Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02
Of Great Military Advantage.

other things will be of great military adj
vantage. For instance If war should break
out between France and Germany tomor-
row England could decide the fight merely
by handing over to one of the combatants
the plans of the monorail
THE army council have made frequent
visits to my workshop to see the model
during its construction. The army office
was swift to see the advantage the mono
rail possesses in time of war, and from the
first manifested an interest in my inVen-
tons by granting me the sum OF Sl0,o0O TO
continue my experiments
Although patents have been taken out in
every country of the world Great Britain is
at present the only nation in full posses
sion of Mr.. Brennan's secrets. For the
more effective working of his invention Mr..
Brennan favors a double monorail-that
is, one line for a going, another line for a
returning
The manner in which globe trotters of
Americans continue to do London re-
mains a mystery. 1t is a common saying
that the average American can see more
sights in a fortnight than the average Lon
doner can see in a lifetime. Mr.. Paul
Dickey. late of Texas, later of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, where he played on the
foot ball team, has been interviewed, and
has given the unnitiated some of the
secrets of "hustling.'
Americans Doing" London.
First he said, Il knew just what 1
wanted to see | wanted to see the things
7 had read about-the things that had pic
tures Of That is what we all want to do
when we come over. So started out early
Tor ST Paul's and attended service. That
was great. 1t gives you feeling of awe
just to go into that building. Ihen /
wanted to see the Tower of London with
all of it's historic associations. l went by
omnibus taking good care to look at the
bank on the way. After that l was away
ham Palace from the outside, and the Alb
bey-thats a beautiful building-and the
parliament houses. Then l had to go to
that place where DR.. Johnson used to go.
/ found it down on Fleet street-yes, sir,
and sat in the old doctors chair. That
was my lunch, and very good lunch 1t
was too In the afternoon / had look
at some of the rooms in the BRUSH Museum
and went on to the Geological Gardens.
II tell you the way you can get around
in this town a wonder. All you've got
to do is to ask of the policemen and
board a motor-omnibuS, or get down into
a tube OF course one can get lost easily,
but then | haven't had time to get lost.
In giving instructions for the weekly Is
sue of one pound of preserved meat TO the
army in lieu of fresh-killed meat the war
office has sent the following letter to the
commands at the home stations:
The establishments in which the brands
of American timed meat now being issued
to the troops are manufactured have been
ly to America for the purpose, and their
reports have satisfied the army council that
the quality of the timed meat used and
the conditions under which it is prepared
and canned by the firms now supplying the
army are in every way satisfactory.
Strange Recovery of Speech.
Richard Boorer, who lost the power of
speech six years ago by falling over a dog
downstairs, recovered it the other day at
Croydon workhouse by the happy device of
preventing another accident. He got a
shock in doing this, for he had upset a
siphon of lemonade; so upon catching it he
said, Good Lord The officers of Croydon
workhouse say that it will not be possible
to use this casual miracle as a precedent,
because in such cases one never knows
just the kind of effectual surprise to spring
upon the patient. The officers of Croydon
workhouse confess, in fact, that they have
been banging tables and dropping things
for a long time. but that none of these
manifestations had apparently attracted the
attention of Boorer. There Is regret at
the WorkhouSe over the fact that Mr..
Boorer must now leave, because he was an
excellent organist, but 1t has been OBJ
served since the lemonade incident that
Boorer was a law unto himself.
Information of the arrival in London of a
simian character" actress of greater nat
ural intelligence than any performing mon
key ever seen previously in town has Just
been made public. Lady Julia II is the
prodigy's name, and Mr.. j. McArde is her
trainer and impresario.
Her ladyship Is drill some two feet six