The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
BEARD SHOULD BE WORN, NOT SHORN Englishmen Asked To Hon.
 or Edward SOCIETY IS WORRIED Aristocracy Is Wanted to Remain Pure - Castermongers and
 Street Sellers Have a
 Big Ball
SOCIETY IS WORRIED
Rx PHILLIP EVERETT

London, May 13.-(Special) al)-Snoppls ness may in q. short time change English males from a race of smooth-shaVen hito a race of bewhiskered men as like unto the average Russian as is King George to the Czar of Russia.
 Captain McIlwaine of the British Royal Navy, who was a candidate for parlia- ment at the last elections has in full earn- est made the suggestion that to commem- crate in the most behtting manner the reign of the late King Edward. the men of great Britian should put their razors aside and proceed to grow boards.
 King Edward" said the gallant cap tain the other day, mot only grew beard, but encouraged their growth among members of his personal staff. His brother, the Duke of Edinburgh, naval officer, grew a beard. Our present king, sharing the views of his father, grows beard and makes his staff do the same.
 The beard Is the exception, not the rule, among men of the present day, and it is incomprehensible that the manhood of the empire, otherwise always so ready to accept royal lead. should in this mat matter show such indifference, or worse, to the views both expressed and implied of their kings"
 Holding this view. Captain McIlwaine argues that it is time that the obvious wishes of King Edward and King George were fulfilled.
 Everyone knows that the Bank of Eng land possesses many privileges, such as issuing bank notes and acting as the agent of the government in the matter or the national debt. But few are aware that it has the power of selling beer with out a license. This privilege was allowed the bank by charter of incorporation un- der the great seal, dated July 27, 1894, and the bank, if it liked, could open public house in Threadneedle street, or could send it's drays round and deliver it's beer at your door. What a sale Bank of Eng land beer would have, with the chief cashiers signature on the label of each bottle as guarantee.
 In these democratic days worry and trouble seem to be the portion of those members of the old aristocracy who desire to keep English society as exclusive as 1t used to be in the early Victorian period, and their latest regret is the fact that the noble house of Sutherland is the latest to have the family harmony disturbed. That
 
 big game in Africa with very pretty and charming cousin may be general knowl- edge, but the true cause of his departure is not generally known. It is the desire of his family to get him away from Eng land and misplaced infatuation. For some time the pretty daughters of | A certain well known Indian rajah have been very prominent in the smart set or Bohemian society in London, and are to be seen among the regular habitues of the Supper club on a Saturday night. Among the young men who worshipped at the shrine of these dusky divinities was the young Marquis of Stafford, heir 10 the title and great estates of the Leyeson- Covers. Although. of course, nothing can be said against the young ladies, who In their own country are among the great ones of the earth, the idea of an alliance between the heir of the great house of Sutherland and the daughter of the prince of subject race was not to be thought of for a moment, so that immediately the young mans family were cognisant of the state of affairs efforts were made to cure the young man of his love-sickness With this end in view his lordship was sent to Africa, and 1t is hoped that the good advice of his family and the presence of his pretty cousin may bring the young man to a proper appreciation of his posi- ton as an English gentleman and the heir to such great family traditions and power.
 With a number of prominent Londoners had the honor the other night of being a guest at the London Costermongers and Street Sellers annual ball, in Limehouse town hall, in the heart of East End.
 No one must imagine that these coster- mongers of the East End were at all like those picturesque fellows who figure in songs and music hall turns. There was not a single man in "pearlies." Not one of them wore red scarf round his neck; not one of the lady costers was dressed in velveteen or red plush.
 On the contrary, this ball at Limehouse might have been an assembly in Park Lane. There were large numbers of Jew ish gentlemen and ladies in the most fash ionable attire, and diamonds blazed upon the fingers and on the spotless shirtfronts of these distinguished members of society In Limehouse. who may be seen on work ing days outside stalls in the Whitechapel road.