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Ten guineas has been realised by the sale of 360 pounds of green almonds gathered from trees iii Bishop's Park, Fulham. The death is announced at Tong Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, of Sir Tristram Tempest, Bart. Structural alterations are to be made in hfs Majesty's prisons for the treatment of convicts suffering from consumption. The gas workers of Rio de Janeiro, to the number of 2.500 have gone on strike. There has been no disturbance of order.
DRESS OF THE DAY.
DRESS OF THE DAY. A PRETTY SUMMER HAT FOR A GIRL. In charming contrast to much of the "freak" millinery shown this season is the pretty, simple hat pictured in our sketch. This hat is primarily intended for the young girl's wear, the maiden who is getting into her late teens, but it is not so distinctly j juvenile in effect as not to be suitable for an older sister of, say, from nineteen to twenty- two. The shape has a wide, spreading brim of the decided mushroom order, and a large, though not very high, round crown, and is carried out in Tegal straw of a particularly good shade of almond green. Round the crown is folded a very wide band of soft velvet ribbon in a slightly darker shade than I A CHARMING SUMMER HAT. the straw. This band has a small rosette of the same ribbon placed on it on the left side of the crown, in front, and its ends are drawn round to the back, where they are tied in a large flat bow. On the right side of the crown comes a mass of wee white convolvulus, which climb on to the top of the hat and fall upon the sloping brim. These convolvulus are carried out in white muslin, painted here and there with faint touches of palest pink and buff, and are interspersed with handsome foliage which is made of dead-surfaced green silk, and is wonderfully like the real thing. A charming hat for wear with a dainty white lawn or muslin frock. THE LINGERIE HAT. The lingerie hat, whether of linen or fine batiste, is much in evidence this year, especi- ally for wear with the pretty washing frocks which are such a feature of the summer fashions. Many of the newest of these lin- gerie chapeaux, particularly those of the more simple type, are trimmed with cleverly- made wings or quills, which are fashioned of the material of which the hat is made. Another favourite adornment for the lingerie hat is a knot of large flowers, also made of the linen or batiste in which the chapeau is realised. ABOUT SUMMER COSTUMES. Though one likes to think of July in con- nection with fresh cotton and muslin frocks, thin lawn blouses and flowery hats, our Eng- lish summer brings us so many cool, grey days, that a moderately warm costume is an absolute necessity. It is a very wise plan when choosing a summer costume, to select some material that will do duty right through the autumn, and can even be worn in early winter with a warm vest beneath. Of course, the woman of ample dress allow- ance may choose delicate French greys, palo fawns, and similar summery shades as she can well afford a new costume when the colder weather comes; but the woman who has to carefully consider ways and means will be well advised to choose a nice blue serge or a fairly dark, light-weight tweed. 11 A SIMPLE BUT SMART COSTUME. This is shown in the first sketch, and is suitable for regular summer and autumn wear. The coat of this costume is of short three-quarter length, and is of the close semi-fitting type so much in vogue this year. The fronts of the coat cross unusually low down, and fasten single-breasted with a row of buttons. From shoulder to hem on each side runs a long breast seam, and these seams are repeated in the back. A neat shawl collar faced with satin turns back from the neck. The sleeves are small, hav- ing but the merest suspicion of fulness at the shoulder. The skirt is a pretty, four-gored model, with a seam down the front and back and one at each side. All these seams are I A SMART COSTUME. SIMPLE COAT AND SKIRT FOR A CHILD. finished near the bottom by a row of buttons sewn right on to the seam itself. A machined hem completes the skirt. This model would also realise admirably in firm washing material, such as plain or striped linen, cottom poplin or Shantung. A medium size will take 6 yards of 44-inch material. 4 A PRETTY COSTUME FOR A CHILD. The smaller sketch shows a pretty and very simple summer costume for a child. The coat has a long seam on either side in front, similar seams at the back, and a seam under each arm, and is of the loose-fitting type. It crosses in front and fastens with a single button at th3 top, from which point the fronts are cut away at each side. The sleeves are plain and small. The skirt is very full, "1 and is arranged with a fairly wide box-pleat in front and broad tucks all round the rest of the band. This will take 33 yards of 54-inch fabric for the nine years size. The costume might be carried out in serge, linen, holland, alpaca or Chantung; or, again, it would be delightful in Yivella coating, which is to be had in a charming range of colourings, in- eluding many dainty stripe effects, in navy and cream, and grey and white. CONCERNING COATS. Many of the newest and smartest coats of a dressy order have an unmistakable sus- picion of a flounce at the bottom. Take, for instance, an extremely elegant and well-cut coat which was worn at Ascot. It was carried out in the finest and most supple of cloth in a delicate tone of pale biscuit, had a straight, severely straight, back, and was lavishly adorned with strappings of the same material. From the neck turned back a big, square Napoleonic collar, faced with black moire, whilst over the shoulders came a sort of gathered cape of the cloth. The sleeves were finished with black moire cuffs to match the collar and round the bottom, or, rather, partially round the bottom, came a wide and but slightly gathered frill of the cloth.
THE WORLD OF WORK.
THE WORLD OF WORK. .0- MARRIED WOMEN IN FACTORIES. A Home Office return of persons employed in textile factories in 1907 gives particulars as to the proportion of married women em- ployed. The available particulars relate to 286,273 women out of the 504,821 recorded as in this class of work. Among these the unmarried, married, and widowed were re- spectively 205,353, 69,052, and 11,868, the corresponding percentages being 72, 24, and 4. PATTERN FOR GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., speaking on labour exchanges, said that his visit to Ger- many had strengthened his opinion that in promoting them the Government were taking the first essential step for dealing effectively with the problem of unemploy- ment. Mr. G. N. Barnes, M.P., speaking on "Germany," said that the German agencies for human betterment were immeasurably superior to those of England. The labour exchanges were magnificent institutions, by which the man who had fallen out by the way in industrial strife could obtain that sense of hope and comradeship with his fellows that was unobtainable in England. The three main characteristics of Germany were order, ease, and spaciousness. He did not think that Englishmen would ever lend themselves to order such as existed in the German Empire. There were no attempts to make up by agility of manual movement what was lacking in scientific organization, as was the case in English workshops. POLISH WORKMEN. Mr. Clive Bayley, British Consul, points out in his report on the trade and agricul- ture of Poland and Grodno that Poland enjoys an advantage over the rest of Russia in that the working days in factories are from 280 to 295 per annum, while in the other portions of the empire the compulsory observance of the Orthodox Church and other festivals and holidays limits the work- ing days to between 210 and 230, according I to the locality. The Pole, he says, is an in- telligent workman, and his work generally of a high class. He is, however, by no means adverse to getting as much holiday as he can, even without wages, and requires good foremen to keep him at his work. UNJUST FACTORY PENALTIES. A deputation of representatives of the trades employed in the textile industry in Lancashire waited on the Home Secretary to urge the total abolition of fines in factories and workshops. Mr. Gladstone agreed that the system of fines and deductions was speci- ally irritating and galling, because, by the nature of the business, the alleged fault could not really be attributed to the careless- ness of the workpeople. Of course, there were exceptions. He agreed that where fines and deductions were imposed for blemishes and, faults in the output, for which the work- people could not be held responsible, there the system was absolutely at its worst and must be irritating, vexatious, and unjust. Although he hoped this Session to be able to deal with the question, he must admit that the whole time of Parliament was occupied in discussing the Budget. Meanwhile, the ques- tion was receiving attention. WELSH TINPLATE CRISIS. An important crisis has occurred in the Welsh tinplates industry. The ballot by steel smelters and millmen on the waste question shows a large majority in favour of the strike, and the result of the ballot neces- sitates another meeting of the Conciliation Board. IMPROVING TRADE. Employment in May, according to the official report of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade, was on the whole some- what better than in April. There was a seasonal decline in coal mining owing to the lessened demand for house coal, and a seasonal improvement in the building, wood- working, and clothing trades. After allow- ing for the effect of the Whitsuntide holi- .days, the percentage unemployed in the engineering and shipbuilding trades ré- mained about the same. Employment in the pig iron, iron and steel, and tinplate trades showed some improvement. In the cotton trade it continued moderate, but in the other textiles again improved. As compared with a year ago, there was a decline in the coal mining, engineering, and printing trades; but most of the other industries showed some improvement on May, 1908—a time of bad employment. In the 416 trade unions, With a net membership of 699,779, making returns, 55,473 or 7.9 per cent.) were reported as un- employed at the end of May, 1909, compared with 8.2 per cent. at the end of April, 1909, and 7.4 per cent, at the end of May, 1908. POLICEMEN'S SABBATH. The London Corporation have arranged, following the concession granted by the Government in the case of the Metropolitan Police, to give one- day's rest in seven to the members of the City Police Force. This will involve a charge on the City ratepayers to the extent of ten or twelve .thousand pounds per annum. ——_ THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM. Mr. Sidney Webb, in an address on "Un- employment and the Poor Law: A Practical Proposal," said that the reports of the Royal Commission marked a most remarkable part- ing of the ways. Unemployment 'was the vital spot of the whole problem, because until we put that question on a definite foot- ing we were unable to enforce on the indivi dual the duty and necessity of maintaining himself and his family. Relief of pauperism had nothing to do with the relief of destitu- tion. The Poor Law did not relieve destitu- tion, it only relieved pauperism; and what he was anxious for was. to cure destitution, Ad in order to do that they must start on new lines. He advocated, the organization of a labour market by a -great system of inter- communication. The system of Labour Ex- changes would meet the case of the best class of labour, which was sometimes out of re- gular work; of the people in discontinuous employment; of the under-employed; and, with respect to the "unemployable," it would be of assistance if they could be maintained while under training. They muft see that men got all the work there was; that men were encouraged by Trade Union insurance; and that they stepped in and maintained and trained the men for whom work could not be found at once. -■ THE RAILWAY AWARD. Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, has declared himself satisfied with the award of Mr. Duke, 'K.C., the arbitrator 6n ques- tions affecting, the hours and wages, of various grades "Of "employees of the Great Western Railway Company. "We attach the greater importance to it," he said, "in that at last we have secured the recognition of principles for which we have contended for the last forty years. Most of the concessions establish principles which will be invaluable precedents, namely, the payment of over- time at a higher rate than ordinary time, the decisions with regard to Sunday labour, and the recognition of Good Friday and Christmas as Sundays. It is a departure from the awards in the North-Western and the Midland cases, for it gives advance of wages where there were no advances granted in the cases of the other two companies; and it secures to the men two holidays, Christmas and Good Friday."
OTHER MEN'S MINDS.
OTHER MEN'S MINDS. There seems to be a certain instinct in man which tells him when it is time to leave oil .rk.-MR. B. KNOWLES. DOLLARS FIRST. It is emphatically right; indeed, I am tempted to say it is emphatically the first I duty of each American to get dollars.' But it is not his only duty by a great deal, and after the living has been earned getting dol- lars should eome far behind many othei duties.-MR. ROOSEVELT. OUR FRIENDS, THE GERMANS. The German people are wonderful in theii kindness. I admire their energy, their in- I dustry, their genius for organisation, theii undoubted friendliness towards England.— THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD. THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH. There are no friendships like the friend- ships made at school. In after life you wili make friends, but for a friend of later days can you entertain quite the same feeling as for him who grew up at your side, who was young when 'you were young, and shall be I old when you are old; who possesses the same i vivid personal memories of the old familiar haunts that you yourself possess?—BISKOE WELLDON. MEN IN THE MAKING. Something is being done for the making of manhood where, as in the Territorial Army, you have a body of men who would obey discipline and spend their time for the public advantage. THE ARCHBISHOP OE YORK. ON THE MAKE. One finds the desire for gambling amongst quite savage nations. There are a certain number of people who are always anxious to appropriate what may be called unearned in- crement.—LORD MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM. BACK TO NATURE. In a temperate climate like our own the most natural mode of living is to be out in the open air and sunshine as long as pos- sible in the day and to reserve the dark hours for sleep.—SIR THOMAS BARLOW. THE USEFUL PUBLIC-HOUSE. I have no faith in the attempt to suppress the public house, but I believe in its possi- bilities of usefulness if wisely regulated.— BISHOP THORNTON. OURSELVES—AND OTHERS, Is there not such a thing as a duty of com- promise? I unhesitatingly affirm there is. There is no such thing as absolute right and wrong in matters of conduct; the Tightness or wrongness of an action is always relative to something else. The doing of one's duty in such an imperfect society as ours may con- flict with, the duties of others and mean the infliction of hardship and injustice upon others. Every morsel we eat; and every, article we wear has had to be obtained at the cost of injustice somewhere.—THE REV. R" J. CAMPBELL. A SIGN OF THE TIMES. There is a certain want of seriousness about Englishmen in their life to-day. If you go to some great cricket match you will see thousands of people looking on hour after hour, apparently able to afford the time, and having, it would seem, no-) essential call to duty, or to make them do anything for their country or their people. — LORD ROBERT CECIL. THE OTHER PART. The present position is this-that against certain admitted and inevitable evils of in- dustrial life-sickness, premature infirmity, death of the breadwinner, irregularity of em- ployment—one part of the people make their own provision thriftily and in advance by subscription to a friendly society or trade union, while another part, making no pro- vision at all, have to be cared for wholly by the State or by charity.-MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL. GIVE US MEN. When the time comes, if ever it comes, for England to uphold by force her place in the world the cry will be for great men, not for great ships.—SIR A. CONAN DOYLE. THE WRONG MAN. I believe if the Star Chamber were re- vived to-morrow nobody would raise any ob- jection to it in principle; nobody would take the slightest notice-until Dr. Clifford was put into the pillory with his ears cut off. Then the democratic newspapers would immediately raise a tremendous clamour, not about putting Dr. Clifford into the pillory, but about not putting the Archbishop of Canterbury there instead !-MR. G. BERNARD SHAW. NEW THEOLOGY DANGER. I am afraid the loosening of religious con- viction which is going on all over the country in consequence of an undenominational sys- tem of education will act as a forcing house for the growth of unbelief. The influence of the New Theology is being felt in this direc- tion. There is nothing definite about the New Theology, but it casts aside with a cer- tain amount of disdain, under the name of dogma, all the ancient traditional beliefs of Christianity.-LOP.D HUGH CECIL. WHEN BISHOPS FLY. No doubt the motor-car will do yeoman ser- vice right up to the time when aeroplanes have become common, and when that time arrived, and bishops are given aeroplanes, the desirable result would follow that motion 'would be more rapid in the Church of Eng- land.—THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. ■- TIES OF FRIENDSHIP. I believe we may accept with sincerity the assurance of the German nation, from the Kaiser downwards, and go courageously for- ward in the work of strengthening the ties of friendship which have prevailed for so long between England and (iermany.-MR. J. E. ELLIS, M.P. THE SOUTH FLAGPOLE. There is more work to be done down South, and never until the British flag flies on the South Pole will the work be accomplished.— LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON. f WHOSE FAULT? t It is complained that the quantity of dterature is too great and the quality too gmall. Whose fault is that? If there were do publishers there would be no authors. As it is frequently said in a place where I spend i good deal of time, if there were no re- ceivers there would be no thieves.-MR. Jus- TICE DARLING. THE HALL MARK OF CITIZENSHIP. A vote is a symbol of perhaps little import, ance to an individual, but of vital import- ance to a class; it is the hall mark of citizen- ship in every country which is governed by representative institutions. Whether it is used or not, it establishes rights of citizen. ship which cannot be acquired in any other mailner.-THE EARL or LYTTON.
I GARDEN GOSSIP.
I GARDEN GOSSIP. I Calceolaring.-The sowing of seeds of these must be delayed no longer, and though the plants prefer a fairly heavy soil, with cow manure added to ensure coolness at root as well aa to help them to a vigorous growth, a simple light compost is best for the seedlings. Do not forget that the seeds germinate per- fectly in a cold frame. Coddling of any kind or at any time is doubly pernicious to calceo- larias. # Daffodils.—If it is intended to lift and re- I plant any varieties the foliage should be I watched, and as soon as it becomes yellow, lift, sort out the bulbs according to size, and replant at once. It is always the over grown plants, which stop growth first, and that con- dition is in fact a reminder that replanting has been delayed too long. Cauliflowers. Sow seeds of magnum bonum or any other good second early variety. The plants if treated in a liberal manner do not fail to repay the grower with nice white heads in early autumn at a time when these are not always to be had. If soil is very, light I would advise sowing where the plants are to remain, in due time thinning them to the proper distance apart. Tomatoes.—Attend to removal of axillary growths from the stems of these. In dry weather and when the plants are grown against a warm wall or fence, give ample waterings, or the plants will fail to make satisfactory progress and to swell fair sized fruit. In houses many plants will be carry- ing ripe and ripening fruit, and here plenty of air will be required with a somewhat less- ened water supply. Sweet Peas.—The season so far cannot be said to have been favourable to very rapid growth, and unless regular waterings have been given we shall expect to find a number, of short, puny plants this season. Much can, however, be done to assist the growth and subsequent flowering. Regular supplies of water, together with mulchings over very light soil, supplies of liquid either from drainings from natural, manure or that se- cured by dissolving artificials in water, will I be of direct benefit, the plants quickly re- sponding to generous treatment when discre- tion is used and feeding is not overdone. Verbenas.—A selection of these in six or seven inch pots is useful for decorative pur- poses. Aphis is the chief drawback to their successful culture under glass, and fumiga- tion must not be forgotten at snort intervals. Young plants recently transferred to flower- ing pots should be pinched as required, and J* HOW TO PRUNE AND STAKE A VERBENA 1 I 1, first time of pinching; 2, second time of pinching; 3, 3, 3, third time of pinching. five or six short sticks inserted just inside the pot, and the main shoots fastened thereto, will preserve the plants in shape, as shown m I' the illustration. Grow them in the open, affording protection only in the case of exces- sive rainfall. Aphis may be kept in check by means of tobacco powder dusted 'over the plants when turned upside down. Fuchsias in Beds.—These do much better when given frequent doses of liquid manure, otherwise the blooms become poor and too numerous. Soot water is excellent. Soon aftir this treatment fine new shoots will ap- pear, and some of the old ones can be gathered for vases, thus throwing vigour into future bloomers. Heliotrope in very sunny places may be growing-too tall, with stems half bare of leaves and much of the foliage I yellow; if so, a mulch of manure and copious Waterings, after some branches are cut back, will soon improve the appearance. Roses.Tlie pests usually known as maggots will cause considerable trouble and disfigurement unless the bushes have con- stant attention. The foliage needs examina- tion almost daily, and when a rolled or crumpled leaf is found this should be squashed between the finger and thumb. I Should mildew appear, as it is apt to do in a spell ol droughty weather, apply a fungicide without delay; flowers of sulphur, though usually efficient, spoils the appearance of the plants, and resort should be had to a fluid which can be sprayed or syringed on the leaves. Potassium sulphide, half an ounce to one gallon of water, is an excellent remedy, and will check attacks of mildew after one or two applications. Celery.—Where very early celery is grown it will have been planted some time, and should now be ready for the first earthing, but in many instances none will yet have gone out. The main thing to keep in view when cutting the trenches is that the top soil shall be kept separate from the second soil, so that the former may be returned to the trench on top of the manure, and not the poor subsoil, as is too commonly seen. The trenches must be shaded for a few days after planting if the weather is very sunny. Cats in Gardens.—Cats do much injury in gardens, and come in for a deal of abuse. Many of the ways suggested of dealing with them are cjuel, and not even the worthy object in view can justify them. But the following, if not pleasant to pussy, has at any rate the merit of not doing her any great harm; and as it has been found effectual, it may be worth a trial where the cat nuisance is a serious one. Concealing yourself behind some bushes, armed with a large garden syringe filled with paraffin oil, quietly wait the advent of the cats, and upon getting well within range shoot the contents of the syringe' over the offenders, who immediately make off to a respectful distance. Strawberries.—For providing plants for fruiting in pots or for planting out for the formation of new beds, it is not possible to secure runners too early. Those who need young plants for either purpose should at ] once secure some of the young plants to the surface of the soil in small pots, or have them pegged down to turves. A FEW DON'TS. Don't on any account syringe when the sun I is shining on the plants, or they are liable to get burnt. ) Don't, in syringing the greenhouse, wet the flowers more than can be helped. This? caution particularly applies to carnations and pelargoniums. ¡
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEWS IN BRIEF. Tragedies and Disasters. The body of an unknown man has been t washed up by the sea at Newbiggin, North- umberland. The cottage of George Willby, a carman, was severely damaged in the fire at Bromley, and Willby, who was 71, died next day of shock, it is stated. The funeral took place from the cottage on Saturday amid the ruins caused by tie fire. Edward Jarvis, while at work on the G.E. Railway at the Manor Station was knocked down and killed by an express train. Believed, to have lain there since the raoes the body of an unknown coloured man was found on Ascot racecourse on Saturday. Two men were knocked down by a motor- omnibus in Edgware-road on Sunday after- noon, and one, whose name is believed to be Thomas Salmon, was fatally injured. TVhile walking in his sleep, Private Richard James Smith, of the Marines, fell from a window at Forton Barracks, Gosport, on Saturday, and was killed. Sergeant-Major Dow, of H.M.S. Bulwark, dropped dead on the deck of that vessel in Berehaven Harbour. Thomas Ernest Elphick Meeds, a tobacco- nist, of Hove, threw himself under a railway waggon that was being shunted on the Town Quay, Southampton, and was instantly killed. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind." Accidents. A cab horse which bolted near the Mansion House crashed into a shop window and was badly cut. A cottage was demolished at Withe ridge, Devon, on Saturday, /to prevent the spread of a. fire which threatened to lay waste a whole street. A shop and four residences were de- stroyed, and there were several narrow escapes in the house where the fire origi- nated. As a-result of the heavy rain, the pavement for a space of about ten feet in Maygood- street, Islington, London, collapsed on Sun- day morning, and fell through into an under- ground passage.. While climbing the cliffs near the Heights Barracks at Dover, on Sunday evening, a girl named Gillman, agen ten years, fell about, thirty feet, and was taken to Dover Hospital, where she wa-s found to be suffering from- wne-Lission. No hope of her recovery is enter-: gained. While men of the Royal Engineers were- crossing a temporary suspension bridge which they had erected at Chatham, a rope broke and they were thrown into a ditch twenty-two feet below, nine of them being; injured; Farm, buildings at Dollis Hill-lane, Willes- 'den, described by Harrison Ainsworth as the- early home of Jack Sheppard, have been de- stroyed; by fire. Told en the Courts. William Connop, of the Pontypool Iron- works, has been sent for trial on the charge of forging friendly society acquittances and receipts. "tfThei;e is no such thing as new milk in! London," said counsel in an adulteration., case at the Stratford Police Court on Satur- dav. By means of the finger-print system at Scotland Yard two men charged with theft at Kingston on Saturday were made to admit, previous convictions at Derby, Northaller- ton, and Portsmouth. Harry Rudolf Voight, who was charged with the .stabbing outrages on women. in Liverpool streets, has been discharged. Mrs. Edith Baldock, the wife of the land- lord of, the Crown and Anchor publichouSè Long Ditton, was found- at the Guildford Assizes to have been insane: when she drowned her three children in- a bath. Edward Warne was sentenced to three years' penal servitude at the Old Bailey for throwing carbolic powder in the eyes of thê, master of St. Luke's Workhouse. A medical witness stated at the Bow County Court that a man might be cured of a disease- named neurottiinesis if he had occa- sion to; run downstairs swiftly,, or by an effort of will. Aldeqnan Pinkham gave a decision ati. WilIrsden which will be of considerable inte- rest; LO motor-cab users. No matter how; many passengers there may be in-a taxi-cab, the alderman decided that the driver has no- right to charge more than the amount shown: on his ineier. .J 1 he World of Sport. At Ticehurst Workhouse, near Tunbridge- Wells, the- inmates have received a present of tennis balls., Some of the inmates have become expert tennis players. After playing several matches in Argen- tina and Uruguay, the Tottenham Hotspur and; Everton Football teams have sailed from Buenos Ayres for England. The recent rain will improve the condition. of the Thames for angling, and some excel- lent sport should be experienced all round; during the next .few days. Good baskets, have been made of late, the fish caught in- cluding roach, barbel, bream, dace, chub, tench, perch, and trout. Several thousands huchen (Danubian or Austrian land-locked salmon) were turned in, the upper reaches of the Thames three years ago, and, as not a single specimen had ever been seen, it was considered that they had disappeared from the river. Mr. Phillip, Geen, the president of the Anglers' Associa- tion. has, however, landed one of the young huchen in the Old Windsor waters. lb. weighed 3-lb., and was in good condition. Music and the Drama # + » Sir H. Beerbohm Tree will terminate tha run of "The School for Scandal on July 10 and take a holiday before commencing re. hearsals on'August- 1 for the autumn season.' "Don Giovanni" — Mozart's one hundred! and twenty years old opera—was revived at Coveut Garden on Saturday night. In his forthcoming revival of "The School for Scandàl; H on July 5' Mr. Tree has made^ two interesting new engagements. Miss Beryl Faber is to play the part of Lady Sneerwell, and' Miss Iris Hoey that of Maria. Mme. Tetrazzini has left Dover for Paris. Military and Naval Towards the expenses of the King's review, of the Lancashire Territorial Force guaran- tees amounting to over £ 16,000 have been re-> ceived. Major-General Henry has been appointed, to the command of the Highland Territorial Division. In the Long Valley at Aldershot, on SaturV day, drilling operations were indulged in hf~ the Horse Artillery Brigade of the Honour- able Artillery Company. Major-General Spens, late of the Shrop- shire Regiment, has been selected for a.. divisional command in India. Canada's Bisley team, numbering 22, arrived in Liverpool on Sunday morning by the Allan liner Tunisian, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Bertram. Major-General F. T. Clayton, Director of Supplies, has been appointed chairman bf 8> committee to meet at the War Office to determine whether the money now allowed for soldiers' mess is used to the best possible advantage. ¿ The new thirty-three-knot ocean-going de- stroyer Saracen has arrived at Sheerness on. completion, and has been commissioned for. the First Destroyer Flotilla, and ordered to leave for the naval manoeuvres. 1 Colonel H. N. C. Heath, C.B., general staff officer, first grade, at the War Office, has been appointed to command rarily) the 11th Infantry Brigade at Col- chester.
NOTES ON NEWS.
NOTES ON NEWS. When we can forget the Budget for a few minutes our talk just now is all of airships. If AIRSHIPS FOR THE NATION. all one reads is true the nation should have a very pretty fleet of them before long. At present, it must be confessed, we have not anvthinsr of the kind worth talking about. But we are going to have. The Morning Post" is collecting the money to buy one for presentation to the nation, just to show the Government the way in the matter. Mr. Rudyard Kipling has given the project his blessing, remarking, "Another instance of public defence being left to private enterprise—as uual." The sum which it is desired to raise is £ 'i0 000, and a good deal has already been subscribed. A few days after this appeal was made came the announcement that the Government itself, through the Special Committee which was appointed not so long ago, has taken steps on its own account. The proceedings are, of course, shi^rled in secrecy," but it is stated that then is a large airship of the Zeppelin type now eing con- structed in the North. Then there is a Parlia- mentary Aerial Defence Committee which is also busy, and we are promised the sensation of our lives in September next, when a mighty vessel of the air is to attempt a voyage from Paris to London. If the journey should be accomplished successfully it is possible that the Committee may purchase the ship for the nation. So, if we are behindhand in the race, we are going to try to make up for lost time. All this will probably have the effect of arousing the nation to a sense of the necessity RAISING THE STANDARD. for Britannia to rule the waves of the air as well as those of the sea. We must, it seems, have Dreadnoughts above as well as below. Savs the Morning Post," men are absurdly eager that the Union Jack should float nearer the Pole than any other flag, but they are absurdly indifferent whether it floats nearer heaven." The notion of the expansion of the Empire in that direction is certainly attractive. Excelsior, then Even though the bulk of the nation be as yet apathetic there are some patriots, and they are to be found in all ranks of life, judging from the "Morning Post" subscription list. Men of wealth and standing have sent hand- some donations, but the comparatively humble guinea has been received from many, and further down yet come the crowns, the half- crowns, and even the sixpences. A retired governess sends a half-crown tu help carry the flag nearer heaven, and Clare Tomtoo sends sixpence for the same object. Wake up then, ve men of England! Is the salvation of the fempire to be left to the" retired governesses" and the Clare Tomtoos ? At the rate of a few lines a day the House of Commons is getting the Finance Bill through THE BUDGET FIGHT. Committee. It does not seem to be exactly breakneck speed, but even that rate of progress is apparently only made pos- sible by the application of the closure, which has already caused one or two lively scenes. Unless more speed is put on. there does not seem much likelihood of the Bill being sent up to the Lords by August, or by Christmas, for that matter. It is to be a stern fight, evidently. Both sides are organising their forces for a great campaign, and if the nation does not know all about the Bill, fo-r and against, within the next two or three months it will be because the nation has not taken full advantage of its opportunities. There is an Anti-Budget League, which is going to rouse the country against the Budget, and the Ministerialists are going to spread the light" and rouse the country to declare that the Bill shall be passed. The action which the Lords will take when the Bill does at last get to their House offers an interesting field for speculation, The belief that they will refuse to accept it as it stands is gaining ground, and it may be taken as certain that they will at any rate attempt to make some alterations in it; and it is equally certain that the Government, with their great majority in'the House of Commons, will refuse to accept any alteration in the Bill after it has once left the elected House. Then we shall see what we shall see. -0: The Emperor William of Germany has added another to the remarkable utterances which he PEACE AND THE KAISER. has made from time to time. His speech upon the meeting between him and the Czar has been widely commented upon. Both monarchs are agreed, says His Majesty, that their meeting is to be regarded as an energetic confirmation of peace. We feel ourselves," said the Emperor, as monarchs responsible to God for the weal and woe of our peoples, whom we desire, as far as possible, along peaceful paths, to bring for- ward and lead up to the flower of prosperity." It is a high ideal, but nobody doubts that the Kaiser is sincere in declaring it to be the one by which he is animated. Certainly his twenty- one years' peaceful reign has completely and happily falsified the prophets who feared that his succession to the throne of the German Empire boded ill to the peace of Europe. The "War Lord has never lost an opportunity of voicing his desire for peace. All nations need peace," he said in the same speech, in order to be able, under its protection, to devote them- selves without disturbance to the great civilising problems of their economic and commercial development." Nothing could be truer. That all nations are convinced that the only way to nsure peace is to maintain a state of instant readiness for war is unfortunately true also, and it is a terribly. ironical comment upon the Kaiser's speech. The Blue Book on British trade just issued covers the last five years, and it shows, what OUR OVER-SEA TRADE. everybody now knows, that our over-sea trade experienced a considerable set-back last year as compared with the previous twelve months. The decline in Imports amounted to fifty-three millions, and in exports to forty-nine millions, a total decrease in the volume of trade of more than a hundred millions. This decline cannot 1)ut be regarded as very serious, but it must not be forgotten that 1907 was a record year, while in 1908 there was a depression in trade which was world wide. International commerce runs in cycles, periods of great prosperity alternate with periods- of depression, and we have been passing lately through one of the latter. We are not yet out of it, but there are indications that things are improving, and that more pros- perous times are again in sight. And we may console ourselves at any rate with the reflec- tion that, even though trade was less by a hundred millions last year tharf the year before, its volume was greater by nearly a hundred and twenty millions than it was in the first year of the decade under review.