The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
PENNY POSTAGE
 MEETS DISFAVOR Would Mean Universal Reduc-
 lion to Europe A NEW NERVE REMEDY London Specialist Advises Visit to Dressmaker To Stimulate the
 Sluggish Nervous System.
 Prescription Popular.
A NEW NERVE REMEDY
BY RICHARD AsERcoRN.

iAiineulately realized. That at lea st Is the conclusion one arrives at after reading the prenier's reply to a deputation of M. P's favorable to the proposal. who waited upon him. Sir Edward Sassoon. who introduced the deputation. pointed out mat the value of the commercial ex- change between this country and France was 9fo,oDOOOO sterling annually, and he declared that if the government required guarantee it could easily be obtained from private sources He suggested that 1t was absurd to charge 6 cents for a let ter to Paris and only a penny for letter to Fiji.
 MT, Asquith in his reply said that to auopt the suggestion which had been made would mean that the government would be launched upon an inclined plane. To give penny postage to France and not give it to Germany Belgium and the other countries of Europe would be in Nldlous, and thus the adoption of the pro- posal could only mean European penny postage. Nobody would accept a system of cents postage for Brussels and Berlin and penny for Paris To initiate penny postage with France would mean s41o, ,0OO a year to the exchequer, and to initiate a system of European penny postage would mean loss of $2,O0O,OOO a year.
 The initial loss on American penny postage was e12O,O0O a year. Last year at the exchequer he assented to a penny postage with the United States of Amer fca; we were in the first stage of that great experiment, he said and this did not seem a very opportune moment for undertaking a contingent liability which might amount as much in addition. The exchequer is not at present so rich, and the new claims made in excess of govern ment proposals have been unprecedented in amount. The government has already mortgaged much of the revenue of next year, and they must be allowed their own time before they pledge themselves to ad- ditional steps along a path over which all the civilized nations might sooner or later feel bound to travel.
 A fashionable nerve specialist has just evolved a new cure for nervous disor- ders which seems likely to pack his con- sulting rooms to overflowing with mem- ibers of the fair sex. He has established the fact that there is a distinct mental stimulus in the wearing of new and be- coming clothes. In neurotic cases he therefore advises a visit to the dress makers as cure for depression, and the treatment has produced the most gratify- ing results to both doctor and patient Whether the long suffering husbands of the fair invalids approve of his method is another question altogether
 An establishment has been opened in Princess street. Hanover square, the Dog Shop" where one can buy dogs of all kinds. The other day a lady came in for kangaroo to make a pet of Mrs. Pearce quickly procured her customer an animal. There is also a toilet saloon where the pets of society ladies may be scented and trimmed, fitted out with suits of clothing and little shoes to put on when they go out, so that their paws shall not soil the carpet or the cushions when they come in. One suit has just chest protector and has a pocket with a handkerchief in 1t.
 There was a remarkable scene at tho City temple when some 30 men belonging to the hunger procession attended the Rev. R. J. Campbelrs midday service. They marched into the building in a most orderly manner
 When MT. Campbell entered the pull f1it ha hot ba hot were some unemployed men in the con- gregation, and he supposed they had come for the usual things-work or money. In the course of his sermon MT. Campbell strongly advocated socialism as the only remedy. At the close of the service a man in the congregation stood up and said that he knew all about the unem- ployed question, and wished to say some. | thing. At the invitation of MT. Campbell l he went into the pulpit and commenced a l somewhat involved harangue, and spoke | 30 little to the point that he had to bs
 asked to close his address. He was moi
 one of the unemployed present and had | nothing whatever to do with them. MT | Campbell then invited the hunger men into the vestry and talked to them mos l sympathetically for about quarter of ar | hour Several members of the congrega l tion also went to the vestry and offered | subscriptions in aid of the men. MT | Campbell led off with 30s. Altogethe, ! about 92 17s. was realized With this MT. Campbell dispatched the men to get
 meal. After this had been paid fol
 there was about Is. left for each man
 The hunger men" purpose marching tc l St. Paups cathedral on Sunday
 l While inventors in other countries have
 been busy exhibiting steerable balloon. | and aeroplanes our own experts in the
 balloon factory at Farnsborough have not I seen idle. Work has gone on there un | ceasingly but unobstrusively more par
 ticularly in connection with dirigble No
 l. This war balloon has been practically
 rebuilt, and though great difficulties havt
 been encountered, they have all been sue
 cessfully overcome, and it is stated tha
 the airship will start for a cruise at tn, first favorable opportunity. The chic
 trouble has been of late with the motol
 cylinders, some of which, owing, presum
 ably, to their light construction, hay,
 burst. Once more the dirigible No. il
 to be run by an eight-cylinder Antoinett
 engine.
 The craft has been heightened and re | rigged. and the closer kit and simple I oaor for connecting the car will enahl