The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

cases are two of 4oS set for hearing
in the coming sittings OF the divorce
court. 1t IS ehe biggest matrimonial
nisfit'' crop ever brought to the London
divorce mills. The previous high rec
ord was ss4. established at last years
sittings.
Queen Alexandria has succumbed to
speed fever" Her majesty's chauf-
feur was thrice stopped for exceeding
the pace limit within the last few
weeks. OF course, when the Norfolk
cops" found it was the queen dowager
who was riding through the country
laws, the car was permitted 10 pro-
ceed with an indulgent smile and apol-
ogy. The queen enjoys such incidents,
although she is about the most law
abiding woman alive.
She also walks a good deal and is
well known to most OF the regular way
farers along the roads in the vicinity
of Sandringham House.
The present court is not a musical one.
Queen Mary has little love of music, ana
neither has Princess Mary, while the
King has boldly confessed that his ia
yorite musical instrument is the banjo
just little, and on which the King and
his sisters used to perform quite lot
in days gone by. One or two of the
princes have taken lessons on the violin,
but the result has not been great. There
is a kind of reaction against the tyranny
of music that existed in the later days
of Queen Victoria and during the brief
years In which Queen Alexandra was
supreme. Queen Victoria herself was not
I t. tt.nf Arxff fftx
siasts use the word. She liked melodies
and simple things, and was very fond
of Handel; but Princes Henry of Bat
tenburg was-and is devoted to music of
higher order. and her close friendship
with Miss MIME Cochrane, the clever
young American woman, is due to this
| fact. Queen Alexandra's devotion TO
music is well known and she is always
ready to hear prod;ges, and to give strug-
Cling musicians hearing. Several tai
ented performers have owed their first
engagements to Queen Alexandras rec
ommendations
| A number of university women students
on behalf of whom applications will be
maGe to the court of chancery to qualify
and practice as solicitors has increased
| from one to four. Three are Gurton
girls and have passed the qualifying ex-
/ amlQaIlOnS LOT Inc Qc6t0o VI oothOt VI
| laws at Cambridge (which does not award
women the degree. One is an LII B..
| bachelor Of laws OF London university.
| The college of heralds are busy with a
new and revised list of baronets, which
| they intend to publish very shortly. A
baronet, on succeeding to title, is not
required to give any proof of his au-
| thenticity, as is the case with new
I "a A@lt ru1 t&At NJ ~, O
] the 100 odd who write Bart. after their
names there are some 20 or 30 who have
no right whatever to do so. The college
| of heralds' list will be the authentic reg
/ lister of baronets and none but those
! whose names appear there will be rec
! ognized officially. Few people remember
I that the order OF baronets was created
f, not only in connection with Ulster, but
| also as part of a scheme for settling
Scottish colonists in Nova Scotia. or
| this latter group of baronets there are
still more than so in existence. The idea
originated with James !, as an ingenious
I expedient for raising the wind VITA
out applying TO parliament. and the Arst
batch OF baronctcies were conferred
simply and solely in exchange for hard
| cash.
/ Since gambling became a craze in So
place for some of the spongers who live
| on the fringe of smart society are moth
| ing better than holy frauds. All sorts OF
schemes for getting ladies into their
| clutches are hatched by these pretty
| sehemers. One lady who had worked up
quite decent business in the West End
has cause for such heartbreaking over her
losses at cards for not only has she been
compelled to sell her business. but she
was made an unwilling partner to a
scheme by which the business was made
| to appear about twice as valuable as 1t
really was. number of ladies in society
who had never dealt at the shop being
added to its list of customers.
The new proprietors circularised these
supposed clients, and receiving some very
indignant replies. they are now threat
ening to take the matter into the law
courts unless their just claims are settled
at once.