Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
STIRRED UP
In Feverish Anticipation of
Coronation Festivities.
MEMORIAL OF VICTORIA
Preparing Program for dwelling of
the Monument.
NEW ERA IN SOCIETY BEGUN
For the First Time in Many Years
the Younger Generation Will
Have It's Day at Court.
NEW ERA IN SOCIETY BEGUN
By Phillip Everett.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

workmen Is already taking down the
scaffolding around the Victoria Monu-
ment, that has for so long been an eye
sore to the royal residents at Bucking-
ham. and the lord chamberlain's depart
ment is busy preparing the programs Of
the unwilling, which will be conducted
with all the pomp Of a full state cere-
mony, owing to the presence Of the kaiser
and kaiserin and their daughter. besides
every member of the British royal family,
representatives OF all European courts
and the whole diplomatic corps.
AS the kaiser and kaiserin will stay q
few days with King George and Queen
Mary a court ball may be given in honor
Of the Princess Victoria Louise. and there
will be a dramatic entertainment at the
Royal Theater in Drury lane Wednesday,
whole court and their royal and imperial
guests.
New Era in Society.
Now that the long period OF official
mourning is over English society passes
the threshold Of a new era, but what its
influence is to be must necessarily re-
main, for the moment, matter of specu-
lation.
1t Is long since a comparatively young
king and queen have reigned In England.
The late king and Queen Alexandra were
past the meridian Of life when they came
to the throne, and their court and en-
tourage were chiefly composed of their
contemporaries. who for the most part had
not only left the amusement of early
youth behind them. but whose sons and
daughters were married and had families
OF their own. Nevertheless, King Ed
ward, who had at heart the revival of
social activities in the interests of the
community at large. encouraged his
greater subjects to give the example in
the matter of entertainment. and he him
self attended balls and the like functions.
in which he could scarcely be supposed
to find much personal diversion.
In fact. his share Of such amusements
was generally limited to the royal quad
rifle. after which he retired to a quiet
rubber Of bridge. Unquestionably bril-
liant though it was, the Buckingham
Palace environment was naturally COM
posed OF men and women Of an age more
or less nearly approaching that of the
sovereigns Very young people of either
sex had but little part or lot therein, and
by the force Of circumstances they re-
manned to great extent in the back
ground during the last reign. 1t is on
record that at q ball some five or six
present had attained to the dignity Of
grandmotherhood. .s+e.-
With the king and queen very much
younger than their predecessors on the
throne, a more youthful atmosphere will
certainly surround the court than has
been the case for some time past. Their
maJestfes personal friends and the men,
bers OF their household are for the most
part very nearly of an age with them
selves, and in two or three years time,
when the Prince of Wales and his sis
ter, Princess Mary, are old enough to
participate in social gayeties, the younger
element will come to the front in way
which has not been seen at the English
court since the days Of George III.
Planning Expedition to Antarctic.
Douglas Mawson. who accompanied Sir
Ernest Shackleton on his antarctic ex-
petition and shared it's greatest dangers
and successes. is now in London complet-
ing arrangements for an Australasian ex-
petition to the south.
Scientific research and the discovery Of
commercial possibilities are its main OBJ
jects. For this Mr.. Mawson is excep-
tionally well equipped. He is graduate
in mining engineering and when he Joined
the Shackleton expedition he was lecturer
in mineralogy and petrology at Adelaide
University.
This is not a south pole expedition"
said Mr. Mawson to me. What we want
to do is to establish 2,4OO miles Of un-
known coast line and fix it on the map.
West Of Cape Adare to Gaussberg, the
tiers, and beyond it the coast line of the
antarctic continent is unknown. There
may, however. be possibilities in 1t, and
Australia should have the chance OF
these"
MT. Mawson hopes to start in Novem-
Der and spend two summers and one
winter on the expedition. The cost. II is
estimated, will be about 100000. and this
sum is being raised in Australia. Thirty
thousand dollars was subscribed in FIVE
days.
Crypt That Is a Charnel House.
In Bermondsey, within stones throw
of Tower bridge, stands a church. a crypt
in which is a charnel house. Eight hum
dred moldering collins are packed away
in the crypt, with only thin layer Of
earth above them. and the clergy are
now applying to the local government
board to have them removed.
There may be anything up to 1000
collins In the crypt" said one Of the
clergy today. mo one can say positively
how many there are. You can only esti-
mate the number. They are packed away
one above the other like biscuits in tin.
At the top is a thin layer of earth. Il
don't think this top coating of earth was
more than a foot in depth and now it Is
little more substantial than a sprinkling
have long since moldered away, and now
the lead shells are dropping to pieces.
mo burials have taken place in the
crypt for the last seventy years, am
told. 1t is most extraordinary that collins |
should ever have been buried in that !
fashion in the crypt. These are not cof- |
fins which have been moved into the |
crypt from the churchyard, because when |
the churchyard was cleared OF the dead |
the bodies were transferred to a cemetery
In the country.
open spaces in the borough. In the sum-
mer it is swarming with children, and It |
Is a scandal that this practically open |
crypt should be in their midst
Poking Fun at Birmingham.
Birmingham. the very stronghold OF |
protection in England, Joseph Chamber
lain's impregnable castle, is to have the |
rails for the extension Of its street car |
system made In Germany, and all the free |
trade papers OF England are having fun |
with the city council. that to save $500 /
has awarded the contract OF supplying /
the rails after satisfying itself that the |
German workingmen who make the rails /
are paid even better wages than their
English brethren.
The papers say today that the belief Of |
In tariff reform Is very linn
ted, and disappears altogether directly
The people find It touches their own
pocket.
It matters little what 1t Is that you
want-whether . situation or q servant
"a want I'd In The Star win reach the
person Tv1,o will I'LL vour need.