The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-23
Predicted Last Three Years-Ameri.
can Girl Tells of EneIand's
Economy

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 22-Miss
Clara Scott who came to this city
from England several weeks ago, still
remains in the city the guest of
friends. She is the niece of the late
]. w. Kelly and a cousin of Mrs. John
Watt, both of this city. Mrs. Maurice
Byrd, who is at present visiting her
mother in Chattanooga, a daughter of
the late Sergeant General Byrd of the
Indian army, is also related to Miss
Scott.
1t will be remembered that Miss
SCOTS brother, Commander Walter
Scott, went down in 1914 with the
flagship Good Hope with Sir Christie
pher Craddock, admiral, in the battle
of Coronel, when the Monmouth was
also sunk
Miss SCOTS brother-in-law Major
A. F. Stewart Of the Indian army, was
taken prisoner April 20, 1916, at Fort
Iut-El-Amara. Major Stewart was
twice mentioned in General Sir John
Nixon's dispatches for his splendid
service as observation officer during
the siege of Kut-El-Amara. She re-
ceived letter from him recently from
Casta Mounin, in Asia Minor, where
he is in prison. He writes in good
lspirits and says that he is well treat
: ed.
When asked something of the con-
'ditions in England when she left
there, Miss Scott said:
1T was almost impossible to buy
sugar when | left There were cards
placed in all the stores requesting the
people to use just as little sugar as
possible. Paper was also scarce"
In speaking of strangers entering
the towns, she said:
amy one arriving in strange
place must Immediately fill in print
ed form, giving name, nationality, age
etc, for the police. The museums are
all closed and all the treasures buried
under the ground
Miss Scott said that over Bucking
/ ham palace, occupied by the roya
family, and the general postoffice al
London elaborate wire erections have
,~la 20 from
bombs. The church clocks no Longer
chime in any of the cities, she told the
llreporter-in fact, no noise is made
and everything over there is yer!
| quiet, as the noise may easily be heart
by the Zeppelins.
II Every one is practicing economy.
! is not case of virtue, but OF neces
sity. The reporter asked in what wa
the people economical. "Oh", bega
| the interesting conversatlonalls
"people economic in various way
One house l know Of they used
have a clean tablecloth and fresh nal
kins at every meal and they now haV
cut the supply down to one tabl
cloth a week and no napkins at al
On the Wednesday before leaving En-
Hand | lunched with wealthy frien
Halter dinner we went into the garde
nm 7 was astonished to see the once bea
iii tiful lawn disfgured by unsightly "
iii low patches and rabbit hutches her
Hill there and everywhere. She explain'
Hull to me: 4 have the hutches to avo
Vii the expense of cutting the grass"
|||H From an underground room in h
4l|l house Miss Scott said she heard Il
Hill lound whirr of machinery. ITO n
I||A great establishment" she exclaime
tll| 81 found a famous Belgian diamo
Jill! cutter from Antwerp, busily cutti
diamonds She had rented out Il
room for that purpose"
She said that Lord Roberts dea
caused universal sorrow The n
mortal to him has taken the form
workshops for disabled soldiers
sailors" she said, where each roc
| has its special machinery, adapted
| the use of men with one arm or G
| Ileg or to men who have lost both l'
! and still have the use of their arr
! THE blind are taught basket work
| Speaking of the men in the trench
| the reporter was told that they W.
/ showing an increasing taste for 81
Gus literature To meet this dema
/ the London Times publishes six lt
| lets weekly for two cents, each c
| tanning a celebrated extract from
| classic prose or poetical author
| friend wrote to me-" said Miss Sc
| "from Gallipoli. of the price or