The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF OTHER LANDS

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Queen already Is thoroughly acquainted
with the important part she will be called
upon to play. and. dare say, my Ameri-
can women readers are az anxious to
learn every detail Of the great function
as are their British or other European
sisters. Her majesty proposes to follow
the excellent example set by Queen Alex.
andra at her own coronation, namely, to
have the whole Of her rich robes and
vestments made in England and of Brit
ish material. These will be of royal
purple. lined with white satin and fringed
with ermine.
The entire crown regalia in the jewe
house at the Tower of London now Is
being overhauled and FURNISHED up .for
the occasion. AS I told before. a new
state crown is being made for Queen
Mary. very similar to that worn by
Queen Alexandra at the previous cere-
! mony.
| Queen Alexandra. by the way will wear
her crown again and will sit on the lef,
of the King during the whole ceremony
1t is good many years since a mother OF
| British sovereign assisted at a corona
| ton.
1t is the privilege of the sovereign to
select his own bishop to preach the coro-
| nation sermon, and ii is understood that
by request of Queen Mary, the Bishop OF
London has been asked to do so. He like
| wise preached at the coronation of King
| Edward, his address upon that occasion
having been most eloquent.
Sir Arthur Lawley. the retiring gov
ernor of Madras. is one of the many
| capable administrators discovered by the
| late Cecil Rhodes. At that time he was
private secretary to the late Duke OF
Westminster, but quite unknown to the
| world. Rhodes saw something in him
| and promptly offered him a position un-
| der the British South African Company.
which was accepted just as promptly.
Capt Lawley. as he was then. re-
mained sufficiently long in the service of
| the company to rise to the important
position Of administrator Of Matabele-
| land. The good work he did there in
organizing the Rhodesian field force to
go to the relief Of the beleaguered town
of Mafeking earned for him the COVER
norship of Western Australia, and SUBJ
sequently simi - position in the Trans
vaal.
Sir Arthur has a caustic wit when he
likes to exercise it. On one occasion he
received an angry letter from a settler
in an outlying portion of South Rhodesia,
complaining that a neighbor had en-
croached upon his land and removed
certain marks denoting the boundaries Of
the two farms. He asked the governor
for advice.
Put the landmarks back at once"
telegraphed Lawley. and then knock the
other fellow down. unless he is bigger
than yourself"
Well. this is sure enough task, must
confess. l am asked to give my version
of the origin and use Of the two Eng
lish slang words,' fudge and bosh. So
here goes:
To start with. neither of these words
is slang. and only one of them. to the
best Of my knowledge. is English. It is
true. .bosh" sounds like fairly good
English word to apply to your political
opponents arguments. Only it isn't. Ny
authority is a book by DR.. Beddoes.
Memories of Eighty Years. The doctor
is trying to explain the Protestant re-
ligion to a Mullah. 1T seems a very de-
cent sort of religion" replies the Null
lah, but there are two main objections
to the Prophet Mohammed. and the sec
ond that the doctrine of the Trinity. il
YOU will excuse my saying so, is bosh."
Here you have the word. 1t is taken
from the Turkish language. 1t means
nonsense And "bosh lakirdie soiller-
SEN means you speak empty words. -
Now as to fudge" which. as / hear.
is greatly affected by Lord Rosebery:
1t is a word with a history. There are
prosaic etymologists who derive it from
a Gaelic word meaning deception, but
hall ytAt Nlr ali' ,o \
more interesting He derives the word
from Il certain Capt. Fudge. who it ap-
pears was a marine Munchausen. You
fudge it, is said to have been his crews
equivalent to the modern slang, rats"
In collection Of papers Of William
Crouch. the Quaker, published in 1112, it
is recorded that one Degory Marshall
informed Crouch that I'm the year 1864
we were sentenced to Punishment to ia
maica by Judges Hyde and Tweeden. and
our number was 50. We were put on
name was Fudge, by some called Lying
Fudge"
In small shop in Fleet street, Lon
don. there occurs every day picture
auction of an unusual character. Those
who bid may have pictures painted
while they wait. The auctioneer has a
swift flow of eloquence. but his speeches
hardly are more rapid than the pic
lures which fall from the brush of the
artist.
That artist, a Mr.. Beckford, an Amer
lean, is a remarkable man, indeed. He
has wrist Of iron. In an eight-hour
working day his hand is never still.
To see that man work is a wonder,
writes friend. Grimly and with un-
finching determination, he seizes a can
vas and daubs it with background,
splodges paint here and there, whisks
his colors about, and in about sixty
seconds produces order out of chaos. In
less than two minutes trees. a waterfall,
an autumn sunset. begin to reveal them
selves. In less than five minutes a
rustic bridge. a village church. and an
old windmill give new effect to the
scene. In less than ten minutes a
glowing picture, rich in detail and color.
is ready for the purchaser.
In big. bold latters, 1000 pounds ster-
ling is offered to him who can prove that
the pictures are not genuine oil paint
ings. Nobody accepts the tempting
challenge. for. Mr.. Beckford's pictures
really are oil paintings. and to show
you that there is no deception, he paints
them before your eyes. He goes from
an American landscape to a wild land
scape. from waterfalls to rustic bridges.
from cataracts to mighty mountains.
from. pastoral beauty to rugged moor
land. In ten minutes he will polish of
a picture in the style Of Constable.
II Mr.. Beckford were not an American
he ought to be made a Royal Academi-