The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-27
The RUSH TO ROYAL ASCOT
THOUSANDS DISAPPOINTED IN
THE NATTER or TICKETS.

JBUt ~ ASAcfF Ell IN
THE NATTER or TICKETS.
women Vino Stared NJ the Royal Box Oh.
Iee.e, te ny King ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Maiady 'ths fsump"-Heaith and
acknowledgements Prophet scere,
-Airship Lines Planned for France
LONDON. June le.-Ascot week began
Yesterday. and though horse show week
seems to be running 1t hard 1t Ii still
regarded as the high water mark OF the
season. Tickets for the royal enclosure
are eagerly sought after and for weeks
the Lord Chamberlain has had a hard time
OF il refusing the thousands who think or
pretend to think that they have q right
to them. This year the line has been
drawn more stringently than ever.
Ascot is the royal meeting and racing
10 the Kings favorite sport. There are
many public functions at which he is the
central figure. he knows il and likes il,
but he goes racing to see. not TO be seen.
Last year there were too many .beauti-
fully dressed ladies who turned their
backs to the r~acecourse and kept their
glasses fixed imnovably upon the royal
box. These are to be eliminated as far
as possible in future.
Royal Ascot has an original right TO
It's title, tho moot having been founded
by a royal duke. Butcher Cumberland
Though the first issue OF the Racing
Calendar dated l777. records certain
events at Ascot II was not till 1926 that
the state procession WAS instituted. From
that time on 1t has been Ascot's distino-
tive feature.
To DO asked TO be ono Of the royal house
party at Windsor for the week is OF course
the great thing, but that 10 only for q
very few. Tickets for the lawn Of the
royal enclosure are probably the most
coveted tickets for any social function
Of the season. This year there were 1000
more applications than In 1908.
The royal procession consists OF eight
carriages, each drawn by four horses.
containing the King and Queen and their
guests, and two pair horsed carriages
carrying the ladies' in waiting. The four
horsed carriages are large open vehicles
known az Windsor lAndaus. Positions.
equerries and outziders al wear the royal
scarlet livery. The spectacle Is one OF
the prcttiest pieces OF pageantry to be
seen in London. and given fine weather IL
In itself enough to draw the town quite
irrespective Of the racing.
The outcry raised last year by the
ultra-Protestant party against the pro-
posal to carry the host in procession
around the Roman Catholic Cathedral Of
Westminster may be remembered. Ques-
lions were asked In Parliament, the Home
Secretary was urged to forbid the pro-
~ceesion. and In the end q compromise was
reached by which the procession was
allowed but the Host was not carried.
On that occasion dense crowds gathered
in the narrow streets surrounding the
Cathedral. and only the most vigorous
efforts OF the police, mounted and On foot.
force its way in single file past several
pointG but last Sunday the Host was
openly carried through the streets OF
London by . Roman Catholic priest with
out the slightest interference.
The route taken was about a quarter
OF . mile In length around the Catholic
church in Herring street. Walworth.
In front walked the League OF the Cross
Guards with ~aooiytes In cassock and
surplioe carrying lighted candles. The
Host itself was preceded by six little
girls in white. with baskets Of blessed
flowers with which they strewed the
road Two youths with thuribles in
osnsed the sacred wafer.
The priest bore the Host aloft in a
monstrance open to the view OF all. Po-
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the Cross Guards lined the streets, but
not the slightest sign OF ir~reverenoe was
shown by those who looked on at a pic
tnresque spectacle rarely to b seen In
this country.
Mental depression and %irritability, which
In England are characterized briefly a.
the hump are the subject Of an article
In the Brtash Health Revier.
Hump. it appears. IL the fault Of de-
fective circulation and Is often aggravated
by a weakness OF the heart. Anything
that causes a bad circulation may bring
about an attack Of tho hump and ~
simple and comm on cause Ii the excess
OF waste products In the blood and In
this lies the explanation Of the tradition
that May is an unlucky month. Tho
writer says
in May We meet with the worst cir
culation In the brain. and so with the
greater depression and bad temper from
which result suicide and murder.
May Ia also regarded As an unIucky
for marriage. for affection and
temper are at their worst with the worse
and hence many unfortunate
results have no doubt been produced
and have helped to give the month q bad
There Is q crumb Of comfort In this
for those who suffer from rheu-
matlsm, for you cannot suffer from hump
and rheumatism at the same time. The
10 simple, for the poison can
not be In two places at once. In the joints
irritating them, and at the Same time In
the blood obstructins the circulation.
a result Of this, depression seoms
10 get worse as rheumatism Of govt
decreases.
For the prevention OF the blue monster
Of depression good food 10 advised. but
meat especially, while tea. coffee and
cocoa. which contain xanthin. q foe to
culation. should DO avoided.
TIE seasons craze for large hats 4
only history repeating iteslf. In England
IN the eighteenth century women rsvelled
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