Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
DUKE GOES IN ROYAL STYLE
Will Journey to South Africa Amid
Much Pomp.
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING
CeatraI south African RAILWAY Builds
Special Train 60 AccommO-
date the Royal Party
Lengthy Itinerary.


LONDON, Aug. a.-(speeial to The Bee)
The Duke OF Connaught will travel In
state, filling his high mission. when as rep
resentative OF the king, he goes to South
Africa in october to open the first South
African Parliament.
The royal party will sail from southamp-
Ion on the Union Castle liner Balmoral
Castle and on the outward journey the
luke of Connaught will call at 81. Helena.
A stay OF almost two days will be made al
the 'island, where the duke and duchess
will be the guests OF the governor. cape
Town will be reached on october 81, and a
stay OF about week will he made here.
auring which time his royal highness VIII
perform the ceremony of declaring the
first Parliament open. AT the conclusion
II The week the royal party will board
The train, which has been specially built
~ the Central South African railway Tor
the royal tour. and proceed to Bloemfon-
lain. After a brief stay in the capital oil
The Orange Free state, the royal party
will proceed direct to Victoria Falls reach
ng there about November y. a few days
will be spent here, after which the jour
aey viii be continued to Salisbury, where
The royal party will remain a day or two
and then 60 on TO Buluwayo.
lorla will be reached on the following day.
In the Transvaal capital and In Johannes
burg, where the duke will carry out num-
lrous public engagements, practically a
week will be spent In sightseeing and visit
ing places OF interest. IL Is proposed 70
cave the Golden city" al the end of No
Vember The following week will be spent
N visits TO Pietermaritzburg firstly and
Durham lastly. Here the royal party VIII
EMBARK on the Bamoral Castle, and Eng
and will be reached shortly after Christ
mas, probably the first few days Of Janu-
ry.
The itinerary OF the tour will involve be-
tween 5000 and 1900 miles OF railway jour
neying For the convenience and comfort
d the royal travellers, a special train has
been built by the Central South African
railway.
Gilbert owns Up.
Sir william Gilbert lmade n naive con
eession recently at the Wealdstone Petty
sessions. He had before him the case Of
alleged assault on one OF his scholars by q
schoolmaster who believed strongly in this
adage, Spare the rod and spoil the child
AS evidence Of character the boys Quarterly
report was put in, which brought from Sli
william the confession that he did moi
have such good report at the boys age
and that he had been birched many times
but never had the pleasure of examining
the results. Sir William was educated al
a private school at Ealing and Londor
university. He was called to the Bar, bu
ala not practice, and Immediately after
wards launched in play writing, which has
made his name and fame Of world wide
Interest.
Es,rvu of Hawai- CyDher,
His majesty has now sanctioned the form
Of the royal cypher and crown which are L
be- engraved or embroidered upon service
uniforms instead Of the Edwardisn mono
gram. The designs present7a very hand
some effect while every effort ha
been made to secure simplicity and In tina
way to avoid needless expense. The tudo
crown, which was restored by the late king
ID retained, so that no change in this par
Of the design viii be needed. This mean
more than meets the eye. because there arr
occasions on which the crown Is used upoi
service buttons and shoulder straps with
out the initials of the reigning sovereign
while there are, of course large number
OF Illuminating devices Ia the hands OF tn
clubs and west End tradesmen in when tn
British crown forms the chief feature II
REQUIRE these to be altered, especially Il
view Of the other expense that will be in
Cured later on in connection with tn
formation, would have been something OF
burden.
welsh students Win.
1t Is not often that one hears OF domesti
servants and Golfers ambitious enough I
20 in for a university degree. and. wha
IL more, TO succeed with honors. ANON
those who have Just gained the b. A. de