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HAPPIEST MÁN,
If joy could be measured, who would d'share i asks be found to have the biggest"
|:[BÝ HAJOR FITZBOY GARDNER, OP-K., IN THE writer in the Daily ees. One of the
DAILY NEWS."!
Although I can vividly recall the joys of a London Season is far back as the late 'seventies. I am not one of the ** old
who present favour of the past. But, like others who saw life and thoroughly enjoyed it in those days and are not yet quite "on the shelf, I am getting weary of the silly and quite misleading, comparisons be Breen the present-day,girl's oppurtunities and characteristics and those of the girl of what is reteregil to contemptuously as the mid-Vjetorin era,
to
following, perhaps; ;
An athlete winning in a great coutest," An inventor or selenast at the moment of
his discovery, making
artist putting the last touch to a beggar winning a fortune.
A love tick person hearing the other
Die sny
home i
Yet can they be happier than the ship. wrecked sailor, or the entombed miner, as they grasp their rescuers hands, or more contrated than a warworn schlier return- ing
The
sheck of joy fellowing grent st troke
cf luck. like a big prize in a sweep For instance, one lady writes, referring stake, or an unexpected inheritance. has
Miss 1924: It only they knew the
poor time their mothers had they would caused the deaths of the people I
are.
be gore sensible of their luck than they If a man had written it I should describe it as claptrap. Mothers old enough to have been grown-up girls then will, I am sure. agree with me. They
s
and
haul a jolly good time, and I.enjoyed it they couple passed the limit of what
with them, although they were not as bare faced or bare-backed as some of the modern type and did not paint their lins or adopt on terms, of easy intimacy 45 dancing partners men of any or a reputation. In those days dancing was not a craze, but a form of evening recrea- tion, and a man who specialized in good dancing was regarded by other men, and by many of his partners, as a nincom poop.
True, there were more restrictions than mow, but Mias 1850 did not seem to mind them. Her enjoyment of life was the was not not marred because it thing for girls to ride alone in a han- som enb. Parents had some voice in their daughters' choice of their misbands. with the result that Society divorce cases provided useful material for the news. papers far mork rarely than now, and there were many more really happy mar ringes.
The self-respect, which was marked characteristic of the girl of those times. necuraged a man's respect "for her, which was good for" beth: and she
without just 1.3 happy
the "enlightenment" dh which the "modern" girl prides herself sometimes aggressive
WILN
But. old as I am. I fund much in the London girl of to-day that is delightful; many of them just as healthy and whole some as the girls of my youth. I enjoy Ber intelligent conversation, and revel in my admiration of the spirit of independ- ence with which she entertains friends of either sex at a restaurant, or steers her car through the bewildering maze of street traffic. There is something attrac tively characteristic in the firmness of her step and even in the air of haughty can tempt with which she returns the stare of
A married couple died in France within an hour of hearing they had wen £50,000 in a lottery. When a relative, left him half-a-million a
it was said
hirn
mad. York man, shot himself.
sudden joy had driven These
stand in sheer joy Almost everyone has been supremely contented. if only for a moment or tax aricketer smiting a six, a lost child find- ing its mother, a gourmand before a suc- culent dish, a sufferer from toothache as he sees the offender safe in the forceps a boy discovery the elusive claws. cigarette ear that completes.his series, an M.P. after a successful maiden speech: they all feel, at the time, that they have got right there.
SLEEPY SICKNESS." HEALTH MINISTRY'S STATEMENT.
The Ministry of Health states that the total CLIPS of encephalitis lethargica (sometines called epidemic sucephalitis, or incorrectly,
sickness"
Wales during
netified in Engianal the week ended May 17th has been "956, to be compared with 991 for the week end- May 10th, and 282 for that ended May ard, Since the beginning of the year the number of notified cases has been 2.473 fas compared with an annual average
in the previous four years). Out of this Total, 81 have occurred in London: the chief centre affected elsewhere being
Sheffield, Manchester,
Birmingham,
of
Brktol. In general, however, the have been widely scattered throughout different parts of the country. It is too soon to estimate the morality caused, but on the deaths so far reported the mortality has varied in different cities from 12 ta 21 per cent, of the notified cases.
The present epidemic prevalence is similar to, though more extensive than that of the corresponding period in 1991. when a total of 1.155 cases was reported, there are signs of de-
some man in a public place: and I am Speaking gener mainly affected... but!
rather pleased than otherwise when she addresses me as "Old Bean."
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от
DEVILSIITIK,
line in the the spread of infection to new districts
maintenanc of the total: But there is also the tipe, a vicious result in the aftermath of the war, which doubtless prevalence. There still little evidenc has been in the minds of Lady Frances that the definitely recognised cases of the
responsible
being Balfour and others, whose plain-speaking fretion. The epidemic winx, presumably has excited the indignation of soine
kept up by sight
and unrecognised cases women, who, in rescating these reflec
ticha tions on the modern girl, have perhaps or by healthy carriers of the virus of the unwittingly championed the cocktail-si malady. No spoilable either
vaccines, are at present ling, shameless product of the night-club for firevention or treatment. Remiche young females who, in spite of respect on the nature of the virus and many able connections, have by their methods other problems arising in connection with of asserting their freedom fully deserved encephalitis are being netively pursued.un- the betwixt-and-be-der the direction of the Medical Research their nicknames, tweens, and whose not always correctly Council, and in numerous. Izboratories at termed platonis week-ends" have be home and abroad, come a more or less recognized institution in their own circle. Happily, that parti eular circle conspicuous as it now is in the West End, is not representative of the average Society girl of to-day.
DEVONSHIRE HOUSE SITE. FLATS AND SHOPS TO BE BUILT.
Plans are being completed, for building on the site of Devonshire House, Pices- dilly, W.. block of shops and flats. Devonshire House, which was built in 178 for the third Duke of Devonshire and was for long a centre of London social life, was sold in September, 1910, by the pre- sent Duke of Devonshire to Messrs. Holland and Hannen and Cubitts. Ltd.. the building firm for more than, £1,000,000.
Since the there has been much specu- lation as to the future of the historie property, which stands on an island site covering an area of about, 103,875 square feet.
A representative of the present owners is now in the United States discussing the plans with Mr. Thomas Hastings, the New York architect. Mr. C, H. Reilly, the Liverpool architect, hus also helped with the plans, Mr. E. C. Hannes, a director of Messrs. Flolland and Honen and Cubbitts, Ltd., said to a reporter": "If this "Anglo-Americnu scheme mate- realises the present Devonshire Hanse will be pulled down and the whole site,. including the courtyard facing Picca dilly, will be built upon It would take two and a half years to complete. I shall probably get a decision from the United States during the next fortnight as to whether the scheme is considered satis factory"
STREET-WIDENING "SCHÉNE. Linked up with the future of Devon- ahiro House are plans for improvements to the surrounding streets. The West- minster City Council has long been de- sirous of, widening Berkeley Street, "ron- ning from Piccadilly past the east sido of Devonshire House, which is used by
large volume of traffic.
An official of the Westminster City Council said: "In view of possible: developments on the site of Devonshire Housk, the council will -consider the widening of Berkeley Street. It is proposed to widen it from Piccadilly, as far as Lansdowne passage by 20ft., mak ing the new width of the street taft. ...The iron gates to the courtyard, of Devondire House, among the oldest and finest in the country, were bought by the Office of Works in 1921 and placed in the palings of the Green Park in Piccadilly.
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