The Washington herald., 1913-03-26

| Inc heaviest burden which NJ Pom
care will have to bear during the tenure
! Of his Office as President Of the French
| republic, is the collar that he must wear
! as the grand master OF the Legion of
/ Honor. position which is always filled
| by the chief executive of France. The
collar consists OF medals. each the size
| Of a franc piece. engraved with the
! arms of the principal French towns and
| Joined together by a massive chain. the
| links Of which are fashioned to repre-
/ sent bundles of lictOrs' rods. Attached
to this chain is cross well night two
feet in length.
| As the entire decoration is made OF
solid gold. its weight, Of course. is con-
siderable. and small men like Theirs or
Loubet found Il quite a task to wear the
same. But then the French President
fortunately is not called upon often to
cucumber himself with this grand cross,
which is large cross as we'll l recol-
lect quite distinctly that the only occa-
sion on which NJ. I.oubet was seen to
wear his grand masters collar was on
the day he was invested with ii. with
great ceremonial.
Amesbury. which gave its name to the
estate made so mysterious by Stone
henge. and which now likely is TO be-
come British crown property. needs no
accessories of the time of the Druids TO
give 1t romance. as 1t CLANS to be the
very borough which Bishop Ambrosius.
in the sixth century, made into a sane
tuary, wherein those prosecuted. or evil
doers. found shelter and safety. This
spot always has been regarded by &C.
clesiastical students as the very heart
and center from which flowed the teach
ings OF Christianity and civilization. And
all those who are acquainted with old
lfSH t,-fn hat yx-ac
there that Guinevere tried to forget her
past
oueen Guincvrre had fed the court. and sat
There in the holy house at Ameslriy.
Weeping none with her little maid.
A novice
Sir Lancelot is credited with the duty
of removing the Queens body from
Amesbury to Glastonbury for interment.
The opening OF the Waterloo meeting
the other day reminds one Of the an
tiquity of British cOursinE. There is a
fun description Of this sport as far back
as 80 GA. d., Latin and Greek writer's
referring to II. In England the first rules
for Judging a course were drawn UP in
the reign of Queen Bess by the Duke
of Norfolk COh. jockey. of Norfolk ~.
but coursing really sprang into popu-
iarity at the end OF the eighteenth CEN
tury. when many clubs and societies were
formed. The first championship meeting
was held at Glasgow in 1885. and the
year saw the Waterloo cup |
founded by the proprietor OF the Water |
loo Hotel at Liverpool.
And not to forget It. the owners OF
sporting dogs were zealously watched |
over In the past in Britain. When Rich |
ard II was king. the keeping OF grey |
hounds by servants. grooms or artificers |
led to trouble. For these sportsmen !
would go hunting in parks and warrens, |
the while Christian people were at
church hearing divine service" Reforms
were arranged. A law was enacted that
neither layman with less than forty
nor clerk with less than ten |
pounds sterling should keep sporting |
dogs or engines of game destruction"
Servants and laborers were ordered to use
Dnly bows and arrows, and to keep Sun
day and holiday strictly observed, also
TO leave off playing at tennis or foot
ball, and other inportunate games"
The story printed SO promiscuously in
the Continental press that a Scandina-
Wan alliance had been formed between
the three Kings of Sweden, Norway. and
Denmark. by which these rulers bound
themselves to see to II that their respect
i've nations kept a strict neutrality In
all the differences between the other
European powers, Is not founded upon
fact 1t is true that there had been
such a plan. but. after only one confer
ence, the thing was dropped, and quite
50. Denmark. for one, which
has furnished several CZarinas. never
,ould be expected to look on quietly II
ever the Romanoffs are in hot water
n Russia. Flesh and blood would revolt
against such indifference. And King
Haakon Of Norway Is closely related to
he ruler Of Britain-his brother-in-law,
n fact.
Besides both these little realms have
III to gain by friendly relations with the
wo greatest nations Of Europe, and the
whole world. But when all Is said
ieither Of the three countries named