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London Air-Mail Letter END OF HOWE

The Queen and the Unemployed: House of Commons Long Sitting: Mews of Mayfair: Sir Edward Elgar: Daughter as Secretaries:

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, December' 20. ́ ́, QUEEN AND UNEMPLOYED Twelve unemployed girls looked up in surprise from their typing at the headquarters of the Young Women's Christian Association in, Great Russell

'Street, London,

to see the Queen' walk into the room. This was the first of a series of visits which the Queen made to training centres for the unemployed organised by the Lon- don Council for Voluntary Occupa- tlon.

The Queen drave from Bucking- ham Palace to the Y.W.C.A. head- quarters, where she was received. by Miss Moore, the general director, who at once led her to the typing- room Here unemployed typists take a "refresher course so as to maintain their speed. When the Queen entered the girls were ty ping an extract from "an' article entitled "Better Times. Miss Moore told the Queen that over a hundred and twenty girls had been on their toks since they opened last January. But there are fewer in the class now because more and more of them seem to be Anding jobs." Miss Moore added. "I am delighted to hear" that," said the Queen. "It is a good sign." ; In the basement the Queen saw a cookery class. Ten unemployed women of various ages were work- log in "caps and overalls rolling pastry, chopping meat, and doing other kitchen jobs. "Do they know anything about cooking when "they come here?" the Queen asked Mrs. Bolt, who is in charge of the class. Mrs. Bolt replied that most of the women were unemployed clerks and typists and knew little about cooking. They seem to be getting on well," remarked the Queen, watching one of the women rolling pastry. The Queen was particularly interested in a rabbit ple, which was almost ready for the oven. She inquired about its ingredients, and her anal comment was "Excellent."

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chill and his brother John, Mrs. Edwin Montagu, Mr. Duff Cooper and Lady Diana Manners, who later became his wife, and, of course, Lord and Lady Beaver- brook.

ACCURATE ESTIMATE Each member of the party gave the others his estimate of the result which would be declared in a few day's time...

Lord Rothermere's estimate wea almost correct. Mr. Lloyd George's was not far out. Bonar Law was more cautious.

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SALES Art Treasures Bring

"Nearly £40,000

After Mr. Gordon Hannen had received a bld of 1,000 gua. Christie's recently for that dignif-

ed ambassadorial table designed

· by Chippendale about 1,755, the last of the Rowe possessions ended a series of sales totalling £39,777, Unquestionably, "the collections removed from Earl Howe's seat at Penn House have met with яд auction, welcome beyond every hopeful, expectation.

©Ân omèn of confidence was the reappearance of private collectors. Mr. David Holt, of Queen's-gate, won the glorious pair of famille rose Ch'len Lung pheasants at 800 gns., in the teeth of the mar- ket. These beautifully enamelled figures, of birds, whose brilliant plumage appealed to the Chinese Mr. Lloyd George announced ceramistes must have caused that Mr. McKenna would be to much after-dinner talk in the old

ten, with which nobody agreed..

days at Copsall; or “Babram,” as that except Lord Rothermere,

prince of chatterers, Frederick Locker-Lampson, called the old home of the sport-loving "Tadcasters."

Mr. McKenna was, in fact, at the bottom of the poll at Ponty- pool.

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It was generally agreed among those in the Cherkley Christmas gathering that Mr. Asquith would 'be defeated. He lost East Fife to Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot," s Unionist, by 2002 votes.

Lord Rothermiere's skill in esti- mating the result of an election has often been striking.

On this occasion it was all the more surprising because his bro- ther. Lord Northcliffe, was oppo- sing the Government for which he himself forecast such a sweeping victory.

"DAUGHTER SECRETARIES" A Friend who was present at the Embassy Ball in Paris tells me that great deal of the credit for the success of the arrangements is due te Lord Tyrrell's daughter. Mrs. Holman,

Lord Tyrrell is by no means the only public man to rely for con- siderable, assistance прод This daughter.

won

Another private buyer, Mr. L. Wyburd, gave 860 gns for the two panels of Brussels tapestry, woven with scenes from Tasso's Story of Rinaldo and Armida; and the greatly admired pair of Adam mahogany urns and pedestals private collection at 500 gns. "Mr. were acquired for a well-known

Kempton," who

them. also took, at 560 grs., a magnificent Chippendale mahogany commode, made about 1,760, but it is under- of six Chippendale chairs, with stood that the Pean House suite

'a pair of settees, circa, 1,755, which reached 640 gns., will bé gladly taken home again, by Earl Howe, along with the noble Chip pendale table mentioned at the outset,

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Mr. Moss Harris, who has been professional frequenter ot Christie's for over half-a-century, quelled the French dealers who, had re-entered the auction arena, after a long absence, to complete Miss Ishbel MacDonald, besides for the "fine Louis Que serpen, being hostess at No. 10, Downing- tine marqueterie commode. This street, Invariably accompanies the he won at the goodly sum of 570 Prime Minister on his trips abroad,gns,, together with another Louis where she helps him with his Quinze piece-a library table-at papers and correspondence.

190 gns. In the Chippendale sec- tlor his chief prize was a pair of graceful torcheres at 370 gns. Mr, Francis Mallett paid" 150 gms. for another pair, and Mr. Nyburg gave 205 gns. for a pair of mahogany arm-chairs, circa 1770.

Altogather the Anal Howe accounted for

The late Lord. Salisbury had a very efficient "secretary" in his daughter, Lady Gwendolen Cecli, who recently wrote his blography.

At the Francis Martin College in Fitzroy Street the Queen saw members of the Fitzroy Unem- ployed Women's Club at work making, dresses, Christmas dolls,

MISS BETTY CADMAN and other toys. She then drove

Another daughter who acts as to Stoke Newington to see" the centre for unemployed woman in travels abroad I Miss Betty Cad-Furtion recently

secretary to Her father when he Church Street.

man, the eldest daughter of Sir Joan Cadman, the chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

When she came out, in addition to the social life of the debutante she devoted a large part of each day to learning shorthand and typing.

THE ALL-NIGHT FARCE The man in the street may well wonder why it is possible, and whether it is necessary, for the House of Commons to sit continu- ously for 23 hours. Ancient Rules of procedure make it possible, and that it ought not to be necessary...

Now, whenever Sir John goes The normal day of the House is abroad, his daughter goes with from 2.45 p.m. till 11 pm. The him on the strength." In three Government arranges the business months recently she visited New 3 week in advance, and it endea- | York, went down through the Yours to give the House enough to United States to Texas and came do in the time available on each back via India and Persia.. day.

If the Whips provide an 'extra large programme or include some- thing that has become urgent, they are, in effect, ordering the House to work overtime. This is achieved by a motion suspending the Eleven O'Clock Rule. The Government. with a majority, can always su- spend the rule when it wants to.

NO LIMIT

There is no time limit to spee- ches in Parliament. Any member so long as he is relevant, may talk till he drops from exhaustion. The greaters part of the all-night sit- ting was occupied by talking sake, a legitimate form of obstruction, called filibustering in America.

Mr. John McGovern, for instance, quoted about 2000 words from a newspaper article.

The all-night sitting provides the Government with the means of getting its way by insistence, but It also places in the hands of the Opposition a weapon of retaliation. The only possible retort is the .closure. This brings debates on particular points to an end while members still wish to speak.

Next week the Government will introduce the guillotine for the Unemployment Bull. This means that the Bill is divided up into parts, and a definite time fixed

beforehand for the debate of each

part.

"FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Fifteen years ago to-day citizens of this country were, polling in a General Election.

The results of the polling were not known until the 28th of the month, for the year was 1918 and a great number of the voters were soldiers still overseas.

WOMEN'S CLUBS

In 1891 there was only one wo- men's club in London-a social club called the Alexandra, which is still thriving. In that year it was joined by the first women's literary club, the Writers, which came to ari etid as a separate entity on Saturday,

I understand that the club will now amalgamate with the Pioneer in Cavendish-square. club will be called the Pioneer and The new writers' Club.".

ENTERTAINING HIMSELF

I Hear that. at the end of the week. Sir Edward Elgar is leaving the nursing home at Worcester for his home, Marl Bank, in that town.

He has little pain, I am told: his brain is as clear as ever it was. and his sense of humour is unim paired..

One advantage which, by virtue of being a composer, he enjo78 over other invalids, is that he is able literally to entertain himself.

He has in particular enjoyed stening to his "Cockalane" over- ture played on the gramophone. At the moment the slow movement of the Piano Quintet is his special favourite.

STREETS THAT ARE MEWS” which is applied to many narrow

That strange name,

"news."

streets in Mayfair, and which to. visitors to London, particularly Scots, is so meaningless, may soon be stored away in the limbo of forgotten things. The London County has come to the conclusion that the name is no longer appropriate. The designs- tion

"mews goes back to the fourteenth century. It is an imita- The election gave the Coalition tive word representing the cry of Parties a majority of 350 over all a sea-bird, but in the plural wan other parties, and the Asquith applied to a stable yard or coach- Liberals secured only 29 seats house forming a narrow street. At Christmas-time a party Th, records reveal, was due to gathered at Lord Beaverbrook's the Royal Mews at Charing Cross, house, Cherkley, near Leatherhead, where the royal hawks were kept and discussed the prospects of the from 1377 te 1637, when the build- election. MMW was ing become the royal stables. ¿Ca=;

Those present included Mr. Lloyd arges have now displaced stables, George, Bozar Law, Lord Rother and flats are even taking the mere and his son," MrEsmond places" of garages, 60 "mews" da Harmsworth, Mr. Winston Chur- obviously meaningless.

11.023. The purchaser of the Hals portrait, bringing 860 gns. on Thursday, was Mr. Frank Collings,

of Messrs. Colnaghi' as stated.

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