of the Scottish peerage
are elected by the Scottish nobility for
the duration of each Parliament, and
twenty EIGHT are elected for life by the
peers of Ireland.
Membership in the lower house Is d.
vidcd as follows: England has a repre-
scntation Of four hundred and sixty
five; ireland. one hundred and three:
Scotland. seventy-two; Wales, thirty
Members are elected for seven years
and are not necessarily residents OF the
districts they represent. Often, il
man whose presence is much desired in
the House, is defeated in one part OF
the country. a candidate who is willing
to be sacrificed resigns, and the afore-
said gentleman is elected in his place
The House is naturally the more
popular body, as it represents the peo-
pie. One interesting feature is al
lowing z certain time before business
is taken up in which questions may be
asked, some of those prOpOunded being
very peculiar.
The King summons Parliament to
meet and prescribes the time and place
Of meeting, dissOlves it, and commands
the Issue Of wrts for the election OF
members Of the House Of Commons.
His appearance in the House of Lords
is attended with a great deal Of cere-
mony.
There was a great rush, by those not
fortunate enough to have private con-
veyances, for cabs, hansOms anything.
when Parliament adjourned. 1t was
just midnight blythe clock in the tower.
and the squares around were filled
with people, We passed the more
aristocratic equipages. and selected the
top of a bug TO ride on a London
bus at any time is an event. either in
the bright glare of day, when the
throbbing life of this greatest of all
cities is filling the streets with sights.
or in the fOggy evening, when the
myriad lights send out misty fingers,
the trans. carriages, motor cars. with
their familiar foot toOt." and the
tramping of the many people on the
pavements, make up a moving pic
ture" which, for some of US, at least,
possesses great interest.
l suppose it is a depraved and unedu-
Gated taste, 1 know it was a source of
sorrow to some of our "art leaders,"
but there is fully as much of enjoy
ment for me in studying the life Of
great city as there is in viewing miles
of painted "MadOnnas," or spending
days among the relics Of the Museums.
In London, one does not have to be In
the city long before feeling this rest-l
less. moving life, streaming night and
Gay through streets which have been
thrOnged for many years. The crowded
streets, with their masses of "all Sorts
and conditions of men," made an i'm
preston on my mind as they must on
everyone's, which will never quite fade
away.
Somebody has said: ITO be tired Of
London is to be tired Of existence"
The great capital of the United King
dom. with its infinite variety Of "things
to do" and things to see." would ap-
parently keep even a very blase person
long. long time from getting tired of
London
EVA L. SHOREY.