The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-26

BLACK Rod intructs me to say. sir, that
he does not think your friends dress Is o
proper one to wear In the House."
Mr.. Hazleton has written to Black Rod
and has received a reply which he does not
consider satisfactory. SO be hos written
again. Next session tho vote for the salary
Of Black Rod will come before the House
OF Commons. II he does not bend before
that will be Mr.. Hazleton's opportunity.
What makes matters worse Is that the
Scotch kilt has never been subjected to
any such discrimination. Only a few
weeks ago q dozen officers Of the Cameron
~Highlanders. clad In all their glory Of kilt,
sporran and shawl. sat unquestioned In
the distinguished strangers gallery Of
the Commons to see Winston Churchill
tako his seat for Dundee. Moreover. a son
OF Lord Ashbourne. ex-Lord Chancellor
OF Ireland, wears the Irish kilt constantly.
and as the son Of a peer has the right to
take his position on the steps OF the throne
in that dress.
These are busy days at the Mont de
Pete, as the French Government pawn
broking establishment is called. It's
Golfers are crowded with jewelry, silver
plate and oil sorts Of vafuables. This
is not due to a wave Of impecuniosity but
merely to the fact that Parisians are leav-
ing for the seaside or the mountains,
and they have found that it costs less to
leave THAR valuables under the protection
OF the State pawnbroker In return for a
small loan than to place them in q safety
deposit vault.
No accurate account was kept Of the
number Of tires used up In the Grand Prix
automobile race at Dieppe, but q careful
estimate places IL afeoO. and as forty eight
cars started this gives an average Of nearly
thirteen to a car. The record is held by q
French car which changed tires ~twenty-one
times. Another changed tires nineteen
times and a third fifteen.
This bad luck with their tires has been
n great consolation to the French in their
defeat. as the winning car was fortunate
enough to make three consecutive rounds
without having to At on q new tire.
The French papers are urging the mar
facturers to wipe out their defeat on the
first possible occasion. at the race on the
Ardennes circuit or the Taurus. but the
feeling Is growing that the automobile
racing game is not worth the candle. The
Marquis de Dion. for example, writes to
La Presse 10 reply to that papers state
ment that France had lost it's early ad-
vantages and found masters who have
taken her inventions and will grow rich
by them.
Il protest theoretically against this
judgment, for I oannot agree that the fact
Of having had the luck to make several
fx<pa ~ Nh4 1sxzu,tt Ia 1880 tn~-~-A---
advantage. due perhaps to the skill Of a
better trained driver or 10 some unfor-
tun1ee disasters to the tires of rivals, estab-
lies O supremacy for q whole nation
he says. Ear from me be the thought
OF Wishing TO lessen In any "a the brill
liant success Of the victors, from the point
OF view Of sport; but I repeat I cannot
too strongly protest against this tendency
to confound sport with industry. and I
cannot admit the conclusions reached
by La Presse. which seem to represent our
industry as diminished all round by a fail
ure which is only a sporting affair.
Automobile races were undeniably neoes-
In the beginning, but after having rem
all the service they could as regards
launching the idea OF motoring they seem
to me no longer able to establish anything
as regards the motor industry
Since the Olympic games were revived !
in 1899. this year 10 the first occasion on |
which they have coincided with the ancient |
Olympic lunar epoch. Among the ancient
Greeks the date Of the quadrennial Olympic |
games was regulated by the full moon |
next after the summer s~olstice. By coinci- |
rather than by design July IS, the
day Of the London games. was
also the day Of the first full moon after the |
summer ~solstice.
Falling as It did this year In the middle
Of the month. the coincidence becomes still
remarkable. BY the Greek calendar |
the day Of tho full moon was always the
iath Of the month. and therefore the |
present mld-July games at the stadium, |
by the moons age. the month
or the year. could hardly Approximate !
nearer to the actual time Of the national
games Of ancient Greece.
It is stated that Mr.. Lloyd-Georee, Chan
Of the E~xohequer. In order to provide
money for old age pensions seriously oon-
templated the imposition Of a tax UPON
bachelors. and gave up the idea not on
Of its impracticability but FOR
ear Of the ridicule II would draw down
upon him.
An ingenious proposal has been put
In the lobby Of the House Of Com
nom for the purpose Of redressing the
balance Of contribution to taxation
the man with a large family and
he bachelor or childless couple. The pro-
oosal. which is to be submitted to the Chan
OF the Exchequer. Ia that q tar should
,e levied upon every adult. married or
and that a bopus should be given to
PARENTS for every child under the age OF IL.
There Is nothing ethereal about the
muscular figure Of John Burns,
President Of the Local Government Board.
md yet 1t seems his image Is to be handed
to posterity in the form Of an arch
nigel. This interesting fact was disclosed
It O dinner party at which the Bishop of
Iondon and Mr.. Burns were both present.
The Bishop expressed the hope that the
President OF the Local Government Board
would not allow q tube railway to be oon-
under st. Paul's. Mr.. Burns
the Bishop by replying that he
ook a personal interest in the Cathedral,
or he was always to be found there with