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Evening star., 1922-02-05

Buckingham Palace young men, pre-
sumably some of the royal princes,
playing a game Of tennis. It is a
hard court. 1t is a slashlng game,
too. The Prince Of Wales and the
Duke of York often play there.
Il + +
DUT look over to the left and you
will see the front of the palace.
If the king at this moment came
down the wide steps you would see
him, but he is probably in his pri-
vate suite. His suite Of apartments
usually have the blinds half-drawn.
There in the grim days of the war
sat King George, on duty, like any
soldier in the trenches. Night and
day the observation officer at We'll
lington arch could see him passing
the windows early in the morning
and late at night,
Now, with "normalcy." or something
approaching 1t. back again. the king
once more dimes out. Let US observe
what happens ON such an occasion.
This Is not great dinner party. but
just an informal affair At the house
Of an old friend. That IL why his
majesty is WEARING an ordinary dress
Evening star., 1922-02-05
CIeopatra's Pearl.

livery one knows the story which
L. is told of Cleopatra to illustrate
her luxurious habits OF living
namely, that she dissolved in her
wine a precious pearl. No one seems
to have questioned what must have
been the effect upon the drink. but
one scientist. at least questions
pointedly the possibility Of such
solution.
Do we not all believe that the mag
nificent cleopatra, regardless Of sx-
pense, dissolved in her wine cup
pearl Of great price. as II It had been
q lump Of sugar? Is not the "fact"
familiar to every one? Yet. II you
test it, you will fnd the fact to be
that pearls are not soluble in wine.
The most powerful vinegar, attacks
but very slowly and never sntirely
dissolves them. for the organic mat
ter remains behind. In the shaps Of
. spongy mass larger than the eeag-
k0Se3s 080AAo
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Of the existence of this door. which
is actually inside the archway.
The appearance of the door in
trigues one. There, however, unless
privileged. or to be given privileges.
one stops For the door leads straight
into the office of the special corps.
By little stone stairway one
reaches the inspectors room.
From the noisy outside world comes
no sound. The deafening roar of the
leviathans of the traffic is still. A
novelist might sit in this room in
calm contemplation and produce
great work. Or a poet might find
inspiration in his eerie surroundings.
Mounting higher up the winding
staircase eventually one comes to a
long dormitory. Here is where the
policemen sleep. Passing through
that door painted stone coler on the
north side one comes out on the cop
ing stone. 1t is the ledge under the
wide quadriga-
Looked at from the ground this
coping stone seems very ordinary. even
narrow. But it isn't. 1t is many
yards in width; in fact, it seems al
most half the width Of Piccadilly.
And then the view! From here one
can distinguish in the gardens Of
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seat to a place now called La Plata.
The Rambler's recollection IL that
the change to La Plata was made in
the early eos. or 1t may have been the
late 80s. and the name La Plata"
was that Of a plantation owned by
one Of the Chapman family.
TN 1880 there was passed an act
supplementary to an act for lay
ing out a town in st. Mary's county
at q place formerly called Seymour
Town" The supplementary act re-
cites that Thomas Spalding. jr..
owner of the land on which the new
town was laid out. has been pre-
vented from making use Of such land
and the act directs that "he be al
lowed to use the land until the lots
shall have been taken up" 1t Is also
said that the acre Of land on which
the courthouse stands was given by
Philip Lines. esquire. deceased. to the
Justices Of the county. but through
the negligence Of the then clerk. the
same doth not appear upon record"
The Rambler infers that this act
refers to Leonardtown. which seems
to take its name from Benedict
Leonard Calvert, royal Governor of
Maryland from 1927 to 1881, and, as
this supplementary act was passed in
1890, the act creating a town. to be
called Leonardtown, was no doubt
passed in 1927. 172S or 1929, and
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Light From Crystals.

A IL diamonds do not shine in the
dark after exposure to sunlight
or electric light. but some do to a re-
markable degree. A diamond rubbed
with a wooien cloth or against q hard
surface will sometimes shine brill
liantly. The emission Of light is a
property belonging to many. IL not
all, kinds Of crystals.
A variety Of white marble found In
this country gives out q fame -colored
glow whom pounded. and bright
flashes when scratched with steel. In
northern New York, 1t is said, is
found kind Of stone, known locally
a. "hell-fre rock" which exhibits
bright sulphur-colored streaks when
scratched in the dark. Pieces Of rose
quarts rubbed together exhibit bril-
liant flashes, sometimes bright enough
to illuminate the hands Of the person
holding them. Smoked quarts and
other varieties sometimes show q SIM
liar phenomeno1k y.-..--. ,.-.---,.- ..
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Electrical Inertia.

THERE is q curious experiment
L with an electric discharge con-
Quoted round q right-angled corner.
The corner is formed by bending
sharply the conducting wire. A
Photographic plate inclosed in hard
rubber holder is placed under the
wire in such a way that the dis
charge will descend toward it, then
turn at a right angle and pass hori-
'zontally above 1t.
It is found that when a negative
discharge passes down the wire to
the angle the electrical particles keeD
straight on their way instead OF turn.
ing, penetrating the rubber cover
and affecting the inclosed plate. But
when the discharge is positive, no
such effect il produced. The current
apparently turns the righe-ansled
corner without, 30 to speak. shoot
ing of at the bend.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

probably in 1727. The Rambler ex-
poets to come upon that old act. Here
are three things discovered or re-
discovered which few of our genera
tion knew: Bladensburg was estab-
lished in 1742 on the site or close
to the site of an earlier settlement
called Garrisons Landing; Port To-
bacco was created in 1929 on the
site of a settlement called Chandler
Town, and Leonardtown was cstab-
lished about 1877 or 172s on the site
of an earlier settlement, called Sey-
! mour Town.
OF course. there is a possibility that
Leonardtpwn may have been p!amed
after Benedict Leonard Calvert, pro-
prietary of Maryland from 16aA to
1858, but without having the records
before him, the Rambler bets on the
date 1927 or 1873. The supplementary
act of 1890 speaks of the new town
on the site of Seymour Town. That
town was most likely named after
John Seymour, who was royal gov
ernor from 1904 to 1903. But II the
Rambler is doing a bad piece Of con-
jecturing in this matter he has a
bunch OF good and scholarly old
friends at the st. Mary's Hotel who
will set him right.
The town we call Benedict, on the
Patuxent, to which SO many Wash
ington people go a-ishing. and which
is memorable in our annals as the
place of debarkation of the British
force which routed US at Bladens-
burg and captured Washington in
August, 1914. is probably OF about
the same age as Leonardtown. In
some of the old papers the Rambler
finds the little old village on the
Patuxent called Benedict Leonard
Town, and it was probably named
after Gov. Benedict Leonard Calvert
1727-1731) and was very likely laid
out on the site of a settlement where
lived the ancestors of some who fol-
low these narratives.
There are many more rude scratches
on my note paper. but I cannot trans
late them until next Sunday.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

suit instead Of court dress. When
the king leaves his dressing room to
pass into another Of his suite the
equerry in attendance on him that
night is in conversation with another
man. This man, whose appearance is
otherwise ordinary. is noticeable for
his very keen eyes. He is listening
attentively to the eQuerry and max
ing occasional notes in a pocketbook.
AS the king enters the man gives
him a military salute and departs. 1t
it the chief detective at the palace.
He is making his arrangements for
the evening. Presently the equerry
comes out Of the writing room and
enters the ante-room. where the de-
tective is waiting. He gives to the
detective the time the king will leave
the palace, and the route to and from
the house. where the king Ia to dine.
The detective shuts his pocketbook,
dashes of and gets on the phone
within a minute. Before the king
leaves the palace every policeman on
duty in the streets through which the
kings carriage will pass has been
notified of the fact. Wellington Arch
knows. 1t watches the royal carriage
leave the palace.
One minute after the king has left
Evening star., 1922-02-05

or Isaacs. on "Phmb point" in CAL
vert county, and the justices OF Prince
George county were authorized to
rent a house in any part of Upper
Marlborough, paying to the owner
twelve pence current money for each
hogshead of tobacco stored therein"
ToING back two years earlier In
the records Of the Maryland
council and assembly-that is. in 1147
-Sthe Rambler found an act relating
to warehouses for the inspection of
tobacco in Maryland near the site of
Washington, and there, were in that
year warehouses at the following
places:
In St Marys county at chaptico. on
the land of Philip Key; on the land
of Abraham Barnes. at the head of
st. Marys river, at the usual landing
place; at Mr.. Coles. at Coles creek;
at Town creek, on the land of Hugh
Hopewell.
Ridge landing. on the Patapsco; at
Indian landing, on the Severn; at the
Ferry. south side of the Magothya at
"Macclefshe's alias Howards point.
on the south side of South river; at
"a landing commonly called Taylor's.
near Kilkenny, on Patapsco': at Pig
point, on Patuxent. and at Thomas
Spriggs point, near where the ships
lie in West river"
In Calvert county. at the head of st.
Leonards creek. on the lower side
Of Hunting creek, near Mr.. Hance's
Evening star., 1922-02-05

tablished at or near Rawlings land
ing on Piscataway creek, and under
the same inspection service with the
warehouse at Broad creek"
The act Of 1749 establishes . ware
house on the land Of John stoddart
at Pamunkey creek. on the Potomac.
It is provided under the head Of Anne
Arundel county that a warehouse
shall be established at Elk Ridge
landing, on the Patapsco. on tho south
ern side Of the old Elk Ridge or Mid
die landing. ''near to where Thomas
Johnson lately dwelt, on the land now
belonging to Philip Hammond. Esq."
and that "a warehouse should be e.
tablished at the head Of creek called
watkins creek, issuing out Of West
river, on the land Of Thomas Sprigg."
In Queen Anne county there were
at the time Of the act In question
warehouses. appointed for inspecting
tobacco, on the land Of Richard Pcr-
ter, jr.. and ut the landing of Hum
|phrey Wells. jr." These were tan
Evening star., 1922-02-05

petitioned the assembly for an assess
ment of 10000 pounds of tobacco on
the 'taxables" of the county for the
rebuilding Of the church, the old
church being passed repairing" In
the same year. 1882. st. Pauis parish
Of Prince Georges county was author
feed to levy a tax of 10000 pounds
Of tobAoao a year "for number OF
years till a sufficient sum be raised
for the erection of a chapel Of ease"
The parent church of ST. Pauls
parish is that which we know best
as Rock Creek Church" and in this
grant of the right 20 raise funds for
building chapel of ease" in 1872
the Rambler thinks he finds the be-
ginning of the first Episcopal church
in what is now Montgomery county
and which was probably the little
chapel on Paint branch. about which
the Rambler has already written.
In 1882 there seems to have been a
good deal of lawlessness in Maryland
and laws were made against the
outing up of tobacco plants" One
of the acts against this practice re-
cited that "evil-minded persons in
many places in great numbers have
violently cut up the tobacco plants on
several plantations and seduced sew
eral honest people to countenance
their outrageous proceedings, some of
which evil-minded persons have given
out in. threatening and menacing
speeches that peoples houses and to-
bacco shall be burned and destroyed"
And 'for the preventing Of such out
RACES and furnishing such as shall be
Evening star., 1922-02-05

warehouse, and at Lower Marlborough.
In Charles county, at Benedict
Town, on Patuxent; at Piles fresh, on
Mrs. Jane Parnham's land at the head
of wiccocomico river; at Lower
Cedar. point, on Charles Jones land;
at the head Of Port Tobacco creek. at
a place called washtank, on the land
of William Neale: at Nan5emoy on the
Potomac on the land Of Richard Har-
rison and at Mattawoman creek and
Benjamin Bullets land.
In Prince Georges county; at the
head Of Rock creek. "in the rolling
house, which George Gordon built;
at Bladensburg. ION the lot and at
the warehouse Of DR. David Ross;
At Broad creek on the land of Hum
phrey Bats; on Piscataway creek at
or near Richard Rawlings landing;
ut Queen Anne Town on Patuxent; at
Upper Marlborough: at Nottingham.
and ut or near Trumans point on
Patuxent.
Going back through the crisp and
Evening star., 1922-02-05

masonry is OF uninagmed strength.
and 1t gives from its summit the most
comprehensive view in London. On
clear day ono can see from it's OBJ
servation room London bridge and
the Tower. while Immediately below
are Hyde Park and st. James Park.
Constitution Hill. down to Bucking-
ham Palace. is a gray ribbon. From
the great height Where the inspector
stands at his window the Green Park
is a child's nursery garden, the trees
like toys Piccadilly itself is q. minia.-
ture moving picture; dotted with
Jumps, which are vehicles, and flies
crawling about, which are pedes-
trians.
Let In the masonry of the arch is
a little window, g. mass Of green
plants backed by dainty lace curtains
This belongs to the room. in the
northern leg of the archway, on the
ground floor, of Mr.. Dick. the keeper.
under the office of works, In ono OF
the other legs of the arch Is q
mystsrious door, Tho public does not
pass through the aroh, which 10 al
ways closed except for tho passing Of
the kiae Hsnca few paopla ara aware
Evening star., 1922-02-05

the chief detective himself follows on
a bicycle. He is at the house Of the
kings host as soon as his majesty and
remains to the end.
Is there any real necessity for this
eternal vigilance Of the police? There
must be. Empty stomachs do not
think. Fanatics will always be with
US. That is why the keen eye Of the
policeman looking from the quiet
room underneath the charioteers and
their horses on the top of WELLINGTON
Arch must never sleep while the king
is about
THAT is why, also, that great mon
ument Of stonework. erected to
the memory Of one Of Enslands
greatest soldiers, as chosen as a
lookout post. But stay. is 1t only an
observation post? That solid mass Of
masonry surely partakes Of somethins
in the nature Of a fort, whatever 1t
was originally intended for.
Look at the strength Of It. Think
Of that coping stone on the tom half
the width ohPiocadilly. What . mill
tary bloolkhouse 1t would make. this
wellington Arch. u trained troops
Evening star., 1922-02-05

guilty thereof" it was provided that
anybody cutting. or causing to be
cut, tobacco plants should. on convic-
tion, be sentenced to at least six
months in prison and that the penalty
for burning a house should be death
as a felon without benefit Of clergy"
In 1923 it was provided that a new
courthouse for Charles county should
be "erected at the head Of Port To-
bacco creek at a place of greater
convenience than the present site"
and that "the present courthouse is 80
far impaired, ruined and decayed."
that it should not be repaired. The
new site for the courthouse was
Commonly called Chandler-Town. on
the east side Of the creek" The
county Justices were directed Ito
make choice Of three acres of land
for q new courthouse and prison" |"
That was the beginning Of the old
town Of Port Tobacco, which 70.
mained the court town Of Charles
county until the burning Of the court
house and the removal Of the county
Evening star., 1922-02-05

miles apart and were served by one
inspector. or. as the act has 1t. "they
are under one inspection" 1t was
ordered that two inspectors be pro-
vided. the inspector at the warehouse
-on Richard Porters land to receive
"forty-fivespounds current money per
annum." and the inspector at the
warehouse at Humphrey Wells land
ing to be paid forty pounds a year.
A house built by Grundy Pemberton
for 'prizing'' tobacco at Tuckahoo
bridge, in Queen Anne county, should
be taken over as warehouse ap-
pointed for the inspection Of tobacco,
and at Choptank bridge a warehouse,
wharf and crane should be built. 1t
was ordered that a warehouse should
be set up on the land Of Sutton Isaac
Evening star., 1922-02-05

yellow pages of the ancient records
of the legislature. the Rambler found
acts interesting to him and which
may be interesting to sufficient
number of readers to make it worth
while mentioning them in these
chronicles.
X X X
IN 1742 there was an act divid-
ing the parish Of Prince Georges
in Prince Georges county and
creating All Souls parish. the south
and east boundary of the new
parish being Zine. drawn from the
mouth of the Great Seneca run to the
head of said run and then due east
to the head Of one of the draughts of
Patuxent river" In 1892 the vestry
of Dunham parish in Charles county
Evening star., 1922-02-05

HIGH Up in Stonework of Memorial to
IL Wellington, at Hyde Park Corner, Eng
lish Police Have Observation Post-Ofers
Constant Surveillance on British Rulers
Movements Squad Always on Duty-Secret
Signals-Massive Structure Can, If Neces-
sary, be Packed With Troops and Machine
Guns-Another Disguised Station.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
BY COMPTON PRICE.


T is a conventional statement that
King George is not guarded like
other monarchs. But this is cur
rent fiction that deceives. He Is
all the better guarded because not
apparently watched.
Britain's monarch is loved and re-
spected, but danger may come at any
time from the fanatic, the mentally
unbalanced or the hungry mob. The
public does not know OF the most
striking form of secret observation
that is kept on King George from the
moment he leaves Buckingham Palace
until his return.
The writer does not refer to the spe-
cial police or to the plain clothes
men of the force, but to the unsus-
pected surveillance that is kept on
his movements from a mystery point
that loks toward the palace.
Across the road from Hyde Park
Corner is the well known monument
once known as the Victory Arch, but
now called the Wellington Arch. This
huge mass of masonry plays note
when he is in residence at Bucking-
lam Palace.
A LTHOUGH no one would suspect
this impressive structure of af-
fording residential accommodation
for any creatures beyond birds. or
possibly mice, sixteen policemen and
Iry
Night and day duty takes them no
farthar away than the corner. High
up in the stonework of the arch,
under the quadriga, as the galloping
horses and chariot and the figure OF
Victory by Capt. Adrian Jones are
called. are the living rooms Of the
policemen. where they pass their lives
untroubled by the ordinary duties of
their comrades Of the force. They
have an observation chamber which,
like an eagles eye, gives a bird's-eye
view of London in many respects un-
paralleled.
Perhaps King George suddenly de-
cides to have a gallop in Hyde Parks
Rotten Row. He comes out of the
palace apparently attended only by
one or two gentlemen From a small
window in the Wellington Arch In
a spector Fulcher. who is in charge of
the special corps of "bobbies" in this
disguised police station, looks down
constitution Hill to- the palace gates.
He sees the king leave the palace.
Immediately signals are passed along.
4
gloved hand is raised. Fingers move
and twist. The hand disappears. An
other hand is raised in reply. More
mysterious movements are made with
the fingers. This hand disappears.
Then the silent conversation becomes
general as the information is passed
along.
The police on point duty are thus
always prepared. They know whether
the king is riding on horseback or in
a motor car. and. if in the latter,
whether it is closed or open.
Long before his majesty arrives the
gates Of the archway are thrown
open. The king passed through On
his return the same mysterious sig
suspeoting members of the public
who may observe it wonder what it
is all about.
When the king has passed the gates
are closed. The inspector in his lit
tie room sighs with relief that his re-
sponsibility for one more such oc-
casion has been faithfully discharged
* X *
THE incidents narrated represent
a part played in the life Of the
king in town which the public does
not know of.
Let US inspect the Wellington arch
more closely. 1t is certainly the
strangest police station in London.
perhaps the world. This mass OF
Evening star., 1922-02-05

4 SEARCH Through Yellow Records
"A Which Show Dates of Establishment of
Many Nearby Towns-Government Inspect
ors Provided by Lava Year of Lawlessness.
When "Evil-Minded Persons" Cut OF To-
bacco Plants-Facts About Bladensburg and
the Naming of Various Towns and Villages.
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