The Washington herald., 1909-08-28
PEOPLE AND THINGS
Women Knights of the carter.


There were once women members Of
the English Order Of the Garter. Each
/ lady OF the order wore a garter on her
left arm. Among these members were
Joan Plantagenet, the fair maid Of Kent.
widow Of the Black Prince. and many
other royal ladies. besides numerous la
dies OF noble and gentle birth. The
last lady knight of the Garter was Mar
garet Beaufort, Countess OF Richmond.
mother Of Henry VII. and afterward wife
! Of the first Early OF Derby; but in the
next reign a change came over the scene.
With Henry VIII on the throne there
was no longer devotion to women Of king
and knight. and woman's rights were
forgotten. The ungallant Henry dis
| ccuntenanced female association with the
chivalry Of ST. Gebrge. and the orders
brilliancy was dimmed. Attempts nave
been made to repair Henry's deed, but
rothing came OF them Efigi.s may be
seen OF two OF these members. One Is at
Ewelme Church, IN OXfOrdshlre. where is
the tomb OF the Countess of Suffolk,
daughter OF Sir Thomas Chaucer and
granddaughter of the poet. with her left
I arm encircled with the garter In the
! same county, at Stanton HarcOurt. the
ancient seat OF the Harcourt family, six
miles west OF oxford. the efigy OF Lady
Harcourt, daughter Of Sir John Byron.
! Of Clayton. and wife OF Sir Robert Har-
court. who was elected a knight OF the
garter IN 1851, Is also represented with
the garter on her left arm.
New Hork's Water supply.
The new aqueduct for New York will
cost S162. 100000. II will be the greatest
work OF its kind in the world. The pres
ent supply Of S96.OO0OOO gallons daily viii
receive an addition OF 5OO.Oo0O00 which
viii lay under tribute about six hun
dred square miles Of mountain and mead
ow, or a tract nearly half as large as
the land and water surface Of the State
4 Of Rhode Island. There is no reason
! why this should not gather water Of the
purest quality, and Il will be carried
through the aqueduct ninety-two miles,
| with many more miles Of connecting con-
/ duits within the city limits For thir-
teen and a half miles Of this distance the
water will flow through twenty-three
tunnels and for much OF the distance Il
viii be a subterranean river The nine
I famous aqueducts Of old Rome had an
/ aggregate length Of 2sS miles. but
I total capacity OF only 100000 gallons
daily. or about a sixth Of that expected
10 fiow from the new source.
Actors Earnings in Germany.
Proposed legislation In the German
Reichstag as TO the theaters has caused
much. public discussion as 70 the profess
/ sion and the income which It yields
One statistical article which is being ex-
tensively circulated says that As per cent
\ OF Germany's actors receive from 720 20
Z loo marks a year: . per cent. 800
marks; % per cent, from 900 70 5000
marks. and only 10 per cent have an in
come OF over 1900 marks a year The
worst OF II all. the actors say. is that
/ they cannot be employed for a whole
year even al these figures. That the
| theater year only lasts about nine months
/ IS no fault OF ours. nor DO we blame the
/ managers. but that 1900 marks a year
/ about $500 is looked upon as good pay
/ for an actor for a years services IS
/ proof that we should have an organiza-
tion." says one OF the aggrieved ones.
The Troops Behaved NObIy.
Eastern Massachusetts is delighted al
/ the little damage caused by the recent
presence Of 1900 troops. A few hens and
] eggs have been missed. but there is gem
eral agreement that the soldiers behaved
very we'll. and that plundering was all
but unknown One farmer found his
I watermelon patch was almost intact
when the maneuv--s were over. a cir
| cumstance which. II the colored troops
passed that way. illustrates the power OF
/ discipline On the other hand, II IS said
/ that q grocer who marked UP bread 10
Is cents loaf. came I'm Tor an expert
| ence IN which he viii have little popular
I sympathy. Old inhabitants who recalled
militia "musters' OF the past were agree
ably surprised 10 encounter soldiers who
were civil, orderly, and willing 10 pay a
fair price for what they required 10 sup
plement their rations. Il seems 70 be
| agreed that drunkenness was unknown
i in either army.