The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

], Graevenitz stables and promptly turned | them to war use
 Leaders Attitude on Prohibition
 One would like to know how the present drink agitation has hit the members Of
 the cabinet itself There was time,, just after the King succeeded to the throne, when there were many stories told of his excessive drinking. but these seem to have been exploded by the public dclara- tions of number of his close friends.
 such as Lord Rosebery, and by a well
 managed press campaign So the public
 is not bit surprised by his action in abolishing drink in the royal household during the period of the war. What is of perhaps more interest is the possible ac-
 tioi of few of the leaders in politics and administration. House of Common gossip. usually, on matter of this kind, particularly we'll informed, will tell you that at least two of the more promi- nent members of the government front bench are excessively fond of the bottle and a high official of the war office is also reported to have been severely hit by the implied necessity of following the Kings lead"
 However all this may be, you may rest assured that the government will be mighty careful in dealing with the liquor
 interests. All this talk about total pro- hibition is only so much threat in order to reconcile the producer and the con sumer to a lesser but none the less dras- tic restriction of the industry. The liquor interests are Tremendously powerful in Great Britain, much more influential than they are in the United States. Fur thermore the public is by no means ready for or willing to submit to total prohibi- tion even for the period of the war. And finally the tory opposition is eminously silent when it was hoped and expected that it's leaders at least, would publicly | rally to the support of the government. Prince Henry at Eton
 l The Prince of Wales is at the front In
 France what time he is not carrying spe-
 cial dispatches to England; Prince Al
 bert the Kings second son, now recov- cred from an operation for appendicitis, l is once more with the grand feet wher-
 ever it may be; while Prince Henry the third royal scion, has just missed German
 measles at Eton. The last named is now
 safely with his parents at Windsor, where he has celebrated his birthday, but when
 the Easter vacation is over he will re-
 turn to the English school on the
 Thames to defy even the dangers o1
 Hunnsh contagon.
 Prince Henry is even more popular thar
 is his elder brother, Prince Albert Among his fellow students at Eton he is known a. III R. H. There was a lot oi
 nonsense written about the Prince O Wales while he was at Oxford For In
 stance. it was said, that he was treated like any other student. As a matter O fact. as he was heir to the throne nont
 of his fellow students. except thos friends whom he knew before going up 5 were brought into contact with him. ant he was the object of more demonstration
 of pure snobbery than the ordinary Eng llshman is willing to admit exists in hi ] whole country. not to speak of the con , fines of Oxford university. In the case O Prince Henry, however, 1t is possible t' say that beyond an equerry, or persona | attendant of mature years, who watche ! carefully over him, he leads the norma life of the famous school which he at tends He mixes with the students, play . their games and participates in the worl of the officers training corps. He is . moreover, credited with more natural in teliigence than Is either of his olde Q brothers and is said to have shown great aptitude for languages.
 Was Brought Home Poignantly
 Few of the younger women of Lon y don have had the war brought home t l them so poignantly as has Lady Bel : per She is the second daughter of LOT : Aberdare, whose late son and heir, tn e Hon Lyndhurst Brice, husband of tn 8 former Camille Clifford, the America y actress, was recently killed in action. e addition to this sorrow, Lady Beper' n husband. while serving as a captain i r the Second Life Guards, one of the crac
 London regiments which have suffered s e terribly since the early days of the wa a was severely injured internally when hi n horse was shot from under him. LOT s Belper Is now recovering from an opers l, tion and hopes soon to get back into tf - firing line. 4s
 t Lady Belper is typical Bruce It WE 8 said at the time of Camille Clifford
 marriage that Lady Belper. who was pa I, sionately attached to her eldest brothe s interceded with the proud father ar o reconciled him to the marriage. Howev' 1t that may be, she was the first to a e knowledge that the former Gibson gi e made good as the wife of the heir l. one of the most famous British peerage g As a matter of fact considerab c. strain of plebeian blood runs through Il e veins of the man whom Lady Belper he ,- self married. He Is only the third ba e on The founder of the family fortui
 was a small farmer who apprentfced h : son to a wheelwright. This son's so . Jedediah Strut, became hosier and | vented the machine for making ribbt