Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-20

soon found tina. the inquiry would -
20 enormous that nothing less than q
royal commission could undertake 1t As
specific instance there Was the case
OF some houses or Holborn. OF which L
have heard 1t arose from scheme for
a memorial TO Father Maconochie OF
st. Adams I,ondon's most rituaiistic
church. The object was 10 commence
rate his work by clearing decent pas
sage to his church. and that meant aboi-
ishing some rotten old cottages.
Only after immense labor and patience
could the promoters OF the scheme come
at the real owners They almost wearied
OF working back and back through the
layers OF subtenants.
Ownership of Property.
One cannot wonder at the claims that
arise from time to time to the ownership
of London property. The Page estate
only partially concerns London, and is a
familiar recurring subject for long
ticles I'm the papers. But the Mobos
claim, which involved large London prop
erty. Of which little is now heard. was for
some time full OF vigor, and the name OF
Pitfield of Hoxton was popularity supposed
TO haunt the dreams OF a certain noble
lord to whom great property In HoNion
came by a marriage with the Pitheids.
One would be inclined to doubt II any
thing can be conclusively proved about
old London property.
London. in its accidental way. has done
much for a noble conception OF the proper
degree or ownership In church property
Technically no church can be consecrated
unless II stands upon absolute Freehold
unless $50 the comprehensive idea runsl
the ground below II il free TO the middle
OF the earth and the air above II TO
heaven. Long ago that ceased 10 be the
case with many old churches. There IL
sy, <1,c- tsx Lib. 49, An >ID0 Hay-
some time I'm order that its floor might
be taken up and the earth under II dug
out in the process OF making a tube. and
now the replaced floor IL. speaking pic
iuresqueiy. the roof OF q tube station
But only lately has the question arisen in
connection with the actual conservation
Of a church. The bishops legal advisers
pointed out to him that the site on which
IT was proposed to build a church had
railway running under II. and could not.
therefore. be freehold I'm the truly complete
way. The bishop fortunately declined TO
allow that to interfere with his conse-
Grafton of the church. He said that IL
he stickled for that kind OF a thing he
could hardly ever be sure. what with
tubes and electric and gas mains and
sewers and telegraph conduits, OF any
London church's freehold.
Blizzard Costs Thousands.
Your Inauguration blizzard has almost
synchronised with a severe one we have
had here. Ours is the worst London has
had for twenty years aud 1t lasted for a
week. The frost has not been keen
enough TO freeze up the water pipes at
a depth of nine inches below the surface
but discomfort has been general. In Of
fetal quarters 1t Is computed that cur
ing the past few days about 15.O0o,0o0
tons OF snow have fallen in London. the
removal of which has given employment
to about 1000 men per day. the extra
cost of clearing the roadways and pave
ments being estimated at 960.0o0. The
blizzard at the end of December cost
some $4,000
The close friendship which at one time
existed between the late Mr.. Cecil Rhodes
and the Princess Radziwili. who was the
defendant in law suit yesterday, tas-
proved the charge that was often made
against the observation-disclosures of
being misogynist. In fact, many OF
those in his encourage dreaded the in
fiuence Of this remarkable woman on
the empire builder.
A brilliant conversationalist, and OF
distinguished grace Of manner. the prin-
cess was regarded by those who had the
opportunity of comparing her with other
"grandes danes" as one Of the cleverest
women In the whole OF European society.
And as Mr.. Rhodes admiration for her
great gifts, her wit and her political sa-
gacity were well known. her power was
correspondingly feared by those associat-
ed with the Colossus.
The princess has ever been unconyen-
tional. Her remarkable personality has
not submitted easily to the rigid etiquette
of those continental courts at which she
has passed so much of her life. and which
she has described so vivaciously in aer
published "Recolbections." Her associa-
ton with sensational description OF
Berlin court life has only just become
known. But the tongue OF rumor has
more than once designated her as the
author of certain anonymous chronicles
as "indiscreet as they were lively, de-
plotting the .'vie intime'' Of Kaiser VIII
liam, who has been held up to history
in them in not always favorable light.
Expenses Of Great Club.
What does it cost to run" q great
club? The Constitutional Club in North
cumberland avenue. opposite Hotel Vic
toria, we'll known to Americans. with it's
5000 or 5000 members, is understood to
be the largest social club in the world.
and / find from the annual accounts.
which have Just been submitted to its
members. that the cost Of keeping Il
going Is E66.0OO year. while the receipts
exceed f6aO0O.
The balance-sheet contains some Curl
Gus items. Over s1,2O0 a year is spent
on newspapers. periodicals and books; IL
costs S1.700 year to light the huge terra
Gotta building; rates, taxes and insur-
ance swallow up f3 800. To keep rhe
Ia Dric IN repair costs X LOU. the purchase
and reparation of furniture costs another
ESQ. Such "sundries'' az window clean
ing and chimney sweeping run away
with f7O0.
The laundress bill is trihe of R1.350;
ESQ a year is spent upon buying linen.
ESQ upon china and glass. On the other
side of the account 1t is interesting TO
note that eating. drinking. smoking. cards
and billiards produce e35.OO0 a year
rather more than half the gross revenue.
There is shortly to be sold In London
Dean Swift's own copy of certain OF his
works. with several hundred MS. cor
rections and alterations in his handwrit-
ing. The books consist of "Miscellanies
in Prose and Verse three volumes.
Benjamin Motto at the Middle Temple
Gate i'm Fleet street. 1927, and -'Miscel-
lanies.' the third volume. B. Motto and
Lawton Gilliver, 1872. This volume con-
tains personal notes. and the asterisks in
the various poems are filled in with the
proper names. In the volume Ill dated
1737 at the last line of "Stelfa's Birth
day''-"to make me deaf and mend my
sight'-SW-ift has written the pathetic
comment Now dead. 1740." The vol
umes all come from the library of Wis
count Powerscourt of Powerscourt Castle.
County Wicklow. and have his Elk