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be given in the exact order in which
they appear on the programme.
When the captain has worked out his
programme SO that he knows what move
ments to put his company through he be-
| gins drilling his men on these movements
alone, taking them over and over the
whole programme until he has made his
men as nearly perfect in each number as
possible. Here the individuality Of each
captain and his lieutenants comes into
play. The rank and file of each COM
pany In the regiment averages about the
same in military capability. The win
ming company will be the one whose off,
GERS have the best knack of handling
their men and keeping up their enthusi-
asm.
A Famous Regiment.
The Washington High School Cadet
tary organization in the country. 1t has
been vital part Of our high school sys-
tenn since 1883. growing steadily from its
original single company to a complete
regiment of ten companies and roster of
about 500 boys.
At present II Is divided into three bat
talions. Central High School has a bat
TALON Of its own, comprising companies
A. B, and l. The Second Battalion is
composed OF Companies F. Of Eastern
II, OF Western. and E and G, Of Business
Mckinley Manual Training School holds
the Third Battalion. composed OF Com
panies c, d, X, and L.
Considering the fact that the boys are
drilled but four hours a week. these COM
panies present at this time Of year as
pretty exhibitions of company drill as
may be found at any military school in
the country. with the exception OF West
Point. There have been companies whose
perfection in drill even has approximated
that of the West Pointers, according to
the statements Of regular army officers
officiating as judges on competitive drill
days.
There Is but one reason for this pro-
ficiency among these boys, and that is the
inspiration Of the competitive drill. Were
II not for this time -honored contest Of
military skill those drill hours would as
sumo the aspect OF an onerous task added
,, to the school routine. As It is. the boys
are not compelled to enter the cadet
corps. and many OF them do not. But
those that do enter go into It not SO
much Just to learn how to drill. but in
the hope OF becoming captain Of the win
ming company some day, or at least to be
counted among the red ribbon winners.
Cannot Use Ball Grounds.
For many years it has been the custom
to hold the drill out at the American
League ball grounds Owing to the recent
fire and the work that has to be done
every day next month to complete the
new stands. the ball park will not be
available for the drill this year. It is
planned 20 hold the drill May II and IS
on the White House grounds, permission
for which is being sought by the school
authorities.
In some respects this will rob the oc-
casion Of many of its picturesque fea-
lures. There will be no grand stands to
decorate with the colors Of the respective
schools, and to pack with wildly cheer
ing masses Of rooters. The spectators
will have to stand or sit down on the
grass and a little rain shower will
dampen the enthusiasm considerably.
The school spirit Of the most devoted,
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toria departed from her cast-iron rules
and restored her nephew to his formeP.
position at court.
What was more astonishing STILL Queen
Victoria permitted the former Miss Sey.l
mour to take her royal husbands prince-i
ly rank. an act up to that time unpre-,
cedented in England. In fact, so popular
was the nephew with the Queen that
she placed him in command Of her royal
yacht and made him governor of Windsor
Castle. But the marriage nevertheless
remained a faux pas" Though there
have been a number Of mesalliances Of
English princes in days gone by, that
Of her highness Is the last Of them.
Miss Seymour, by her marriage to
Prince Hohenlohe, also had three daugh-,
ters. The late Prince Victor, besides be-.
ing a very clever and skillful sailor. wasi
a sculptor Of no mean skill, among his;
works being the marble bust Of tho late
Admiral Sir Harry Keppel. set up in tina
United Service Club rooms, also a heroic
statue Of his uncle, Queen victoria's
Prince Consort and q group alleogricallyi
depicting the deluge.
The Hohenlohe family otherwise Is also
quite intimately connected with the Brit
ish reigning house. the hereditary Prince
or Hohenlohe-Langenbury having mar.
ried a daughter Of King Edwards
brother. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha (the former late Duke Of Edin-
burgh).
Count Gleichen, the only son Of tho
Hohenlohe marriage. saw service IN
South Africa as colonel Of the Grenadier
Guards. He was severely wounded by q
Boer bullet at Modder River. and also
received q cash in the neck which ex-
posed but did not sever the jugular vein.
The count has also proved his pluck In
the Soudan and Dongola.
The Real Romance a the Marriage
The above Is the real romance Of the
marriage Of q royal prince to q Miss
Seymour. out Of which originated . royal
scandal. directed against the monarch Of
one Of the foremost nations Of the world.
owing to . similarity Of names King
George never married Sir Michael Culme-
Seymour's daughter. King George was
not the scion Of royalty who married
Admiral Sir George Seymour's daughter:
nor did he ever marry any other lady
but his present Queen. Mary. The dust.
laden archives In the old feudal castle
at Langenburg helped 20 disclose what
hitherto had been unknown to all but
the most intimate court circles = Eng-
land
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QUEEN MARY'S PERSONALITY

The late Queen Victoria used to say,
MAY is continual ray of sunshine"
and this statement is borne out by her
majesty's principal friends. 1t is well
known that Queen Mary Is slow to make
friends, but once made she does not
easily allow anything to sever the friend
ship. Her tastes are, Of course, not like
those of many society women. Her chief
interest is centered in her home anl her
children and she has no desire to be like
the butterfly society woman. Rank
does not receive any great consideration
from her majesty, and many Of the friend
ships which she made with people IN,
comparatively modest stations of life
when a girl, living with her parents in
White Lodge, Richmond Park, she still
retains. Indeed a number Of people lv-
ing in the neighborhood of royal Rich
mond, Kingston. and Teddington own in
Innate friendships with her majesty.
Queen Mary, like Queen Alexandra. In
fond of really good music and Is q very
fair musician. She also possesses tune
full but not powerful mezzo-soprano voice.
Her majesty is possessed Of considerable
skill in art and has distinct literary tastes.
She very seldom misses an exhibition or
any Importance. On these visits she Is
generally accompanied by Lady Kath-
Queens mother to whom she was lady
in waiting, has been one Of her majesty's
women of the bedchamber. Lady kath-
crime Coke is a very keen art critic, ana
her majesty is often amused by her
clever comments upon the pictures which
come under their notice.
Her majesty has very few intimate
friends among society ladies. but among
those honored with her friendship may be
mentioned the Duchess Of Devonshire,
who recently was installed as her majes-
tvs mistress Of the robes, and Lady
Mount-Stephen, to whom the King and
Queen paid visit at Brocket Hall, near
Hatfield, some weeks ago. Lady Eva Dug
dale is perhaps the oldest and most in
innate friend that her majesty possesses.
Az II wei known. Lady Eva has been the
Queens lady In waiting. or woman of
the becchamber, hs she Is now onlcialIy
known, ever since her marriage, nearly
eighteen years ago. She Is very clever
nssdlewoman and IL also said to b IN
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Are women as adequately equipped
mentally and physically to instruct chill
dren, as men?
This time honored question has been
brought into the limelight recently by the
refusal of DR.. c. W. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard, to deliver lecture
in New York City on the proposition of
equal pay for men and women teachers.
In sending his refusal to deliver the lee
ture DR.. Eliot based his statement on
the fact that he did not consider women
as capable as men in teaching and there
fore would not advocate equal salaries.
DR.. Eliots reply in part was as COL
lows:
DIR. EIiot's Views.
have never seen a sillier PROPOSE
tion than that THE sex of the teacher
is of absolutely no Importance in edu-
cation" Men make better teachers
for boys over twelve than women do.
You tell me that the board Of edu-
cation of New York is planning to re-
duce the salaries of men hereafter to
be employed as teachers. A more de-
structive policy could hardly be imag-
ined. The American public schools
have already much too large pro-
portion of women teachers.
There are two sound reasons for
paying the women teachers lower
rates than men. First, with rare ex-
ceptions, they do not and cannot do
the same work. and. second, teaching,
as a temporary occupation for young
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Elizabeth back to King David and thence
to Adam. As far as the nobility and
gentry Of England have concern in the
family tree, the coat Of arms is in every
case given, with full particulars of the
date Of birth and death. But this labor
is necessarily abandoned long before Me-
thuselah is reached. And the royal coat
Of arms is filled up on one side only: the
other side being left blank for the arms
Of the Queens husband. The chart
measures forty-flve feet and Is believed
to be the largest genealogical tree in ex-
istence.
Reading the form and order for the
coronation ceremony is almost as impress
sive as seeing the ceremony. But when
one has worked through the complica-
ton Of canopies, oil (and the spoon is
not forgotten), kneelings, risings, dress
Ing and undressing, putting on of rings
and even swearing In moderation, one
misses the mention Of the second impor-
tant parsonage there. Among all the his
toric officials there is no prompter mem
toned for the great stage. But one
knows he must be there. Who will carry
the book of the play? King George
couldn't remember all that without some
whisper Of prompting in the royal ear.
There II one rather dreadful quarter Of
an hour in store for the King at his
coronation. The archbishop will kiss him.
Yes-but wait! Then come the princes
Of the blood royal and the representatives
d the peers. all Of whom will kiss him.
To be kissed by a lot Of haphaxard men
Is not q pleasant experience for the Eng
lishman. II Il were q choice of being
King. or refusing to be kissed by the
archbishop and the House of Lords.
many would make>the great refusal And
probably with the assent OF the others.
There Il something appropriate IN the
coming revival OF the fan as the result
Of Queen Mary's decision to carry one
at the coronation. For the fan was origi-
naliy one Of the attributes Of royalty,
like the umbrella. and has been used by
those in authority In hot climates from
time immemorial The handle Of one.
showing holes for feathers. has been
found In . tomb Of the seventeenth CEN
tury B. c.
tOuxx1aAk m ~ Nvomo N0wUnU4 oEnlien1Al
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VIEWS ON WOMEN TEACHERS

women This I believe would work an
unnecessary hardship on the women
teachers. However, I firmly believe that
men teachers get better results as the
college era is reached by students.
But, when the whole matter is
summed up 1t really depends on the
teacher A first-class woman teacher,
no matter what age the pupil is, is far
better than a third-class man teacher.
Pay Based on Capability.
II am confident that DR.. Eliot made
a mistake when he said that men teach
ers should be paid more than women
teachers I believe that the pay Of
teachers should be based upon their
capability. The salaries of the teachers
in the District of Columbia is fixed by
Congress, and nothing but an act Of
Congress could change 1t.
1.-The public school officials of New
York City are going about the matter Of
salaries for men and women teachers in
the wrong way, in my opinion. do not
believe that the salaries of men teachers
should be lowered to meet the salaries
paid to the women teachers. Instead, II
they want to give the women teachers
the same salary that the men teachers
receive, I think they should raise the
salaries of the women teachers to meet
the salaries paid the men. It seems to
me that they are trying to put the cart
before the horse in trying to adjust
the matter, and such q thing will do a
great deal Of harm to the school system
Of New York. which is now ideal IN
many ways"
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expert upon furniture and old china, two
topics in which the Queen takes a great
interest. Neither the Queen nor Lady
Eva Dugdale cares a great deal for out
door sports; both are great readers. and
often discuss and criticise books together
The Countess Of Shaftesbury, who ac.
companied their majesties on their last
visit to India, and who will next Novem-
Der again act as the Queens lady of the
bedchamber. is another intimate friend OF
her majesty. Before her marriage with
the Earl Of Shaftesbury she was Lady
Constance Grosvenor and she Is q sister
Of the Duke of Westminster.
All the Queens friends have something
to recommend them more than q mere
social qualification. Her majesty takes
a very great interest both in British man.
ufactures. which she has done so much
to aid in every possible way, and in
social questions. Old relics Of the royal
family also have a great fascination for
the Queen. Among the royal family her
majesty is immensely popular, and this.
no doubt, is due to her general high
spirits, the way in which she always
looks on the brightest side Of life, and
her good humor.
Shall we see a direct descendant of
King David seated on the Stone Of Jacob
on June .. when King George is crowned?
There are thousands Of people who be-
lieve 80, and are ready with full genea-
logical tree. There il warrant for the
kings Of Judah. but Queen Tea Tephi.
daughter OF Nehemiah, II rather trouble
some. One does not know where she
was evolved.
She came to Ireland with Jeremiah and
the Stone Of Destiny. and she married
there Eochaidh the Heremon. Prince of
the Tuatha de Danaan. that gentleman
being also q descendant Of the royal line
of Judah. They were the first In these
kingdoms to be crowned on Jacobs Stone.
ana from them the British Israelites
trace the pedigree Of EnEiish Kings.
When David. who Is the present Prince
of Wales. b thirty, there win have
elapsed 100 generations between him and
his great Jewish ancestor. They also
believe the British are the lost ten tribes.
Among the treasures Of Hatfield q Q
chart tracing the gsnealogy Of Queen
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A Prince Did Marry Miss Seymour, but 1t Was Not
England's Future Sovereign.

King Georges alleged marriage At Malta.
There always has been a mystery about
that lady, the real Miss Seymour. who
contracted a. marriage with royal
prince. For many years she has lived
a secluded life, has never figured in
public. and is quite unknown even among
Englishmen.
She is now an old lady Of almost eighty.
and her romantic marriage took place be-
fore King George was born. But all
this seems to have counted as nothing
to the slanderer, who mixed her up with
that Miss Seymour who was In Malta in
1893 The lady speak Of for years has
been known as Princess Victor Of Hohen-
lohe-Langenburg. She resides In what IL
known as Engine court. within the pre-
cincts of St. James Palace. Her son. to
father nearly fifty years ago. Is Count
Gle--en, a former colonel Of the British
Grenadier Guards.
Prince Was vlctoria's Nephew.
Miss Seymour husband. Prince
Victor Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was
an admiral in the British navy. He was
a nephew Of Queen Victoria. That
Queens mother. as is well known, was
a Princess Of .Saxe-Coburg, whose first
husband was q Prince Of Leiningen In
Germany. By him she had two children,
a son. Prince Charles Enrich Of Leinin-
gen, and a daughter. Anna Fedora, who
married the Prince Of Hohenlohe-Lan-
RenburE. After the death Of her hus-
band the Princess of saxe-Coburg mar
ried the Duke Of Kent. q son Of King
George III OF England. and their only
child was Princess Cater Oueen) VIC
toria of Great Britain Between the
Queen and her half-brother and half
sister the greatest affection existed un-
til death parted them
But while fortune smiled upon the
English daughter Of the German Prin-
cess and placed her upon the worlds
foremost throne. 1t continued particular
ly unl<ind to her German son and
daughter. The revolution Of lslS in its
wake brought ruin to the princely
houses OF Leiningen and Hohenlohe-
They were 20 completely Impoverished
that Queen Victoria invited her stop
broth9 end stsp-sistsr 70 ssnd thedf -.
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By A. ID. JACOBSON.

fCppyrtght, lSll, BY "A. u. Jac0rSOn.D
Loneenburg, Wurttemberg, April 90
Scandals among royalty die hard. Despite
the fact that King George Of Great Brit
ain, in a court Of Justice, has been clear
ed completely Of the libel published broad
cast that in the SOS Of the last CEN
fury. while stationed at Malta, he con-
tracted a morganatic marriage with the
daughter Of Admiral Sir Michael Culme-
Seymour, scandalmongers still continue
to busy themselves about It. The reason
that this tit-bit is not yet eradicated full
ly from the public mind Is that 1t has
been allowed to 90 uncontradicted for
about twenty years.
In order that 1t might be quashed once
and for all, propose to elucidate how
that story originated and why the canard
received worldwide credence. Strange
as II may seem. this little out-of-the-way
place within the borders Of this king
dom contains the solution and all I re-
late here has been gathered from the
archives Of the princely house whose an
cestral home 1t is. But the strangest
thing in connection with this strange
story is that for once scandal about roy
atty actually did have . semblance OF
truth. But as to r.. interesting details:
How the Libel Originated.
The libel of King Georges alleged NOR
ganatic marriage originated in the fact
that a marriage did take place between
q prince and Miss Laura Seymour. who
was also the daughter Of British ad-
miral. AZ for the rest. some mischievous
or ili-advised person. linked the name Of
the present British King during his visit
TO the Island Of Malta with that Of an
other Miss Seymour. who.> to stili more
csnfound matters. also was the daughter
Of . British admiral
Although well known In court circles,
It win como ~ surprise to the general
public to hear that this very day there
Is living In st. James Palace an aged
lady who once was Miss Seymour.
1T u she undoubtedly who Wa In the
|mind Of these who Started the story at
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most wonderful girl in the world who
is wearing his company badge and class
pin-as we'll as those of half dozen
other fellows. Some OF them have even
known the joys Of victory. and such Joys,
once known, can never be forgotten.
All winter long. on Monday and Thurs
day afternoons, from 2 until o'clock.
the process Of whipping the raw, awk-
ward recruit into snappy, straight-
backed. quick-stepping soldier is carried
on with steady purpose and unabating
enthusiasm. To the captains, life holds
nothing of importance to compare with
the winning of the big drill. 1t may be
a greater honor to receive the commits
sion of major or colonel, but the under
graduate body Of the schools doesn't
think so. To be captain is the thing, for
the competitive drill is purely company
drill. and the honors of the occasion go
to the winning captain and the gallant
members of his company.
Study the Programme.
When spring approaches. the prospects
of the various companies become mat
and about the schoolroom. The COM
panies are assigned to drill on certain
streets in the neighborhcod Of the school
and for weeks before the big drill the
sidewalks along the respective drill
streets are thronged with pupils of both
sexes eagerly watching and commenting
on the evolutions Of their favorite COM
pany or its supposed keenest rival
1t is about this time, too. that the cap
tains Of the various companies are given
the programme of evolutions to be per-
formed on the field on competitive drill
day These evolutions are not described
in detail In themselves they present a
military problem for the captain TO
solve. He must first work out the solu-
ftan Of each rnaneuYer and they must
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First Battali0as
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

GENITAL HIGH 6ChOOL
Fhst sefx,ants-william Groom, Company B
HAIRY Gordon. Company A; Morris selinger. Com
pany I.
Second serseants-Edward Bliss. Company ];
Maurice Martin, Company A; Albert Covert, Com
pany b.
Third serreants-Roy Sexton. Company B; Roge,
Hollngsworth. Company A; Percy Hughes. Com
pany 1.
Fourth serrcants-canpben Plugse Company B
Edgar Parkman. Company l. Homer Weldon, Com
pany A.
Fifth serseants-Kirk Metzerott, Company 1;
Philip Potts, Company A; Robert Ransom, Com
pany B.
Capitalization Dienelt, Company A; Percy
stein Company B; A. P. Chamberiin. Company A;
Humphrey, sydenhsm, Company l. Alva Hennase.
Company 7; Robert Townsend. Company A; Ray
mond Mcmillan, Company A; Francis Martin. Com
pany B: Charles Brooke. Company B: John Jayne.
Company I; Donald stroh. Company B: Erwin
Harsh, Company 1; c. n. Kitchen. Company B
c. J. Shaw Company A; e G. Quinter. Company
Company I; Aaron Bradshaw. Company l.
Second Battalion.
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL
First sergeant Sterling Taylor.
Second sergeant Henry B. Iowa
Third sergeant Dorland Cremer.
Fourth sergeant. Clarence Weaver.
Fifth sergeant, Peyton Torbert.
Corporals-R. T. Whitman. II. P. Ramsey, Ray
mond Keith, Hawley Smith, E. Clarence Rice,
William Schwartz.
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.
First sergeant. Frederick Knight
Second sergeant, Emmart Meany.
Third sergeant. Leopold Krentzlin.
Fourth sergeant, James Courts.
Fifth sergeant Herbert Kimball.
Corpcrals-Burnette Olmstead. Kercheval Smith,
Colin Campbell. Warner Harwood. Julian Dowell.
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Lieutenant. Magruder Mcdonald; second lieutenant.
Charles Deahl
Company A-Captain. Paul Putzki; first heuten-
ant, Norman Miller; second lieutenant, James
Lyman.
Second Battalion.
Battalion adtutant. ]. B. Clarke. Business Hlsh
School.
Battalion quartermaster. Alan F. Gamer. WessE=
High School
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL
Company F-Captain. Fred q. sand9s1y hst
lieutenant, F. Sterling Wilsoa; second heutsnant.
Raymond c. Simpson.
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL
Company H-Captain. Edward Alexander Bethel
first lieutenant, Harry Cullen Blanton: second
lieutenant, Harold Bentz; third lieutenant, ]. G.
Aspinvan.
BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL.
Company E@Captain, ]. Fl. Gordon; first leu
tenant ]. d. Molneau; second lieutenant, ]. c.
Eckert-
Company G-Captain, ?. q knight; first lieu
tenant. R. Nash second lieutenant. T. I. Frank.
Third Battalion.
Battalion adjutant J. E. Loveless.
Battalion quartsrmaster. A. G. Seller.
MCKINLEY MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
Company C-Captain W. v. Wilson: first lieu
tenant Z. B. Thomas; second lieutenant, r. II.
Coughlin.
Company D-Captain A. NJ King: Hrst lieuten-
ant, G. L. Kraft; second lieutenant, r. keefer.
Company k-Captain. d. v. Mahoney; first lieu
Michener.
Company L-Captain. A. G. Bisset; frst lieu
tenant, H. H. Porter; second lieutenant. P. J.
Hunt
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FIrSt batt0I1Ons
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Battalion adjutant. William Searight
Battalion quartermaster, James Lyman.
Company I-Captain. William Collins; first leu
tenant, Raymond Beach; second lieutenant, Mo
Dowel Mckinney.
Company B-Captain. Lawrence Leonard: first
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it stand?
The STANDARD thinks the
plan should be revised.