Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-23
Queen Said to Dislike King
Georges Fondness for
Horse Racing.
INTERESTING RUINS ARE
FOUND IN ROMAN CITY
English Girls Becoming Athletic.
Boys Losing Interest
in Sports.
Foreign Correspondence OF The star

roEeisn correspondence OF The Star
LONDON. August IL. 1918.
1T is whispered everywhere that the
relations between King George and
queen Mary are not as ideal as they
used to be. These rumors probably
are founded only on the fact that the king
has lately attended several functions.
notably the Goodwood races, unaccom-
panied. and has appeared quite differ
emf from the cool. conventional person
We are used to seeing at the side Of
the queen, who abhors horse racing.
while the king, whom she at first tried
TO persuade to give up the racing sta
BILE left him by his sports-loving father
Is developing quite a taste for the turf
At present the queen is at Balmoral
castle, where the king is not expected
to arrive before the beginning of next
month, and 1t is said that the royal
lady is in anything but a genial mood.
She dislikes the place and feels i'll at
ease among the Scotch people, who. on
the other side. are complaining at the
queens lack Of hospitality. for onlx
the nearest neighbors have been in
vlted to the castle.
Queen Shows She Is Bored.
Queen Mary, they say, does not even
try to hide the fact that she is greatly
bored and longing to return to Eng
land. She also is annoyed because she
continues to grow stouter. but she abb
solutely refuses to take any walking
exercise. and although she has re-
Gently endeavored to learn to play golf,
she cannot see anything in the ma
tionaI game. Her only pastime is fish,
ing, which Is not a very social sport,
and comic artists would find plenty OF
material for funny pictures IL they
dared draw the queen and the members
OF her encourage sitting along some
stream in glum silence waiting for the
fish to swallow their bait.
Probabilities are that the court will
very soon leave Balmoral and return
to England to make preparations for
the royal wedding. which has been fixed
so early in October because the Duke
Of Connaught is anxious to return to
Canada.
Seen Much With Sister.
In the meantime Queen Alexandra and
her sister. the dowager Empress of Rus
STA. have spent much longer time in
London than anybody had expected, and
have been seen everywhere. especially in
the hospitals and the poor quarters OF
London. several times driving through
the city in the strictest incognito, unrcc-
ognized by anybody but the people whom
they had set out to visit and assist
The two sisters intend to spend most
of their remaining years together. partly
at Villa Hvidoere. on the Danish sound.
and partly at Sandringham. which has
been thoroughly overhauled this sum-
mer and a suite of permanent apart
ments arranged for the dowager empress.
King George, 1t is said. will confer a
royal dukedom upon Prince Arthur of
Connaught on the occasion of his mar
riage. but has not yet decided on the
exact title. 1t is probable. however, that
Queen Victoria, will be made Duke. of
Kent, a title used by Queen Victoria's
father, but which has not been used
since 1920.
Roman City Being Excavated.
Wonderful results have been achieved
by the excavations on the site of the
Roman city at Manchester, near Here
ford. The county surveyor is interesting
himself in the matter, but work is nee
essarily slow through lack OF funds. So
far about three-quarters Of an acre on a
twenty-fve-acre site has been explored.
and fresh objects of interest are being
unearthed every day. The excavations
have recently laid bare some very finely
constructed walls of buildings. and
considerable quantity OF ancient pottery
has been discovered.
The English girl, like her American
sister, is rapidly becoming an expert ath-
lete, while interest for sports is dwin-
ding among our young men. In tins
evolution, continues to go OH England
may soon have to send only girl teams
to maintain the honor of the nation az
the Olympic games. The view taken
here of the modern girl athlete varies
greatly. While many see in her a menace
to the country and the doom OF all
womanIy virtues, others are enthusiastic
about her and see in her the ideal mother
of a generation that will surpass any
ever seen in England. 4 number of prom
inent people. asked to express their opin-
ion of the athletic girl. have done SO. and
it is noticed that il is only the Oldest
among them who see any danger in
athleticism and during the recent inter
national medical congress all the doctors
vino expressed themselves on the subject
agreed that athletic girls who did not
exaggerate their exercises were apt 10
prove ideal mothers of a generation OF
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