The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-02

OF them been accustomed since their
birth. occasionally incur the I'll VIII
OF their subjects, who are extremely
touchy and by no means the easiest
people In the world to get along with.
Just ut present the King and Queen
arc coming in for no end OF abuse.
christiania, but even from the most
Important organs of the press, for do
Ing their Christmas shopping In Eng
land rather than In Norway
iiaakon has large private for
tune OF his own. through his parents.
mis- mother. the Queen OF Denmark. be-
ing one OF the richest sovercigns OF
Enrope. while Queen Maud receives a
handsome civil list from the British
treasury rs daughter of the late
King Edward In fact. their Nor.
which they have to pay the salary OF
all sorts OF court officials. constitutes
only small proportion OF the income
at their disposal.
Each Christmas they distribute a
very large number Of gifts among the
peonlo IN Norway with whom they
arc brought into official or social con-
tact, and ministers of state, court
dignitarles. and personal friends ana
acquaintance are all remembered
most generously in this fashion.
experience that they can secure pres
ents of much greater novelty and
originality in London than in Christi
ania; also that the wares offered FOR
polls are OF much more varied and
extensive nature thnn in their own
capital. Ii has also been brought home
to them that precisely in the same way
that an American will ind greater
satisfaction in gift brought from
Europe than one purchased in his or
her native city, SO. In like manner. do
the Norwegian recipients of their SOW
ereign's Christmas gifts prefer articles
bought in London rather than in
Christiania
In spite Of this, King Haakon. and
vigorously denounced for giving their
Christmas custom to English trades
people rather than to those OF the
tho, recipients of the, purchases thus
made In London are almost exclusively
Norwegians. Indeed. the "Aftenpost-
en-" the extremely conservative, re-
of Christiania. does not hesitate 10 de-
clare that 1t is "a matter for popular
regret that the FIRST lady of the land"
should foster foreign rather than
national trade by making her pur-
chases abroad. since by SO doing she
Is setting an example that is natural
~ followed o, 6y many NorweslaG We
duty" so the paper declares. for all
Norweginns TO pntronize, according TO
their means. Norwegian trade and in
popular discomfort to discover that
chief among those to fail In this re-
sDect Is the Queen herself. who ouEl1
to set an example of a different charac-
ter.
Lord Alwyne Compton has been so
frequent visitor TO the United States
in recent years. often as the guest o;
the Anthony Drexels, that his sud
den death the other day. OF heart
failure. at the Bath Club, in London,
VIII call forth many expressions OF re-
gret on this sde of the Atlantic among
his army Of American friends and ac-
quaintances. He was a soldier by pro-
fession. serving In the Grenadior
Guards and in the Tenth Hussars. lie
took part in the expedition for the
relief of Gordon at Khartoum, and In
the South African War raised and
commanded regiment of cavalry
known as Compton's Horse, winning
the Distinguished Service Order. For
ten years he represented one of the
divisions of Bedfordshire in Pariia.
nent. but last year resigned his seat
in tho House of Commons, In order
to give more of his time to his work