Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18


surtax of one-third upon German goods
sent to her ports, with the result 30 the
ofhcfai returns show. that Canada ceased
to purchase from the Germans to any con-
siderable extent. The Canadians are pre-
pared to remove the surtax upon German
goods In return for similar concession to
Canadian exports to Germany.
They are not prepared. all the same. {
give Germany the advantages Of the prefer.
ence conceded to Britain. It is expected
that the Canadian premier and Mr.. Fielding
will visit Berlin in connection with thu
above negotiations before they return Il
Canada.
Lord de Ros. who has Just died. held
among other sinecures the Office of gold
stick -in-waiting. This Office. which bid.
fair within reasonable time to be reformed
out Of existence, goes back to the time wher
the bodyguard of the sovereign was made
the fine thing that II is now, and 1t Il
simply an Office of the guard. Charles II
established the household cavalry and ne
ordained In 1879 that the captains of the
three troops Of horse guards should In turn
wait Immediately next to the kings own
person, before all others, carrying In hand
an ebony staff with gold head engraved
gold stick, but in the changes OF rank that
have come In the course OF years 1t mas
fallen out that the highest officers OF the
household cavalry are now the three fuIi
or honorary colonies. The office Is almost
Invariably conferred on a peer who is also
an officer Of distinguished service and II Is
Of Charles IFS ordinance is more directly
kept In the office of silver stick, which Is
held ex-ofhcio by the commanding omcer
and second In command of each OF the
household cavalry regiments. After all
they carry. on the connection with the ac-
tive serving bodyguard, the Office comes to
them In the course of their service. But
gold stick has grown into an office for
which special creations are made.
To The unusual qualifications OF Lord de
Ros for the Office of gold stick. in that he
had both served in and commanded.a regi-
ment of household cavalry, might be added
one yet more remarkable. He was actually
born in the regiment. for his father was at
the time captain quartered at the
Regents Park barracks. Very few of the
honorary colonies of the household cavalry
have served in 1t, and / suppose that no
other was ever born in 1t. Lord de Ros
mother was a daughter of the Duchess OF
Richmond of hundred years ago and
danced at her mothers famous Waterloo
ball. His death makes another peeress In
her own right, for the barony- descends to
his daughter, who married MI. Anthony
cousin of the kings master of the cere-
monies. The title will go down yet in the
female line, for Lady de Ros has no son.
Spring Evidences.
London is poisoning out in spring paint,
and nowhere can you see the Londoner' 8
taste better exemplifed than in the decora-
ton of his. house front. because here, as in
Philadelphia, brick houses are painted. The
front door sometimes, too, is remarkable.
I call to mind many of vivid red. Indeed,
crimson doors of all shades appeal to the
average London householder. The more
glowing the longer it will resist the toning
down process Of the smoky atmosphere,
and the better it pleases the dweller be-
hind 1t.
West End doors fall, to my mind into
three classes. There is the large solid,
blank double-leafed door, an impenetrable
barrier, Npre-eminently the British domestic
door. Then there is the single big door,
which is SO far communicative as to have
parcels of opaque glass In the upper half,
guarded by decorative iron grille. The
third class is that of the small and rather
narrow doors, often brightly painted, which
belong to many of the gay. polished houses
in Park Lane and to the little dainty
houses which made so sprightly the friend
ly Mayfair streets. This Is the intricate
front door. have suggested the region in
which 1t Is most to be found, but the other
two classes have no special quarter. dare
say that the first kind would be found pre-
dominating north of Hyde Park. In Bel
gravia you might find more of the second
kind, and in the great squares and in Ken
sington about an equal number of both.
Every class has its beauty. That of the
first class Is commonly the fine quality of
the painting, brought to deep polish as of
glass, and the somber colorings that suit
the heavy mass of the door make the polish
more effective. But there are also less
reserved doors, Drawing the reproach of
unlikeness to ones fellows-shining ma
hogany or fine pieces of oak whose glory
Is their patterned grain; relieved it may
even be by carved silver :. handles and
knockers. Some find Individuality In heavy
iron studding, others in knockers like a
beautiful pair of bronze dolphins on the
west side of Berkeley square. The door of
the second type has naturally varieties too
wide to relate. You may do anything with
an iron grille. 1t may be an ARTS and
crafts" affair in Princes Gate, Dutch or old
German in Grosvenor square, Florentine in
South Audley street off Park Lane. The
little doors of the third class are the
brightest of all the collections. They bios
som out into crimson and scarlet, pale
green and delicate blue, and look as If they
were enameled. On the whole. think that
the man once heard of who mentally
COLLECTED handsome ceilings might have
amused himself as much and with less
anxiety by collecting" London front doors.
A society has just been formed for en-
couraging the sale of works of art made
in the cottages of rural England. For
some time there has been shop at Hazle-
mere where articles of various kinds made
in the cottages of Surrey can be purchased.
These articles are In the main Of an ar, ar,
been living he would have been delighted
to see the taste and knowledge which
many of them show. A shop of the same
KIM Is HOW u Uc OpSHSu III 1NCW SdfCh-
dish street, London. There seems to be a
real revival in many parts of England Of the
cottage artistic industries, and in many
Of the cottages in the country villages the
sound of the hapdloom Is again heard.
In the second week in June very curious
exhibition will be opened at Islington in
connection with the work of the London
Society for Promoting Christianity Among
the Jews The exhibition will consist Of
models and relics Of the land of Palestine.
Models of the tabernacle. the sacred ark.
the court OF priests, the city of Jerusalem
as 1t Is believed to have existed in the time
of Christ and a model of modern Jerusalem
and a replica of the garden tomb" are
among the exhibits. A raised map, sixty
feet long, represents the most considerable
undertaking Of the organizers. Ancient
Jerusalem's trades will be shown in opera
ton. The general manager is Mr.. Samuel
Sehor, native of Jerusalem.
The exhibition Of the Royal Water Color
Society this spring contains a display Of
excellent and highly meritorious work.
Some of its most distinguished members
do not exhibit this year, but the work of
anu NJ ha artfcta ia v,ror IN