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Bel Mustn't Have Ladies' Day at His Club, until the Poor :
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Man Looks Like a Small Boy Waiting: tv Bs
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re' those members of high so
. ' - . ... J. a. A Jl k d
I Cley -wo are not ouaaoa j -MUre(i himT
MTersnc for royalty It ' am , , . Kins Oeorgtt keeps raclor stable
become evident ' that the Kins of , si apcordance -frith the tradition of
tnsland Is the most benpecked has- , , the monarchr but at the beginning
t,and In his own country. . , , . of his reign he did not bet; as" his
, physically? orersnadowe'd by Ms,, father did. Last Spring It was dls-
larga, buxom, rosy-laced .wue. lung ., ooTerea tnat.ne was oeiung on uxa
George appears at publlo ceremonies , J races considerably. Then he stopped,
very much like a small boy who la 4 .Once more Queen Mary's foot bad
being; tacea care or oy a pouce iw ( ,
tron. That Is, indeed, an accnraU,',
symbol of the attitude of Queen Mary , -
toward the King In everyuung.
Queen Mary says' that the King
must' not 'play cards, ' that he1 most
not back hla racehorses,' that no
ticeably pretty or fashionably dressed
women must not appear in the court
circle, that be must not smoke strong
iclgarav that he must not go np In air
ifhlps; that1 be must not go out In the
night air, and that be must not t
tend sta sunDer nartles. " -'
The latest revelation of the Queen's
dominant personality has occurred
la connection' with- s proposed "La-'
9eB' Day" -at the King's faTorlt
club. This is the Marlborough Club, '
trhlch is adjacent to the grounds of
Marlborough House and was founded 'x,
by King Edward when he was Prince ,
of Wales. It Is the only club which :
(he present King ever enters. " '
Clubs have not prospered inteiy n
Sxindon because of the growing pop
ularity of amusements in wmcn do in
eezes can share. Recently great '
Innovation was proposed with the ' .
Ilea of putting new life into the
glarlborough Club. It was planned '
to hold a Ladies' Night once a week
at which members could bring their
women friends to ' dinner and bara I
a game of cards afterward. , , ?
The plan was submitted to King '
George, lika all proposed changes In
(& club organization, and at first ba.;?,
approved of this, change anua an-
fbuslastloaiiy.
Later, it seems, be mentioned tha T
Tibjeot to the Queen and sba Imme
diately put bar foot down heavily on
the plan, ., , , . '
"Yon must atop it at once, George," .
the Is reported to hare said. ' ''Such
promiscuous association of men and f
women Is most demoralizing to all .
concerned and Inevitably tends to ,
tineex the women, I don't sea bow
you could bare thought it consistent n
with the dignity of tha King of Eng
land to sit about with a lot of for
ward girls and smoke cigarettes."
King George was then compelled
to Inform tha Marlborough Club that -on
further consideration ba dlsap .:
Eoved of their plan. It Is a secu
rity of the Queen's methods that
aba usually makes tha King correct '
blmselt, Thie Is what sha calls'
"doing . things in a modest and
womanly manner." Two members of '
' the governing committee of the Marlr
borough Club resigned because they
were not allowed to carry out tha
popular project 1
Even, more Interesting Is Queen .
Mary's , suppression of tha King's
flatonlo friendship for the Countess
' of Mar and Kellle. The Countess is ,
young and very bandsoma and.4
, imminent figure In fashionable so-'
clety. It was observed that King
George took evident pleasure m sit-,
ting beslda the beautiful Countess
and talking to her. Consequently,
'. whenever the King accepted an in
vitation to a private entertainment, -the
hostess was careful to Include -.
tha Countess.
,. Queen Mary noticed the King and
taa Countess In animated conver
aatlon and Indicated to him by a
well-known and doubtless much
. 4readed signal that she wished to
apeak with him alone. The Countess,
however, continued to talk to the
King, which she bad a right to do,
' for he bad, invited her society and
In theory no one, not even bis wife,
, raay Intrude on tha King's presence -when
be ts speaking to anybody. The
Queen was compelled to subside and tha costume In .which Lady Diana
bis Majesty greatly enjoyed tha lit- proposed to appear. She glanced at-,
tie rest which the countess's ooio it, ana men u nma uvw
to say to Ms nosts: f ..
. "Lady Diana must wear a fuller
costume than this." .-. . j '
" , When , this Information was con
' veyed to Ladr Diana, instead of
marina-' fiillnr eastnme She ex
cused herself from tha party on tha . : dances anlte In the
ground of ill-health. 6he Is tha prof esslonal mitt j , .
daughter of the Duke and Duchass ; swr, Probably that ;v
f Rutland, who, of course, hold a
very high position In British society
and enjoy the friendship of the King
and Queen, She is as plquantly pret
ty as ber sister," formerly Lady Mar
Jorie Manners. .. ., ..
Like many young women In fash
lonable sooiety. Lady Diana alms to
executa .- costume
most stop that at oncei Geoie, gald tie Wn, When She Ixtarned Tluit He Had Approyed .oi
fto latrodnctlon ot a Ladlea' Day atm Favorite Gub, the llarlborousli - - ;
JThe Chana
tng Countess
of Mar and
Kellle, for
Whom the
Kin g Has Do-
reloped . a
Harked Pla
tonic Friend
hip, 1 '
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descended heavily on her husband!
amusements. ' ' ' '
, Last Summer the King and Queen
paid a visit to the Karl and Countess
of Derby at their famous estate,
Knowsley, in Lancashire.. regular
vaudeville show with halt a dozen
professional performers, as well as
unateors. was among tha features
Provided for their entertainment
Among tha numbers on the pro
gramme at Knowsley was a danoe In
eostume by Lady ' Diana Manners.
Before the performance the Queen.
' remembering some of the dance cos
tames she had seen at the muslo
balls, asked to see a photograph of
, )i -nip ; .y: m
Photograph
cf KlngGeorffo
and Qneen
t a, Uni
tary Kerlev.
Thy ileal
fj orershad-
owed by the
Qneen, he
looks as if ho
feared to
be punished
- ' v . '
for-, doing
something
lttkiikhty,,':V"
Is the way they wish to tnafce a a t!star of the DuKe of Westminster
living when the era of Socialism it was suggested that tha Countess
-comes. . Lady Diana appeared; re i aer position at-Court because "
cently at an entertainment In Albert ( , bad shown sympathy with tha '
Hall dressed as a regular ballerina, , ..jragiat movement, but in the light
. ; Now, to decline to attend a royal 0f other occurrences It seems prob .
, party when Invited Is something lika able that ber striking beauty badi
. high treason. , If the King and Queen something to do With It
are not to be supreme autocrats la t The explanation Is made that Her'. ,
social matters, the little power they . Majesty has no objection to womanly-'
'.have hitherto retained will have ' beauty, but it. must be associated' '
gone. Lady Diana's action has there -with a solid, healthy physique In or
; ' fore created quite a painful situation der to meet with her approval Win
in court circles. Itemphasizes the some, wistful little sylphs are not
' fact that the gayest element of fash- -welcomed at Court .- - -
lonable sooety is now distinct from Her Majesty's censorship over tenv -Court
life with which It was IdentI- fame looks has extended far below '
fled In King Edward's time. ' Court ' circles. .When the young . -When
he was quite young King Prince of Wales was spending Ms
' George Was fond of smoking. During year In Paris the Queen discharged '
v the years be spent in the navy there, ', bis Parisian laundress because she,
; ' was nothing be liked better than to . -was too conspicuously pretty.
, pull on an old black briar-root pipe. - The great International horse show1
; After bis accession to the throne he - beld In London this Summer counted
'.'began to smoke large black cigars 1 largely on the patronage of the King
' after dinner. The Queen told him - and Queen. An Intimation was con
- that he bad better stop the practice, ' veyed to the managers that Their
, because It was bad for his health. . Majesties could not witness the ex
, Now he seldom smokes anything ,hlbltion of horses with women riding :
stronger than a cigarette, and he) stride. . The principal person at.
'does that with a timid and furtive
look, like a little boy who Is afraid
y he will be caught. It Is a significant
fact that Queen Mary explains to
society that the odor of tobacco is
."very .disagreeable to ber. -
' It seems to be more than a oolncl
dence that a series of exceptionally
, good-looking young women have been
. snubbed or otherwise discouraged by
' the Queen. Recently the Countess
..'of, Shaftesbury was relieved of the
. Important Court office of ' lady-ln
waiting to the Queen. The Countess
, occupies a very high position In so
J clety, not only on .account of her
- husband's rank, but because she Is
f ected by this decree was Miss Ruth
Stoyd. a graceful American girl, who
rides astride in a most accomplished v
' manner. ' ' " 1 '' t ' " t
The late Colonel Cody, the Amer
ican employed by the British, army
as a flying-machine expert, was re .
cently giving an exhibition to the .
King at Aldershot. -
"Can I not take Tour Majesty for .
a ride In this machine? " asked Cody.
"There la nothing X should like
better." replied the King, "but t am '
' afraid the Queen would not like me '
to." -: ' (i i v ' " 1 " " '
In this case the Queen had good
reason for exercising her authority.'
Vhy Toads Should Be Kept in th& City Home
snap np the unsuspecting enemies of flowers
and vegetables by the thousand. They dart 4
their tongue out and take one or more In
sects every time. .They are not at all parti
cular as to the particular kind of bug they '
feed upon, but they catch many kinds, among
which are flies and all sorts of bettles which "
ati th Ufa Ant fit Til&ntji. 1
plant life of the home, even-it it is onlya Toads are supposed to give persons wartt
small flower garden in -the back yard or is , , 0 happen to touch them, but this is a tt
dbu eu vua mu. . , - . ulhqu- man. ik tu iiuluiub less man a super-
TVilanns are danserouS. no matter' how ' fittt1on. and" It 1. follr to tnrh ph & thin. -
carefully used, ana tne saxer pian is 10 ee
i- UR native birds do not rrequent tne city
11 as they do the -rural sections,, and
Vr when the many Insect pests that feed ,
wpon vegetaUon get a start In tha city flower
or vegetable garden, they must be killed by
the use of poisonous sprays, or devoured by
toads, or they WW completely aevour uiw
rri Cott&tcss of liar and fie&le by boUly sUndlng her ground, saved tha
Kir i from severe punlghment hy his wife."
toads and protect them. These creatures'
are not very attractive, nut tney are very
valuable, and anything of real value these
days becomes more or less attractive in, most
of our eyes. "s -
Toads devour1 more. Insects In a 'given
period than most birds. '
Insects 1 work - on vegetation more under
'cover ot darkness than In daytime, and the
toads know this, and go forth at night and
" unless It be to keep children from handling -,
them. , ' ' " - . ;
. A board or box or two In the flower garden'
raised up two or three Inches to permit the, 1
toads taking shelter beneath them, will afford
protection. When the plants become ot conJ
slderable size the leaves will provide shelter
,for the toads, - s .
Florists and gardeners purchase toads, and
boys search the country for them. In time
they breed and the numbers are Increased,
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