The sun., 1907-11-17
THINGS ALL EUROPE TALKS OF


station and now resigned. Two naval
Lloutenants at WiIhelmahaven had a dis
pute. which resulted In Lieut.. Steinhauer
sending his seconds 70 Lieut.. Mayer. The
latter. however. refused TO fight. on the
ground that Stcinhauer allowed a fortnight
to elapse before sending his ohallenge. this
being contrary to the code OF honor"
The matter was laid before the officers
court of honor The court decided that
Lieut.. Steinhauer must be struck on the list
OF officers Of tho Naval Reserve for allowing
two weeks to pass before sending his ohal-
leng. At the same time Lieut.. Mayer
was struck OF the list for refusing to fight.
Lieut.. Mayer is a naval architect in the
imperial dockyard at Wilhelmshaven. and
though his honor as a Lieutenant Of the
. Naval Reserve was lost his honor asa naval
architect apparently stood firm. for he re-,
NAMED in his post. And that 10 where the
unfortunate Vioe-Admiral Won Ahlefeldt
came 90 grief,
When he was appointed TO his command
six months ago he paid the usual calls in
oluding one to Naval Architect Mayer.
As soon as he found that the Lieutenant
had been struck oI the list Of officers of the
Naval Reserve by the court Of honor the
Vioe-Admiral had to put things right. He
sent the Lieutenant note saying: please
consider the visit l paid you cancelled.
Please consider that my call was never
made"
Mayer at once sent his seconds to the Woe
Admiral. who. however, declined to fight.
OF course the matter had to be laid before
the court of honor. which. doubtless con-
sidering Mayors honor as a naval architect.
decided against the Vioe-Admiral. Mayer
was transferred to the imperial dockyard
at Kiel and the ViCe-Admiral sent in his
resignation. which was at once accepted.
King Edward VII. is a good linguist. but
he has his limits. and the Gaels Of Scotland
found them the other day. They tele-
graphed to him in Gaelic telling him of the
great success Of the Highland bazaar held
in Glasgow in aid Of the Gaelic nationality
and language. His Majesty replied:
SANDRINGHAM. Nov ,, 1907.
The King appreciates your message being
sent in Gaelic but for convenience Of reply
please send exact equivalent in English.
PRIVATE SECRETARY. SandriBgham.
The following was sent in Engish-a
translation of the Gaelic message:
To his M0jesiy tho Ming;
The Gaels of Scotland send their loyal
greetings to the King. and respectfully inform
his Majesty that the Highland Association
Bazaar. opened by the Princess Louise. in
sid of nationality and language. was specially
successful.
From MRS. BURNLEY CAMPBELL. Convener.
Highland Association.
Later came the subjOined message from
SandringhaIn. bearing the same date:
The King commands me to convey his sim
cere thanks for their loyal greetings TO all
those on whose behalf your telegram was sent
His Ma iesty is exceedingly glad to hear that
the bazaar in aid Of the Gaelic langua ge and
nationality has been 80 successful.
PRIVATE SECRETARY.
novel point in connection with the
workmen's compensation act was argued
the other day before Judge Russell in a
London county court. A dining car waiter ]
having been killed on the line his depend |
ents sued the caterers in whose employ he ,
had been for compensation under the now /
act. The scale of compensation In propOr- |
tiOnate to the earnings" Of the employee. l
The caterers paid 3e7S into court, basing tho |
sum on the mans weekly wage. which was
50 plus the estimated value Of his board. 1
which was put down as a similar amount.
IL was cOntended on behalf Of the mans l
dependents that his tips. which averaged |
another % per week. should be taken |
into account in assessing the amount
Of compensation due. The caterers argued |
that tips were not -earnings." The Judge. |
declaring that the point was very impor-
tant. reserved his decision. The point is
certainly one Of considerable importance TO
railway companies and hotel proprietOrs.
and the ultimate decision Of the courts is |
very uncertain. II involves various ques-
tions. such a.: Are tips Of an asoertainable |
money value? Are they in any sense paid |
by the employer?
At first sight a negative answer seems 70 |
suggest it self 10 both questions. But on I
the other hand the receipt Of tips is a recog-
nized Incident OF some emplOyments; their
average value is Ascertainable by expert
evidence. and wages are often implicitly
or explicitly less than they would otherwise
be because the employer knows that his
employees can count on their being supple
mented by tips.
In the present railway dispute. for i'm
stance. directors and managers often point
out that in considering the wages Of their
servants we must remember various bene.
fits incidental to the service, and among
these -tips" are counted. The question
should not be without interest TO the Board
OF Inland Revenue. II tips are earnings
for the purpose Of compensation they are
also income for the purpose Of taxation.
King Edward. as all the world knows, Es
a great patron OF the theatre, and every
production Of merit in London In sure to
be -honOred by his Ma jesty's presence" at
least once and sometimes twice during the
run OF the piece. At Windsor the King Occa-
siOnally has a stage erected at one end OF
the great Waterloo Chamber. and here are
held the famous command" performances
which are at once the despair and delight
Of all theatrical folk in England.
The command performances" is arranged
in this way: The royal chamberlain sends
word TO the manager OF the company which
the King desires to have perform at his
theatre. and whether that COM
pany is over in Dublin or down in Penzance
the manager Immediately alters arrange
ments. refunds money for tickets already
sold and prepares the company to appear
at Windsor at the required time Some
times this entails much Inconvenience TO
the recipients OF the royal command, but
a l. A. Il. l.