The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
ROYALTY TAXES IN
 BOXING CONTEST Prince and Princess of Wales Heads Party At Fight WATCHED WITH INTEREST Fights Occur In Riding School and Royal Personaees Take Keen De-
 light In the Antics of the
 British Plugs.
WATCHED WITH INTEREST

London. April 24-(speeial.)- )-would Americans be shocked if Mrs. Taft wit messed half a dozen matches? English society has not been shocked because the Princess of Wales, with the Prince and her two sons, Princes David and Edward, spent aa hour the other night watching half dozen hotly contested bouts between the best scrappers in the Second Life Guards and the Irish Guard.
 The fights occurred in the riding school of the Life Guards at Windsor castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess Alexander of Tech dined with the officers at the mess of the Second Life Guard and afterward the royal party watched the reglmental sports. including the sparring bouts. The Young Princes of Wales joined their par ents after dinner
 The boxing was the cream of the nights entertainment. The Prince of Wales sat beside the Princess and the little princes watched the fighting with dancing eyes and applauded frequently, The chief bouts, curiously enough, were between four brothers named Hickey privates in the Irish Guard, now stationed at Wind sor castle. The four Hickeys fought furiously and punched one another with zest, much to the amusement of the royal spectators. The two contesting pairs were twins and the Prince of Wales laughed when he learned there were two other fighting Hickey brothers, not twins, who will join the Irish Guard next week.
 The keen attention with which the Prince watched the boxing brought back memories of his own prowess with the gloves in the days when as naval cadet he was a noted. lightweight boxer. The Prince sat forward in his seat, watching appreciatively every blow and feint and applauded the hard fought rounds en- Enthusiastically. The Princess of Wales took a keen interest in the fights, the Prince explaining to her the science of the game.
 Among the aristocratic women with the royal party who witnessed the scraps were Lady Edith Trotter, Lady Edward Spencer Churchill, Lady Emily vandewater, Lady Mary Arkwright Lady Wilmot, Lady Paravicini and Lady Evelyn Rothsohild.
 Tuberculosis Cure.
 The discovery of cure for tubercu- losis which William T. Stead cabled to the Hearst News Service is exciting
 
 as to who will be likely to run off with the honor of finally demonstrating the efficacy of the remedy. Rumor points to noted peer, the proprietor of many newspapers; and another story is that William Waldorf Astor may snatch the chance of associating his name with some solid good to humanity-especiaI- ly as royalty Is keenly interested.
 Lady Aberdeen has devoted herself during the years of her husbands vice. royalty in Ireland to the combat with tuberculosis. The countess hopes to use the disused coast guard stations as sanitoriums for sufferers from the dreaded scourge.
 American newspapers which have again set the pace in journalistic en- terprise have a chance today. Tomor- row 1t may be too late to secure a scoop" and glory for the new world by supporting the new cure. A judicious comb ination of journalism, philan- thropy, patriotism and personal ambi- ton will probably secure the s10,000 for one side of the Atlantic or the other.