The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
KING GEORGE
DENIES RUMOR
That He Is Dissatisfied With
Buckingham Palace
AND WANTS NEW HOME
The Correct Thing for Duchesses to Do
These Days Seems to Be to Lead
the Simple Life-Remarka-
BILE Flying Machine

London, August 20.-(Special. liking
George has announced that there is no
truth in the rumors that he is dssatis-
fed with Buckingham palace and wants
another royal residence to be built in
London
The ugly old building is very comforta-
BILE inside, although 1t does not begin TO
compare with the town residences OF sew
eral New York millionaires. 1t Is, of
course. not nearly as vast as King Alton
SOS huge palace at Madrid, it is smaller
than one wing of the Hradcany at
Prague, and would go easily Into the
courtyard of the winter palace at st.
Petersburg but as King George has a
smaller income than that of Alfonso. the
Kaiser or the Gar, he really cannot AFFORD
to maintain a larger palace, and as the
is known to be of very economical hap-
its, this fact has probably something to
do with his decision not to ask for an
other residence, even II many of his sub
jects would like to see him living IN
greater splendor.
The really correct thing for duchesses
to do those days Is to live the primitively
simple life. The corollary Is the Iariri
home for the elite.
There is a West End club. the Ladies'
Park club, situated in Knightsbridge, all
the members of which have very blue
blood indeed The head of this institution,
Lady Wolseley, conceived the bright Idea
of giving bored duchesses, countesses and
other ladies of title an opportunity or see
Ing life in the farm yard.
AS a result the Park club has formed
a sort of side show. called the Home
Farm Club for Ladies'. 1t will give I'M
heard of opportunities to society folk OF
calming their over-wrought nerves.
At a sequestered corner OF the eartn'
near Heston (Middlesex), an antique
country residence has been bought and an
army of painters. paperhangers and
gardeners are at work. The farm Is to
be run on novel lines for the edifcation
of the smart set who want to commune
| with nature.
All meals will be plain, wholesome.
| farm meals of good, simple food It Is
the blaskest sin for the lady member to
play bridge or smoke within the sanctified
walls although she may perhaps sneak
away from 1t for a Whit with the cows In
the byre when no one is looking.
| There are to be experts on the prem
ises who will teach the members to keep
bees, make bread, run a poultry farm and
| spin. The spinning is included In the cat
egory because the elect of society seem
inclined to revert to that pastime. There
fore. at Heston they are to be able to
spin between making the break and feed
| ing the pigs.
remarkable flying machine, embody-
ing the rotary wing theory Of flight, is
being constructed by a Scottish inventor,
Mr.. G. L. O. Davidson. 1t Is built on
original lines and has little in common
with the aeroplane.
| In point Of size it eclipses everything
that has hitherto been done by builders OF
hea yier- than-air machines. tslf
| For the past nine months over dozen
mechanics and draughtsmen have been
engaged upon It's construction.
The machine has already cost over $685.
600 and a further $4,000 will be required
70 complete 1t. When finished, 1t will
weigh over six tons, and 1t is designed to
carry 20 to so passengers.
The advantages which the inventor
claims for this machine are that it can
travel In any kind of weather: by its own
mower II can raise itself vertically from the
ground: the rotary wings with their hor-
| izontaI movement enable 1t to hover In
the air: It can attain a speed of over 15(
miles an hour.
| Mr. Davidson's theory of flight has
been evolved from prolonged study, ex-
tending over 81 years of the natural laws
which govern the flight of bird.
| Mr. Davidsons machine bears resem-
blance to the form of a bird.
For the wings he has two gigantic gy-
roscopes or rotary fans, q feet in diam
eter They revolve horizontally like in
verted saucers on either side Of the body