The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

understood that the King is willing to allow further selection to be issued. which will include coSrespondencs for twenty- Ave yearsf after the death of the Prince C6nsort, As the letters deal with matters near to contemporary cvenfs, n will be realized that the utmost care has to bs exercised in their selection. and for this ssrsason they are not likely to be ready for publication until 1s1o. The personal interest which King Ed ward took in, the former volumes fs we'll known: indeed. his majesty exer- cisod personal fsupervision over the work and he fs likely to follow the same course with regard to the remsin- der of the letters.. ..-ssl
 An Uausual Enterta1nmsHs.
 In the village of Rayne. Essex. ths other evening" the rector, the Reverend Charles Hutchinson, gave ., smoking concert to the male parishioners. Per- haps the circumstance that beer and tobacco were to be freely distributed helped to attract the large gathering that assembled in the church school. The .audfence was composed mostly of agricultural laborers. many of whom had walked considerable distances to be present. For the farmers. the rector had thoughtfuily provided a bottle of
 
 churchwardens, Marmaduke Gale and John Barnard, assisted In the arrange ments. Avery 1ovfal time was spent. The walters were kept busy all the evening carrying round glasses of beer on trays to the thirsty farm workers. and the room was filled with clouds of smoke from their long "churchwarden" clay pipes. For the few who preferred such drinks there were coffee and lem nAr<t4s ApuH xxrAp frfh hut fnA by artists whom the rector had engag- cd, and the choruses were taken up very, heartily. The :. rector explained that he saw no harm in giving working men glass of beer because that was the liquor they liked. and he meant to continue in spite of the protests which had been raised by teetotaiers and otherss
 If the great grandmothe of the pres. ent fashionable hostess could assist at Ia modern dinner party, she would as. surediy think she was aiding and abet- ting the practice of .black magic" The ''electric table cloth" sounds like one of Maskeiyns and Devanes mysteries. but 1t is no such thing. It is merely the latest addition to. the "smart dinner table. It looks harmless efiough--a simple table cover Of grey felt covered with an ordinary darnask table cloth. The regulation" silver candiesticlxs are placed on the tabia---an unusual bril- iiancs streaming from under their .dain- ty shades .and the uninitiated may wonder how candies can produce such daxziing light. ..
 But there is more in it than meets the eye. for running down the sides of each candiestick is an almost invisible wire with tiny pronged end. This prong fastsns itself into the table cloth and as it touches the cloth the electric con. nection is cofnpfet. ana the electric csn- dles are ii9hte6. .t#
 Wherever the candiesticiSs are placed. as soon as the prong touches the eiec- trio cloth a a5briiiiant light streams forth. This magical cloth can only be q lux ury at present. but. judging from the progress of the times. it may be within the means of hostesses who do not pos- sess princely Incomes before very long.