The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

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button of his waistcoat was of course
unbuttoned, as no Etonian. much less
a new boy, would dare appear with the
lower button buttoned.
There are many other things besides
his lessons that Prince Henry will have
to learn before he becomes an accomp-
lished boy of Eton On no account
must he, until he has served his ap-
premiership, indulge in the frivolity
of a fancy waistcoat or rolled up UNI
brella. wear brown shoes or walk arm
in-arm with fellow voyager along the
High"
Almost indefinite are the rules of
Elton etiquette--where or when a fell
low may smoke or drink "swipes
ale). under what circumstances he
may call a spade an agricultural in
strument, on which side of the pave
ment he may walk going to Windsor
cit is always the right-hand side) and
the exact set of his topper on holi-
days and high days.
When he is homesick he Will learn
that there is but one place where tears
may be shed, The Waters of Babylon"
and as to slang, he has a dictionary
full of it to pick up. Prince Henry is
to be a 'dry-bob that is, he will play
cricket, and not be "wet-bobt or
rover. Generally the rover is CON
sidersd to be more of a blood.
Yachtmen Discuss American Boat
There has been considerable discus
sion in yachting circles here over the
report cabled from America that the
3oat which is to defend the America
sup is to be built of bronze and to have
silk sails. One of the Shamrocks was
partly built of bronze. and its advant-
ages over steel in securing a fine pol
ished surface below the waterline is
well known. Some English architects,
however favor patent alloy Of alum
inum as material for the hull of a fast
racing yacht A small boat built in
England Of this material was raced in
Belgium last season and found to be
equal TO any steel boat in point of sta
bility at about half the weight
Charles lI. Nicholson, who is to build
the new shamrock, however, does not
lavor 1t, SO 1T is not likely to be used
IN Sir Thomas ipton's challenger.
As to silk sails, English yachtmen
believe they sag too much and that
what the American defender will be
Supplied with is really 'union silk" ,"
which is largely cotton. The sails of
the Shamrock ~ will be made by the
firm that makes the sails for all the
best English yachts The cloth used by
and Is not supplied to anybody else.
England Not Taking to Syndicalism
Syndicalism, which plays such a
| large part in the trade unionsm of
continental Europe has made little or
40 progress in Great Britain. In fact.
some of the strongest trade union or
ganizations in this country have de-
clared against it.
| First, there was the railwaymen, s
| union, the executive of which decided
against a sympathetic strike. another
phrase for syndicalism. in connection
with the Dublin strike. Some of the
members of the union went out on
strike in England sooner than handle
tainted goods from Dublin, but they
| found no support from the officers OF
! the organization and were there
/ fore compelled to return to work. The
bus drivers and conductors of London
in their newly signed agreement with
the owners have taken a similar atti-
tude toward the sympathetic strike
: and one of the clauses of the agreement
expressly states that the companies are
not to be effected by disputes with
companies with which they have nc
direct concern. This is considered as
| big a victory for the companies as is
the recognition of the unions for the
men.
These decisions are a setback to
lthose who advocate general strikes to
| secure redress of the worl<men's giev-
ances. The mems experience of this
means of getting what they consider
their rights has not been a happy one
In England, for the sympathetic striker
very seldom gets any return for his
| lself-enforced idleness
| Some of the leaders, including Phillir
Snowden, the socialist have even gone
so far as to say that the strike does not
| benefit the worker. With both sides
organized and all the money on one
side, the strike is oftener than not a
| failure
Huge Sum Spent on Golf
/ 1t is estimated that nearly S3O. 600 600
is spent on golf in the United Kingdom
every year, and that of this huge sum
only a little less than half or $4,000. :
| 600 goes to the caddies
| The estimate has been made by well
known golf specialist who after a
careful census has placed the number
lot players in the country at roughly
z0O,0oO. Three quarters of a million
| players pay ON an average S25 a year
each in club subscriptions, or a total
of $6,250,000, which added to $3.50 900
for green fees. s6.25OO00 for golf balls.
S625,O0O for clubs and the amount
which Is calculated the caddies collect
makes the total mentioned. The esti-
mate gives the one ball a week to each
player, at a cost of soc each.
| Eacn golfers expenses are placed at
tride over 500 a year on the game
alone, his railway fares or other means
OF reaching the links, and of course
what he loses on his games, not being
computed.