Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

Of his retirement. which has been going
round. and. indeed. permission for him TO
resign his office would be granted with
great reluctance for he Is almost indis-
pensable 1t has often been remarked that
the king alone knows what the king
would do without Lord KnollYs. who has
served him as his own right hand lot
thirty-eight years. The king would not
easily find secretary with the knowledge
of the world. experience, tact. judgment
and memory possessed by Lord knollys.
1t used to be a joke at Marlborough
House that If he were awakened In the
middle of the night by an inquiry as 10
in the following week he would begin at
once to reel of the list OF his master >
engagements for that day.
Lord knollys opens King EDWARD
letters, sees all his kilograms. ATTENDS 10
all his dispatches. and organizes win
mathematical accuracy the hours Of his
majesty's audiences. He sends out IN
grams every year. and opens an average
of 800 letters day He ATTENDS 10 ai'
chiefly in guineas and five-pound notes
run into several thousand pounds a year:
Every morning for half an hour LORD
Knollys sits with the king receiving IN
structions.
Practically all the correspondence reach
ing the king is courteously acknowledged
by Lord Knollys and his stan or clerks.
Many important letters he writes with
his own hand. He has been seen In ms
room at Buckingham Palace. sitting In
his shirt sleeves before mountain OF
letters, tackling them with a CELEBRITY
which would do credit to keen business
man in the city. In addition he keeps
a list of all the royal engagements. ana
arranges the routine Of all the royal
journeys.
Lord Knollys has lived practically all
his seventy-One years In the atmosphere
of the court. His father. Gen. Sir Will
was controller of the then Prince or
Wales household. Lady Knollys is also
a great favorite at court. The son IS =
page of honor to the king, and their
daughter a maid Of honor to the queen.
The daughter, the Hon. Alexandra Louv1-
ma Elizabeth Knollys, bears as her second
name a combination of the names of the
kings three daughters. Louise. victoria
Maud. Lord Knollys' sister. Miss Char
lotte Knollys. has been Queen Alexan-
dra's intimate friend and adviser for
nearly half a lifetime. Lord Knollys'
elevation to the peerage was well de-
served coronation honor.
Vanderbilt Rouses the British.
A coach and four cannot often have
aroused so much interest-with all re-
spect to Mr.. Weller, senior-as Mr.. VAN
derbilt's turnout in Piccadilly the other
morning for the trial trip of the coach
ing service to Brighton, which the ia
nous millionaire proposes to inaugurate
on the fourth Of next month. The coach
was driven from the stables formerly in
the possession Of the late Mrs. Sam
Lewis. which Mr.. Vanderbilt has taken,
punctually on the stroke of II. and its
owner took the reins at the Berkeley
Hotel amid the cheers of a large crowd
Of onlookers. and only few seconds had
elapsed when the millionaire with his
friends and his critics. made gay de-
parture along Piccadilly to Putney, and
so on to Observation-Disclosures, as Brighton
is called. 1t was in every way a sue
cess
London is going to enjoy this year the
luxury Of two millionaire coach drivers.
There is now another American million
aire in the field. He comes, however. not
from the states. but from the Argentine
republic. and his name is Martinez de
a stock breeder and owns one of the
largest farms in South America Mr.. Hoz
is running coach from London to Guild
ford, and it made its first trip yesterday.
1t is horsed almost entirely by fine-bred
ha ckneys from his own farm in Argentina.
Though Mr.. Hoz is running the coach for
his own amusement, 1t will be conducted
on commercial lines. and he hopes it will
at least cover its expenses. He probably
also has in view the subsidiary object of
showing that strong and trustworthy
coach horses can be produced in Argen-
tina.
The American invasion Of London is not
confined, however, to plays or coaches.
We are to have three American plays in
London this season. and at least two
American coaches. In addition to that,
the American ''rubberneck'' cars have APP
peared on our streets. These cars are like
those in New York and other places and
are constructed In terraces. so that the
of the back places have as good
a view as those in front. On each rub
there is a guide with a mega
phone, who tells the passengers all the
places of historic interest that they pass.
These vehicles began to run this week,
and, in view of the great number of visi-
tors that are expected in London this year,
they hope to do a good business. We
shall have this year many American trip
pers who are timed to do London in
two days. l.. H. MOORE.