The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28

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iety as to the forthcoming event in the
history Of the country. The people every
/ where look upon the matter as one which
/ concerns themselves, and take an interest
/ in even the most minute details connected
with it. Hundreds Of women ali over
thf Spanish kingdom are hoping that their
children viii first breathe the breath Of
! life simultaneously with the royal infant
/ to-be. Hundreds of happy young couples.
instead OF deciding as usual beforehand
/ that the boy shall bc named Jose or the
/ girl Dolores. are now waiting 10 know Il
I his OF her highBess IS 10 be Alfonso or
/ Fernando. Isabella or Christina, that they
may name their own little one the same
! Thousands who are languishing Ia prison
/ for sticking q knife into a rival, for half
numbering some tormenting little cigar
/ rera who had fiirted with another, or for
some such tride, are also wondering what
/ the new arrival viii mean to them. WI
/ Don Alfonso pardon them IS his mother
! pardoaed so many like them?
One Of the first public ceremonies at
which the people may expect to see the
royal baby is that Of the Queens going
/ to c0nsecrate her child TO Nuestra Sc
nora de At0cha, the black Virgin who
is patr0ness OF Madrid and protectress Of
the royal family The statue Is IN the
convent Of the AtOcha, and tradition tells
that il shed tears on each anniversary Of
/ its feast, vast crowds assembling 10 Wit
ness the miracle.
The royal guards. whose duties win in
clude that OF watching over the little
newcomer, are the famous Alabadores. or
halberdieTs, who have done such good
/ service to the throne.
The young bucks about town are ex-
/ pectant, knowing there viii be high jinks
I 10 celebrate The event, noble families are
discussing the probabilities Of their own
infantile sci5ns being chosen one day as
companions of the great little Parsonage:
the mob is locking forward 10 the bull
/ fight TO be held in honor OF the occasion.
| the Iberian soldier is anticipating the
extra rati0us that may be served out %
/ him; clergy and chOTisters throughout the
] land await the official notification from
the alealde that they may repair 10 the
ancient cathedrals TO sing the TIE Deum;
/ tFadesmen supplying anything aud every
thing hope for appointments as 'prOvee-
DOR the poOr-and their name IS legion
/ Ia this land Of official plenty-yearn for
/ the happy day when the coming OF
/ little child viii soften all hearts. for they
remember that 30.009 Of them were recipi-
I
/ Kings first feast day. Spain to-day Is a
nation Of great expectations.
Letters received in Vienna from Russia
/ speak Of the disquietuds which pevades
the whole encourage OF the Gar. and Of
the resourcefulness with which the reyo-
lutionists are importing and storing arms
and ammunition.
Ia fiss offices ~ fine ministry there
uncertainty. which is enfeebling the work
Of government, it reflects the feeling IN
court ciscles at St. Petersburg, where no
one pretends TO foresee what may happen
next
The strain on NJ IsYolsby. the foreign
minister. is particularly severe.
as to the revolutionary arms ard am
munition, they have been pouring into
Russia for nine months. despite police
searches and occasional seizures resem-
bling those just made ia the north OF
England. The revolutionary agents IN
Europe are shipping them from unsus-
pected European ports disguised as mer-
chandise. The statements which have ap-
peared in some English papers recently
concerning German stores along the
Ease Coast are pure rubbish.
The Russian foreign ministry is at
present devOting all its energies TO the
preparation Of details in connection with
The Hague conference
The factory inspectors Of the Grand
Duchy Of Baden, Germany, have publish
ed a comprehensive report on the home
industries OF their country, which has
attracted much attention because Of the
picture il paints of the misery and desti-
tuition in which "a large portion of the
population lives. 1t is recognized. be-
sides, that the picture is only that which
might be drawn in any other German
state
In these home Industries in Baden there
are over 20,000 persons employed Of
whom 81 per cent are females. Among
the thousands Of children employed many
are under six years old. The report says
they look pale, emaciated, and serious.
They are described also as Jimid and as
generally complaining Of their school
work. Among numerous examples of pre-
c0city among those children it is related
how boys OF fourteen direct the work Of
their younger brothers and sisters.
With regard TO the number OF hours
worked by these people, the report says
that days of thirteen and fourteen hours
are by 10 means rare, ana it not mfre-
quenuy happens that sixteen and seven
teen hours are worked. There is no regu-
lar time for meals. These. are eaten any
how, in odd intervals.
In the brush and china button industries
women work usually until II O'Clock al
night. Cases are recorded where work
begins at or 4 o'clock in the morning in
summer and in winter. and lasts until
or 10 at night-someumes III after mid
night Women have come TO the factory
inspectors weeping, to complain of their
insufficient earnings Even men in the
watch industry Of the Black Forest work
for fourteen pfennige a cents an hour,
working fifteen hours a day.
In several other instances wages run
from pfennige az cents} to % pfennfye
an hour, and in the concertina. orchestrion.
and similar industries the wages OF even
skilled workers average between 10 and Il
marks G2.50 TO s.. 55l weekly.
IL is worth mentioning that in this re-
port the inspectors complain of the In
sanitary conditions under which most Of
this home work is carried on. The work
is done in the homes, on tables which are
filthy with refuse, scraps of food, and
dirty dishes. and the wares made are
transported back and forward in baby
carts in which sick children are carried.
This is even the case where the home
workers are employed in preparing stun
for large jam ana preserve factories.
Great pressure is being put upon the
British Embassy at Constantinople bv
YiIdiz Kiosk and the Porte with view
TO Fastening Great Britain's formal as
sent 20 the 3 per cent increase in the Gus
toms duties. Sir Nicholas OConor, how
ever. is not vet in position 10 advise his
government that an the demands .eauable
OF immediate execution have been carried
out.
The scheme for the eo.,ol,.sfrr, % d, H.,