The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

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several members Of the royal family who
desire O few weeks rent and change.
Barton Manor was considerably enlarged
and improved during the late reign. and
II now an extremely comfortable house.
The younger members Of the Kings
family will pass their summers there.
while the King and Queen Mary also are
expected to stay there next August. "a
IL l. q favorite residence with the Queen.
A study of the land taxation measure
passed by the Parliament OF the
Commonwealth Of Australia reveals the
fact that absentee landowners have TO
pay for the privilege OF residing abroad
The tax is imposed upon owners who are
absentecs in the ratio OF two cents IN hve
dollars more than the tax levied upon
owners who are not absentees.
The absentee owner il liable to lie taxed
TO the extent Of the total sum OF the unim-
proved value Of all the land which he owns.
and the owner who ia not an absentee
in fo be taxed upon the balance OF the
unimproved value OF all his land after
deducting the sum OF SIS. 90. An absentee
owner 10 person. for the purposes OF the
for six months preceding the date at
which the Ow nership Of the land has
been legally determined. and an agent
10 not to be accepted for an absentee
owner by proxy. All joint stock com
panies having large investment, in land
subject to the tar In Australia will come
under the definition of absentee ON ners.
and will he excluded from the deducticn
OF 81. 600 allowed to owners who are not
Abssntees. The tar ranges from cents
in Is uwopenco in the pound) on tax
able value Of So 900. 60 II cents in Is
on q taxable value OF S375.0OO. For alb
sentee owners the impoSt will rise ON the
same amounts in taxable value from 0
cents to II cents in the s..
The new tax is expected to have the
effect Of reducing the number OF very
large estates in Australia. and by multi
plying the number Of resident owners Of
smaller properties near the railways and
markets. Of increasing the population and
the agricultural products Of the Common
wealth at the same time.
The German Emperor. it is said. is
seeking a site in Berlin for the erection
OF the finest opera houre in the world
It will be a luxurious building. and eight
Of Germany's leading architects are said
to he at work upon its plans.
Three thousand persons will be accom-
modated in the auditorium. while the
stage will he 100 feet in width and 60 feet
in depth For the use OF the royal family
there will be box capable Of seating
eighty persons There will also he spa
cious dressing and retiring rooms for the
use Of royal visitors.
The cost OF the whole scheme will he
very great: 40 great, II il reported. that
the actual sum has been withheld from
the German public
II your chickens show a Discrimination
to lay give them mustard An -x-
pertinent has been made in Wales that
proves that this condiment acts "a n
stimulant to hens.
The experiment was mad 10y the
vice-president OF the English Poultry
Club and IL was carried on for on. year
Buff Orpington pullets were selected for
the test. The birds had never laid eggs
and were a. nearly alike as possible
Food was served plain to six birds in one
pen had mustard added to IL
Al tho end OF six months the birds fed
with ordinary food had laid 800 eggs.
whereas the birds fed with the mustard
addition TO their food had laid ST. eggS
Al the end Of The year he birds fed on
ordinary food had laid oii eggs. as against
.O,3 eggs laid nv the mustard fed birds
Fred r Jane. the well known naval
writer has studied the hearing Of the
American sailors now visiting London and.
taking UP the ,ridgeis on their behalf
writes the following tribute 10 their he
havior:
i have not heard over here q single
word against the behavior Of American
bl,Iejackets and 40 am altogether puzzled
Mt realistic French stories which describe
them A. having acted in Cherbo,Irg like
stage cowboys or worse The average
American bluejacket. from all that I
have seen OF him il perhaps not very
disciplined according 10 our most clsssi-
cal standards He ia ap, to he an indie
pendent sort ~ c,iss.' hut his indie
pend.nce does not r,Ir in the Hooligan
direction. hold no brief for The Am.-i-
can navy Dst nAvNlg seen pl' OF "
AT one time and another I an totally
unahi. 80 reconcile the realistic yarns
going in France with the American blue
jacket OF fact.
In. American sailor has greatly in
tcresfed Paris a. well "a London and the
general opinion in each CITY ia that he in
the mos, sol.mn and melancholy type
Of jolly ts- IMAGINABLE. In Paris he is
reported never TO have smiled at any gay
or droli performance he Jaw. while Lon
don has been so impressed by his solem-
nifty that one writer has filed news
paper column headed The Sad Sailors
with a description Of the American sea-
men and their pec,ilia-ities. He says:
The American sailor IL SAD faced and
lantern jswed. and he lacks the jOviality
and jolliiy Of his British COUSIN He sel-
dom smiles. and he seems to have a full
share OF that strange American melan-
choly which puzzles and mystifies all
observers. Perhaps il was the effect Of
our November fogs and rains. But they
ssslredly walked about our streets with
gloomy faces and weary eyes"