The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-01-24
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mead, heart. and good will is by way of
his stomach. then the news which l am
ABOUT to impart is of the greatest ini-
port. His majesty King of England has a
new chef. or rather a new chief chef.
fOf course he is Frenchman, and also
| Of course. so was his predecessor.
M. Menager. Ia very appropriate name
! indeed, for the French word 'menage,
means mess. table. meal. &c.. is re-
! firing from the royal service. His SAL
airy was 100 pounds since the present
King ascended the throne. while during
! the twelve years during which he pre-
| sided over the then Prince of Wales
kitchens at Marlborough House he re-
| ceived so pounds a year less.
The name of the new chef is M. Ce-
dard. His chief assistant is Mr.. Ferry.
who was in the household Of the late
King.
1t may be a far cry from a kings
kitchen to Westminster Abbey. but the
man who has been imported from France
to supervise the meals of British royalty
also is destined to serve the coronation
banquets and TO feed hundreds of the
siOn., l opine that NJ. Cedard will,
SO to say, have his hands full in more
senses than one. With the beginning Of
the new year London in all her earnest
has set about the great task of prepar-
ing for the coronation. AS the magni-
tude of the task cannot be exaggerated,
l shall continue from time to time to
tell the latest gossip of that momentous
event. as l gather it in Mayfair and Bel
gravia. where everybody is agreed that
the pageant is TO be the greatest and most
imposing ever seen in connection with the
browning of an English monarch.
AS the elections are over and the late
cabinet is returning into Office, there will
be no break in the continuity of the de-
partmental responsibility. 1t is true
there has been some inevitable delay. ow
ing to the uncertainty of the political sit
uat.On. but in the earl marshals and the
lord chamberlain's departments and in
the Office of public works recently there
has been great activity
In connection with the imperial confer
ence. which will Immediately precede the
coronation. a suggestion has been made
that the statesmen from overseas at
tending the gathering should be given
some special act of service in the coro-
nation ceremony. This would not. be a
bad idea-for old England
In the Abbey itself no active prepara-
tons have been commenced as yet, but
a general scheme has been agreed upon
by the various departments concerned. In
regard 10 nrincinia
adopted at the coronation of King Ed
ward will be adhered to. There will be
no fixed seats. but chairs of Chippendale
design. upholstered in silk. will be pro-
vided. and those using them will be al
lowed subsequently TO buy them as me-
mentns.
TIL" most important task that will fall
upon the Office of public works will be
the erection of stands along the line Of
route between Buckingham Palace and
Parliament Square. also the annex to the
Abbey The majority of these structures
on the occasion of King Edwards coro-
nation had been completed by the end
of April This particular work is being
hurried forward with all possible speed.
The most important changes that will
pO ic''idcu III tHe imposing pageant
next June will be in the "dranatis per-
sonae.' OF the leading personages that
took part in the coronation of King Ed
ward both the primate and the Arch
bishop of York have died. OF the four
Knights Of the Garter who held the
Kings canopy for the an~:>tinc. Lord
Derby and Lord Spencer aI.J have gone
to the beyond, and among other we'll
known figures that will be missing will
be those of the late Marquis Of Sails
bury and the Duke of Devonshire The
turn of the political wheel also will ac-
count for many more changes
Among the peers and peeresses who
will wear strawberry leaves for the first
time at n coronation will be the new
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and the
Duchess of Roxburghe. Among the new
marauises and marchonesses will be
Lord and Lady Salisbury. Lord and Lady
Ripon, Lord and Lady Bristol Lady
Butte. and Lord Linlithgow. Then there
will be no fewer than thirty-eight new
earls and countesses including Lord and
Lady Spencer Lord and Lady Derby.
and the other new peers and peeresses
who have applied for permission to be
present. either by right of succession to
the family title or because they have !
had a new peerage conferred upon them. |
number no fewer than one hundred.
Strange as it may seem. witchcraft has |
arrived at the dignity Of mention in a |
British government bluebook. In a yearly |
.eport by the London board it is express |
y stated that in few of the more out !
wing rural districts of England and |
Wales the belief in witchcraft still is held |
~ a few people, The report contains |
Of the answers returned by |
he health officers to questions relating |
o the practice of medicine by unqualified /
PERSONS
. Many of the replies from Ireland men, |
ion the belief in charms" In Antrim, it |
s reported. charms for certain diseases |
till are resorted to with injurious re-
'ults. In Armagh a great many charms |
ire practiced. In Glennamaddy the init
al headache OF typhoid often is minister
ID to by ''charmers.,.' who thus give the |
Infection time to spread. and so on.
Herbalists are said to be chiefly popu-
ar in the Midlands and the north. where |
ome vaunt spurious degrees and give |
which actually are accepted |
,y registrars of death. They seriously /
diminish the chances Of cure. lead to a
treat amount Of unnecessary pain, suf-
ering. and premature death, and have
aused the spread Of smallpox and other
Infectious diseases by ignorant diagnoses
md mistaken treatment.