The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
GOSSIP IN LONDON
rom the Philadelphia Evening rele-

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
 graph.
 Christie's, London. opened recently 1 with their first sale of the season
 that is to say, the first business sale.
 for the Red Cross sale, which took up
 !2 days, was, of course for charity.
 In ordinary times Christies season
 would have commenced in November. but the war has turned things in the art and curio world upside down. The
 sale was devoted to modern pictures
 and 1t should form a good test of the 1 Willingness of people to lock up their
 money these days in art treasures. l Thirty jolly little East End bahias have a "club" at the corner of E,,rd ] road and St. Stephens road. London to which they go daily. Once the .club" was a public house, but it is now A l 9abies' house, and there Is accommo-
 dation for more babies than 3O Some of the liliputian members of tie "club," however, miss their "mu1ns" as mothers are called in the East
 End, and. therefore, there is a de- hand for volunteer "mums" to t.ll<, the little ones out to enjoy the air while the babies mothers are at work. On Mondays, at D. m., the bables are weighed and the doctor attends from D. m. to D. m.
 Soup Is provided at a nominal cost fer the mothers and milk is providec
 for the babies. Doctors and nurses nt- tend free of charge.
 The babies house is open from s o'clock in the morning until in the evening.
 The restaurant is called the Cost rrice" restaurant.
 Inside the fenced enclosure of the territorial camp, near Clarence Gate f.ichmond park, the first camp one comes to-that is. if one is lucky enough to pass the pickets-is tine Artists Rifles, who are now solely an Officers training corps, though the du- ties they do at Richmond are identical
 with the ordinary routine of training Next to them are the Queens West insters and beyond on the slope of a hill are the London Scottish They will have the H. A. c. on the other sice, but the battalion has not ya,
 moved in. The London Scottish carp is full of interest just now, for during the last few days a number of the men wounded in the terrible charge at Mes siaes on Halloween have reioined In the pleasant sergeants mess Sergeant smith, who has seen 34 years in the seTviee and went through the charge without scratch al nf .f
 mer who were "out" One who reioinad
 Was Corporal now Sergeant Gamer
 on. We hover thought he would live. lie had bayonet right through his side and five other wounds. He is quite picture if you see him stripped at
 Washing time Another is Serseau: Paton. Pa Patton he is called He was wounded in the head at Messines ard
 was taken to the base hospital When he was convalescent they were eoine To send him home. But he wouidn'1 have it. so they let him go back The first night he was back-it was at Ypres-he caught it again, shrapnel
 ;his time. in the sh builder and arm. Now
 he wants to go back again. There's'
 another man there. Sergeant Hay iIe 1 g one of the best singers. The last tine he was heard was in the town hall at Bethune and he sang a song which made everybody roar. He wrote 1t him self and it was called "Rumors," with the refrain. "Only canteen rumors, aft l CT all,' and the verses told how they were going home for rest going to | HSvpt, or to do something else equally marvellous
 PERSONALS FROM LONDON TIMES. l WHEN the host goeth forth against thine enemies. then keep thee frcn, l every wicked thing.-Deuteronorry i XXiii. g.
 | APPROXIMATIONS amongst the rank 1 and file have served to indicate tiac l good deal of the reluctance to eL- l list is caused by the feeling that aft- CT all the sacrifices that may be made the, at present, apostrophized l Hun will again be welcomed back with open arms to displace tlou- | sands of those who have earned the 1 right to first consideration
 l ONLY those wearing khaki are entitle to deride those ''too proud to fight i' THE KINGS EFFICIENCY CRUSADE l The National Peoples Palaces asso- c1ation, inaugurated under very in | fluential auspices. invites inforpia- | ton as to local requirements and
 possibilities for establishing nonal- coholic palaces in industrial districts | Bright refreshment resorts, free from the lure of drink. are the urgent | need of the hour, Local committees
 row being formed. Write or apr ly Hon. Sec, 1 Albermarle street, Pic
 oadlly, W.
 MuNlTlON MAKERS CANTEEN COM MlTTEE-1his committee has been formed for the purpose of supplying canteens in the various worksr ops where munitions of war are being
 made, with the leave of the treasury | and master of ordnance. In many places the worker has no chance of
 getting refreshment in the short
 time out allowed and therefore can- not possibly do his best in turing
 out the work that is so urgently needed. The canteens are being en-
 tirely run by women. who are giv- ing their services voluntarily in or
 der that the workers may have food
 end drink whenever it is considered
 advisable. Under these circumstances Lady Lawrence confidenly appeals to
 the ladies of Great Britain to suppl, :,
 the funds necessary for providing 3 the canteens. (The initial outlay is required for hiring or purchasing 2 | canteen barrows, baskets tents etc