The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29

about the Queen is that during the past nftsen yeArs she has neither lost weight nor increased In weight Dur ing the past twelve months she has been taking a mild Swedish exercise in the morning. following the. exampas as Sweden (Princkss Margaret of Con- naught).
 Engiand's Mannish Women.
 The women of England are'still car terror into the fiuttering hearts of timorous cabinet ministers.
 Each member of the British govern ment has experienced the fierce invec- tive of indignant womankind and ali but one has succumbed to the oratori- who still remains the strong man Of the government.
 When men with less personality scrambled for the platform exit Hon est John" only squared his shoulders and, in his megaphonic voice. which could be heard above the interruptory din, commanded the protestant to Hook at him" Involuntarily they turned to him and the Socialist cabinet mipister fixed them with his eye. Now look here, I'm on the foot plate this journey" he said, ''and no one is going to drop anything on the line Sse?''
 the women, strong minded though they were. and where all his colleagues l failed, Burns succeeded.
 In the meantime women are slowly | upsuruping the vocation of men ana are being appointed as registrars or birth, marriages and deaths, as county | councillors, as booking clerks clerks | on railways and are even officiating as | church wardens In, the sacredotal walks
 The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter | is an old hand at this duty. having officiated as church warden of Peeping st James's. South Lincolnshire. for some considerabie time. Her dexterity with the collection plate is little less remarkable than her power of philan- I thropic percussion | The FashionnbIe Dog.
 The fashionable lap dog for 1908 will 1 be the black pekihgese spaniei.at l present the rarest and most expensive variety There are now only about | three specimens in England. but the cult is to be encouraged by the I'm perial Pekingese Association. which has been founded by Lady Algernor Gordon -Lennox. Valuable prizes will l be given for the best specimens of the | | much prized in China, and one dog now l in England was the present from the l Empress of China to a lady connected | with British legation at Pekfns. | Queen Alexandra has added to hel kennels at Sandringham new variety of toy-dog known as the Hindhund which she received as a birthday gift 1t is a like miniature, jet-blael | chow, and is said to be worth $5,000.
 King Reduces Expenses.
 King Edward continues his work oi 1 the royal household. It is his aim tt l have the domestic work of his palaces done by the smallest possible staff, ant he has abolished the system of keep ing a full complement of servants a each of his residences. Only nucleus
 staff--sufficient to keep the place II order--is maintained at each. palace | while the full staff accompanies th'
 court wherever 1t goes In other ways the King has effecte, economies. Several superfiuous oficial have been dispensed with. and the du ties have been rearranged so that tw' or three men are no longer wasted oi | work that could be done by one. Va | cancies in the household which his ma festy does not think necessary to fil
 will remain vacant--and so on. Tn lamount of money King Edward ha saved in this way since he came t.
 the throne is enormous.
 Church Work In Canada.
 The Bishop of London Is worries
 lest Americans should induce the peo
 pie of Canada to tear. themselves loos
 from Great Britain. ~
 Speaking the othetsi afternoon at
 meeting of the British Woman's Emi grafton Society at the house of Lad I Evelyn Mason. he said: Nss ssIt is fmpOssibfe to keen Canada