Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05

There will be the same crush at the
| corner OF Fenchurch street every morn
| ing"
The new subway. I may add. is in a
| deeply interesting neighborhoOd. Mont
| fichet Castle. where the Emperor Charles
v was the guest Of Henry VIII. stood
| at it's western extremity: the Blackfriars
Theater. Of which Shakespeare was one
| of the proprietors. stood within a stone
throw Of its eastern side. As for the
famous Fleet ditch. 1t disembogued its
muddy waters and carried its dead dogs
to the Thames almost precisely on the
site of the subway.
There is to be held in Paris during
Easter week Of next year an interna-
tional congress on school hygiene. and
papers will he read by educational ex-
perts from every country I'm Europe Lon.
don was asked to send DELEGATES. ana II
was unanimously resolved that .ne
county council should have six repre-
sentatives. as the whole matter OF school
hygiene and the care OF the children had
now become an important FACTOR IN the
national prosperity. But II Is 10 De
clearly understood by the congress that
the representatives from London must be
taken as expressing their own indivlduai
opinions and not the settled view or the
county council on any subject under dis
cussion.
Caution for the Gear.
The justification surrounding the dates
and itinerary OF the cars meeting with
the King of Italy il more a matter or
deliberate intention than many seem TO
understand. For thirty years-since
mistimed bomb explosion on the railway
track near Borkoe just spared the life OF
the present cars father and all his ram
ily-the movements Of the Imperial lam
lily are chronicled under the rule that de-
partures to places within Russia are not
announced until the destination 10 SAFELY
reached
Even when Nicholas II started for Eng
land last July the first definite knowi-
edge of his departure was q message that
the imperial yacht Standard had reached
the kiel canal. Every paper In Russia
must print the court circular In full and
without comment. 1t may not mention
the sovereign's name anywhere else In
its columns. His acts and utterances
may become public only through the cir
cular The descriptive reporters OF the
Russian papers are not allowed to say
whether the czar looked we'll or other
wise in their accounts OF any ceremony.
nor what he wore. nor with whom he
cOnversed.
There is special delicacy regarding the
ezarina's personal relations with the Itai-
Of the Queen OF England are married
to Russian grand dukes, and one infu-
entail party in Russia wished the car
to marry a third. Their father. the rul-
ing Prince OF Montenegro is OF the Rus
sian Orthodox Church. and Car Alexan-
der III used to describe him as his 'only
true friend in Europe" His family. how
ever had not the dynastic status to pro-
vide Russia with an empress.
Problem Faces Council.
For the moment the council is faced
with a terrible problem OF this kind, for
the number of children reported as being
necessitous Is mounting up each week.
For the first completed week in this
month no fewer than 31,270 were fed IN
the schools on flve days. while the num-
Der last year was only 7.776. No fe wer
than 594 schools in London report having
children who are not receiving SUFFICIENT
food at home, and 129 of these schools
are what are known as ''non-provided."
That the parents OF these children should
be in such q position before the winter
really sets in appears to show that there
must be an unprecedented amount Of dis
tress in industrial London.
Lady st. Heller (better known to the
public as Lady Jeune, the widow of the
famous divorce court judge has been
one of the most distinguished and sue
cessful leaders of society In modern Eng
land. and her "reminiscences. which are
now published. form one OF the most in
teresting books of that particular class.
Since her widowhood Lady st. Heller has
naturally relnquished some Of her promi-
active interest In one or two useful and
very genuine forms Of philanthropy; but
in what might be called the latter part
Of the Victorian age there was no hostess
whose house was more constantly filled
with the people in every sense worth
knowing
Her circle was quite independent Of
the vulgar smart set" whose exam
and standards of the west end. Lady
st. Helier's friendship embraced the
most distinguished names in politics,
literature and national activity, and
her book is a reflection of some Of the
greatest and finest personalities of her
period.
The ambitious project for celebrat-
Ing the tercentsnary. Of Shakespeare In
1915 by the erection In London OF
2 national shakesReare Theater is TO
ing at the Mansion House. at which
the national committee will commune.
cate their plans to tho lord mayor
and mayors from all parts Of the coun.
1t is hoped in this way to stimulate
an interest in the scheme among the
leaders Of local life throughout the
kingdom. But the aims Of the ma
tional committee are worldwide. for
they contemplate raising from the Eng
lish speaking races throughout the
world the sum Of half a million stsrl-
ing.
OF this amount they propose to do
vote E250. 900 to tho erection and equip
ment Of q fitting home for the con-
tinuous presentation OF Shakespearean
drama, and the remainder will form
a permanent endowment fund to pro-
vide for such portion Of the working
expenses as the receipts fail to cover.
The committee hopes that the theator
may be open by 1916. Among the
speakers today will be Augustine Blr-
rell and Bernard Shaw.