The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-03
Foreign Notes of Interest.

The youngest momtaineer who ever set
foot on the Jungfrau summit is Ida
Liechti- She is only ten years old. and Is
the daughter Of the Jungfrau Railway
manager. She was born and raised among
the Alps. and learned to climb Ike a
scat when hardly more than an infant.
Her mother says she was not at all ex-
hausted after the ascent Of the Jungfrau.
and wished 10 climb the Moench the same
week. Last year, when she was only
nine. she made the glacier tour from
Eismeer 10 Viesch.
The monks Of the Abbey Of Tepl own
the springs at Marienbad King Edward
paid them a visit during his recent stay at
the Bohemian watering place. The abbot,
Who Is member Of the Austrian House
OF Peers, received the King ana his suite
in the ceremonial hall. which was beau
tifully decorated with plants and bios
SONS. After a delightful luncheon, the
King and his friends, together with all
the dignitarieS OF the abbey were pnoto-
graphed i'm the courtyard.
TO Mr.. T. Paynter Allen. the secretary
Of the Marriage Law Reform Association,
in England, is due, in a large measure.
the passage Of the deceased wlfe's sister
bill in the House of Lords. After years
OF arduous work 20 make this measure
a law. Mr.. Allen has now the satisfaction
Of seeing his labors brought 10 "A sue
cessful conclusion. and marriages with a
deceased wife's sister made lawful Mr..
Allen Is a man well toward the '70's.
and In appearance greatly resembles the
late Lord Pauncefotc, Ambassador TO the
United States from Great Britain at the
time Of his death.
Tomatoes have become so popular in
the British Isles that an enormous trade
in them IS now carried on between the
Channel Islands and England Guernsey
is the chief source Of supply. The Great
Western Railway brings tomatoes 70 W.y-
mouth by their steamboats,. 1900 baskets.
each weighing twelve pounds. being the
average daily consignment So remuner-
ative has the cultivation Of this product
become that it Is sUpplantng the. cultiva-
ton OF grapes IN the Channel Islands
In the streets Of London may be seen
at any hour of the working day a crowd
OF aimless wanderers, who gather in hun
dreds If horse falls down and checrfully
waste an afternoon watching a new drain
pipe being laid This class of onlookers
can be seen in the great cities of the
United States also. The question has been
asked in the newspapers lately as % who
these people are and what they do for
a living. They are obviously quite re-
spectacle, are well dressed. and do not
seem TO belong to the out-of-w0rk class
They patronize matinee performance.
and while they have not the appearance
of men Of wealth, Yet seem well supplied
with money. but are much too young 10
have retired from business. The solution
OF the question probably Is that in a city
the size OF London or New York. there
are thousand or two OF men with
modest income or pension. who live In
lodgings or boarding houses and who
after they read the morning papers. stroll
along the crowded thOrOughfares finding
amusement in watching the sights and
movement Of a great city. Their position
in life is not such mystery after all.
Since the accession Of King Edward.
bathroom has been built on very
ClevgTly 20 Che north side Of Clarence
Tower at Windsor Castle for the accom-
notation of Queen Alexandra. whose
apartments are on that side of the huge
castle. 1t is only upon a near and minute
FIHf
new stone projection nesting against the
time-worn stone Of the tower. In q year
or two the wilderness viii have passed
away from the new building. as the Eng
fish climate soon turns white granite to
gray.
A bronze statue Of the Prince OF Or
ange. a duplicate Of that on the terrace
OF the ROYAL Palace in Berlin. has been
sent to London. II is a present from the
Kaiser 90 his uncle King Edward. The
unveilinE has been planned for November.
and the King has selected a site Ia front
OF the Kensilgtou Museum.
The phenomenal popularity Of the mu-
sic from Die Lust.gc Wirwe." now be-
ing played in London under the title or
the Merry Widow has come not alto
gether as a surprise. The waltz. Ball
sirenen," composed by Mr.. Frank Lehar.
captured the audience NJ the first per-
Torrance, and the rest Of the music is so
fetching that the public Will soon be Ia
miliar with ii from pianos organs. and
bands In the parks
According to an ,Cc0uut. published in
ST. Petersburg, Of the Cars income. his
majesty receives from the state a civil
list amounting 70 Slog0.000 a year. The
Czarina and the Dowager Empress are
each in receipt Of $4,000 Each Of the
children get $4,000 wear. except the
heir apparent, who has $1,000 a year. In
the time of Alexander 7 much ecclesias-
teal property was seized and made crown
property. the income of which now goes
to the sovereign. The Car has still an
mother source Of wealth from the So
called cabinet property, which comprises
a territory as large as the. whole of
France. Most Of it is in Siberia. in which
are gold, silver, platinum. copper. and
iron mines. This land produces at least
young man who rules Russia. Besides
all this, he possesses a large amount Of
property, accumulated by his
ancestors. It would be quite within
bounds 10 say that the Cars income IS
no less than 100000 a year. This
makes him apparently the richest man
among monarchs, If not IN the world
But with the numerous palaces. retinues
Of courtiers, governesses. tutors. and re-
tainers, numbering IN the thousands,
this enormous sum Is not more than sui
hcient for the Cars expenses. while
a thousand a year would suf-
flee him, as his wants are simple and his
clothes, outside of uniforms, not costly.
His extravagances for his own taste are
limited 90 the best brand Of cigarettes
When Dom Louis I the late King OF