The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-05
QUEEN OF ENGLAND
is POOR TALKER
Starts With Remarkable Felicity,
but Thread Breaks, and
She Suddenly Stops.
MISS WILSON INTERESTING
Suffragettcs Not Only to Support
Labor Candidates, but Also
to Finance Them.
MISS WILSON INTERESTING

On some one being brought up 10 her
it is said She Will begin To talk with
remarkable felicity. setting the other
at ease and delighting him. Thon, all
OF sudden, she suddenly ceases. an
acute silence SuperveneS, md the other
docs not know whether to break the
pause OF slip away. The fact is tho
Queen talks well by dint of concen-
ration; this does not always last un-
I'll the end OF the conversation. and
cnce the thread is broken she grows
tbstracted thinking of something else.
Is is suggested that Her Majesty has
adopted the idcn. not new to many poll
:icians. of posting herself on sub
Ject that she knows she will be called
upon to discuss. Miss Muricl Wilson,
one OF the most popular girls In so
cicty, carried this Idea out TO perfec-
ton, and thereby won the reputation
OF being one OF the most interesting
women in England. She supported ut
her own expense q former governcss,
and the only demand that she made In
return was to be coached. When there
was to be n party Mt Tranby Croft. her
fathers residence. Miss Wilson would
send the governess tho names OF any
celebrities who were to attend. and next
day when the governess had been to tho
museum library she would dispatch a
complete history Of what they had
written and done, 80 that Miss Wilson
could talk to Thorn with absolute fa-
millarity about their achievements
Every Name Considered.
matter that tho court officials have
felt II necessary to impress upon for
cigncrs presented to tho King and
Queen is that tho fact they have boon
presented at court does not carry all
the privileges that are sometimes sug-
geSted. Nobody who has not been pre-
scented at n court or levee can be asked
,a ip,v aud Qua hut
fact that they have been presented does
not mean that they will be Invited TO
meet Their Majcsties some other
occasion. The presentation at courts
or levees has no further results than
the appearance of the names OF tho
presented In the following mornings
papers II confers no privilege, except
that of entry--when invitcd--to a for
eiEn embassy abroad The sugS cstion
that presenteeS arc entitled to receive
at least one invitation to Il state ball
lacks any authority. The lists Of In
vitations for royal functions arc com
piled from tho hook containing the
names Of those presented at court. but,
In tho first place, the lord chamberlain
makes out the list. and then they are
carefully scrutnized by the Queen.
In the last reign. King Edward went
over the lists, but King George has
left this task to his ccnsort, so that
G.
fore ii is passed.
New Phnrc introduced.
The sufragcttcs have introduced a
new phase into the political situation
by their determination not only TO sup
port Labor candidates. but TO finance
them as Well There Is TO be a great
outpourinS of funds The result will
be that. when the general election
comes, there will bc innunerabIe fri
angular contests.
we'll Informed political writer SAYS
mat this probably Will return the
unionists with too small q majority
10 ne workable. whereas I'm all or
come back with only the loss of n com
paratively few seats"
lie continues: There is no uuc.tjon
or patriotism; suffragettes care moth
ms for empire They mean 10 have
me Vote' ana they are not likely TO
SHRINK from financing Irresponsible in
dlNldual candidates drawn from Labor
when they pour chemicals. into Io,,sr
BOXES, burn country houses, and dcstrov
masterpieces, such as the 'Vclasuue
Venus
An illustrious statesman said ,b,t
ne regarded the danger or suffrapntte
.'tt1i ference In elections az a greater
Thai. 'Tan any civil war In our islands.
lhelr funds cannot be estimated far
thcE are lodged in Paris and Brussels
'he'r resources seem practically limit
Tess. ana how they would cxcrcis.
power, IL they ever acquire it. may
be diagnosed by the means they are
taking TO obtain the vote"
Checrfully Make Returns
american citizens in London who
come under the scope OF the new in
come tax law arc making their returns
/ AT The consulate with chccrfulncss and
hiacritH Tho returns are numerous
n"' 90 not make a great sum in apgrc-
| gate. The incomes Of the very wealthy
| Americans residing here are taxed mt
me sources so that the returns Of
/ ,hese are made on the other side The
/ heaviest income thus far reported at
/ INC consulate is one of $4,000 The
/ citi"en who paid this declared that the
4 ''N was II reasonable charge for the
I privilege of being an American citizen.
/ rms was the tone adopted by most
! OF INC makers Of returns. and the STAFF
! ~ Tue consulate, anticipating unwill-
nE ana protesting citizens. was agree
aolE surprised at their attitude.
a resident VINO paid without erum-
pi'hE stated that the few protestants
! "E'N!t the new tax arc Americans
| VINO nave taken root here and who
nave chung to their American citizen
! SNIP Tor sentimental or business rca
sons. some OF these have been on
| P''''e VI DcCoIHlflR BFltlSn subjects
Tor some time, and the imposition OF
me income tax may hasten their de-
! cision.
DEM Of st. PauTs IN GLOOMY.
! DR. William Ralph Inge, dean OF 81
Ihui 8. whose sermons and lectures on
thinSs modern have won for him the
S"pfiluet Of the gloomy DEAN. de-
! ciares that Protestant asccttcIsm ia
| responsible for that singular product
! Oh our civilization known as tho mod
| err business man.
when one reflects that a man Is CON
! sut"tionally indoIent. that his natural
! desires arc easily satisfied, and that
olretnittinG attention to money-mnk
ing: disnualdes Its votary from en-
ooying tho finer pleasures of life. Il
! must be clear. no snid. that nothing
pu' "A queer sort OF religious self-mor
.ihcation could induce many persons
70 choose the life which the success
iui business man has to lead
when the money maker was nm hon
est merchant. subduing the earth and
really creating wealth to the public
| 'oVantagc. his work might be an in.
s'rumcnt OF valuable moral discipline
i'"t now that the fnancier had de-
'hr"hed The merchant, now that wealth