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The First Wendy..
The Duchess's Diary
A Temple Memento.
The Prettiest Dance Club. When a week or two ago York have been visiting East Africi, do to which I have been, bis wall While the Duke and Duchess of The prettiest dance club in Lon- in some notes on the late Mrs. W. Her Royal Highness has kept which are painted in a French gray E. Honley, of Henley's consuming very detailed diary, setting down enlour, which graduly shades into affection for his only daughter, day by day all of importance or in- & beautiful blue (writes "Gadabout" was unaware that little Margaret terest that has taken price (says in the "Daily Chronicle."')" There Emma Henley was the original "Lily Chronicle" writer.) There pink settees, and the rose-tinted Wendy of Sir James Barrie's round the Court thus some portion of silver-leaved bushes, while intriguing report is now running lights are hung among the branchos "Peter Pan" says "T. P." in of this volume may be published in towards the centra great troo "T. P.'e und Caswell's Weekly.")[book form when the little Duchess prends its silver branches against Sir James was, of course, one of returns to England. If the travel the pale blue ceiling. "Henley's young men in the days diary of the Duchess of York is of the National Observer," and published it will without doubt, be- like everybody who visited Henley's a best seller, and such publica Temple. As I passed from Crown They are spring-cleaning in the home he fell completely under then will be an interesting departure Office Row into King's Bench Walk spell of the Empresa a title The Duchess, however, will not be I caught a glimpse of sign-writers bestowed on Margaret by her father. the first of our Royal Indies to write Little Margaret died befor, she was a book for Queen Mand of Norway touching up the names in door- six, and was buried in the church finished a novel some time ago. And ways. (says "Daily News" yard of Cockayne Hatley, in Bed:carlier example is provided by, the writer). In Paper Building "Mr. fordshire, where her father, who sur. Leaves from Our Life in the High-H. H. Asquith" was being trans- vived her by a decale, was huid to lands," written by the late Q formed into "The Earl of Oxford rost beside her.
Victoria, and published many yours and Asquith." Below that of his father's was the name of poor Raymond Asquith, looking as if it, too, had just been newly lettered. Where, Prince Henry Spends His
Holiday.
The Dandy Cart.
Before the advent of the joodmo
ago.
Lord Curzon's Caller.
One of the Arst callers at Lord tive engine, the minds of engineers Curzan's house after his recent were constantly engaged on the pro- operation was the Bolgian Ambas- i hof drawing waggons along sador who curried a special message Hellianthe, where Prince Henry taracles or railways, and a favourite from the King of the Pigians (Phas recently been staying, is a deview adopted for assisting berserisile "Padly Cronicle.") King great white building standing high Graction was the Dandy Part, on Albert mid Queen Mlizabeth count above the Côte des Basques, at the example of which will be shown at Lord Curzon ns one of their chief southern end of Biarritz (says a the Torilcoming Railway Centenary friends, an intimate friendship London Evening News" writer.) celebrations this summer. This was which dates from the very first days. It is noted for various treatments, a kind of bogie or light truck upon of the Great War. Shortly after including un-baths and sun-ray four whorts which was attached to the outbreak of war Lori Buzón
treatment. From the flat roof the last waggon. The object of the pliegt his country house Hack- truck was Hyenalde the horse to end, at the disposal of the Belgian Where are the cabins for the sun liistud its strength by riding in-vers who gladly availed obtained of the Pyrenees, mauve treatment a wonderful view is stend of trading in the war of the themselves of his hospitality loud-17 wnggons down the manyoy their young childron, For blue and misty purple, stretching downward Pn the line. 1: nearly bar yours the young away into the north coast of wes at first called a "horse waggon, Belgian princes and their sister Spain. Below paths descend in aberse carriage," and a horse Divait in security under "Lord | Zigzag fashion among the truck," 116 Where were
Guzzon's ront, while their country tamarisk-grown terraces to the Mop sapererted by the more popular one's
was occupied by German troops, sea and the new bathing places. of "Dandy cart," "Dandy wag The Quem of the Belgians used On the peak to the right, leading | gon," "Dainly wil Horse Dandy,"
Frequently to come over by ser to the popular Port-Viex bathing Dandy was one of the stock plane and send a couple of days anclosure, is the famous Maison epithets of 100 years ago. It was with her family. whenever she Busque, with its delicious Russian applied ironically to anything new could be spared from her hospital cookery and its remarkable assort-
showy. Dandy carts were in
ment of hors d'œuvre. Hélianthe ise on the old Stockoutand Darling
the word. you remember, means ton Railway, now (utpart of the
Important researches that may sunflower-is an hotel as well as L.N.E.R. Previous to the intro elutioni ou conception of the a hydropathic establishment. A duction of the Dandy east, theses and prevention of cane rest cure often accompanies the horses were nimel shaken in follow have been made by Dr. Louis
other cures. One little detail I ing the waggons down the hills and Westema Sambon, Treturer in the recall in this connection could mere fatigued by rimning after the London Sebol of Tropical Medi- Arucks than by going the same dia cine. Dr. Sombor, claims that quite easily be adopted in many tament he wore rule with a load.
enzor is a parasitic disease which hotels. It is that of having differ- An old record tells us that "Theis preventable by stamping out, the nt coloured signalling lights out- carriers of the parasite. Worms of side each bedroom door when one various kuuls seem to be very im- wants chambermaid, waitress, or Fortant fetare, in the causation of valet. Thus the continual single, beer. They propare the soil for double, or triple ring for servants the true career gem, they determine which can "get on the nerves" the particular Recation of the disease. so much-is avoided. and they secunt for it's lesser or The Immensity, of Space.
enter, prevalence in a given dis it. Dr. Sumber points out that
at Tin Pune.
"Cancer Houses."
Many
horse was not long, in learning how to go on to the Dandy cart, even when it was in motion, after he had once genspeed the agreable fuet hat there was a basket of hay at the end of it. Whey "bitch hear the downward run. The would allew the waggons to pass, and
One of the finest of the spiral otting after the train, leap on to th, low truck of his own accord,
if certain parasitic worms are inebris in the heavens is that known to the Great Nebula in performing a fent not only without strumental in pruncing enticer in
man and animals, the prevention of Andromeda, which on moonless Jurging, but on the contrary with so
moch engerness, as to render it seer is well within our reach.ights is plainly visible to the naked. i difficult to keep him off As if cou-
**Cancer houses," en long disputed, and quite a fine object in a wions that his position on the truck he les found to be rendities, not only good pair of binoculars. was not without danger in the brand also in Brita n. In one event of a sudden stop; be prepared of these fund occurred five cases of for such a contingency by using cer in different families which continuously on his haur bed inhabited the house within, a The account goes on to suv Uist af
short period. the bottom of the run he would get down of his own, necord ns nimbly as he got no and restane pulling with fresh vigour, but as to this we are a little in doubt. When the men were asked if the hopes liked this sort of treatment, the reply was that "they fairly laughed again" "You would hardly believe it," one of the men' is reported to have said, "but one day when I had the Dandy the horse was trying to get into a coal waggon." Before the introduction of the Dandy cart a horse travelled some 174 miles during a week. After the Dandy cart came into use, the disioner was increased to 240 miles and the horse was improved in con- dition. This curions mode of locomo tion did not vanish from our railwaye
attempts have been made to deter. mine its distance, and a recent mea surement by an American astronomer is reported in the last issue of Popular Astronomy. According to What's in a Name?
this, the nohula is probably at least That irrepressible joker. Mr.960,000 light years from the earth D. B. Wyndham Lewis. wants to that is, the light from it takes that know the exact significance of the mons period to traverse the M." in Ethel M. Dell (says "Mr. scpamting us, and light motes Curdle" in "John o' London's t 300.000 Itilometers a second: A Weekly.") Miss Dell might askight year the distance light moves
in one years 5,890,348,500,000; what is the exact significance, if miles, so that the distance of the any, of "D. B.". How many could Andromeda Nebula is 5,588,000,- give the meaning of the initial 000,000,000,000 miles (approximate- straight off in the cast of all the ly five and a half million) Some following names:-William H. years ago a new war appeared in Ainsworth, Percy B. Shelley, the Andrimeda Nebula, which, Elizabeth B. Browning, Cecil when brightest, was about the Rhodes, Samuel T. Coleridge, seventh magnitude, too faint to be Richard. H. Barham, Felicia D. eeu with the naked eye. Hemans, Elizabeth C. Gaskell, maned at the seventh magnitude It re- Charlotte M. Yonge. Harriet B. only a few days, and then slowly Stowe, Adelaide A. Proctor, Henry faded away, being of the sixteenth W. Longfellow, Tobina G. Smollett magnitude, barely visible in the Edward B. Pusey, Leo N. Tolstoy, biggest telescopos, six
months) John G. Whittier, John B. Millais, later But not even the Andromeda John P. Curran, Edward B, Nebula marka, it in believed the. Lytton, Arthur S. Sullivan, George boundary of the universe, if there G. Byron, John S. Bach, George methods a distance of 1.000.000 s a boundary, for by similar refined Improved Wonderfully Through F. Handel, Charles R. Darwin, and light years has been calculated for Charles H Spurgeon? Makes another nabula, which would place. them all sound like Americansit 20,000 billion miles more distant doesn't it? But here is a good than that in Andromeda."Obser- after-dinner competition.
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