Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
Cleaned from Foreign Ex'
 changes

lie IhIlSuEll estate III which has just changed hands for a million and d quarter, would have cost moro if 0 Yorkshire Quaker had had his way former Sir Jesse Ramsden owned all Huddersfield except small freehold possessed by an old Quaker, who finally consented to sell for as many sovereigns as would cover the ground floor of his cottage.
 The knight arrived with bags of gold and began to carpet the floor neatly with the gold coins,
 Nay, jesse said the Friend, thou must go on saying that thee ana me own Huddersfeld. I'll only sell if you cover the ground with sovereigns placed edgeways up.'
 Should the competition organized by the Swiss government for a new na- tional anthem be justified by results it will be more successful than sirrli- lar competitions in other countries. During the war the Prussian govern ment offered tempting prize for a na- ticnal song to tEsDiace Heil dir i'm SiegerkranZ because of it's similarity to God Save the King. but though over 5000 attempts were received the com mittee= of selection rejected the whele 1 lot. .a. :T ~ ,anada and Australia have. both tried at times to provide themselves with official national songs. but with out success, while the majority of the people of the United states prefer Dixie to either Yankee Doodle or The Star Spangled Banner.
 l Russia is a land of many surprises; not the least. though possible the least talked about, being its vocal resources. l There is something i'll the Muscovite i physique that produces big. resonant i pass notes and in the Muscovite char acter that expresses deep, sad emotion i In song.
 Chaliapjne, whose# brilliant career has just been brought to an ironically I tragic end, may not have had the big gest voice in Russia, but he possessed unusual power of expression. He acts l with his voice." as a critic has fitly said. Yet in his time he has swept a 1 crossing to supplement the earnings of his vocal chords.
 There is always talk of new theatre building in the west end Of London. Why does not someone take the op- | portunity of setting up an Irving thea tre? Henry Irving is done; Laurence Irving and now H. B.
 The father and his two sons left a
 big impress on the histrionic tale of
 the 18th and 20th centuries, and they ttOUlO udIuly U0 COulIl10IlOEdteQ DetIeT
 than by a great theatre which should bear their common name. One has at
 hand, while writing. a newspaper an- nouncement dated Oct 2S. 1910. which
 runs: "The new theatre which H. B.
 Irving proposes to build near Leicester square will probably be completed In
 little more than years time, when
 MT. Irving will openait with a Shakes
 perean play on his return from Aus
 traila. As already stated, it will be
 called the Irving theatre. It will ac-
 commodate 2,0e0 people,"
 We'll, that theatre was never built
 for reasons best known to its promot-
 CTS. But surely now is the time tc make good their scheme.
 |, Precedence is strange thing, and g lgood illustration of it's mysteries is af
 forded by Earl Curzon's transference tc
 the position of foreign secretary. or giving up the lord presidency of the council, Earl CurZon sacrifices one 0,
 the highest positions in the order o1
 seniority. for the post is one of the five
 great offices of state. ,-r
 In the house of lords the new foreigr
 secretary drops from sixth place 'tc
 200th, only the Prince of Wales ths
 Duke of Connaught, the primate, thi lord chancellor and the Archbishop O.
 York ranking above the lord president whereas he now figures among tn,
 earls according to the date of creation
 In the table of general precedenc, he has hitherto had as seniors only tn, , royal family. the ambassadors, the twt
 archbishops, the two cflancellors anS the prime minister; now even the cid
 est sons of dukes come before him, al
 well as numerous others. including tn 3 speaker, the lord privy seal and tn 5 state officers.
 Ahmed Shah, who is to be our mex
 notable guest, will find England evel
 more full of wonders than his great l grandfather did when he visited thi l country in the '70s. One of the thing z which impressed him. most was ou underground railway system. thoug]
 he was not little afraid of the rush ing trains.
 :. Indeed, or one occasion he was hear r to inquire whether there was not f good caravan route, between Londo
 and Liverpool. as he considered hi
 own country's s. mode of travelling safe, v The present ruler of Persia %has sas come of age. and he has chosen. an in } structive way of celebrating the at e tainment of his majority Owing; t T his being a bad sailor, he has made a fmuch of the tourney as he could fror
 the east overland.
 0 There is high window in West , minister street where every morning a t II pigeons come from all around t U gather in an orderly assembly. Outside the window is a broad para lpet, where they gather and sit wait