The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02

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am insured"
Insured against what?' asked the guest.
Against bugs And the landlord ex-
planned that there Is In Switzerland a COM
pany which insures against all risks and
perile arising from these troublesome In
scots. 1t engages to free a house from
them, and IL 1t fails to keep 1t free 1t pays
for each bed where they are found, just as
a fire insurance company pays for a bed
that has been burned.
A cry Of despair comes from vichy.
Foul visitors began q game OF bridge in the
Casino when the inspector Of games stopped
them.
But we are not playing for money
said one.
That's the very reason said the inspec-
tor.
Inquiry at the Ministry Of the Interior
shows that the inspector was acting within
his orders. The Government permit for
gambling In the clubs at Viohy, Aix-les-
Bains, Contrexeville and other watering
places authorizes only baooarat. ecarte
and the little horses. At Aix-les-B ains
v the billiard table at the Casino has
been removed. Presumably because the
Government takes Is per cent. Of all the
money staked In the casinos Of watering
places it does not want to encourage any
other form Of gambling.
Bridge players have poured complaints
into the Ministry Of the Interior. and some
scheme Is under consideration whereby
the interests Of the State may be safe
guarded and at the same time bridge play
ers may still give themselves up to their
favorite game. To deprive them OF this
pastime. the bridge players declare, Is to
compromise the benefits Of their cure.
As IL perhaps only natural, only pleasant
things have hitherto been said In the press.
the English press at ANY rate. about the young
Queen Of Spain. 1t il therefore something
OF a shock to read in the italian Nuopo
Giornate that the admiration OF the Spanish
people for their beautiful English Queen is
by no NEAR unanimous.
According to the journal named Span
iards much resent the fact that Queen VIC
toria has remained too much Of an English
woman n has not taken excessive pains
to learn Spanish with anything approach
ing th~oroughness. The Giornale quotes an
exalted Spanish parsonage as saying that
many people have ceased unoovering
themselves when the Queen appears In
public. as she does not return salutes.
The Queen mother. Christina, on the other
hand. 10 much liked for her punctiliousness
In responding to popular greetings. But to
quote the same authority: Queen Victoria
Eugene seems to wear a band OF iron
around her neck For the same reason
her secret nickname at court is. translated,
'the royal peahen.'
King Alfonso 10 well aware Of the feeling
that exists In many quarters with regard
to the Queen and he deeply regrets 1t,
though he admits there is some reason for
dissatisfaction. The friction that arose
between the Spanish and English doctors
just before the birth OF the little Prince
of the Asturias IL notorious, although but
little has been allowed to leak out regard
ing the true origin Of the trouble. Accord
Ing to the same authority ALREADY cited,
the English doctor instead Of attending to
his case wasted his time In playing diabolo
in the palace gardens.
1t will be remembered also that Princess
Henry Of Battenberg. the Queens mother.
wanted an English wet nurse, but here
King Alfonso stood firm and declared
that none but q Spanish woman should
nurse a child OF his. The fact that only
lately the Kin g has found II necessary
to give strict orders that nothing but
Spanish shall be spoken at court Is re-
garded as further evidence that things
have not mended much.
Curious customs prevail In some English
provincial towns. Noteworthy, In Devon
shire. has just awarded it's beauty prize
under the terms OF the will OF q former
rector Of the parish.
The will states that G. los. should be
given annually to .the young single
woman resident in that parish being under
so years Of age and generally esteemed
by the young as the most deserving and
the most handsome and the most noted
for her quietness and attendance at church.
Miss Bassett. the daughter OF a hotel keeper,
Is the young answering the require
ments this year.
The rector also left a sum to be paid to a
spinster not under sixty On the
present occasion Noteworthy has an ell
gible spinster, the first for three years.
At Sleaford, in Lincolnshire, several farm
hands have recently received from the
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society prizes
VI otitibAh6 up u WlthOut pdTOCnlal
relief. The best record was shown by
Farmery. with twenty three chill
dren born and seventeen successfully
up. The father never earned
more than is shillings weekly. and thrifty
Mrs. Farmery has had to answer shoals
inquiries from persons curiou to know
she did II.
What IL said to be the largest and most
wonderful subterranean chamber in the
has just been opened up to visitors.
10 situated in the Karst Mountains near
Trieste and was discovered and first sur
Keyed by @. A. Perko in 1890.
This great cavern 10 reached from Opchipa
n Istria. first by a flight Of steps hewn out Of
he m~ountainside. then by two almost per-
,endioular descents Of thirty and seventy
eet. and finally by half ar hours walk down
p~reoipitous winding pathway which leads |
O an immense ~stalactite and stalaemite
ave Of great beauty with q domelike roof |
90 feet in height. the cave being 44O feet
vide and 800 feet long.
The peculiar stalagmite formations here |
re considered to be among the most won
In the world; the path winds along
trough what seems an interminable forest