The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-13
EUROPEAN
NEWS AND VIEWS

London, Jan. Those who enter
tain the old fashioned idea that Eug-
lishmen spend the holidays in man
ner that Is exclusively domestic, need
Co have their views revised Nor
need they seek far for the reason. An
hour or two at the railroad stations
during the past two days would be suf.
ficient to prove that the exodus from
England to the Riviera and other con-
tinental resorts was the greatest ever
known. Truly the time has come for
the world to revise its popular con-
ception of England, for the England
of tradition and even the England of
Dickens is disappearing. 1t is true
that the Connaughts and the Flies
were the only members of the royal
family who we're not in England for
the holidays, but the government and
society were scattered In all direc-
lions. Indeed many notables have yet
to return from their southern sojourn
London jewelers. say that the ac-
Cumulated stocks of diamonds have
been exhausted, and the market must
now be supplied with current produc-
ton. The output of diamonds has
been far In excess of the sales for
the past year or two, owing to the fact
that those sales represented stocks
which had been accumulated previous.
ly. 1t seems, therefore, as II dia-
monds, like meats and other neces.
saries Of life, will cost more this year.
The preparations for the coronation
have already caused boost in prices
Therei already demand for pearls
and ermine which hardly can be sup
piled. especially as the ermine season
Is proving unsuccessful.
A considerable number OF by.elec-
tons are foreshadowed early in the
year, perhaps at the end of February
1t is expected that several liberal
peers will be created, some of them
being members of the house of COM
mons. The appointment of the peers
Is considered a tactical move, which is
deemed likely to influence materially
the attitude of the house of lords to.
ward the veto bill.
After all, the reports of the ultra
exclusiveness of King George and
Queen Mary must be exaggerated to
some extent, at least. Only recently
were their majesties entertained by a
man who began life as a herdboy in
Scotland. The career of Lord Mount
Stephen has been one of the romances
of modern biography.
The chief German organ of crema-
ton, Die Flame, is responsible for the
statement that Pope Plus X is person.
ally greatly in favor of cremation, so
there seems to be some foundation for
the report mat MS holiness may Soon
issue a decree authorizing cremation.
The same authority understands that
the pope has given directions for the
cremation of his own body, although
of course, no absolutely authentic con-
firmation of this is obtainable.
The recent celebration in Paris of
the centenary of the decree of 1910
by which Napoleon re-established the
order of advocates, after his suppress
sion at the beginning of the revolu-
ton, has disclosed the fact that there
are fifteen qualified women lawyers at
the Paris bar, The dean, Mile. Jeanne
Chauvin, is now a doctor in law, hav-
ing been inscribed for ten years. She
does not plead cases, but teaches law.
She is the author of a treatise on the
law concerning children, which is a
text book on the subject She lectures
on law at five girls schools in Paris.
Mile. Marguerite Mile is the real
dean of the women who plead cases.
She is skillful in her profession and
her charming appearance is no detri-
ment to her pleading. Mile. Helene
Maropolsky, who has cases in the cor
rectional and civil courts in addition
to her practice in the assiZe court,
comes OF a learned family. Her ia
Their and mother are both doctors in
Paris, and her sister is becoming noted
as chemist. Her beauty and her
love OF perfume may be guessed from
the names by which she is known
among her colleagues, La Belle Hell
enc" The Gazelle of the Law Courts, "
la Jolie Parfumeuse.'
HOxSEY GAME TO THE END.