Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-16

losis and any disease that is On the prowI.
 The American Relief Committee, the So"iety If Friends af1 kinds of hos pital funds and philanthropic works a4-y la ss- si1s ss4s~--44e, pat do not cure the evil conditions by which it is caused, ard-at the best-o1ily touch the edge of the general immensity of restitution that is in this city, where, in the show places, the haunts of
 luxury, there is music, feasting, and gaiety.
 All this charitable work is but a sop given to half starved multitudes while their state becomes more des-
 perate, and their chance of recovery more unlikely.
 Few people nowadays know much of William Beckford, two of whose family portraits have just re- 4lized such sensational prlces yet iii his day he was something of a sefi- sation himself.
 Born to enormous wealth, he learn ed music under Mozart and had the friendly notice of Chatham, who ad- vised him te avoid books like "The Arabian Nights He married a lady of the Gay Gordens by which union he got to Court, though he was no placeseeker. He witnessed the de- struction of the Bastille; bought Gib- ! bons classical library, shutting him himself up in solitude to devour it; he spent his millions all but 2 70, GOO odd; and nigh on that amount has now been realized for two Of his pie lures.
 There is probably little foundation for the runaer that the ex-CroWn
 Rupprecht is to be the President of the German Republic; but if he, were chosen for that post it would De something of a drop for him, He, of course, is the White Rose Prince of Wales," his mother, the ex-
 queen of Bavaria, being, by virtue Of descent from Charles l., the 1egiti- mist Queen of England, ireland and France
 During the war when Germany, seeined to have a. sporting chance Of winning, certain German papers fore saw a coronation at Westminster Ab- bey, with Queen Mary III or IV-the . Legitimists-, disagree as to the mum erat.oi1-as the central figure. And from that to King Rupprecht I. at Buckingham Palace was only mat ter of time.
 Eyesisht Improved By Army Life-- If you want to improve your eyesight,
  1 to be suggested by correspondent,
 who has heard of several cases re- gently of ex-soldiers who wore glass es before they joined up and no long CT require them. One. man he knows, who wore spectacles for years, has just returned to sedentary .occun.i- tion that throws a great strain on the eyesigllt and is delighted to find. after doing his bit in the army, that he can read the smallest print without any artificial aid, a thing he could never | have done four years ago. Certainly it would be interesting to know how far this improvement of eyesight prevails amongst the 'tde- n1obbed.'
 Lighthouse Homes-The South
 Foreland Lighthouse, Which has been converted into a private dwell- ! ing house, is not quite unique. The
 old lighthouse on Beachy Head has ! for sosile years been used for the r-'f4aSe.
 It was abandoned as a lighthouse o. -J e1r prevalence of fogs around Beaehy Head, and it's place has been taken by another light plac- ed some 500 feet lower, at the foot of
 the cliff, where there are rarely any ! fogs.
 i Many of thes old Martello tower along the South Coast, originally built
 as defence against a projected in-
 vasion by Napoleon, are now utilized as i seaside bungalows. s.'-LondoE C11ron- l icle