The Washington herald., 1913-09-05
rcop,rgbt. 1,l,. by A. D. J.cobsen.l

spending the summer at Castle Forbes.
County Longford. in Ireland. which has
been vastly improved since the lords
American marriage" The demesne as
well as the surrounding country are very
! picturesque and attractive. The Forbes
family are of Scotch descent, but have
become Catholics since the present
lords father Joined that church.
RUmor in British administration cir
| Cles Identifies Lord Granard with the Of
/ fCe of the Irish vice royalty, under the
| new order, as established by the home
| rule bill. Lord Granard being a Catholic
and Lady Granard's American riches no
doubt make such an appointment very
/ popular and suitable. Society of any
country and OF any nationality is selfish.
What is chiefly demanded OF a leader
| is wealth and prestige.
Drummond Castle in Perthshire. which,
| for the last two years, has been OcCu-
pied by Mr.. Jordan, the Boston mer-
chant prince Gordan. Marsh q Coz. is
to become again the residence OF its
owners, Lord and Lady AnCaster. this
autumn. The castle is famous for its
beautiful but very curious gardens, laid
out in a series of natural terraces by
John. Earl of Perth, in 1850, Lord
Ancaster. by the way, has sold his
Ingoldsby and Osgodby estates in Lincoln
shire. a total of 4.00p acres. There are
EHZabethan manor houses on both
estates. In the neighboring church at
Lenton there is fine statue of Barthol-
omew (the armiger) and his wife of
OsgOdby Hall The property disposed of
is a portion of the extensive possessions
of Dukedom of Ancaster estates which,
in 1909. on the death of the then Duke
of Ancaster passed to the great-grand-
mother of the late Lord Ancaster. He
| inherited these estates GncludinG the
| magnificent domain of GrimsthrOpe
CASTLE on the death of his mother, the
Baroness -WilIoughby de Eresby in 1855.
! He also inherited from his mother the
great Dukedom OF Perth estates, his
grandmother having been the heiress of
| the Drummonds.
Hunger strikes in England are an an
cient custom and were not instituted. but
renewed by the militant suffragists The
procedure Of fasting was first adopted
in ireland. Having exhausted all legal
means to make a wealthy and powerful
debtor pay, the creditor could employ
one more effort, that OF standing bef,Te
his debtors door. refusing TO take any
nourlshment until the money had been
/ paid. II the debtor permitted his credi-
! tor to starve to death, he was held re-
| sponsible for it and was compelled to
pay his victims family considerable
! damages in addition to the original debt.
The custom of hunger striking is traced
to st. Patrick, who tasted to induce
the heather King Logaire to embrace
| Christianity. Under the prevailing cEs-
! tenn the King and his family had to do
theSsame thing. Thus the performance
| became a sort of endurance test, which,
it is recorded, was won by the saint.
| In East India also the hunger strike
| formerly was resorted to in order to
force payment OF aoiebt. II the debtor
| let the creditor starve he laid himself
! liable to divine punishment, especially If
| the fasting man was a Brahmin. Hence
Hindoos dover caste) would engage
+ Brahmin to do the fasting for them.
The suggested boycott OF bacon for a
| fortnight at London to lower the price,
has caused a clearinghouse keeper to
declare that all his boarders would hun
ger-strike if denied bacon for breakfast.
Yet it was not so long since bacon has
\ been in vogue for breakfast. Accord
ing to Macaulay the fare served in 1881
at Rodgers breakfast parties-the most
| famous on record-consisted of 'very
good coffee, very good tea, and very good
eggs, butter left in the midst of ice, and
/ hot rolls" The guest in the inn at
Rochester, in Shakespeare's first part of
Henry w." also breakfasted on eggs
and butter" Thomas Werner in his Via
Recta ad Vitam Longam," recommends
for breakfast, "a couple of poached eggs,
seasoned with little salt and few
corns of pepper, also with drop or two
1 of vinegar IL the stomach is weak and
supped of warm, eating Herewith a lit
tie bread and butter, and drinking after
good draught Of pure claret wine
Breakfast with bacon, thorough British
institution though it be, in reality is
modern invention. Down almost to our
times man ate but twice a day in that
country. A fifteenth century rule bade
him rise at 5, dine at 9 a m, soup at 5
p. M, and go to bed at D. m, land thou
shalt be ninety and nine" Breakfast Is
mentioned for the first time in 1863 and
1 for centuries II meant only the morning
drink of ale, with or without bite of
bread. One curious freak of British man
ners. DersistinE through the centuries. is