Evening journal., 1913-10-10
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
By FL AN u R.


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A million and half pounds for the
contents OF two pantries. each no larger
than an ordinary drawing room. is the
amazing value placed ON the British
Kings gold plate az Windsor Castle
For the purpose of state banquet at
Buckingham Palace. four tons of this
gold plate usually are transported 60
London In these treasure vans arc
epergnes Of gold which weigh several
hundred pounds There arc dishes three
of which are as much as any man would
care TO carry. Half a dozen of the din
ner plates also are q sufficient load for
ono man As for the candelabra. il takes
fho combined efforts Of three strong
poricrs TO handle them.
There is one dinner service, designed
and fashioned for the Fourth George
for the mere making of which $500 900
was paid. The gold of which II was
fashioned, derelict court plate melted
down, was valued at eJ0O000. There
was complete service for lao diners
center plaques Go represent waterl,
epergnes, candelabrn. tureens. entree
dishes, plates by the hundred, all OF
pure gold. with thirty dozen other gold
plates 10 fall back on in case of need
One Of the csndelabra of this particu-
lar service that of st. George lighting
the dragon, contains 300 ounces OF
gold aud cost cl2O00 another the
~Hesperides" is SO heavy that three
strong men can barely raise IL TO the
table level
I'm many mansions OF the nobility in
N...4 lla..N rtf
gold plate worth in the aggregate mil
lions Of pounds, especially that of the
Duke Of Bedford at Woburu Abbey,
which is exceptionally magnificent.
A tragic history is that Of the latest
foreign dancer AZ the Londen Opera
House il being that of Mlle. Carmelita
Ferrer, the nie-o Of the educational So
calist and philanthropist whose exc
cution at Barcelona in 1909. on a
charge of having led The revolutionists
in Catalonia. caused an excited stir in
many countries.
Fcrrer always affirmed himself inno-
cent and on the day hc was shot there
was much window breaking by indig
nunt crowds in the direction OF the
Spanish government Offices
Miss Fcrrer went on the stage against
her uncles will and the two were es-
tranged at the time of his arrest But
the news that he had been sentenced to
be shot drove an bitterness from the
niece's heart. aud the girl made frantic
appeals TO the King of Spain-for a re-
prieve. Alfonso. however. was advised
not TO interfere in the matter, and the
young dancer's dcspairing messages TO
the Spanish Court remained unan
swered.
A sensational sequel TO this tragedy
was enacted couple of years later at
the OLSON Theater in Paris Mile Fcrrer
happened TO be performing there one
evening when the King Of Spain occu-
pied a box. His lmpressionable Males
ty was so delighted with Mile. Ferrer's
dancing and not associating IL with the
tragedy at Barcelona he ordered bou.
quot of flowers sent To her dressing
room. The flowers were promptly re-
turned TO the King. with message
from Mile. Carmelita Fcrrcr that SHE
was niece of the murdered" Socialist.
Prince Henry, the King OF Eng
lands third son, rs going 10 Eton.
This viii be the FIRST time 50 far as
Is known that the son Of an English
sovereign will be bOarder at any of
the great public schools Of that coun-
try though other royal youths at one
time or another have been there. as
for instance the late Prince Christian
of SchleswiE- Holstein. at Wellington.
and Prince Arthur OF Connaught at
Eton
The royal parents wisely have ar
ranged that the young Prince shall
be treated exactly as any other boy
at the famous school near Windsor
He Is TO flag" and work, TO play and
hoard. just as his comrades do. He
will start in middle Fourth" form.
the class for all boys entering the
school, and he will reside IN Mr. Lub-
books house. where he will have to
do "fBg' duty for his seniors Just
like every other junior. The routine
laid down fixes his hour Of rising at
Gas a. m. on school days. His work
in school starts at 7.30. Three days
week are half holidays and only
four hours study are then done. but
on what are called "full" days the
Prince will have to put in six hours
work, like the rest OF the pupils
RnN upper noN can cali upon tne
Prince, as a junior. to run errands
for him and he will have to obey.
But he will also have special fag-
master. to whom he will be attached
in due course. and for that young
lord" he will have to tidy UP the
room each day. light the fire and
see that IL is kept going all day,
prepare the tea every afternoon and
AT other times. as wanted. make all
the toast for the fag-master and his
friends. cook eggs and sausages, fetch
the fag- masters book, and make
himself generally useful Tic will
have to go al each day TO the stock
shop" (which Is Etonian for bake
shopl and bring the pastries, fruit.
etc. required by the fag-master. He
will have to carry out this shopping
economically or his "chief" would
soon want to know why the bills are
50 biz.
The better the junior manages and
obeys. the better II is for a fag at
Elton. and there is a rule that when
any fag-master calls boy" in his