The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
ACTIVE SELECTION
 OF CANDIDATES Is Rum0red That MT. As quith Intends to Retire TO SAVE INFANT LIFE Hospital Planned to Lower Infant Mortality Rate-Medical Licenses
 For Marriage-Arch-
 deacon Resigns
TO SAVE INFANT LIFE
By PHILIP EvERETv

| London, Febr1ary A.-(Special)-Wh CT or not another general election is a potentiality of the next few months. activity in the selection of candidates
 goes forward with no small significance;
 and there will be no prettier fight, when
 an election does come, than that in Bat l tersea, where the redoubtable John Burns
 Is to be opposed by a vigorous young scion of the aristocracy in the person
 of Viscount Curzon.
 | Lord Curzon is already being "boomed' | by his party and his notable ancestry I has been frequently mentioned as sup porting the view that the stalwart pres | ident of local government board Is in for
 "hot time.' It is very probable, how
 ever, that Lord Curzon will be the gen. tlenan who will have the '.hot time' l It is true that Lord Howe's son and | heir can look back upon his ancestry
 with no small pride, and there are things | in connection with the Howe pedigree | which are so little known that the present is a unique opportunity for re- | ferring to them.
 Lord Curzon, like 80 many of his | ancestors, has connection with the 1 royal navy and is commander in the
 
 associated for eight years. In the sea | forces of Britain the Howes have won 1 the highest honors, and Lord Curzon can | boast that he descends from sailor who was the only British naval officer ever | offered marquisate.
 In political circles here the rumor has lately been very persistent that MT. As- quith, in a very near future, intended to retire from his present position as head of the cabinet and that the chancellor of the exchequer. MT. Lloyd George. wac to be his successor. The rumor has evsn
 been cabled abroad an indisputable fact and has found it's way into many usually quite we'll informed foreign pa- pers, but I have it from a very high authority that no such plan has ever been considered.
 One reason why MT. Lloyd-George is not likely to take the office of prime minister, even if asked-which is very improbable--is the consideration of health. We may not all agree with his politics or his policy: but there is one thing on which there cannot be the slightest shawow of a doubt, and that is that he has worked like a nigger' at the tasks he took in hand. The net result of this-to himself-is that he has injured his health, and become much aged since he took office Nobody can deny this who knows the honorab ble gen tleman even slightly All the old enthu- sasm is still there, but there is no denying the fact that his physique will hardly stand mulch longer the racket of the last few years.
 And it must not be forgotten that MT. Lloyd-George had to fight hard to at- tain the position he now holds, and ever since he has been chancellor of the ex chequer his political life has been one of t,,,,, ,0ft ar 0y lat to bring about a break down, and as everybody knows his health has caused himself and family much concern.
 There is another reason why Mir. Lloyd | George will not be prime minister. At the present moment he is, among the middle classes, probably the most unpop- | ular member of the ministry. This is due in great part, no doubt, to misrepre- | sentation and viliication in the press. ! But there Is no denying the fact that | he is unpopular among that class which l finds the struggle to keep up appearances almost unbearabe. Taxation upon tax ation. without rhyme or reason. has been the portion of the middle and lower middle classes for the past three or four years. and, with the cost of lving-or perhaps I ought to say existing-going up by leaps and bounds, Mir. Lloyd George Is unfairly blamed for the lot. Now the liberal government Is dependent for it's existence on the votes Of this class of elector. and if Mir. Lloyd-George came forward at the present moment as the leader of the government there can be no two opinions as to what would be the result in the event of an election.
 A great step forward in organized | nffort to prevent the gigantic yearly | waste of infant life is indicated In the announcement that the sum of s5oooO necessary for the foundation and equip ment of "Queen Marys Hostal In con nection with Kings college for women, University of London. has been sub scrbed in less than eight months.
 The purpose of the hostel is to further the teaching of home science-the laws which govern sanitation, health and household economy. It is essentially womens work, and 1t Is hoped to pro vide that In the future every girls edu- cation shall include some knowledge of the science which effects her home prob lems and some practice of the domestic l arts By this means it is held that the whole standard of home life will be raised and trained experience substi- tuted for instinct and tradition, which have hitherto been the chief guides for mothers
 The whole of the 5O0,0oo required has been subscribed privately In the course of a few months. The Marquis of An glesey gave s10OOO0 to build and equip the laboratories; another sl00,0oo was given anonymously to found the hostil.
 Is the Grizzly Bear dance likely to invade London? rT
 Paris society rules it most seemly and elegant vet New York-where It was first introduced--has just placed 1t and all other ''huggly- wiggly" dances under a social ban The Turkey Trot' and the Boston lnip are likewise toboo. F "I have heard of one or two exceeding ly peculiar dances being introduced in New York and Paris, but you can take 1t that nothing which Is not strictly grace ful and elegant and in every sense proper will be allowed in English so- icety" said Mrs. Wordsworth of Queens berry Hall Kens!ngton. to me yesterday.
 Motor cars were rolling up at the time. bringing pupils to one of her classes. and it was obvious that if anyone could speak with authority the subject 1t was she.
 English people.'' she proceeded, "are very insular and very particular. They ---.rne Boston dance. of course, has been popular in England for the last two years and when porperly formed 1t is very beautiful dance, with no sug- gestion of vulgarity. I understand that some new movements have been intro duced abroad and it Is these which have raised the protests"
 To introduce English principles of I ,;x ;,, At,,A Mrc