Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
FINDING BALLOON
RE[|EvESENC[AND
Acute Attack of ''Airshipitis"
From Which Country Has
Suffered Comes to End.
MRS. CORVALLIS WEST
is AUTHOR OF NEW PLAY
May Be Counted Upon to Give Brit
ish Society Product of Her En-
terprise Every Year.


LONDON. March 23.-The discovery by
a gamekeeper on lonely Yorkshire
moor of the remains of fire balloon has
ended one of the most acute attacks of
"aishipitis'' from which England has
suffered since the jingoes began to dis
cuss the danger of an airship attack by
Germany.
For several weeks towns on the east
coast have been in a fever of excitement
over the reports of mysterious lights
said to have been seen towering over
them. 1t is now believed that the re-
puted airships have all been heat bal
looms sent up by practical jokers. The
evening star. unusually prominent for
some time past on account of a notable
lack of fog, also shares the blame, and
Venus was responsible for breaking up
meeting of the West Hartlepool Corpo-
ration Finance Committee.
The committee was busy with the an
nual estimates when member entered
in a suppressed state of excitement and,
whispering to two Or three of his col
leagues, took them outside. Other mem
bers soon followed. The cause of the ex-
odus declared that the bright light over
head was an airship, and he asserted
that he could even see its outlines. After
a lengthy and heated argument it was
decided that the fearsome light was
Venus, a star seldom seen in that fog
ensarouded town.
In the meantime Germany is enjoying
the joke hugely and England is rapidly
losing its reputation as the most stolid
nation.
Mrs. West Writes New Play.
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, who was Miss
Jennie Jerome of New York. may be
counted upon to give British society some
new product of her enterprise and versa
tility every year. The newest is to be a
political play from her pen, entitled ''Fa-
Their and Son" Since Mrs. Vests first
English husband was prominent states
man and cabinet minister, Lord Randolph
Churchill. and her son, Winston Church
ill, is first lord of the admiralty in the
present cabinet. the public naturally is
curious to see whether. and how far. the
drama may reflect the experiences of her
own family.
Apparently, it may be counted on to do
this to some extent. The Father of
the play is cabinet minister in liberal
government and the "Son" is q con-
sentative member of parliament. The
play is to have it's first production this
month by the Repertory Theater Of Glas-
gov. Gossip has it that the Right Hon.
Winston Churchill is greatly annoyed by
the launching of this proposed exposition
of British politics, and is trying to dis
suade his mother from lending her name
to 1t.
Withdrew From Church of England.
The decision of the Benedictines of
Gladly Island, off the coast of Wales, to
withdraw from the Church of England
and seek union with the Order of St.
Benedict deprives the established church
of it's most prominent experiment in
mOndSticiSm.
About twenty years ago medical stu
dent, who had not yet qualified for his
did church work there. He finally decided
that he would rather be monk than
physician, and he gathered about him a
number OF youths who sympathized with
his aspiration. Presently they arbitrarily
decided to call themselves "Benedictines,'
but did not receive any sanction from the
order Disregarding this detail they band
ed themselves together under the Bene
dictine rules Of life and wore the habit of
the order.
For some years this religious commu-
nifty went on without much public notice
until the religious world was startled to
learn that Archbishop Temple, the aged
head of the English church, had given
the monks charter, signed and sealed
recognizing them as English Benedic-
tines and authorizing them to elect an
abbot.
The former medical student was elected
with the title of Father Aeldred, Abbot
of Painsthorpe. place in Yorkshire to
which they had removed from the Isle
of Dogs. This place presently became
too small for the order, and the monks
purchased and moved to the Island Of
Caldy, where they now live.
Balfour Considered Wealthy.
+ RaIforr forper rra,,,;,r ,,,a until
last year leader of the unionist party. is
one of tine very wealthy men of Great
Britain, his annual income being placed
at some half million dollars. Most Of this
comes from his Scottish estate. Whit
tinghame, Haddingtonshire, the chief
products of which are potatoes and metal
for road making.
Mr.. Balfour does not himself grow po-
tatoes or quarry road metal, but he
draws his income in rents and royalties.
The valleys of the estate are world
famed for the potatoes they produce and
the crop, which yields the highest prices,
Is shipped to England and at times even
prices. in turn pay big rents. and do SO
very gladly. The road metal is sold to
a contractor. who pays Mr.. Balfour
fortune in royalties for the privilege OF
quarrying at Whittinghame. There is a
whole mountain of the metal SO that
the former premier is assured Of a steady
income for many years from this source
alone.
Mr.. Balfour's only extravaganza Is the
keeping up of large house in Carlton
House Terrace, in London. and of course, |
his country home. Since he gave up the |
leadership of the unionist party his chief I!
occupation is golfng and tennis and he
engages in these games on the Riviera |
In winter and in Scotland in summer.