Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19
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ably next year they will all be asked, and
! then the wounded dignity of Mr. Kerr
Hardie will be satisfied. After all, the
spectacle of party of democratic social
lists hungering and thirsting after invita-
tons to a royal party shows how weak
| poor human nature is.
Kaiser to Make Up With Duke.
| prominent German authority who
has arrived in London from Berlin tells
| me that as a consequence of negotiations
| which have been proceeding for some
/ weeks the interesting announcement may
| be anticipated that all questions of differ
ence between the kaiser and the Duke of
| Cumberland have been or are in a fair
way to be settled During the period of
| the kaisers cruise in Norwegian waters
| 1t is highly improbable my informant
says that anything will be allowed to
| appear, but it is an open secret in Berlin
that the kaiser and the duke met by ar
fanSement Just over a fortnight ago, and
| that those engaged in the conduct of the
negotiations take the most optimistic
| view as to the result
| This, of course. would heal long
| standing breach. which commenced with
the destruction of the kingdom of Han
over by Prussia in the six weeks war
of 1864. and which had it's most recent
noteworthy manifestation just two years
ago, when the kaiser secured the ex-
his family from the succession in Bruins.
wick because the latter had declined to
formally acknowledge the end of the
Hanoverian kingdom
Should the full reconciliation now sug-
geSted take place it would have a marked
effect upon the British court, and one OF
its earliest fruits would be likely to be
an invitation from the king the Duke
of Cumberland to visit this country,
which he has not done since June. 1878.
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was buried at Windsor. This has been
because of two causes of offense he con-
sidered he had against the late Queen
Victoria. One of these was that her
majesty had caused to be placed upon
his fathers monument the words Last
King of Hanover which absolutely ac-
knowledged Prussia's absorption of that
| kingdom after the six weeks war"
| when Hanover was SO unfortunate as to
side with the losers.
The other was that Queen Victoria not
merely sympathized with, but assisted, the
marriage of the dukes sister, Princess
Frederika, with Baron Pawel Won Ram
minger-a union to which the duke was
and long remained most bitterly and en-
ergetically opposed. But a striking obsta-
Gle to reconciliation all round whether
at Potsdam or Windsor, was removed by
the death of the dukes mother, Queen
Marie OF Hanover, who lived to extreme
old age and who remained rigid against
reconciliation to the end.
Many Visit Public Parks.
A most interesting report has been is
sued by the London county council, show
ing to what a great extent the people use
the parks and open spaces for recreat ions
and holidays. The report refers to last
Whit Monday, four weeks ago. and the
returns show that upward of a million
persons visited fifty-four of the larger
places AS regards games, the specially
prepared grounds at the several places
were extensively used. Two thousand one
hundred and thirty-two games of lawn
tennis were played at 36 places, 261
games of cricket at % places and AT
games of bowls at Is places; 38 games of
croquet and 1876 games of quoits were
also played during the day. Apart from
these organized games, other forms OF
recreation, including the sailing of model
yachts, were largely INDUCED in, while
the gymnas1a and sand pits were we'll
patroniZed. Band performances were
given at eighteen places. and Is, 11S chair
tickets were sold at a halfpenny each, and
nearly 5000 programs were sold at the
same price. Boating facilities were pro-
vfded at four places. and on Whit Monday
the sum realized from the letting of boats
was 995 las sd. the total number of per-
sons who made of the boats being
1850 There were III lost children re-
ported. and of these twenty-five were I'M
claimed at the end of the day. Notwith-
standing that over million persons WIS.,
tied the councils parks there were only
SIX convictions for drunkenness and one
for using obscene language.
The beautiful grounds of the courtliest
mansion In London. Holland House. were
gay with glorious blooms when the ROYAL
horticultural Society's show opened yes
terday there. The chatelaine of Holland
toe Of 1ok,0
OF Londons greatest hoStesses and she
is still smart and good looking although
| grandmother. No finer background for
flower show than creeper-covered Eliza
Although 1T is right in the heart of Lon
don. the visitor has the feeling of being in
| a peaceful country demesne. 1t is still
possible to play at haymaking there, as
piack-eyed Lady Lennox did when she
won the heart of youthful George III as
ne rode by. And no private house in Lon
don is richer In historic associations.
The gilt room was the scene of a ia
maus ball given to Charles 1 on the occa-
sion OF his marriage to Henrietta Marie:
Fairfax lodged his Parlamentarians in
the grounds, and Cromwell discussed
there the impeachment of Charles L Will
liam and Mary resided there, Addison died
there. Charles James Fox spent his bow
hood there and William Penn the founder
of Pennsylvania, was at one time its ten
ant. Macaulay, Carlyle, Thackeray Dis
rae1. Gladstone, Dickens. Huxley Tenny-
son. Browning and Mill have all been
entertained at Holland House And, of
course, the place is haunted. In q cup
board recess in the gilt room Lord Hol-
land was imprisoned before being taken
to execution by Cromwells men, and ever
since his ghost has walked the room.
carrying his head in his hand
Apropos the ten trial proofs, showing as
many stages. of Braquemonds cele-
brated etching after Meissonier's la
Rlxe.' which are to be offered for sale In
Leicester Square next Friday, the origi-
nal picture has, of course, a most inter-
ng history. Painted by MISSIONER in
1855. 1t was exhibited in Paris that year.
Queen Victoria and the prince consort
expressed admiration for the picture. and
straightway the Emperor Napoleon
bought 1t for 1900 francs caused it to
be removed from the walls of the Uni
versal exhibition and next morning it
was lying In the apartment of her mai
esty at Saint Cloud. That set all Paris
talking about the magnificence of the
emperor. La Rixe," which shows sol
diers of the guard of the old kings of
France Quarreling as the result of dis
pute at cards, is now at Windsor Castle
and rumor says that some years ago a
naturally ineffective offer of E11OOOO was
made for It. BraquemOnd received $500
guineaS for the etching of La Rixe" q
plate on which he was at work, on and
off. for nearly three years.
L. H. MOORE.
MISS BATCHELLER ARRIVES.