Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03

camp, while the princess must have her
mistress Of the robes and her maids OF
honor. OF course, care is taken to select
those from the ranks of the wealthy aris-
tocracy. so that the salaries are only nom
inal, but they have to be fed and lodged
and that alone makes a heavy item. The
newly-married pair are to be given one, of
the kaiser's many castles, probably the one
at Stettin. The prince will, of course, be at
tached to the local cavalry regiment. as a
HohenZollern prince without a military &C.
cupation Is not to be thought Of
L understand that Prince August Wilhelm
has fallen in with his mothers plans with
out enthusiasm. OF all the kaisers sons
he is the most studious and the one who Is
fondest of literature and art. Since he left
the military school at Ploen, where he and
his brothers were educated, he had had
but little opportunity of devoting himself
to study. His two trmesters at Bonn Uni
versity barely sufficed for him to attend a
score of lectures. Then came a rapid tour
round the museums and picture galleries
of Italy with his tutor, and that Is all. The
princes desire was to return to the univer-
sity for at least couple of years but his
marriage will put an end to this, and drill
ing squadron will be his fate instead.
The marriage is to take place in May, SO
that the kaisern is evidently determined to
lose time in getting the prince safely in
the bonds of HyIhen.
London Motor Buses.
The motor bus is proving "a most formi-
diable competitor to the railways In London.
In the of the Central London tube
railway, from the Bank to Shepherds
Bush, the first of the tubes built and
known as the "Two-penny Tube" it was
stated at the meeting of the company yes
terday that they had lost 1000. 900 passen-
gers and $1,000 in receipts during the half
year owing to the competition of motor
omnibuses covering the same route along
Oxford street and Holborn. The chairman
seemed to attribute the decline to the fact
that penny fares were obtainable by the
bus, while the tube charges two-pence for
CT hny at,tx. ,arfIxr
accounts for the transfe of traffic.
There is no doubt whatever that. in spite
of its noise and smell, the motor bus is fast
becoming the favorite means of getting
about those parts of London not covered by
electric trans. 1t takes you up and sets
you down wherever you please without re-
gard to liked stations, and people have a
stubborn preference for travelling through
the panorama of street traffic rather than
through the depth of the earth. :.
An equally remarkable result was de-
scribed by the chairman of the Brighton
and South Coast railway. Since 1903. when
the electric trans in South London began
to compete seriously with the suburban and
short distance traffic of the line the pas
sengers carried by the company have de-
creased by 6,O00,e0O.
The London. Chatham and Dover railway
also feels the competition of the motor bus,
and nearly every line running out of Lon
don has had its suburban traffic seriously
interfered with. The motors are increasing
In number. every day seeing fresh vehicles
put on the streets. FOur new companies
have been formed for this purpose alone. 1t
Is now proposed that they form a united
company in opposition to the old-esta blished
horse bus companies. who themselves have
taken to motors.
italian Roof Garden Planned.
Every now and then the roof-garden idea
flIckers up in London, but It always ends
In smoke. There is something holder than
usual. though. in the scheme for an Italian
roof garden. which Is to be on top OF a new
block of fats In Kensington, about the
pleasant heights OF Campden Hill. In iml-
Italian garden the flooring of the roof gar
den will be I'm variegated tiles There will
be flowers and shrubs In tubs. a fountain,
with goldfish frolicking In its BASIN and a
by a little flight Of steps. That Is rural.
Now the scheme proceeds to the old country
house style. The fats number fifty. and are
set out in different color schemes. And
YOU pay according to your color preference
Thus. for green fat you pay El0o per an
mum. for q yellow fiat clio, for a blue fiat
Cleo. for q brown fat f17O and for a pink
nat E200
Lord Beresford's Wife.
One Is startled sometimes by the discov-
cry that man whose reputation is unfver-
sal possesses the common REMEMBRANCE of a
wife. SO completely Ii her identity sunk I'm
that OF her husband. do not suppose that
many people have heard Of Lady Charles
beTeSIOTQ u la0y no less feIudrkaote Ia uef'
way than the gallant and impetuous ad-
miral who Is her husband. Lady Charles
Beresferd has free and independent spirit
that cannot tolerate the system OF shams
which II the foundation of modern society.
She prefers the open and unconventional
life OF a sailors wife, and her intolerance
Of the usages of society and her candid
disrespect for most OF the institutions that
are reyered by her more commonplace con-
temporaries have not made her popular in
her own circle.
Her view Mortified Queen Victoria But
among her friends Lady Charlie" h most
popular. She % very cheerful woman.
musical and Bohemian In manner. She IL
good sailor and likes to rough it, and as
hostess II the soul OF tact She was
adored by her husbands ofYlcers on the
Mediterranean station. and they are now
lamentinG her transference to the channel
L II. MOORE.