The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
OLDCUSTONS DIE
HARD IN ENGLAND
C
Lords of the Land Required to
Make Payment for Their
Holdings.
WHAT HAPPENS If THEY
FAIL TO MAKE RESPONSE
Residents of Twenty Parishes
in Warwickshire Must Pay
WF0th Silver.
BY LADY MARY MANwARING.


BY LADY MARY MANwARING.
Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON, Nov. Gold customs die
hard In England Especially is this true
about matters which have 10 do with
land tenure and territorial privileges. In
the oldcn days the lords Of the land were
required to make service payment for
their holdings. which may have had
value in those days, but which are de-
cidcdly old in the twentieth century.
Frequently the fact that these payments
are made is noted i'll the press. For OK
ample: BY order Of the Duke Of Buc
cleuch a notice has been issued calling
upon residents OF ABOUT twenty parishes
I'm Warwickshrc to attend at Knight
low IIilI, before sunrise on martiunl9s
eve, and pay wroth silver The custom
is one Of the most qua int in England and
has been regularly observed for many
centuries. Persons who Ignore the tex are
liable to be called upon TO produce a.
white bull with red cars and nose. Then
King Georges stock OF fuel has been aug
mentcd by the receipt OF two fagots
from the corporation Of London, this be-
ing the legal due as quit rent for certain
Is sure OF one good. comfortable fire dur
ing the coming winter anyhow. Other
similar payments in kind TO which his
majesty Is entitled II nc cares to ASSERT
his rights are an annual bowl OF polridso
from the lord OF the Manor Of Adding
ton. a bucketful of snow from the owner
of the FOULS estate in Scotland, and a
garland of roses from the owner or
Crendon, I'm Buckinghsmshirc- These
things. however wouldn't amalgamatc
well especially the snow and The roses.
insists upon having them. He is also
entitled. should he visit Ayesbury IN
the winter. TO call upon the owner OF
certain lands TO furnish straw for his
bed and also for the floor of his room.
Even these attractions. however, do not
entice the king TO visit Aylesbury often
in the winter In fact s.t4 his Indifference
straws" about them.
Women as Lord Mayors
II is not generally, known that ladies'
can and do fill the office OF lady mayor
Of British municipalities. Oldham. the
will IN all probability have a lady mayor
in the coming year. al il has been de-
cided to ask MIS-. Lees Of Werneth parSS
lady mayor in English history, the first
being Mrs. Garrett Anderson. Mayor of
Aldebursh in Suffolk. 1t was only in
qualifications. of the women bill. to sit on
county. and borough councils. Mrs. Lees.
VINO has been IL member of the council
iTr Two ySnrS s know oxn, ,oeaiy Es as r@ sr
generous support TO the various institu-
tlons OF the town, and has purchased for
the corporation large plots of land which
have been laid out as recreation grounds.
She WAS recently given the freedom of
the borough. The Lady Mayor of Aide
bnrgh. by the way, after Two yesrs of
office, has expressed her wish not to be
again elected, and also her desire to
tire from tho town council owing to ad
yancing years and her numerous other
engagements.
Play by Redmond 5 Daughter.
] l,ear that the little Irish play by
shortly TO oc produced at the Palace
theater, Is ,shapine prornisingly at re-
success. Miss Johanna Redmond is only
twenty-five. bu, she has already mao@
her mark as an authorcss, having written
a number Of stories which have won
is size altogether new to the footlShts.
for Il one-act play Of hers made a nit
at the Court thcatcr couple of years
capitaliS played by her sister Esther.
D'Io recently married New York doc
tor Next 70 authorship. Miss Red
Ing. and she is often seen taking
canter in the Row with her father and
mother, The Irish leader has been mar
ried twice, and is a happy grandfather.
devoted TO home and children. Fills first
vito was an Australian heiress. who
died, leaving him with two daughters
Royal university, Dublin, studying for the
Irish bar fic is remarkably like his ia
ther. even tu the smallest mannerisnls
of speech and gesture. | hear great ac~
counts Of his intellectual brilIiance and
am told that his professors prophesy for
him distinguished legal career
Kitchener in London.
1t is now only matter of days before
Lord Kitchener will settle in Hroornc
park. the mansion he has acquired In
Kent. His lordship. since his return to.
town. has been rapsacking London for old
furniture. Last week | ran up against
er's In the West End. where lie was in
spccting n number Of Old English chairs
and tables. Probably the young assistant
attending To him narvclcd at the time
al the extraordinary knowledge his GUS
toner displayed in regard 10 the sub
ject. During the whole time Kitchener
scarcely spoke at all-hc simply turned
over each article that WAS shown him,
nmutely examined It.. and with curt,
That will do or.'I won't have that"
transacted his business, and, hastily writ
ing some instructions on his card which
he handed 10 the assistant. hurriedly left
the shop as though nc had never II mo-
mcnt 10 spare
Gossip in Foreign Courts.
u is generally reported IN court and
diplomatic circles. both at home and
abroad. that Queen Alexandra Is anxious
Tor KING George 10 sanction a code
OF precedence, which would place her on
an official equality with the queen con-
sort. This is unheard of arrangement
IN western Europe. but il exists In Rus
Sia, where the empress mother is ler
Ealy the most powerful member of TIE
imperial family after the uzar himself,
The report has been circulated all over
Europe. and n has caused much gossip
at foreign courts
Has Many grandchildren.
General Booth. already The proud pos
SCISSOR of thirty-threc grandchildren, has
been raised to the rank of great grand
father, Mrs. j. Strachap, wife OF the
minister OF Begravo Presbyterian
church having given birth to son.
Telephones in Jerusalem.
Special Cable TO The Tribune.
JERUSALEM Nov oG.-Telophopcs win