The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10

may devour in the form of venturesome students without cap and gown, or with cigarettes or pipes in their mouths.
 To be found in a tavern" or talking to a female is a terrible offense, some times not to be expiated by a momentary fine. Should you run into the arms of the proctor, he will politely raise his mortarboard and say: Are you 8 mem- Der of the university, sir?' Raising your hat respectfully in return, you will ad init the fact. Your name and college, pleaseT The information having been written in book. there will be another mutual raising of caps as the proctor says; Please wait upon mo at-College tomorrow morning at o'clock" The fines range from s1.25 to $50, according to circumstances, the harvest being plen- tiful for minor offenses in the first term of the university year, which is now
 The Duke and Duchess of Portland, in welcoming their majesties to Walbeck Abbey in December, will not be confronted by many difficulties, as they know so we'll the particular kind of people the king and queen like to have about them The present courtiers are men and wom- en who are remarkable for their knowI- edge of literature, science, and arts. As a matter of fact, the court of England was never in the whole of it's history so high-minded and so lofty as 1t is today
 Before his election to succeed the late Prince Alexander of Battenberg on the Bulgarian throne in 18S7 the present Tsar Ferdinand was a Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha. England had not a little to do with his selection, and the late queen Victoria was largely responsible for his choice. Her majesty always fa- V0Tad 10 aAxror .f AL. Saxe Coburg upon every possible occa- sion, and she insisted that the late Mar quis of Salisbury, the prime minister and foreign secretary, should not only see to 1t that Great Britain had the final say in the selection of the now prince 'of Bulgaria, but that Prince Ferdinand should be appointed to that position.
 Both Russia and Germany would have desired that a totally different choice was made, and the former country in particular desired to place one of its own nominees in power in Sofia. Lord Salisbury, however, bore down all op- position to his usual autocratic fashion and Prince Ferdinand was elected The Bulgarian throne had, however, previ- ously been offered to Prince Louis of Battenberg in place of his brother, but he absolutely declined it, and preferred to continue to serve in the British fleet where he still remains.
 One of the reigning belles of the 'fifties has passed away in the person of the Dowager Countess of CorlZ Lady Emily de Burgh. as she was then, was the daughter of the first Marquis of Chan ricardo, and a sister of the present Mar quis of Chanricarde, nicknamed Lord Clanrackrent" by the nationalists during the long fight on behalf of the Irish ten- ants At the age of 20, when she was a reigning belle, Lady Emily was married to Viscount Dungarvan, and a story, which makes very pretty tribute alike to her charms of person and disposition, ! says that one of her most splendid we'd ding presents was the joint gift of the many who had vainly sought her hand.
 Her conversation was brilliant 10 degree. Not very long ago somebody said to her, Come. Lady Cork, spell in five letters the three scourges of So- ciety" Drink, rink and ink). '1 can not do that" she replied, "but I can give you in two letters the two blessings Of society-you and -" Her jewels were of great beauty and value.
 In a small way the chancellor of the excheauer has joined the landlords. Near Walton Heath, and within sight of the famous golf club. of which he is mem ber he has purchased a small plot of land on which builders are now erect ing for him a weekend cottage. In size and design this building belongs To the superior sort of cottage, for in addition to a good number of bedrooms, it is to possess three reception rooms.
 For the first time in 70 years I can speak in praise of the corset" says Dr. Shofield the hygiene oracle, better known as ''the masculine Mrs. Grundy. Now says the doctor. they are mold ing the corset to the figure, not cramping the figure to the corset"
 pr. Schofield is, among many fother things, the sworn foe of the American radiator Speaking recently before the Institute of Hygiene. he pleaded for the preservation 'of the old English fire and the open grate. When everything evil of it was said that cc , be sald-it was dirty, expensive and wasteful-there still remained the fact that there was spr- ituai element about it that could never be supplied by hot pipes. A fire was companion preventing loneliness. Even a bachelor with fire in his room might feel less bachelor. The doctor should be an authority on the latter point, be- cause. as Lady Mornington told him re- cently, his life confesses to the seventh unfersiyable sin of modern society,"