The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17
ENGLISH CUSTOM YIELDS
 TO THE DEMAND OF LABOR
undecided what to do with the advsn- turous girl.
10 Dlne wath Royalty.

To Dine With Royalty.
 Invitations for the Kings charming informal dinners at Buckingham pal- ace have been recived by some people who are not accustomed to dine with Royalty.
 They will be put quite at ease by the Kings genial and democratic man. ners which he always shows at these entertainments, where hardly any for maIity Is allowed to interfere with the comfort of the guests.
 If guests do not feel at ease at the Royal table. they sometimes seek re- lief from their embarrassment by crumbling their bread. Once a bril- liant soldier who dined with Queen Victoria was observed to make seven ty-two bread pellets during dinner the Queen had them scotlnted after wards.
 Reading Room Closed.
 Many Americans who come to Lon- don not solely for pleasure will miss the great reading room Of the British museum with it's magnificent dome which rivals that of the Rome Pan- theon.
 For period which covers the whole tourist season of 1907. the reading room will be closed for the first thor ough cleaning 1t has ever bad. The reading room wes opened fin 1857 and there is fifty years accumulation of London dirt of the finest and richest quality to be removed.
 This will necessitate the closing of the rooms for six months, the period of closure to commence in May. At present TOO readers attended the mu- scum every day. but in the tempor- ary reading room to be provided only about one quarter of that number can be accommodated.
 A hA rior wears a dirty brown aspect but underneath there is a beautifully pre- served decoration of cream and gold. !. The cost of the scaffolding alone for the cleaning will exceed $5.ooa.
 King of Indian Province. . A famous cricket player has been made king of a native Indian State. The claim of Prince Ranjitsinhji who for many years was one of the most expert and popular cricketers of Eng@ land. has been successful in regard to the throne of Nawanagar. and he Is now His Htghness The Jam of Nav anagar.
 The throne had been vacant since last August and the princess claim was disputed by other princes of his family. Ranits;nhji Is the nephew of the last Jam but one who adopted him.
 The new Jam Ca Hindustani word
  Although he was educated at Cam bridge. and has played cricket in Eng land since 1895 he Is an orthodox Hindoo of the proud and warlike Ra1put race.
 A Rival of "JaEgers
 A comrade of the Immortal Jaggsrs, the London messenger boy who was sent by Richard Harding Davis with a letter to the United States has per- E.. Ta ness if not in distance
 London to Edinburgh and back a double journey of 800 miles. in seven teen and a half hours. was the record made in the present instance. The boy. whose name is Gibbons, had to take letter from a West End club to the Scottish capital and return with an answer. His business In Edin- burgh was done inside twenty minutes, which was all the time al1oded him before boarding the train for London. He reached London with the reply hours before reply could have been returned by mail.
 Edna May VIII Merry
 London "Johnnies" hear with grief | that Edna May Is going to leave the | stage when she marTles MT. Oscar Lewisohn. She has told her manager. | Charles Frohman. that she means to retire into private life on the conclu- | sion of the run of Holly NeiP' at the | Aldwich theatre. The date Is probably l remote for Miss May is SO popular ! here that any piece no matter how | mediocere in which she has a part is | certain of long run.
 If Miss May had not decided to leave l the stage she would have been seen in | B Legitimate" comedy part after the run of Holly Neil, hut her engs cement r to Mir. Lewisohn has upset Mr, Froh- mans plans for her career But even | now she may change her mind.