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Injunction that Cody turned out n ma
chine that would really fly. 1t weighed
1000 pounds, the largest aeroplane
then in existence It had varying
wings. and he was threatened with an
Injunction suit for infringing the
Wright patents, but nothing ever came
OF the threat so far as the public was
Informed by tho War Office.
Accepted ns Great Avintor.
He made a number OF flights around
Aldershot, and was the first man in
England to fly an acroplane forty
miles. His first recorded flight was
January ., 1909. After that he was in
tho air for short flights every few days
for months. He was accepted by the
War Once as a great aviator, and
when, September {. 1909. ne flew forty
miles across country. he was accepted
as ranking with Curtiss. the Wrights
and Henri Farman as AN aviator.
Cody made one attempt to win the
prize Of $4,000 offered by Alfred
Harnsworth for flight from Lon
don TO Manchester, but after going a
few miles he encountered some telc-
graph wires in fog and came down.
He did not repeat the attempt, and the
prize was won shortly afterward by
Louis Paulhan, the French aviator
Cody had number OF falls during
his experiments but none of them was
at all serious up to the time OF his
fatal accident.
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EUROPE TO SEND
NOTED HORSES
Foreigners Satisfied With Racing
Conditions Here, According
to August Belmont.

New York. August 1.-August Bel
mont chairman of the board OF direc-
tors OF the Jockey club. who returned
Yesterday from Europe. declares that
American racing interests abroad are
SO satisfied that racing will be con-
tnucd under the present modification
IN New FORK state again next year
that they arc planning TO ship many
famous horses back TO this country in
antIcipa ton of the season.
II believe that the sport Will be
thoroughly re-establishcd next year"
said Mr. Belmont. There Will he no
fall meeting under the auspices OF the
Jockey Club this year. however Rae
ing is thing with which YOU must
not surfeit the public"
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.TARS GAIN GAME
BY HITTING AUSTIN
Norfolk Lands First in Struggle
With Newport News for
Last Place.

Norfolk. Va. August Norfolk do
ieated Newport News to-day. taking
the fourth straight victory of the week.
The game despite the fact that 1t WAS
played so far as the outheld was con-
cerned in three inches OF water. was
I'm Interesting one from start to finish.
Both teams struggling hard TO keep
out and get out of last place. put up
an excellent exhibition HIS that or
dlnhrIly would nave gone for two
bases were pulled down after long runs
by iiclders on both sides.
and on bases Jack Shenn. who aid
the twirling for tho locals, really de
serves thc credit Tor the victory. Shenn
held the ShipDuilderS hitlcss for six
innings Austin was also in fine shape.
and his teammates backed him up to
a man II Norfolk succeeds in taking
builders will be bin.It in last place Sat
urdny night The score:
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Iiuiidiup Permits

Fuildins permits were Issued yesterday az
follows:
DR., stuart Mcclure. to build three-story
brick addition TO the nurses home of ST.
Iuke's hospital. AZ "A cost OF Sd.T35.
Mrs. Carrie Il. iIoze To build a brick
tenement the west side Of Twenty
first Street between Nenable and Darlington
Streets. Mt cost OF $3.50.
d. T. Williams. To build brick garage
1872
". j. Gilman. to huild brick garage In
tho rear of North Boulevard. at Il cost OF
$3.50.
Schaaf Bros. TO remodel tho front entrance
OF their store at 1875 East Broad Street at
cost or $3.50.
Charles Thompson. 10 buila an addition to
the dwelling at l+17 West Leigh street. at
a cost of $3.50
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FOOD CONDITIONS
REPORTED BETTER

In tho hope of bringing to the pub
lie attention the work OF the State
rood ana Dairy Department and 10 en-
list the active corporation OF the peo-
pie. Commissioner w d. Saunders has
begun the issue OF quarterly reports OF
rood inspections, the first Of which
covering the period from March to
June l. came from the printer yester-
day afternoon. Conditions found in
slaughter houses. Ice cream factories
dairies. hotels. restaurants, bakeries
and other food manufacturing plants
IN the State are reported freely in these
quarterly bulletins.
The tone OF the bulletin Is moro opti-
mistic than any report which has yet
enanatcd from Commissioner Sauud-
erss office. Thank TO rigorous en-
forcement of the States pure food reg
ulations. objectionable conditions in
bakeries ana slaughter houses have
been rcmcdicd In many cities and re-
cent inspections show that sanitary
surroundings are now more the rule
two years ago were found to be gen
orally unsatisfactory, were found with
rare exceptions in excellent condition.
Out OF the eleven baking plants in
spected in the quarter, all We're re-
ported in good condition. Four OF these
were reported bad and one fair on the
last inspection.
Slaughter Houses BETTER.
OF the slaughter houses. which have
caused the commissioner slocplcss
nights, IL is reported that fourteen
were inspected and found 10 be In a
good sanitary condition. Two OF these
were reported bad and three fair on
the inspection made last year The
progress made I'm cleaning UP tho
Kitchens OF hotels and restaurants has
been specially marked: during the
quarter forty seven were inspected by
officers OF the department and MI re-
ported i'm good condition. Many OF
these were Objectionable to the in
spectors on their former visits
In this issue OF the quarterly the
commissioners declares war on tomato
canncries which have been filling cans
with moro juice than fruit The de
partnent examined sixty samples
OF canned tomatoes Thirty samples
were found 10 contain more liquid than
meat. one sample contained twenty
nine ounces Of fruit and six ounces OF
liquid. while twenty eight samples We're
found TO contain an average excess of
only four ounces fruit over liquid.
Commissioner Saunders SAYS that the
canncrcs must increase the quantity
OF fruit packed In cans or be pre-
pared for trouble.
oyster beds discovered To bc polluted
on inspection have been ordered aban
doned and this work has received the
co operation OF planters and packers.
Samples OF soft drinks and carbonated
beverages were generally found harm!
less, although some contained bcnzoate
OF soda. and tho majority were colored
with coal tar dyes.
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build anything IN the way Of a nyiny
machine or balloon. His first expert
ments were made with box kites
These ne developed on the British
military training grounds at Alder
shot. where 10000 OF the finest troops
in the British army are always kept
in readiness to march on u moments
notice on airy expedition
Success With Kites.
He achieved such success with h;g
kites that the british War Office at
tachcd him 10 It's aviation staff
Ills theatrical appearance and NIT
DDS created some prejudice against
him, which. 1"w-Ncr was largely DIS
PEELED when ne forcsworc Ei1crican Al
legiance and became n British subject
Tn" public In E.ns',,i only began TO
take hin: seriously when he carried
OF the military prize Of $4,000, open
Ia the world. at Salisbury Plain In
August. 1919.
Following that triumph. he built
several machines and was constantly
exper: uent!ng with improvements. All
OF HID :cropianes We're heavy biplanes
which his rivals considered crude In
their construction. but he nevcrthe-
less made successful flights with some
OF them.
He leaves wifo and TWO sons in
England
Evans was member OF the Indian
civil service who mad obtained leave
- abserce 10 come TO England to
study avidticr
Succeeds After Many Failures.
Cody was the first resident English
man to build an aeroplane for the
British War Office, and his was. the
first machine. aside from tho Wrights,
10 fly in England ut all. He had been
experimenting with flying machines
for long time and. owing TO his sue
cess with kite experiments. had re-
cetved commission from the British
War ONCE 70 build military ma
chine.
The several machines he attempted
were. very large and made chiefly Of
bamboo. There were many trials and
Just as many failures. until Cody be
came = standing Joke with tho War Of
fee and rather a sore point with them
After the last failure OF one OF his
early machines 70 fly. tho authorities
got tired and told him 10 take his ma
chine and himself off into the woods
and lose himself II possible.
II was just on the back OF this
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Fishers and cherry's furnished the ice
The Rnces.

cream.
The Races.
Chimborazo carried off the honors in
the foot races, the Green and Gray"
winning six out Of the eight dashes
Kline, OF Fulton. won the 500 yard dash
for boys over sixteen, which closed the
events. The winners were rs follows
l00-ynrd dash-Bayliss. Chimborazo;
Nelson, Fulton; Marshall, Chimborazo
Time. 1912 seconds.
So-yard dash-Odey. Chimborazo
Feivey. Paramount; Murray. Chimbo-
razo. Time. II seconds.
6o-yard dash-Gary. Wilson Mills.
all Chimborazo. Time. Q seconds
60-yard dash. second heat--raylor.
Hogan, Crittendon. all Ch!mboraxo
i0-yard dash-ArmitaSe Chimbo-
razo: Dervin. Paramount; Marshall
Chimborazo. Time, I seconds.
i0-yard dash. second heath OLSON,
Chimborazo; Rothchild. jefferson; Hos
tey Springfield. Time. : As seconds.
So-yard dash-Bunce. Chimborazo;
Rice. Fulton. Jcncss. jefferson
5Oo-yard dash-kline. Fulton. Wilt
shire. Chlmborazo: Fernandez, CHM
borazo. Time 1:2l 2-5.
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Colonel F. S. Cody Killed at
Aldershot-His Passenger
Is Also Victim.

London. August 7.-Colonel F. s
Cody. the famous Anglo-Anerican
aviator. was killed IN an aeroplane
accident at Aldcrshot to-day.
Cody was trying out a new aeroplane
when he met his death. In the ma
chine with him vas a passenger named
Evans. who was also Killed. They
We're dying over the open country,
most OF which is government land. in
the Aldcrshot district, and had just
reached the government house when
their aerop!anc began travelling badly,
and finally fell with crash to the
ground. Several officials rushed TO the
spot and found the bodies Of Cody and
Evans lying beneath the aeroplane.
cody's neck waa broken and both of
EVans's legs were fractured In the fall.
Cody's sons. Leon and Frank, were
wac attributed BY experts TO faulty
construction. the body OF the craft
proving too heavy for the wings
The machine they say appeared to
cru.uPle up the wings suddenly shoot
ing upward and the whole structure
co!lapsing
The aeroplane was flying at an alti-
tude OF between 200 and 800 feet when
It fell. Members OF the Royal Flying
Corps removed the bodies TO the milf
tary mOrtuary, and an inquest is to
be held tomorrow.
Real Soldier OF Fortune.
Cody was the most interesting figure
IL. aviation In the British Isles He Wa :
a real soldier of fortune with q very
varied career behind him. He was
we'll known to the public IN England.
and very popular. He wore a sombrero.
long mustache, an imperial and long
hair. and was almost an exact counter
part OF Buffalo Bill"
He came TO Eng land n number OF
years aso from tho United states,
where he had been a cowboy IN the
West lie has a severe struggle 10
obtain . start in England. After
living precariously for IA while, he at
tracted the attention OF the experts
IN the British War ONCE on account
or his display CO natural gifts OF con.
struction. particularly in aerial ma
chimes. He was said TO toe able TO
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NAT QNAL.
(Continued From sixth page

nails scored all their runs IN tho open
ms inning, while Brooklyn got one
in the second and one in the third.
a pass 70 HuuVins. singles by Cakes
ana MaVcc, and A!leus wild throw 10
catch Magcc. wiki Kouctchys out
caused the Cardinals runs Brooklyn
scored ono in tho second on kirkpnt-
rick's triple and Fishers out. while
Aliens home ruu over Tho right-aeld
fence added the last run for The Wis
i;ors After tho third IL was q pitch
ors battle. win honors about even.
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st Observation-Disclosures. 0ooe2t0o-s
Boston .........................i0 02lOl-9
summary: Errors-Cardncr. Yerkes, Pra,i
t2). Johnston. NcAllistcr, Mitchell tlD. Two
base hits-Hooper 90 Austin. Shotter Janv-
rim. Thrco-base hit-Lewis. Sacrifice hit
Speaker Sacrifice tiics--J ohuston. Carrigan.
stolen bases-Wiiliame. Speaker. First base
on halls-OF Anderson. OF Hall s. OF
Mitchell. l. of Hamilton /. struck out--By
Anderson. !. by Leonard, ?: by Mitchell, g.
Hit by pitcher Mitchell. uinpires, Egan and
Dlneen. Attendance. 5000
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DOUBLE WEDDING is HELD
ON BAL TIMORE SIDEWALK
Washington ColOred Couples Unde-
TERED by TOrn-Tp Strcct-Gct
Rice and Old Shoes.

Baltimore. Md, August 7.-Recause
the street In front of tho residence of
the clergyman by whom they wished 10
he married was torn up, two colorcd
couples from Washington got out of
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Indianapolis 90; Minneapolis, l-2
D DseS9hd me~called thirteenth. dark
Louisville. 81 Kansas City, 5.
Toledo, I: St Paul, O.
Columb bus, I; Milwaukee. e.
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Philadelphia, August 7.--Whue a poi!cs-
man vice quarantine duty stood guard at
the front door OF her home. this city, Yetth
Wolf alias gibbs, VAS stabbed 30 death yes
;erGay by au unknown assailant. Her body
was found ny her husband. lsaGore Wolf.
lying In a pool OF blood which had flown
from three gashes In her throat.
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There are n class Of patrons attend
ing the game who should stay at home.
They probably wager Il few pennies
on the outcome and think this gives
police scattered through the stands
instead of punched on n bench on the
field might stop some OF the unpleasant
and unWarranted abuse.
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AMERICAN

Continued From sixth Page
1vor the winning run on base on
;a:.a. :. s;cni ANA z single by Speaker.
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Charlie Piez pulled the prettiest play
of the game when he cut down Goalby
NJ the plate in the tenth. Goalby tried
to score on Pressly's hit
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Even had Newton not erred it is
probable that Harry would have lost,
because the Tigers were hitting him
hard.
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OttIS ......-....... - 10
Score by innings: r.

:EN"T9Il -NtWa ....... y u
Norfolk . O0jll 90 -
summary Stolen bases-Kircher ~,
Schrader. Sacrifice hits-VRndine (2).
Shcnu Two base hits--Gcycr, Quinn
and Schrader Double plays-Aus;!n
TO Quinn. TO Tarletou to Gondoln. Cray
TO Steinburncr 10 Schrader; Stcinburner
TO Schrader struck out--bY Austin. 3;
(Schrad"r and Ryan); of Shcnn.
tChastant >. Austin and QUINN VIVA
pitches Austin. Shenn 90 Left on
HIT hatsman-LonE and Noren. Time
OF Eaiae-l.i5. Cmpire-I[elly.
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II Will be Vance or Strain to day
against Tolson. Tomorrow Ayers and
strain VIII battle with Ehrd and Car
din.
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To accommodate the large crowds
visiting the seashore on Sundays. tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will sell
Sunday outing tickets on trains leaving
Richmond $40 and . a. NJ and . noon
giving eXcursionists ten hours at the
seaside. Three hours longer at Ocean
View than via any other route.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Nashville, .; Atlanta, Cten innings).
CHATTANOOGA, ,, Birmin CHAM . tteu
darkness).
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Totals 4o SO .25 IS Totals 3, g "a 81 Il
'One out when winning run was scored.
Score by INNINGS: Z.
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Harry Griffin finished the ninth in
great style. Though he walked sum
mcrs and hit CHM 1t happened after
two wore out and no damage resulted
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Bob Rawn didn't show much. but
he successfully fooled the Tigers.
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He hadn't n chance to get his man,
and took n chance To do just what he
did-throw the ball away.
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Notes Of Game

Newtons throw To first In the tenth
TO stop Goalhy WAS uneXcuSable, and
let in the tally that won tho game.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE

Macon, 6; Charleston. ..
savannah, t; Albany, |.
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Brooklyn

Toms 80 l.. . ]. TOTALS 20 = 2
'Batied inr Fisher tn uiu;h.
tHatts3 ;or Miller ~ uiuth.
chuit-d for Alien a. n!uth.
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CAROLINA LEAGUE

Greensboro, /. Raleigh. 4.
Durham, /. Winston Salem. ..
Charlotte. !; Asheville, l.
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Baseball Results Yesterday
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Baltimore. 81; Toronto. 0-s.
Jersey City, o; Montreal, ..
Newark. 3: Buffalo. 2.
Providence, 1; Rochester. 2.
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Misfortunes to Manuscripts
From Tit-Bits.

rom III bltS.
When Thomas Carlyle had finished
the first volume of his French Revol,-
tion," a work which had cost him
months of incessant toll and the verif-
cation of thousands OF facts and refer.
ences. he lent the manuscript to John
Stuart Mill Surely that philosopher
had one of the worst tasks ever allotted
to mortal man when he had to tell
the sage of Chelsea that the priceless
manuscript had been thrown into tho
fire by careless servant, and onlv a
few charred leaves-still to be seen in
Cheyne row, Chelsea-remained to tell
the tale.
Sir Isaac Newton was the victim of a
similar catastrophe, but the friend"
responsible was not human, but ga :
nfne-his favorite little dog. He left
him in his study alone, and when he
came back found that he y.chewed,
the mathematical calculations Of man
strenuous months. Many accounts say
that Newton took 1t very calmly. bmt
the truth is that 1t preyed upon his
mind to such an extent as to causa
much temporary mental alteration
One OF the great losses to literature
was the burning OF six books of Spen-
ser's ''Faery Queen" which the poet is
said to have left in his house in County
Tyrone, Ireland. A rebellion broke ont
and the place was burned. and not onIv
did the poets youngest child perish IN
the flames. but, it is said, about as m,,cb
of the great poem as we possess at nres-
ent.
All lovers of Byron are aware that
short, adventurous life to write his
short. adventurouh life to write his
memoirs. and that on his death these
passed Into the hands Of his friend.
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and a half hours for meals and 1t leaves
nine and half hours. Assume half of
this time to be taken up with hair cut
ting, shampootng, waiting for custom
ers, etc.. and it leaves four and three
quarter hours for shaving. AS not every
customer is clean shaven, we must also
make an allowance on the number of
strokes and on the time occupied SUP
pose we take the average number of
strokes at $50, and the average time
for each shave as eight minutes This
would give time for the scraping of
about 36 customers. and the distance
travelled by the razor would be 540c
inches or $50 yards.
The shop closes at l o'clock on Sat-
urdays Therefore. on the foregoing
basis. the number of customers shaved
per week will be about 1876 Allow a
fortnight for the summer holiday, and
you have total of $500 customers per
year. with a razor stroke distance OF
1,47O,0c0 inches. which is equal to 90
miles 353 yards l foot,
Further investigation revealed the
fact that when the writer shaves him.
self something like 500 strokes are re-
quired to produce a result equal to that
obtained by the barber with his 236
The greater skill of the barber is thus
represented by saving in razor dis
inchesi The time advantage to his cre-
dit was six minutes. SO much for the
Sesults OF specialization in industry.
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Thomas Moore. who, exercising a dis
cretion committed to him, promptly
consigned the manuscript to the flames.
No doubt the writer of Irish Melodies"
had very good and highly proper rea-
sons for taking this decisive step. and
II is quite likely that the publication
Of the memoirs would not, for obvious
reasons. have been possible for many
wears after the poets death; yet as sue
ceadinr generations have been brought
face 10 face with the peculiarly COM
plex genius of Byron, with its lofty
moods and It's many dark places, they
have felt need Of the light which only
the records written by vanished hand
could have supplied
since the death of Auguste Strind-
berg. the famous Swedish novelist and
drafnatist-who by the way, had much
in common with Byron-many of his
works have been translated into the
English language and are already the
center of heated controversies in lit
ararv circles It Is possible thereforef
tbat tho powerful, IL somewhat misan-
tbronical writings of this Swedish re-
cIuse may be read and treasured by
generations to come. But all his works
will not go down to posterity. for II
is said that. in a sudden fit of despon-
dencv. Strindberg himself destroyed n
number of his manuscripts. which,
through lack of time or inclination, he
never wrote again.
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room are pair of light clubs, and a
pair of dumbbells with which her royal
highness does an hours light exercise
every morning. This is her fathers
idea.
Out of this room is yet another which
Princess Mary calls her "workshop.'
Here is small gas stove, where she
cooks cakes and other light dainties,
about which her brothers chaff her
nightly when they are at home, but
which they never fail to devour all the
same. A table stands near on which
she makes her pastry.
In the furthest corner from the win
dow is a table devoted to her photog-
raphy, at which her royal highness may
most often be found in her spare time
No need for darkrooms now, and Mary
does all her own developing and print
ing, and on the shelves in the school
room are the albums in which she
pastes a print of each of her photos.
These albums are doubly interesting
from the fact that she has the sigma
lures of nearly all the celebrities that
she has snapshotted. This room has a
green linoleum floor cloth, and a dado
of white tiles. that look both business
like and dainty. In one corner are kept
her golf clubs, hockey sticks, skates,
and all such implements.
Entertaining "a Bore
One other room-and the one least in
hahited by her royal highness-is a
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small drawing room, in which she en-
tertains her friends when they come
to see her, for playing hostess" is re-
garded as part of her education. Little
Princess Mary regards this part of her
life as a dreadful bore" Not that she
doesn't care for her friends. but she
is such an Outdoor girl that open air
pursuits and boys games are her favor
lite pastimes. A game of cricket with
her brothers she loves, and, indeed, she
can give them all good game, even
the Prince of Wales himself. She is
good and fearless rider and can SWIM
golf and play hockey as well as most
girls of her age.
Her chief friends are her cousins the
four children of the Duke of Teck
Queen Mary's eldest brother. There is
more than meets the eye in this. Queen
Mary has great wish that they should
all grow up together like brothers and
sisters, so that there shall be no danger
of sentimental feeling between the
boys and their cousin, as the queen is
dead against marriage between cousins
Lady Newtons children come up pretty
regularly to buckingham palace to take
tea with their little hostess, and Lady
Mary Cecil, Lord Salisbury's daughter,
is perhaps Princess Mary's most inti-
mate friend.