The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15

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ism Of the automobile in which he was
travelling &C a great speed between ViterbO
and Rome. When the CAr was descending
q steep hill the chauffeur suddenly found
that the brake refused to act.
The road was an sx~ceedingly dangerous
one, for besides the natural decllvity there
was a sharp curve at the bottom that could
not possibly bO negotiated at the speed
the car wa going. An alternative pre-
sented itself to the driver In the shape OF
the entrance 10 a private park surrounded
by a high stone wall. with IN ornamental
wrought iron gateway.
IL was half closed n a group Of idiers
wers chatting at the gate when with q wild
warning hoOE the automobile bore down
upon them. Tho people dispersed terror
! stricken. every one expecting tho vehicle
with len occupants to be dashed to pieces.
But 90 nicely had the royal chauffeur
Judged the distance that the car shot
through tho half closed gateway with no
more than an inch 60 spare on either side.
He then ran the car 20 a standstiA on tho
level. The King seemed unmOvod. though
ne remarked that he would rather not 70
through a similar experience again.
That the life Of a clergyman Of the Church
Of England, like that Of W. 4. Gilhsrt's
famous policeman. In not exactly a happy
one Is pretty generally known. Years s&o
George Eliot, In Scenes Of Clerical Life,'
drew pictures Of the poverty that too often
il to be found in ~persOnages. and It would
appear that In this respect things have
been steadily going from bad 20 worse.
At a recent meeting OF the Southwark
Diocesan Society the Rev. n. +. Kingston
a London clergyman. made the statement
that durfng the past decade no fewer than
sixty one OF his brethren had been COM
PEELED to enter the poorhouse, while forty
two others had passed into pauper lunatio
ssyIums. The conference decided to TO
quest the Bishops TO institute diocesan
clerical registers with the object OF bring
ing clerical supply and demand into closer
relations.
The whole question Of the pay and en-
ploymeOt Of he clergy Is one chat sooner
or later viii ave 20 be considered very
seriously hy the Church.
Two E~nRlishmen Of letters. Frederic
Harrison and Sir Conan Doyle, a " lately
been giving their views upon literature,
writer's, hooks and the choice OF books.
Mr.. Harrison'a advice may be summarized:
Read good books. Read, or at any rate
taste. your bOoksb before you buy
Admirable advice, Of course, bNt per-
haps somewhat difficult to follow. at al
events in Great Britain, for whereas in
most American and Continental cities q
boOkshOp is a place OF 1res entry TO book
lovers where the latest frOth from the
fountain Of folly" as Ruskin puts il, may
he handled "a well a. more solid mental
pabulum, the same cannot be said Of Lon
don. Things are ordered differently there:
literary tasting can only be practised at
the second hand BOOKSELLER. though We
have Bomwel's authority for a very diff
fernnt state of things existing in the eigh-
tsenth century.
Sr Conan Doyle has just published q
series Of personal chats about books and
bookmen which are interesting and ami
able but which are not likely to find general
acceptance. No one 10 likely to quarrel
With his enthusiasm for Macaulay. hut when
he declares that men who have been very
great in the short s~tOry-suoh as Stevenson.
Poe and Bret Harts-have written no great
book aud ASSERTS: Il skip Sterne. for ! have
NO great sympathy with his ~finnickinS
msthods.' that he cannOt read Balzac and
also dismisses Gibbons autobiography
40 "A cOntenpible piece OF work IL is
pretty conclusive evidence that though Mr..
Doyle is undoubtedly a clever writer him
self his opinion Of his fellow craftsmen 10
not Of the highest value.
/. The demauI for the new laid egg is mex
haustibIe and far greater than the supply.
All the world over housewives cheerfully
pay from 4 10 5 cents for so-called new laid
-. .euAk. as,A.I Awl-n Anaa For nhosO.
and the trade would be glad TO "a W seven
to eight times the number Of what are csibed
in England twopenny eggs than are now
offered TO IL.
There are several firms In London which
/ nesd O.OOO or 80 Of the best Eggs every week.
One firm is reputed to buy I,OOO.O 900 in a year
for sale at twopence.
The yearly consumption of eggs in the
British Isles reaches the enormous total Of
400 900 900, and OF these some 2.27O. 900 600
come from abroad. mostly from Russia,
Denmark and Germany.
London is face TO face with the possibility
that hfty years hence its present sources OF
water supply will be capable OF no further
expansion, and therefore a great scheme
for increasing the supply is now under
consideration by the Metropolitan Water
| Board.
Twenty-six years ago the average daily
supply was nearly 14S 100000 gallons. Tho
average daily supply for the year ended
March. 1907, was 22S 900 900 gallons, IN in
] crease Of 81 900 600. The Balfour Commits
sion estimated that in the year 1891 q popula-
ton Of II ,25O. 900 would have TO be provided
for and IL 10 calculated that the needs Of q
population numbering $3.50, 900 will rave
to DO provided for in 1850.
The question that puzslcs those re-
sponsible for an adequate supply is how
this enormous population Is 10 be catered
for, seeing that in l9l5 the works which
will then be In existence will be inadequate
TO yield a supply on a basis OF which the
people are now accustomed. This 10 the
riddle which the Water Board has TO unraVel
and II In one which SO far has proved in
soluble.
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