Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-07
HOUSE OF LORDS WILL NOT DIE
 EASY
Foremost Peers Will Form De- fepSiye Alliance and Enter Debates With Strong 0ppo- Sition to Idea of Abolition,
Special Cable to Review.o


 the middle ages, sweeping away half the population. have not disappeared forever, was given by pr. w. J. R. simpson in a lecture before the Royal College of Physicians in London.
 During the last ten and half years" said the lecturer, "over five million deaths have taken place from plague. four millions of which have taken place during the last four years. It is because of this mortality and be- cause of the beliefs held, q think CT that plague is a thing of the past so Ier as Europe is concern ed, and will not occur in epidemic form again, that I have decided to lecture on this subject.
 "Quiescence in plague for varying periods is not a new reature of the disease. It is necessary to emphasize this fact. I think the view held as to the invulnerability or Europe is as likely to be as correct as the view that London was freed from plague by the great fire of 1666.
 The effect if a plague epidemic on the living is very marked. A great number are unable to bear the scenes round them and the proofs of the un- certainty of life. Minds, be1ore quite calm, become excitable, leading to il- Iusions and delusions, which in some cases become. dangerous and contagi- ous. Normal courage become weak ened, and men become affected with feelings fthe deepest pity, and ue- Iigfous fervor. This is followed by total revulsion, leading to display of the worst and most sordid passions on the part of degraded people"
 The tipping system, winch is the greatest drawback encountered in Eu- rope by the American of modern means, is to be absent from 6 new hotel planned for London.
 Instead of the guests being fleeced by rows of servants with hungry palms, he need only pay what he likes with his bill for distribution among the servants.
 In every bedroom there will be a card giving a list of the servants with whom the visitor comes fin contact. Then he can mark on the card any amount which he desires given % any particular servant, hand in the card with his bill, and the sum is added to the ordinary charges. lie has also the choice of subscribing to the ser wants fund, which will be divided among all the employees.
 Unfortunately for rae American tourist. the hotel where this admir- able system is to be adopted is the United Services Cooperative hotel which will not be open to casual visi- tors, but will be run OF the lines of the army and navy stores, where no one can deal except subscribers.
 The social diplomat" is now at the service of anyone who is up against any sort of trouble or difficulty.
 This useful person has opened a bureau of advice, mediation and pro motion of social success, and offers for a consideration to be the guide phil osopner and-friend Of all who need such help.
 The social diplomat" advertises that he is anxious to be consulted If you are in any sort of family trouble; if you want to get into society, and there is a difficulty about any intro duction; if you want any matter transacted with tact, discretion and success"
 He promises to save his clients the cost of Iegai action, and the conse- quences of serious steps" of taken without expert advice, and to adjust the most delicate domestic affairs. In short. he professes to have the power of settling any difficulty, plac- ing anyone on the social ladder and bringing harmony into any discordant family, which is somewhat large or der.
 Threatened with practical extinction as a legislative force, the House of Lords is preparing a vigorous defence. The best debaters and most brilliant men in the upper house will be put in the fighting line, which will be com posed of peers who derive their no- bility not from descent but from recognition of their own merit.
 This will be an effective answer to the old pipe about hereditary legis- lators," which the Liberals have used so much in their campaign against the Lords.
 The Liberal governments attack on the powers of the Lords will be met by brilliant defence. Lord Curzon, whose peerage is an Irish one, with out a seat in the House of Lords, may be given sn English peeragc, and head the array of the Lords defence. The peers who have been made, not born, noble, include such great names as Cromer, Milner, Kelvin, Avebury (Sir John Lubbock) Lister, Rayleigh, Arm strong and Rothschild-ali men who have earned their titles by their achievements in colonial administra- ton, in science, finance, or commerce.
 The riding astride fad for women is losing It's popularity. This season very few "equestriennes" except very young ones are seen in the park using mems saddles. Last season 1t ap- peared as if the side saddle was be- coming obsolete, but now women who tried the masculine seat are return ing to the old pattern of saddle and The old riding skirt.
 London riding-masters do not think the astride seat for women will ever become general. Its only advantage,