The sun., 1909-01-03
ENGLAND'S new CHRISTMAS
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rapidly throughout tho country and has
enormously strengthened the reformers.

rapidly throughout tho country and has
enormously strengthened the reformers
Needing $500 to feed 27,0OO underfed
school children up 20 January 81 the
London County Council has decided to
apply 10 the Board of Education for per-
mission 10 spend eiO,OOO from the rates.
This money will be used to suppleme mt
the voluntary subscriptions which have
hitherto supplied the needs Of the chill
dren.
The feeding of'the children has been
supervised In each district by n care com
mittee. usually without either skilled
advice or organization, the result being
that In some districts the meals have
consisted Of soup and bread, others OF
whole meal bread and currant pudding.
and at Lambeth. where a local medical
man happened 10 be upon the committee.
OF an ideal menu. Three day dinners
convey an idea Of the organization in
this district:
Monday Beefsteak pie and one vege-
table rice pudding.
Tuesday Irish stew and one vegetable
lam roll.
Wednesday Ssvory roll consisting OF
Sget crust and meaU one vegetable aud
bread pudding.
The average cost of these meals was
tribe over three cents. The medical officer
reported after these meals mad been given
for one month that the children had inn
proved generally in both ohara cter and
physique.
In the outer London districts many
hau
all the winter raising a tax for the pur-
pose At West Ham. the poorest district
in the country. the children received not
only dinner but also breakfast, and at
It's last meeting the council decided to
feed the children during tho Christmas
vacation
Experiments of an extensive character
are about to be made in London with a
view Of testing Sir Oliver Lodges system
for dispelling fogs by electricity.
Writing some time ago Sir Oliver urged
that in order to combat the town fog
people should avoid assisting in its for
nation. He maintained that a great
portion of the coal thrown into furnaces
or on open fires is not burned at all but
is merely distilled up the chimney. caus-
ing not only a waste of fuel but periodic
visitations of black fogs in London and
other large towns.
TO mitigate the evil he recommended
the uye Of improved freplaces. more
careful stocking and special boiler APP
pliances. but hc considered that the only
thorough remedy would be to prohibit
The importation OF coal into great towns,
and instead Of 1t 70 convey there y pipes
a cheap non-illuminating gas made at
the mines. But such scheme hardly
seemed practicable.
Now Sir Oliver proposes TO act by cleo
trioity. and he seems confident that by
filing the air with electrical currents he
can dissolve the fog and bring the par
ticles which compose it to the ground
in the form of black snow. While the re-
suit OF the experiment win be watched
with great interest it must be acknowl-
edged that the fogs have for the last two
or three years been much less dense than
they used TO be, owing no doubt TO the
use Of CRATES and ranges which emit
less smoke.
This year nothing that could be de-
scribed as a really heavy fog has been
seen, and in fact it is three or four years
since the metropolis has been shrouded
in what used to he called a London
particular.
The Liberal papers have not been spar
ing in their comments upon Lord Ardi-
laun's refusal TO permit the London
County Council to affix a tablet TO his
house at II Carlton House Terrace to
commemorate the residence there of the
late ". z. Gladstone. Lord Ardilaun
10 member OF the great brewing family
Of Guinness, and in refusing the request
Of the Council he declared frankly that
he considered Mr.. Gladstone one of the
worst enemies his country-Ireland-
ever had.
Holding such an opinion it is not strange
perhaps that Lord Ardilaun should prefer /,
the County Council to select one OF the !
other houses in London once occupied |
by Mr.. Gladstone for the tablet One
is reminded by the incident OF how the |
late Duke OF Westminster after the Home
II ule split sold Frank Hollis portrait OF
Gladstone Sir Charles Dixie, on the !
other hand is one OF those politicians
who are not troubled with sense of what
is due their personal opinions in this man !
ner. as Millais's we'll known portrait of |
Joseph Chamberlain occupies the place |
Of honor in his study. i
The journal PoHtikd has an amusing
description Of the reception by Kaiser /
Franz Joseph Of the various deputations |
which came from Bosnia 10 congratulate /
him on the annexation When the fourth |
batch arrived the Israelite deputation
the Kaiser paused before one Of the men |
and greeted him in friendly fashion.
II seem IN know you Surely we have |
r,et before?7
Quite possible your Majesty"
But where? ] wish TO know"
The man was confused, but the mon |
arch insisted Tell me your name"
Moses Demayo. your Majesty
But 7 do not remember anybody of !
that name. When did zee you last?"
when the Mussulman deputation was
received by your Apostolic Majesty | |
was in it. and my name was Selm Sslige-
patch
-Ah. so." And the Kaiser was about
10 move on hut the man was now en-
couraeed and continued obsequously:
Il had also the honor OF addressing
your Apostolic Majesty in the Catholic
deputatiop as Spiro Mstitch
"Indeed?-
And in the Serbian deputation came
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