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ENGLISH SOCIAL AFFAIRS
BY LADY MARY MANWARING

as matter of fact, performed by Miss Knollys.
 It is the wish of both King George and Queen Mary that the mistress of the robes should resume chief control of her maiesty's household, and, in conse- quence the Duchess of Devonshire will be C great deal al court. When the court is a. Windsor Castle her grace will be in residence; but when her majesty is at Buckingham palace, the Duchess will, of course, reside at Devonshire house.
 The maids of honor will in future be notified by the mistress of the robes when their attendance at court is re- quired, and when the court is at Windsor, one of the maids will always be required to be in attendance.
 Queen Mary intends to revert to the old custom of giving dowry of E1000 to a maid of honor when she marries, but against this her pay will be reduced by a hundred year. Queen Alexandra raised the pay of her maids of honor by a hundred a year, but stopped the doNry money.
 In the new reign the maids will receive three hundred a year each instead of four.
 Queen Alexandra had only four maids of honor, whilst Queen Victoria had ten. Queen Mary wifi probably appoint six, but not more than two Will be in at tendance at the same time. Her majesty will present each of her maids with gold and pearl locket which the maid must always wear when she is in at tendance.
 Several new regulations are pending in connection iwth the work of the Lord Chamberlain's department. One of the most important of these deals with the granting to societies and institutions the right to use the prefix royal All in stigutions which are properly entitled to use the prefix are registered in the books at the Lord Chamberlain's office, but al
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I.endon, December 3.-(Special) liking zteorge or rather Queen Mary, is busily sengaged in planning drastic reforms eabout the court which will not only re asult in a more economical and efficient Encouragement of the royal household, but which will lead to the correction of many s,Gbuses which have grown up within the past quarter of a century or so.
 One of the most important of the new Negotiations is one by which the four chief officials of the household, namely fthe Lord Chamberlain, the master of the Household, the master of the horse, and sthe lord steward, will meet at regular speriods to confer on the working of the Respective departments, to settle ques- lions which are constantly arising be- tween them.
 Under the old regime, when the work of, say, the master of the horses depart melt brought that official into conflict a meeting of the two officials, and the question. at issue between them was re- ferred to the Kings secretary for his maJesty's instructions on the matter.
 Tie number of equerries and lords-in- W Nai'iiS III iesiuehee ID io pe ieuuCeu, put ffhe number of non-residents equerries ,who are put on the list in rotation every fortnight for attendance at the palace will be increased. This regulation will make for economy without putting any extra work on the officials affected by it.
 Tine presence of the mistress of the robes at court will be required far more constantly than was the case in the last dev years of King Edwards reign, when Queen Alexandra only required the pres ence of her mistress of the robes on occa- siors of great state. ceremony, and many of the duties attaching to her office were,
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there are many bogus royal warrant holders. and 1t is matter Of much inn portance, both to the public and to the genuine warrant holders, that the mat ter should be carefully investigated.
 In the matter, by the way, of the dis posal of orders, King George will not be by any means so liberal as was his father
 The Royal Victorian order and the Inn perial Service order were so freely dis tributed in the late reign that they ceased to be very highly valued, and in more than one instance the Victorian order was refused.
 Under the new regime, mediocrities need not expect to be decorated because they chance to be intimate or to have infiu- enoe with a friend of the sovereign.
 Some idea of the enormous extent of the royal game preserves at Sandring- ham may be gathered from the fact that every year now the total bag has steadf. ly increased until the huge figure of 1G 600 head has been reached. But the record for the royal estate is much high CT than this, the best year being, we believe, in 1Ss6-s7, when 14,00O pheasants, 4Oo0 cartridges, $50 hares, 400 woodcock. wild duck, teal and snipe and over coco rabbits were bagged. As an all-round sporting property 6andringham holds it's owp among the best in the country. though at the big partridge drives on the nelghboring estate of Holkham. some 15 or 16 miles eastward, the bags are larger than at Sandringham. Lord Lei cester's estate being a better partridge manor than the royal domain.
 The King is more likely to be known fin history as Sailor George than as Farmer George''-always remembering that George is the Greek word for farm CT, but in the matter of the royal farms 1t is his majesty's intention to main the traditions established during the last two reiRns. At the Slough cattle market this month there will be S5 bullocks of various breeds offered for sale in the King name. and one of them will be selected to be brought in for the Christmas dinner table of the court. No less than 25O sheep -Hampshires and crossbreds-will be put up at the same time, this number being actually larger than has been availab ble at the fat stock sale in some recent sea- sons. But the part of the sale in which his majesty will probably take the most interest will be the bacon hogs of the Berkshire strain, there being four-score of them ready for market. When the King, as heir-apparent, first set up farm ing in the Norfolk demesne. he bought a stock of black pigs for the purpose of systematic breeding, being convinced that in this department a good deal more might be done in the south and east of England than has been done hitherto. The prices which have been ruling for bacon for some time past are remuner- ative and the royal encouragement of this branch of field work may be ex- pected to have a good influence upon pig breeding at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-04
Cure for Cholera

Rome. December 3.-(Special. )-While on a visit to the Forum, Lord Kitchener, after diseoursing on ancient Roman rem- edes, said that he firmly believed in his own methods of fighting against an out break of cholera. He asseverated his great faith in the saying, "The sun kills the invisible" and he mentioned how (while campaigning in Egypt he had demonstrated its truth during an out break of the dread disease. The usual
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BIRTHRATE MAKES
 NEW LOW RECORD

the quarter ending on September 20 last was the lowest ever recorded, under the present system, for that period of the year. It was only fin 20o0 higher than the lowest recorded for any quarter In the past ten years.
 On the other hand the death rate was also the lowest on record for the quarter in question, and indeed for any similar period since 1900.
 These are some of the figures contained in the regstrar-generals quarterly re- turn. from which the facts mentioned above are taken:
 BlFtH fale .....'..'.'...........,. Z4.5
 Death rate ........................ 1l.4
 The return of marriages for the period mentioned above is not available, but it will probably prove a remarkably low
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figure. for the number per thousand of the population for the quarter ending last June was lower than it has been in the same part of the year for the past de- cade.
 The population of the United Kingdom in the middle of 1910 is estimated by the registrar general at 45, ,469534 persons. of whom 36 169,150 are in England and Wales, 4,929251 in Scotland. and 4,Sn,1SS in Ire land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-04
His Guests

From HArper's Weekly.
 "Now, Johnny said the Sunday school superintendent, "ean you tell me what it was that caused the prophet Elijah to go up?'
 ''Yeth, thir." said Johnny. Ut wath the Payne Tariff Bill
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Attack on English Grown

the well known socialist leader in par lament, has made another attack on the English crown. in connection with the present parliamentary crisis resulting from the bill providing for the curtail- ment of the power of the house of lords.
 q hope it is not true that the King is intervening in what is called the crisis, |" he said. TT had occasion to remark be- fore that when coronets go into the melt ing pot the crown had better beware.
 ''As long as the people bow to the three fold demon of imperialism, militarism and royalism they will be blind to their own interests
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NO CHANGE OF CARS Birmingham to Heart of New
 York. via Seaboard

Effective November 27, electric- lighted observation and drawing-room sieepers. Dining cars, service la c1rte. C9ty tb~kp+ office, 1e27 1st avenue
 II .s-tf
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disnfee'tions were tabooed, the soldiers being ordered to llndress and bask in the desert sun, with the result that cholera was soon stamped out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-04
Why he Left

From the Chicago News.
 Long--Why did you leave the place where you formerly boarded?
 Short-Because the landlady had too much curiosity.
 Long-In what direction?
 Short-Oh. she was continuously ask ing me when l was going to pay my beard bill.
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Thousands and Millions
 of Dolls
 Baby Dolls, Kid Dolls, Bisque Dolls, Un breakable Dolls, China Dolls, Indian Dolls, Japanese Dolls, Negro Dolls and Dolls from all over the world and all selling at reduced prices 25c pretty dressed Dolls, in boxes at. ..... Sc. 50c pretty dressed Dolls, in boxes, at. -. .23c $1.50 Kid Dolls, with Bisque head, at 95c
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higher in successive spurts. until
u has attained = height Of z5e fee
or more. And whilst the exciama-
tons that have succeeded the hrst
dumb shock Of surprise arc stii tn
the air Old Faithful rctires 70 his
SubtcrTano4n cavern even more al
rupily than be emerged, and fo- an
hour occupies himself with such busi.
acss ~ he may have down below. The
mos; rcnarkatse feature Of this phc.
nom .1on j. that the eruption occurz
every s. minutes. Thousands have
aeld the watch on .hc Old ecyscr in
the hope Of cafchisg n mapping. bsi y
rcver. yet failed to spout on Time. Al
nltht q search leit T. turacd On The
pot by he clio X just tive uinsies
bcfore old Faithful - due 70 play
and nc rcspoods % the euriterion n
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plant ;hcse flowers. They die almost
Immediately after rcrnova. from the
soil.
Although Yellowstone Park posses
g. the greatest variety Of natural at
fractions. its fame rezts chiefly on The
strange features tha. indicate Their.
nal activity. n y long since any vol
canic disturbance or lava aow occur
RCD. bat fhcrc - evidence on every
hand. IN Feyscrs. hot springs. mud
sp-gts. steam vents and soifstaras Of
tremendous heat Uneerlying the park
rla1tcau. The hot spsings excced
f.oe0 IN number and assures from
fsrmsrclcs and hsssrcs from which
which steam H. emitted
% the many geysers. each with r.
individual pcculiarifies. Old Faithful
b.. perhaps. the mos, in,srsstlne and
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hospitality at the forts that line our
seaboard. At the modern coast de-
tense callers are kept within narrow
bounds, and are not permitted to APP
proach the huge guns. This policy is
necessary because the military author
tiles wish to keep secret not only the
details of our heavy artillery, but also
the exact points at which the big
shooting irons are located within the
fortificatio
Under the Ola conc;,icns or haroor
defense this extreme secrecy was not
quite so essential. In those days, when
chief reliance was placed on the pro-
lection affarded by heavy masonry
walls. each>gun looking cut from its
port in the wall was in measure a
known quantity, with position as
fixed and as self-apparrent as the po
sitions of the big guns on our battle
ships. With the invention of the dis
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the light with unfsiling regularity. Al.
though the general action OF geysers
:as been explained more or less sat
isfactoriiy, the peculiar intermittent
regularity Of Old Faithful's action has
50 far baffied SCIENTISTS
The most important point In this
park ana perhaps the most interesting
Is Mammoth Hot Springs. al the
edge Of the gorge through which the
Gardiner flows. and within Ave miles
OF the northern entrance. Ore might
stay here fo- weeks and find constant
and varied sources OF enjoyment
Here is Fort Yellowstone and the ad-
minist.stion headquarters Al the fort
are stationed four troops Of regular
cavalry. which provide the guards
snd patrols for the park Tue nam
moth hot Springs. sshica are strongly
charged with calcium carbonate. have
formed a beszfifui trsvertine. two
square miles in extent. This dcpos;;
cxtends In elisteaing white terraces
from the Garden River to the TOP oi
the Terrace Mountain, a vertical dis
lance Of 1.zgo feet
The gcyser basins within the park
are numerous. and the route from one
70 smother passes through enchanf.
ins and everchanging scenery. The
rad noS dips Into a wooded and
waiorcd valley and anon mounts to an
elevation whence vltw aileS IN *.
tent i obtained. The majority %
tourists 70 fh,yarh ne psrk gn The
regular schedule arranged BY tne
transportation company. bot sorne
rake divcrgenccs iron shc road. per.
hsps 10 climb one of he peaks or 70
get q sirhf of the bison on their ranz7
Occasionally a covered WAGON o. The
prairie schoorer tyre Il met apon The
road carrying a farmer and his family
- somc camping -p;ace. where they
may spcud a few weeks IN ne mosi
pleasant manner a. nominal expense
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scientists. Typographical engineers and
photographers. The report Of this cx'
petition decided congress 70 set apart
sbout 3.oeo square miles Of this
uniqsc country As 4 perpetual pleas
ure ground for The people.
During thrcc months IN the year
-anc. July and Au~uzt-Yellows.onc
Park invites the tours; and the camp
or. Al other scasons n Is sro~-bound
and deserted. ave for the guards and
the animals. Only for six weeks fol-
lowing the middle Of July do the
no~cri1a plants bloom. but in that
shoFt time they display striking
wealth of color. those IN TIE vicinity
q the hot sprinEs presenting pccuii-
sriiics due 80 he exceptional heal;
and alkaline moisture. Cnsucccrsful
attempts have been made % trans
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impressive. Its name y probably de-
rived from the fact that whilst most
Ct the ecyscrs are irregular IN their
action. Old Faithful Il A. constant a.
the solar system. and goclogists dc
clare. has maintained is marvellous
Performance for several hundred
thousand years. Approach is mouth
whcn J. Is aking breathing spell.
50 70 speak. and you &C nothsng bit
: dsrx cleft from which faint rum
bling ascend Presently the orcn-
ing ellis with boiling water. which
gradually rises IN a fhiek column 10
height % ~ fec OF thcreaoouts.
TEcE I'D Faithfui i,suses. pulling MIN
EFT together. a. y were. for the grand
effort Of bis spectacular perforrneccc.
suGdcriy. = great ~ Of water and
stcam saoots upward. hirher and ev-t
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appearing gun for coast-defense opera
lions, however, came a new status.
The disappearing gun, ii need scarcely
be explained, is a Cotton monster that
is loaded and trained out of sight OF
the enemy and under the protesting
walls of the fort. Whea all is in
ieadiness mechanical power students
lifts the gun above the breastworks;
il is simultaneously discharged, and
as quickly drops back out of sight for
reioading. Now. it stands TO reason
that with the g-u exposed for mo-
ment at time it offers a .perplexing
target for an enemy, and amid the
smoke and excitement of battle IL
would be difficult for the g-inners on
an attacking fleet to aim intelligently
at the coast guns unless they had
secret information as to their loca-
ton II would be very much like
lighting in the dark and aiming by the
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, c51z0SS< LAde

IF one were passing across the
northwest corner of Wyoming
in a balloon he would see be-
- meath him a riot of disordcrly
r1ountain ranges in every direction.
with here and there a peak or crsg
rising cut Of the rock to height OF
. 900 feet or more Through the
midst of this medley of volcanic for
mations rasSes or either side which
thread their tortuous courses through
the mountain haze and form hun
6reds OF lakes in the basins of gla-
ciai origin. Tho middle ground OF
this rugged and broken region is oc-
cupied by a broad volcanic plateau
having a general elevation Of 5000
feet. This ;abieIand is vast heap
OF lava. deeply scored by marrow
gorgss and canyons. The deposit,
which IS 1900 feet deep in places,
rests against the encircfinz mogn-
tains. cbliterating long stretches Of
their tanks.
Untf comparatively recently this
Wild and incomparably beautiful sec
ton Of our country remained a vcrit-
able terra sncoEnito The eastern
end o. Il was traversed In 1897 by
John Coulter. who detached himself
from the Lewis and Clark expedition
On rs return journey. MoBntainccrs
end furtraders penetrated u far
enough 70 return with wonderful
stories of The geyscrs and lakes 81
boiling water. but exploration u this
wonder land vas made By The party
Ct Montana pioneers under General
washb1rn. The following year Dr.
Hayden. Fcoioxsst n The service Of
the government. visitc.. the REGION
with q bosy o. assistants nsdc up Of
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A barrel of 1our and a few cans Of
vegetables are all the provisions thex
aeed. Hunting is strictly prohibited
In fact, firearms may not he carried
into the park--but fishing OF the nneSt
character Is to be had in every dircc
ton. The government has planned
hundreds fof- thousands OF trout an1
other game fish in the numbefiezs.
streams and lakes. At one point the
fisherman may pull a trout Out o. fh<
ftream and without rising Aroy #
over i4to hot spring and bod =
Having done II himself. the WRITER
can vorch for this fact
The YeiIosione region waz : Ssrec
Of safety for wild animals ages aEo'
before the government convef<ed =
into preserve Its weird scenG1x
and awe-inspIring eruPtions fefrf1@1
the Indians. they cie not ooc1p<
the district nor even hunt N II. ana
the various beasts that MADE their
homes there enjoyed irsmuaity fron<
attack anti the FUR companies began
% operate IN the region
Protected and undssturbed. As they
have bc-a' Tor sears. The zsirnsis IA
Yellowstone PARK are constantly n
crca<iuE h. numbers and tcccnihE
less tinid. Bears. deer and elk are
freQaent:s 10 be seen near The roads-
H. - - $500 - -
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-OR the first time IN history
and under stri-t injunction OF
secrecy as TO the name ana
- location of the battery. tho
limited States government has permit
ted to be made for publication com
plete series of photos ILLUSTRATING a
heavy pun drill at one OF our mcderh
sea-coast defenses. The resulting Pie
lures. which are presented herewith
give an always-interested public a
neeD at-the work of Uncle Sans most
secretive organization. The united
States Coast Artillery is. numerically,
by no means the strongest branch OIL
the regular army, but the scope Oh It's
operations is the NEST extensive, geo
graphically considered. That the pco-
p,e at large hear so little regarding
the work and the paraphernalia, OF this
sea-coast patrol is due to intent and
not to chance.
A large proportion of the coast
artillerymen enrolled in Uncle sam
service are stationed near one or an
other of our large cities, and yet sci
dom do we see these manipulators OF
the heavy guns in street parade or
other public ceremonies. Likewise
when Statutes are TO be fired in the
Fourth of July or other festival occa-
sions it is members of the field artil-
Iery, and not coast artillery, that get
into the public eye with their noise
makers. Similarly, as has been inti-
mated above, the people at large, for
good and sufficient reason, are given
precious little opportunity to study at
close range the routine and equip
ment of the coast gunners. Any we'll
behaved sightseerer may visit almost
any cavalry post in the country and
see in the ways Of drills. etc. but'tour-
lists are extended no such unrestricted
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public now ranks JAS the second naval
power on the globe. but unfortunate
In tho development of our system II
coast protection from the shore has
not kept pace with the acquisition oil
floating forfIcsscs TO be sure. these
sea warriors do constitute an elastic
Gordon of coast guards. but there Is
no intention OF placing the entire re-
sponsibiIity upon them. During the past
score OF years Uncle Sam has expend.
cd upward of eighty million dollars
for coast defense, and II Is claimed
that at least nifty million dolloss addi-
tional must be expended ere our
oceanic borders are equipped to repel
hostile invaders.
There should. however. be little sur
prise at the Importance and costi-
ness OF our system OF coast defenses
when one stops to consider the tre-
mendous coast line involved. Tbs
United States has a longer coast line
tn3t must De tnDidtd fohNtptt ~
lection than Is possessed by any
other nation. Russia and some other
large countries base stretches OF sea-
hoard that are well nigh impregnable.
thanks TO natural conditions. but every
mile of Uncle Sans saltwater 'front.'
Ter 10 say nothing OF the shores OF
The Great Lakes, would need protec-
ton In time or war IN the North
American Continent alone, and. OF
course. taking no account OF Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippines, we
have about 10000 miles of coast,
counting in bays and islands, or 1900
miles OF coast measuring from head
land 10 headland, On this expansive
water front are six of the largest and
richest cities in the world, not men
tioning the national capital; thirty
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of the ecoast defenses IRON
the The natona
various states could DC
supplement- the coast
emen
branch CT military
where experience Is mora
operate efficiency than IN 'h
shooting
the coast defense CUES
would much assistance IN
learned hot
I'll its members bal learned now IN :
orihe and protecte teal school
rany ooasine number is of
artierymen that
military authorities
infantry force much it is scarcity or rather an
The
United has been sccmuns
varshps theoretically that the res
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ave smaller
lnnumerable
For purpos
country Is din
districts. la
an admnistr'
one or more ID
Gated close 10 .
stance, on the $
command OF ar
placed In The II
coast artillery Cd
jurisdiction The
81 no. only has
runs OF all calibre
seward IN his terri
has charge of the ac
flclds ard land defer
Elementary protective
important part In our
of coast defense. as mi
from the fact that In
seaboard forts Uncle Sa
ed more than Ave millid
submarine mines and cld
lion dollars for searchiia
the number being the
most powerful searchlig
world.
A notable and interestir
CT the advance of our s
coast defenses Is found in Il
to which electricity is now
in this sphere. For one thl
supplanted humaq Drawn In
training and firing the big gu
the movements OF the disapp
guns. involving the quick and
rate banding Of s2-foot weapon
magic current has to great e.
hurls 1,0o0-pound prcjectile,
row controlled by electricity.
wonderful OF all. however is the 81
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-OR the first time IN history,
and under striot injunction oil
secrecy as to the name ana
- location OF the battery, the