Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27
STRANGE ENGLISH CUSTOMS
Queer Series Of Services Owing to the
King from Mobiles.
LAND TENUREs HINeE THEREoN
Lancashire city 20 Have a woman foT
Lord Mayor the ComtnE year
Miss Redmond writes
"A play.
BY LADY MARY MAINTAINING.

In the Olden GAYS the lOFQa OF Lile lalQ
we're required 70 make service or payment
for their holdings which may have had
value in those days. but which are de-
cidedly old in tho twentieth century. FIRE.
quently the fact that these payments are
made is noted in the press, For example.
by order OF the duke Of Buccleuch a no.
tee has been issued calling upon residents
Of about twenty parishes In warwickshire
20 attend At Knightlow Hili before sunrise
on Martinmas eve and pay wroth silver
The custom rs one OF the most quaint IN
England and has been regularly observed
for many centuries. Persons will Ignore
the tax and are liable to be called upon to
produce a white bun with red cars and
nose.
Then King Georges stock OF fuel has
been augmented by the receipt of two fag.
gots from the corporation Of London. this
being tho legal due as quit rent for certain
lands. II is nice to think that the king
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 he cares
70 assert hts rights, are an annual bowl
OF porUidgs from the lord Of the manor Of
Addington. a bucketful OF snow from the
owner Of the FOULS estate In Scotland and
- bhIlailQ OIL roses from the owner OF
Crendon. in Buckinghamshire. These
thinga, however, would not amalganate
well, especially the snow and the roses.
Perhaps that Is why his majesty never in
sists upon having them. He is also en-
titled, should he visit Aylesbury in the win
ter, to call upon the owner Of certain
lands to furnish straw for his bed and also
for the floor Of hts room. Even these at
fractions, however, do not entice the king
to visit AylesburY often In the winter.
Women As Lord Mayors.
1t Is not generally known that women
can and do I'LL the office OF lady mayor
Of British municipalities.
Oldham, the great Lancashire cotton
spinning center, will in ali probability have
a lady mayor in the coming year as Il
has been decided to ask Mrs Lees Of
Merneth Park to accept the office
She will be the second lady mayor In
English history, the first being Mrs. Gar
rett Anderson, mayor Of Aldeburgh IN suf-
folk. II was only In 1903 that women were
allowed, by the qualification Of the women
bill TO sit on county and borough coun-
ellis
Mrs Lees. who has been member Of
the council for two years, is known locally
a. the Lady Bountfful." having given
very generous support to the various In
situations OF the town, end has purchased
for the corporation large plots Of land,
which hava been laid out as recreation
grounds. She was recently given the free
dom OF the borough.
The lady mayor of Aldeburgh. by the
way. after two years Of office, has ex-
pressed her wish not to be again elected,
and also her desire to retire from the
town council owing to advancing years
ana her numerous other engagements.
Play by SIiaa Redmond.
hear that the little Irish play by John
Radmond'B daughter, which 10 shortly to
be produced at the Palace theater Is shap-
ing promisinEiy at rehearsal and looks
like being q notable success.
Miss Johanna Redmond IL only %. but
she has already made her mark as an
authoress having written a number Of
stories which have won considerable popu-
lArity In Ireland. Nor Is abe altogether
new to the footlights, for a one-act play
OF her own made a hit at the Court
thsater a couple Of years ago. The heroine
In that piece was capitally played by her
sister Esther, who recently married New
York doctor. Next to authorship. Miss
Redrnond's favorite diversion Is horse-rid-
ting, and she Is often seen taking q canteT
in the Row with her father and mother.
The Irish leader has been married twice,
and is a happy grandfather devoted to
home and children. His first wife was an
Australian heiFess. who dled leaving him
with two daughters and son.
Young Redmond Is at the Royal uni
versity. Dublin, studying for the irish bar,
He Is remarkably like his father, even 10
the smallest nannerisms OF speech ana ges-
ture. hear great accounts OF hts intel
leetual brinianey, and am told that his
professors prophesy for him distinguished
legal career
Kitchener TO Settle Down.
II Is now only q matter Of days before
Lord Kitchener will settle In Broome
park, the mansion he has acquired Ia
Kent. Ills lordship since bis return to
town. has been Tansackng London for old
furniture.
Last week / ran up against him at .
we'll known second hand dealer in the
West End. where he was inspecting a
number Of Old English chairs and tables.
Probably the young assistant attending
20 him mRrvelled at the time at the extra
ordinary knowledge his customer displayed
IN regard TO the subject. During the whole
time Kitchener scarcely spoke at ALI he
simply turned over each article that was
Shown him. infinitely examined II. and with
q curt That viii do" or Il wont have
that" transacted his business; and hastily
writing some instructions on his card,
which he handed to the assistant hurriedly
left the shop as though he had never a
moment 20 spare.
Alexandra wants New Code.
Il Is generally reported In court and
diplomatic circles, both at home and
abroad that Queen Alexandra Is anX-
ious for King George to sanction a new
code Of precedence, which would place her
on an official equality with the Queen Con-
sort, This is an unheard OF arrangement
in western Europe, but Il exists in Russia,
where the empress mother Is legally the
most powerful member OF the imperial
family after the czar himself
The report has been circulated all over
Europe, and it has caused much gossip At
foreign courts,
ChuIafOnEkorn'a InstructreSs,
Ia no chronicle Of the life OF Chulalong-
korn, the late king Of siam, has It been
mentioned from whom the inspiration came
which made his oriental majesty a man Of
enlightenment with resultant untold hene-
tits 70 his kingdom. II was 70 an English
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