Evening journal., 1913-05-05


cient service upon his breast with the
hand that was not in sling.
Such courage is in the blood of the
present royal family OF Greece King
Georges second son, Prince George.
shares the family pluck at the moment
Of danger. II was this prince that
saved the life Of the Gear of Russia By
promptly intercepting a dagger thrust
which a Japanese lunatic had aimed
at the Russian monarch. AS a souve-
mir o. this event Prince George pos
sesses particularly stout walking
STICK, presented to him by the EN-
peror Nicholas II has mob" which
takes the form of grim bear'u head,
encrusted with diamonds. rubies and
sapphires. And upon a deep gold band
are engraved the words: ITO Prince
George-For Yalor."
Pitt, when chancellor Of the British
exchequer, was confronted with the
same problem as that which now
awaits the solution of Lloyd George.
The war with France was imposing
an almost unbearable strain upon
the national resources, and he didn't
know what next to tax. In sheer de-
SPAR he wrote to a Somersetshire
friend for suggestions. Back came
the reply: TAX umbrellas, and make
the bishop order the prayer for rain
to be read in all the churches until
the end of the war" But this was ad-
vice which the chancellor declined to
follow.
Mr.. Lloyd-George is not likely to re-
vive loves unhappy idea of a MATCH
box stamp, but he might find some-
thing less incongenial in one of the
proposals of Lord Randolph Church
ills budget that was never produced
This was for a penny revenue stamp
to be pasted over the shot end of every
sporting cartridge. AS 70.OOOOOO OF
these were used in season, the tax,
with allowance made for all possible
causes of reduction, would have
brought in S1,4O0,0OO. "The sports
man, comments Mr.. Churchill, whose
unerring aim never required a second
barrel, except for another bird. would
in poetic justice enjoy d comparative
immunity But while his unskillsd
companion bazed away he nigh. re-
member that at each discharge the
stamp blown to pieces by tie explo-
sion would carry its tribute to the
public treasury.
The great boon in drapery may sug-
gest a new field of taxation to the
British chancellor. Taxes on clothes
would be no new thing. ci course. I'm
1776 the government attempted to
raise the wind by taxing French
straw hats known as "Wa;tau," which
were then the rage; and N 1875 Pitt
imposed a tax on gloves. every per-
son dealing in gloves being equired
to obtain license, and to afix TO
each right-hand glove a stamp office
ticket, denoting the duty. In both
cases, however, the tax was a failure,
for people abandoned the "Watteau,'
and the gloves gave place to home.
made and untaxed woolen mittens.
Twickenham Ferry, for the honor Of
rowing Englishmen across which the
Earl of Dysart is now contending with
a rival in the law courts 1.ce had a
subterranean competitor. This took
the form of a tunnel from TIE Manor
House on the Surrey side But his
tory for long time failed to keer a
record of its use or size. Probably no
ferry in the world, except Charon's
across the Styx, has carried more il
dustrious passengers than the ferry
of Twickenham. Pope. Walpole, ex-
lied French kings and their glitter
ing train of guests. made the place in
the eighteenth century the haunt Of
fashion and the muses."
When Walpole bought his Twicken-
nam house from the toy woman. Mrs.
Chevenix, he found il to be the "pret-
test bauble you ever saw" Ono re-
mrmbers his happY description of the
sinai. EuphrateE that rollei by his
and the ;wo delightful roads.
dusty, but alive with coaches and
chaises. "Barges as solemn as barons
Of the exchequer movs under the win.
dows. Richmond Hill and Ham Walks
bound my prospects,; but. think God
the Thames is between me and the
of Queensberry. Dowagers as
plenty as founders reside all around
mel"
Copyright 1918, by A. d. Jacobson