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OVERSHADOWED BY THE MEMORY OF MR. GLADSTONE.

" I will take up the narrative where Mr. Gladstone was obliged to leave it," saidMr. Asquith in opening yesterday the speech in which he introduced his HomeRule Bill. While he spoke everyone in the crowded House recalled the reveredmemorjf of the great parl iamentarian whose f i rst Home Rule Bi l l gashed up hist ^^ t y and wh ose secoB4^;ifcttt 9^ soAye the a aost ^ j f f i ga ^^ i ^ I i ^ t fg^ ^^ r r j j j

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April 12, 1912 T H E D A IL Y MIR R O R P ag e

Premier Says His Bill Is F i r s tStep to Larger Scheme.

Irish Parliament to Consist ofSenate andLower House.5 9 U L S W. E ME MB E l lS .

Delicate Financial Scheme to CostBritain 2,000,000.

Shor n on ly of Glai l s tone ' s magni f i cen t vo i cea n d g r e a t p e r s o n a l i t y , the occas ion in the H o u s eof C ommons l as t n igh t was as d r t i m a t i c , asc r o w d e d , and as s t r i k ing as on the occas ion ofi he l as t Home Kule B i l l of 1893.T h e n o t e of the hour whi l e Mr. As qui th , s t andin g in his p l a c e as P r i m e M i n i s t e r , was u n f o l d in g the c o m p l i c a t e d d e t a i l s of the t h i r d H o m eR ule B i l l of the l as t twen ty- s ix year s was a s or to f l eaden s t i l l nes s .

L o o k i n g r a t h e r p a l e and d r a w n , i m p r e s s e dd e e p l y by the t r e m e n d o u s b u r d e n of the occas ion , the Pr ime M in i s t e r beg^ tn in low, d e l i b e r a t etones to tel l of the d e m a n d in the pas t made byt h e N a t i o n a l i s t s of I r e l a n d for a m e a s u r e ofH o m e K u l e .T o a H o u s e of C ommons dens e ly c r owded ups tairs and downs tn i r s M r . As qu i th , Home Secr e t a r yin the las t Ailminis lration of Mr. Glads tonewhos es hadow loomed l a r ge over the H o u s e y e s t e r d a y - -exp la ined his Home R ule B i l l , the t h i r d in a quar te r of a cen tu r y .It is twen ty- s ix year s ago this week s ince thegreates t f igure in moder n L iber a l po l i t i cs b r ough tli is f irs t goveinment of I r e l and meas ur e bef or e theH o u s e of C o m m o n s and spli t his par ty so wideas under t ha t for the nex t two decades t hey sat foral l but t h r ee year s on the lel t s ide of the S p e a k e r ' sC hai r .L i t t l e wonder t ha t the H o u s e was h a t m t e d bym e m o r i e s of t ha t over power ing per s ona l i t y .In a few l ines the legis lat ive his tory of H o m eR u l e is as f o l l ows : V o t eD a t e . F a t e . For. Agrst.1 8 8 6 H e j e c t e d by C o m m o n s ... 313 24-31 8 9 3 P a s s e d by C o m m o n s 301 267R e j e c t e d by L o r d s 41 4191912 7 7 ?It was nine minu tes to t h r ee when the S p e a k e rtook the C h a i r , and f ive min utes later tha t thePr ime M in i s t e r en t e r ed to the a c c o m p a n i m e n t oft umul tuous app laus e f r om the s er r i ed r anks of hiss uppor t e r s and the I r i s hmen mas s ed oppos i t e ,M r , As qu i th , as pr ed ic t ed , got his s peech in toalmost exactly two hour s .C ur ious ly cnouf ih , the f irs t cheer which Mr.A s q u i t h got in the cour s e of his s peech came f r omthe Unionis t Party._ He m a d e a r e f e r ence to Ire-.l and and itsconnec t ion wi th " t h e E m p i r e at l a r ge . ""Union i s t s b r oke in to his ut t e r ance wi th an a lmos tf ierce volume of cheer ing .As Mr. As qui th p r oceeded wi th his s peech , r eadin g it from small sheets on the box bef or e h im, hes eemed to get m o r e at l i ig ease.

SMILES OF SAKCASM.S u d d e n l y the Pr ime M in i s t e r s t opped , t u r ned toa b r igh t red box , d r ew out a s t ack of,p a p e r s , and. j j i f c u n ^ d t h e H o u s e t h a t he was go ing to s t a t e thepr opos a l s oi the B i l l . T h i s was what ever ybodywai t ed for, and necks wer e c r aned f o r war d aboveand be lowM u c h of the Pr emier ' s s peech wasdevo ted to ana t t e m p t to drive in upon the H o u s e .and u p o n thecoun t r y a sense of the s ecur i t y the res t of the k i n g .dom would have in the var ious s a f eguar ds whichhe was putting info the Bill , *B ut t her e wer e s mi l es of s ar cas m and curled l ipsof scorn on the Union i s t benches as Mr. A s q n i t hs ough t to show how safe the Pr o tes t an t minor i t y inI r e l and would be.S i r E d w a r d C a r s o n b l a c k - h a i r e d , c a l m , e l o q u e n t and penet r a t i ng- 7- then r os e and d e c l a r e df ha t the Union i s t s would oppos e the B i l l ever ym o m e n t it is bef or e the H o u s e of C o m m o n s .I t was one of themos t c los e ly - r eas oned s pee chesS i r E d w a r d has m a d e in the H o u s e for s omeyear s pas t , and the way in w h i c h he pi l ed ques t i on a f t e r ques t i on on the G o v e r n m e n t c o n c e r n in g the effects of the B i l l and d e m a n d e d w h a t thec r y ; " I r e l a n d a n a t i o n " had to do w i t h F e d e r a l -i s m, r ous ed the Ui i i on i s t Par ty to s to r ms of endor s i n g a p p l a u s e .M r . B a l f o u r , who m o v e d the a d j o u r n m e n t oft he deba t e j us t bef o r e the Hous e r os e at H.7 l as tn igh t , s ecur ed for hims el f the r i gh t to r e s u m e thed e b a t e on M o n d a y .( P h o t o g r a p h s on p a g e s 1, 8 and 9. and exp lanat o r y m a p a p p e a r s on p a g e s 8 and 9.)

PRIIVE MINISTERS OPENING." I t is n o w n i n e t e e n y e a r s , " b e g a n Mr. As qi i i l h ,h a u n t e d by the spir i t of his gr ea t chief, " s i n c e Mr.G l a d s t o n e , in a memor ab le s peech , i n t r oduced hiss econd Home R ule B i l l , which con ta ined a class icexposit ion of w h a t I may t e r m the ,h i s to r i c cas e asbetween Gr ea t B r i t a in and I r e l and ." I will take up the nar r a t i ve wher e Mr. G l a d -s tone wasobl iged to l eave it, and ask the H o u s eto consid-^r how far the cas e (or or a g a i n s t H o m eR ule has - been a f f ec t ed one way or t he o ther by thecour s e of events s ince 1893."

Mr . Asquith in 1886, when tho first Homn Riilo Billwas iatroduced.(Eiliott aiici I'ry.) Mv, Asquith in 1 8 9 3 , when the seef)nd Home Eiilo Billwtia introduced,[Euaseil and Sons.)

Tha t inqu iry subd ivided i tself into two b r a n c h e s .F r o m the p o i n t of view (1) of I r e l and and (2) of theU n i t e d K i n g d o m and the E m p i i e at l a r ge .At t h i s moment the P r e m i e r was i n t e r r up t ed fora fewm o m e n t s by a hur r i cane ou tbur s t of cheer ingfrom the Oppos i t i on benches her a ld ing the en t r anceof the Union i s t l eader , Mr. B onar . L aw.M r . As qu i th , p r oceed ing , s a id it was not unt i lt he gener a l e l ec t i on of 1885 that the d e m o c r a c y ofI r e l a n d was able to give effective utterance to itsview as to the way it s hou ld be g o v e r n e d .Then four-f if ths of its r epr es en t a t i ves wer e infavour ofHome R ule , and a l l t h r ough the ebbs andflows of political life in E n g l a n d , t h i s d e m a n dhad r emained cons t an t , s ub j ec t to nei ther ec l i ps enor wane , equa l ly i ns i s t en t and per s i s t en t .ULSTER THE ONLY EXCEPTION.

I t rem ained to-day w hat i t was in 1888. Therewer e no c h a n g e s in the pol i t i ca l r ep r es en t a t i on ofcons t i t uenc i es , and 80 per cen t , of the Nat iona l i s tseats were not even con tes t ed . 'Ul s t e r was t he on ly p r ov ince wher e t her e was anyr ea l con tes t , wher e op in ion was gener a l l y d iv ided .T a k i n g U l s t e r as a w h o l e , it v/as_ representeda t t h i s , m o m e n t by s even teen Union i s t s and s ix t een Home R uler s , f i gur es which in t hems elveswere suff icient to s how the m i s l e a d i n g c h a r a c t e rof the pr e t ence t ha t Ul s t e r would die r a ther t hana c c e p t H o m e R u l e .It was neces s ar y , wen t on the P r e m i e r , to cons ider the b e a r i n g of the changes which had t a k e np lace in the social and economic cond i t i ons ofI r e l a n d .H o m e R u l e c o u l d no l onger be r epr es en t ed as acounci l of des pa i r and a concess ion to violence andas an a p p e a l to the fears and appr ehens ions of theB r i t i s h e l ec to r a t e .T he wor k ing of the new l aws had a l r eady donem u c h to weaken the force and blun t the poin t ofwhat twen ty year s ago wer e s er v i ceab le a r r ows int he Union i s t qu iver .O n the other hand , the social and economic cond i t i ons of I r e l a n d had been largely affected s ince1893 by I mper i a l l eg i s l a t i on .T her e wer e s ome cr i t i cs who said this was ar e f u t a t i on of the s uppos ed neces s i t y for H o m eR u l e , and o u g h t to m a k e an i r r es i s t i b l e appea l to( ne g r a t i t ude of the I r i s h peop le . T ha t was no t , tohi s mind , a f o r m i d a b l e a r g u m e n t .He cou ld imagine an I r i s hman r e to r t i ng t ha tther e wer e two s ides to the accoun t . M eas ur es

s uch as t hes e wer e but a t a r d y and i nadequate s e t off agains t an i r r epar ab l e pas t , aga ins t the evilw r o u g h t by over - t axa t ion , by d e p o p u l a t i o n , by thelegalised confiscation of the pr oper ty of the toifersof the soil .T he p l edg ing of the cr ed i t of t h i s coun t r y forl and pur chas e and old- age pens ions made the i deaof s epar a t i on be tween the two m d r e u n t h i n k a b l ethan ever .He as ked the H o u s e to cons ider the pr ob lemfrom an I mper i a l s t andpo in t .W h i l e r e c o g r n i e i n g ; t h e u r g e n c y of theI r i s h c l a i m , I h a v e a lv t fa y s p r e s e n t e d thec a s e fo r H o m e R u l e as the f i r s t S t e p , an do n l y the - n e s t s t e p , to a l a r g e r an d m o r ec o m p r e h e n s i v e p o l i c y .Eac h year for the pas t thir ty year .s had e mph asisedthe u r gency of e m a n c i p a t i n g the I mper i a l Par l i a men t f rom local cares and l oca l bur dens .Hi s exper i ence led him to the belief that theywould never get the s epar a t e concer ns of the different par ts of the Uni t ed Kingdom t r ea t ed wi thf idequat e knowledge and . s ympathy un les s t hey hadt he cour age to hand them over to the r epr es en t at ives who a lone wer e immedia t e ly a f f ec t ed .T h e y had i ns t i t u t ed the guillotine for the p u r p o s eof p r even t ing unneces s ar y r epe t i t i on in d e b a t e s ,bu t no one wdio cared for the dign i ty and efficiencyof the Hous e cou ld v i ew th i s moder n mach iner ywi th any th ing but r e luc t ance and r e p u g n a n c e .T h e w h o l e p r o b l e m was too c o m p l e x and thecond i t i ons too v a r i e d to be dea l t wi th in onem e a s u r e , but what t hey wer e do ing now was wi ththe d i s t i nc t and di r ec t pur pos e of a f u l l e r app l i ca t i on of the p r i n c i p l e .

DUELS WITH MR, BONAR LAW.T h e r e w e r e two l i t t l e pas s ages - a t - a r ms wi th thel eader of the Oppos i t i on whi l e the P r e m i e r wasunf o ld ing the main po in t s of the Bill .M r . As qu i th r e f e r r ed to a pas s age in Mr. B o n a rL aw' s B el f as t s peech in which , r e f e r r i ng to TariffR ef or m, he s a id t ha t the Union i s t Par ty woulddevelop to the full the r es our ces of I r e l a n d ." Ye s , " s neer ed the Pr ime M in i s t e r , " bu t atw h o s e c o s t ? " L i b e r a l s c h e e r e d .M r . B onar I-aw ( i n t e r v e n i n g ) : _ I a d d e d , " Sol o n g as t h e y r e m a i n e d in par tner s h ip wi th us."P r e m i e r ( h o t l y ) : T h a t is a poin t l es s i n t e r r up-

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THE B ILL'S PROVISIONS OUTLINED B Y PREMIER.CARDINAL PRiNCIPLE.T h e I m p e r ia l P a r l i a m e n t ca n n e i t h e r s u r r e n d e r nor s h a r e it s s u p i / e m ea u t h o r i t y . IRISH PARLIAMENT'S POWERS.I r i s h P a r l i a m e n t to c o n s i s t or the Kin^f, the S e n a t e and tho ( I r i s h ) H o u s e ofC o m m o n s . It w o u l d h a v e no p o w e r o v e r m a t t e r s a f f e c t i n g ' th e C r o w n , the m a k i n g ;o f p e a c e or w a r or t r e a t l e ? , the N a v y and the A r m y or c e r t a i n '> r e s e r v e d s e r v i c e s , * 's u c h a s L a n d P u r c h a s e , O l d - A g e P e n s i o n s , N a t i o n a l I n s u r a n c e , H o y a i I ri s h C o n s t a b u l a r y , P o s t O f f ic e S a v i n g s B a n k an d C o l l e c t i o n of T a x e s .T h e C o n s t a b u l a r y w o u l d be a u t o m a t i c a l l y t r a n s f e r r e d to I r e l a n d si x y e a r sa f t e r the B i ll b e c o m e s law, the S a v i n g ; s B a n k , if d e s t r e d , a f t e r t en y e a r s , an dP e n s i o n s an d i n s u r a n c e a t a y e a r ' s n o t i c e or d e m a n d .T h e I r i s h P a r l i a m e n t c o u l d no t t o u c h th e Act i t s e l f t h a t c r e a t e d it.RELIGIOUS EQU ALITY.

T h e I r i sh P a r l i a m e n t c o u l d no t m a k e any lawd i r e c t l y or i n d i r e c t l y to e s t a b l i s ho r e n d o w an y r e l i g i o n or to p r o h i b i t tho f r e e e x e r c i s e of itjOr to g i v e a p r e f e r e n c e , p r i v i l e g e or a d v a n t a g e or i m p o s e an y d i s a b i l i t y ord i s a d v a n t a g e on a c c o u n t o f r e l i g i o u s b e l ie f or r e l i g i o u s or e c c l e s i a s t i c a l s t a t u s ;Or to m a k e an y r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f or any r e l i g i o u s c e r e m o n y a c o n d i t i o n of thev a l i d i t y of m a r r i a g e .O t h e r s a f e g u a r d s w e r e th e v e t o of the L o r d L i e u t e n a n t and the o v e r - r i d i n gf o r c e of I m p e r i a l l e g i s l a t i o n .C ON ST I T UT I ON OF NEW PARLIAMENT.S e n a t e . 4 0 m e m b e r s n o m i n a t e d and h o l d i n g o f f i c e by r o t a t i o n ,L o w e r H o u s e . 1 6 4 m e m b e r s o n e m e m b e r t o e v e r y 2 7 , 0 0 0 i n h a b i t a n t s g i v i n gU l s t e r 69 m e m b e r s .I n c a s e of d i s a g r e e m e n t the two H o u s e s w o u l d si t t o g e t h e r .

FINANCE.T h e I m p e r i a l E x c h e q u e r to c o n t r i b u t e the c o s t of I r is h s e r v i c e s at the t i m e oft h e p a s s i n g of th e Act ( S , 6 l 0 , 0 0 O a t p r e s e n t ) ,I r e l a n d to get the r e v e n u e f r o m he r p o s t a l s e r v i c e an d a l s o a f u r t h e r sum of 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 a y e a r a t f i r s t , g r a d u a l l y to be r e d u c e d to 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 .I r e l a n d tw o u ld h a v e r e s t r i c t e d p o w e r to i m p o s e t a x e s , w o u l d h a v e p o w e r o v e rh e r ow n E x c i s e , but no p o w e r to add to the I m p e r i a l d u t y or C u s t o m s .J o i n t E x c h e q u e r B o a r d to be set up to a d j u s t a c c o u n t s b e t w e e n the twoT r e a s u r i e s .- Th e I m p e r i a l B a l a n c e - s h e e fi : for the y e a r 1 9 1 2 - 1 3 w o u l d l e a v e a d e f i c i t of 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 to be p a i d by G r e a t B r i t a i n .

AT WESTMINSTER.I r i s h r e p r e s e n t a t i o n in the I m p e r i a l H o u s e of C o m m o n s w o u l d be r e d u c e dt o f o r ty - t w O iT h e r e w o u l d be e i g h t b o r o u g h m e m b e r s , t h i r ty - f o u r c o u n t y m e m b e r s , no Unl-v e r s i t y t n o m b e r s .

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What Mr. W. G. C. GladstoneThinks of the New Bill.L E A D IN G M.F.s V I E W S .

O n e of the most intercs tinf t and most interes tedper s ons in the H o u s e of ( "ommons yes t e r day , wasM r. W. G. C. Glads tone , the gr ands on of theG r a n d Old Man whos e name was on ever yone ' sl ips .It was Mr. G l a d s t o n e , the Mr. Glads tone , whof a ther ed the two pr ev ious Home R ule B i l l s , andwhos e devo t ion to the caus e of I r i s h Nat iona l i s mspli t his p a r t y in 188G and caus ed his own r es ignation af ter a brief term of ollice in 189;! . Gladstonewas t her e in the s p i r i t yes t c r dny , and ' i n the hear t sa n d m i n d s of ever y member who cou ld r emem berthe iwwer f u l , r ugged ve t e r an f i gh t ing hii gr ea tf ight in the even ing of his d a y s .In the flesh he was r epr es en t ed by his gr ands on ,W i l l i am Glynne C har l es ( i l ads tone , who was in liisf irs t year when the hr s t Home R ule B i l l saw thel ight.

"DELIGHTED WITH THE BILL."T h i s is how the i n tun t of those days e.vpressedhimself las t evening with Mr. As qui th ' s l eg i s l a t i vababy : " i am del igh t ed wi th the Bill . The r e t en t ion oft he C us toms is a gixid point , and 1 t h ink the s af eguar ds qu i t e s a l i s t ae to r y ." I do not l ike the nominat ed Senat e , but I amalso not in favour of the ^liO franchise ofM r . Glads tone's Bil l of 189;5, and f have not h e a r d of anypr ef er ab l e a l t e r na t ive be ing p r es en t ed by a n y o n ee l s e . "Other op in ions expr es s ed in the l obby l as t n igh tar e as follow : MR . H A N D K I . B O O T H (f..).Tt is a very moder a t e meas ur e . I A*.\ not like the r e t en t ion ofth e two univer s i t y s ea t s in the I r i s h P a r l i a m e n t ,bu t I am ver y g l ad un iver s i t y member s wi l l notsit her_e in W e s t m i n s t e r .L O R D C I I A R L K S B E R E S I O K D (U.)."The object i ons to Home R ule f r om the poin t of view ofnaval efTiciency are a l toge ther un touched . Bu tI look on the B i l l as abs o lu t e ly impos s ib l e .I,OKi) Cf.Auu HAMI L T ON ( U . ) . T h e Bill isabs o lu t e ly p r epos t e r ous , The whole schenic jf an t as t i c in the highes t degr ee . T her e wi l l, ofcour s e , be a Nat iona l i s t major i t y in the L o w e rH o u s e , and the Upper Hous e wi l l be nomiuat ef iby their f r iends the G o v e r n m e n t at W es tmins t e r ,W hat t hen becomes of the so-called safeguards?T h e n the f inance of the s cheme is abs ur d , andwill soon lead Ireland to bankr up tcy . I ' l nor mouspower s of t axa t ion are given to the I r i s h Par l i a m e n t , and the f irs t thing they will do will be tota x all l and lo r ds out of the coun t r y .MR . K L L I S - D A V I E S (I,.) .As a NonconformistI t h ink the religious safeguards perfectly satis factory, I am aga ins t a n o m i n a t e d S e n a t e , as I'fear it may cr ea t e a pr eceden t which may bea p p l i e d to the H o u s e of L o r d s h e r e .^ FOUNDED ON COOKED ACCOUNTS.

MR , ORMSliv-GORii (U.} .The f inance of theBill is absrolutely impracticable. It will breakdown u t t e r ly in wor ku ig .The .*500,0t)0 grant, decreas ing to ^200,000, isnot any th ing l i ke the sum Hom e R ale would cos tto the B r i t i s h t axpayer . The whole of the f inanceof the Bill is f ounded on cooked accoun t s .SI R J O H N L O N S D A L E (the Whip of the Ir ishUnion i s t T ar ty ) .I f no otner s peech than Sir Kd-war d C ar s on ' s wer e ma de f r om the I / n ion i s tbenches dur ing the debate , t ha t a lone s hou ld s mas hthe Bill .It was obvious from Ihe gener a l t one of comm e n t s in the l obby tha t t he Gover nment of I r e l a n dB i l l wi l l have p r ac t i ca l l y the u n a n i m o u s s u p p o r to f L iber a l s and t he i r a l l i es .One L iber a l Si r C l i l f o r d C or ywho neverconcea l ed his views on the mat t e r has declareith i s i n t en t ion of vot ing aga ins t the B i l l , Theac t ion which wi l l be t a k e n by twoo t h e r m e m b e r sof the p a r t y is d o u b t f u l .

QUEUE OUTSIDE THE COMMONS,T he f i r s t member ot P a r l i a m e n t to arr ive outs idathe l ocked door s l ead ing to the H o u s e of C o m m o n s

S es t e r day mor n ing was Mr. M acr aas t e r , Union i s tf , p . for C her t s ey , who t ook his place at tenm i n u t e s to s even .W h e n the door s wer e opened at eight o'clocks ome f o r ty - f ive member s wer e wai t i ng , i nc lud ingMr. Chioz7.a Money, Mr, Hor a t io B ot tomley andM r , L a n s b u r y .Kver y s ea t in the Hous e , e . \ cep t ot course theFr on t B enches above the gangway , had been appr opr i a t ed bef or e noon , member s j us t p l ac ing the i rcar ds on the seats they des ired to o c c u p y .M r . John R e dmo nd and M r . W, R edmond ar r ivedtoge ther in a motor-car about lO.iSO and reservedthe i r s ea t s ,T he ch i e f i nc iden t of the niornin^r ^as the ar r es tof a man whodas hed pas t the pol i ceman on d u t yat the door of St, Stephen ' s Hal l , at t he top ofW e s t m i n s t e r H a l l , at one o ' c lock .H e ran t o w a r d s the C ent r a l Hal l , but was chas edand caugh t by two pol i cemen . He told them hew a n t e d to see Mr, B o n a r Law.His behav iour was so ex t r aor d inar y t ha t he wa$t a k e n to C annon- r ow Po l i ce S t a t i on .

T O - D A Y ' S " W E A T H E R .Ou r special wenther forRoaat lor to-dny is ;NortherlyIjreitKoa; lair or fine eoneraliy; i ry air ; Iiost in plftcesmorning and iifglit. , , ,LiKliting-np t i m e , 7.49 p.m. High water at LondonBridge , 10.12 a.m.LONDON OBSGBVATIONS, Holbora Ciroua, City, ,6 p.m.: Barometer, 30,0ein., r i s i n s : temperaturefltdeg.; wind, N,. gusty; weather, fine ISea paasagos iftill J j a j j c i c ^ - - " - " ' -

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Page 4 T H E D A I L Y M I R R O R April 12, 1912SIR E. CARSO]!f DENOUNCES THE BILL.

Stir r ing Reply to Pr ime Minis ter 'sOpening Speech.

MR. REDMOND PLEASED.Irish Leader Offers Up FerventPrayer for Success of Measure.

LABOUR APPROVAL.CConiinued from fage 3.J

' t ion. ( I - lear , hear .) You reiuse to gran t Hom eR ule , bu t go on deve lop ing I r i s h r es our ces a t t hecos t o f B r it i s h t axpaye r s . You go on wor k ing th i spartnership and the deficit swells and swells .L a t e r t he P r emier c i t ed pas s ages f rom M r . B onarL aw' s B el f ast s peech con ta in ing ment ion o f " cons p i r acy and t r eacher y , "" T h i s , M r . Speak er , " t he P r ime M in i s t e r commente d , " i s t he new s ty l e ! " ( P r o longed cheer sand upr oar , )P r oceed ing , M r . As qu i th s a id s nch l anguage wasall very well in Uls ter .M r , B o i i a r L aw : I have sa id i t her e .M r . As qu i th : T s t he r i gh t hon . ge n t l eman p r epar ed to r epea t her e t ha t I and my co l l eaguesare scli ing our convictions?M r . B onar L a w : You haven ' t go t any !MT , As qni th : Yon ar e ge t t i ng on wi th t he newstyle ! (Cheers .)" FANTASTICAL PRQi^OSALS."

Si r E dwar d C ar s on , whos e r i s i ng was t he s igna lfor loud cheers , said, in his opinion, that more r idiculous and fantas tical proposals than those outl inedby the P r emier had never been pu t be to r e t ha t o rany o ther Hous e ,T hey wer e abs o lu t e ly unwor kab le , and a l l t hes af egua r ds t ha t had been enum er a t ed f o r t he wel f a r e o f t he minor i t y which he ( S i r E dwar d) r e p r es en t ed wer e de lus ions . At a l l even t s , t heywer e no th ing to ( hem.He oppo sed the- introdu ction of the Bill becausethey wer e no longer t o have in I r e l and the p r o t ect ion of the executive responsible to the ImperialPar l i am ent . ( Hear , hear ! ) W as the P r emie r go ingto submit the Bill to the people of the country?(Loud O pposit io n cheers and cr ies of " Answ er ! ')Would he asser t that i ts details had ever been appr oved by the e l ec to r s ? ( Hear , hea r ! )S ince t he p r opos a l s wer e l as t bef o r e t he H ou s e -near ly twen tv year s agoa gr ea t dea l had happened in Irehin d. Yes , but al l that had passed hadgone to show how r ight ihe Opposit ion were andhow wr ong the Gover nment o f t he day wer e .I t was a t a moment when I r e l and was p r ogr es s ing as fas t and as greatly as any other portion ofthe E mpi r e , when conf idence was l a r ge ly r es to r ed ,when differences were dying do wn, when" men ofall creeds were meeting each other in .\ spir i t whichhad never ex i s ted be f or e- i t was t ha t , mom entwhich the Gover nment s e l ec t ed t o th r ow I r e l and

into the melting-] iot of discuss ion.T h i s B i l l , he under s tood , was t o be t he p r ecur s orof devolution Bills for other countr ies of the UnitedKingdo m. ( Hear , hear . ) I f t her e was a mandatefor Home Rule for I reland at the las t electioiiwhich he den iedwas ther e a mandate f o r Sco t t i shHom e R ule and E ngl i s h Home R u le?I t was a hypoe r i l i ca! a r gumen t . ( He ar , hea .r ! )T he Gover nment had no t t he l eas t i n t en t ion o fi n t r o d u c i n g a n y s u c h - s c h e m e ( H e a r , h e a r ! ) and they mig h t as wel l say s o i n t he p r eam ble ,f o r then they would know i t was no t so . ( L ou dOppos i t i on cheer s . )"S I M PL E HVPOC niSY."

M eas ur es o f devo lu t ion s hou ld be b r r ugh t i ntoge ther at t he s ame t ime ; and a t t he s ame t imeset up a sys tem of imperial taxation and the relat i on o f a ll to t he Hous e , W hy had the Gover nment no t done s o? W h y? B ecaus e t hey wer e on lypr e t end ing . ( Oppos i t i on cheer s . )I f t he P r emier was i n ear nes t he would havethese schemes brought in in one Bill or three Billsoper a t i n g t oge ther . W ould he agr ee t o hang upthe mes s age un t i l he had f r amed thes e s chemes ?Of cour s e , he would no t . He would no t bea l lowed .I t was a l l s imple hypocr i s y . W hat was t hedem and o f I r e l an d? W as i t na t i ona l i ndependence , I r e l and a na t ion? I f s o , t he f eder a l s ys t emwas inconsis tent with the deiTiand.T her e cou ld be no guar an t ee i n admin i s t r a t i onun les s t hey had conf idence i n t he Par l i ament t owhich the admin i s t r a t i on was t o be r es pons ib l e .T he execu t ive was ever y th ing .ALL GUARANTEES VAK.UELESS.

I t Wits idle to tell them tha t the Lord Lieti te nantcould exercise his veto. The veto of the LordL ieu t enan t was wor th no th ing a t a l l .Guar an t ee s wer e va lue l es s . T he s af eguar dswould be of no use whatever .All throtigli the speech of the Prime Minis terhe asked himself what were the benefits that he ind i ca t ed f o r I r i s hmen .Did the r i gh t hon . gen t l eman th ink h i s compl i cated f inance would make i t eas ier to raise taxationin I r e l and?Did he think the separation of the poorer f romthe r i cher coun t r y would benef i t t he poor ercoun t r y ?Did he t h ink tha t i n I r e landa cou n t r y t o r nas under , unf or tuna t e ly , by r e l i g ious d i s s ens ion andby ver y g r ave po l i t i ca l d i f f e r ences the wi thdr awali f E n g land as a r b i to r be tween the two would-ing about a better s tate of feeling?f N o , " t hunder ed S i r E dwa r d . " I r ep r es en t a. nority . but, at al l even ts , i t is a mino rity whic h. , , f.!w!i.ys been true to th e Unit ed Kin gdo m.- ' - bp a fatal Bil l for our

gr ea t es t s e r i es o f d i s honour ab le t r ans ac t ions t ha thave ever d i s g r aced any co un t r y , "L oud Oppos i t i on cheer s g r ee t ed t he I r i s h bar r i s t e r as he r es umed h i s s ea t .MR. REDMOND'S PRAYER.

M r . J ohn R edmond , who was r ece ived wi th l oudNat iona l i s t cheer s , s a id t ha t , whatever be en t e r t a ined f o r o r aga ins t t he B i l l , ever yone wouldagree that i t was a great and his tor ic occas ion.T he I r i s h l eader s a id t her e was and a lways hadbeen a cer tain sect in Ireland who would l ike tos ee s epar a t i on f r om th i s coun t r y . T hey wer e avery small sect .I f t hey changed the p r es en t s ys t em and gave in tothe hands o f I r i s hmen the management o f pur e lyIr ish affairs , the small feeling in favour of separat i on would d i s appe ar ." I consider the Bill a better Bil l on the wholethan the Bills of 188G aud 1 8 9 3 , " t he Nat iona l i s tl eader t o ld t he Hous e ." The Bill will be submitted to an Ir ish NationalC onven t ion , and I s ha l l wi thou t hes i t a t i on r ecommend the C onven t ion to accep t i t , " he announcedamid M in i s t e r i a l cheer ing ." I am convinced i t will be cheerfully accepted bythe Ir ish people as a solution of the long-s tand ingil ispute between the two countr ies , and will lead toI hc p r os per i t y and peace o f I r e l and and the s a t i s f ac ti on of E n g land ." I thank God I have l ived to see this day," pro-claimed (he Ir ish leader iu a fervent outburs t ." I p r ay ear nes t l y t ha t t h i s B i l l may pa s s ; t ha ti t may ach i eve a l l t he ob j ec t s t he p r omoter s havein view, and that in (he beautiful words of thepr ayer wi th which the p r oceed ings o f t h i s Hous ear e opened ever y a f t e r no on ; The rftfult of all our counsels ms.y be the maint enance o ! t rue r t i l i a ion and jus t i ce, t he safety , honourand happiness o f the King , t he pub l i c heal th , peaceand t rai i civ i in i ty o f t l i e Realm , and th .e un i t ing 'andkni t t i ng together therein o f the hear t s o f al t personaand es t at es wi th iu the samo in t rue Chri s t i an Jove andc h a r i t y .H e s at d o w n . S y m p a t h e t i c m u r m u r s s p r e a d o v e rt h e I r i s h r a n k s .

LOYE UNDER A SUNSHADEMiss Marie Tempest's Charming Role in

New Play. " A t t l ie Barn."I t was a l l t h r ough a p r e t t y l i t t l e s uns hade tha t

the ac t r es s her o ine o f M r . Anthony P , W T iar ton ' snew p l ay , " At t he B ar n , " p r oduced a t t he P r inceof W ales ' l as t n igh t , was d i s cover ed s ecr e t l yt ak ing pos s es s ion o f a r u r a l co t t age c lub be long ingto t h r ee go l f e r s .

Af t e r t he t h r ee men had been s t a r t l ed by tha ts uns hade , and had s een the l ady , t hey wer e s t i l lmor e s t a r t l ed t o f i nd t ha t s he i ns i s t ed upon s t aying for at leas t a for tnight.P r es en t ly i t appe ar ed tha t s he wan ted to ge taway f r om an unwelcome lover , whom , however ,she had promis ed to wed. So the golfers sym pathe t i ca l l y a l l owed her t o s t ay , and , o f cour s e ,s he f e l l i n l ove wi th one o f t hem."T hen cam e ( he " p r ob lem "w hich ma n s hou lds he choos e? Of cour s e , a l l came ou t wel l .I t i s f i ne ly ac t ed . M r . Nor m an T r evor , M r .C . V. F r ance and M r . Gr aha me B r owne a l l s corein t he ch i e f male ch ar ac t e r s , and as f o r M is sM ar i e T em pes t , s he char m s a l i ke by her f r ocksand her f inished ar t . The receptio n of the play wasmos t en thus i as t i c .

"THE PINK LADY."

DESCENDANT OF FAMED UNIONIST.T he B i l l was b l es s ed by M r . R ams ay M acdonald ,the off icial spoke sman of the Labou r Pa rty . I twould , he p r ed i c t ed , make I r e l and one o f t he mos tpeacef u l and p r os per ous cor ner s o f t he E mpi r e .He r egar ded the B i l l as ano ther a t t empt t o i n crease the s tabil i ty of the Brit ish Empire.A t a l i , f a i r young ar i s tocr a t . L or d C as t l e r eag l i ,the bearer of an his tor ic name in Ir ish poli t ics ,Vigorously attack ed the Bill . I t was a retrogra des t ep ^ i t would i ndef in i t e ly pos tpone p r os per i t y t oI r e l and ." I am pr oud to be a des cenrl an t o f one , " he p r o c l a imed , " wh o was r es pons ib l e f or t he Act o fUnion, and I believe if the Union is al lowed to continue the result will be beneficial , both to Ir elanda n d E n g l a n d . "

INDEPENDENT LEADER'S HEGBET.j \ [ r . W il l i am O' B r i en , t he s haggy- be . i r ded l eader 'o f t he l i t t l e band o f I r i s h I ndependen t s , was , heannounced, not in a posit ion to offer a sett led orf inal judgment upon the Bill , for he had not, l ike

M r . R edmond , had the oppor tun i ty o f a p r e l imi nary inspection of i ts provis ions ." I wi s h , " he s ighed , ' t he Gover nm ent hadt aken the i r cour age i n bo th hands and g iven theI r i ^ h Par t i amcni ; comple t e power over t he I r i s hp u r s e . "C ap ta in C r a ig , t he s tu r dy Ul s t e r g i an t , aver r edh i s unben d ing hos t i l i t y to Home R ule .He f lung out his hands in a ges ture of con-(emp t. ' I don' t c are a s traw for the details ofthe Bill ," he said, in his s low, s tolid way." T he Gover nment may p r in t i t i n go ld andframe i t in oran ge and blue. The y cannot showthat there is any real s inceri ty behind i ts introd u c t i o n . "

Tha t the waltz is s t i ll the main stay of the musica lp l a y a n d " w h a t t h e p u b l i c w a n t s " w a s sh o w n b ythe s p l end id recep t ion accor ded " I T ie P ink L ad y , "a new mus ica l comedy p r oduced by M r . C har l esF r ohman a t t he Globe T hea t r e l as t n igh t .There are two waltzes in the piece, and i t Is safeto assume that at leas t one of thementit led" B eau t l f i d L ady "wi l l s peed i ly cap tu r e L ondoner s , as i t has s ince l as t M ar ch twelvemonthcap tu r ed New Yor k .T h i s wal t z i s f ir st p l ayed by a Hungar i an o r ches t r a a t a F r ench r es t aur an t , and a f t e r war ds p l ayeds weet ly on a v io l i n by ( he char ming young ac t r es s ,M is s Haze l Daw n, who imper s onat es t he P inkL ady concer n ing whom much s to r m and s t r es s i sshown by most of the other people in the play.One of the bes t num bers in the play is a comicduet , " Donn y Did , Don ny D on ' t ! " which wi l lbe swif t ly popu lar . So will the second waltz, " Th eKis s . " A very f ine number , t oo , i s "T he Gi r l bythe Sas ka t chewan , " which has a haun t ing r e f r a in ,

HUNT FO R ESCAPED BOY.T houg h on ly t h i r t een year s o f age , a boy inmate o f an i ndus t r i a l s choo l a t Sunder l and hastwice es caped , and l as t even ing was s t i l l a t l a r ge .T h e b o y W i l l i a m C a i d e r e s c a p e d a w e e k a g of r om the s choo l , bu t was r ecap tu r ed and p l acedin a de t en t ion home.E ar l y yes t e r da y i t was f ound tha t he hadbr oken a ho l e i n t he r oof and aga in es caped .W hen a t l i ber ty he a t once commandeer ed a wai t i ng hor s e and t r ap .He was pur s ued , bu t go t away af t e r a f u r iousdr ive t h r ough Sund er l an d s t r ee t s , and l e f t t hehor s e and t r ap abandoned by a r oads ide .L at er he d r ove to Sou th Sh ie ld s i n a mi lk - f loa t ,

bu t he ou td is t . aneed h i s pur s uer s an d l e f t t heveh ic l e i n a s t r ee t .A LADY CHURCHWARDEN?

Speak ing a t t he ves t r y meet ing o f S t . B o to lph ' s ,B i s hops ga t e , l as t n igh t on a mot ion f o r t he e l ect i on o f a chur c hwar d en , M r . Alger non R eveleys ugges t ed t he appo in tmen t o f a l ady chur chw a r d e n .T he R ecto r ( R ev . G. W . I I . Shaw ) : I am s or r yto i n t e r r up t , bu t t he mot ion bef or e t he hous e i at h a t M r . P r i d m o r e b e e l e c te d c h u r c h w a r d e n .T h e m o t i o n w a s t h e n c a r r i e d .

MYSTERY OF A CHELSEA GIRL'S DEATH.

LOVER'S ARREST.Verdict of Mu rder at Inq uest on

Drowned Gir l .RAZOR IN BEDCLOTHES.

F r a n k C i o c k er , t h e d e c e a s e d ' s l o v e r , o n h i ^ w a y t o t h e i n q u e s t o n L uc y F a l r m a n ,w h o s e b o d y w f a s f o u s^ d i n t h e R i v e r L e a . T h e i n q u i r y v w a a r e s u m e d a t H o d d e s - c fi. M ( H e r t s > y e s t e r d a y . C r o r -" " * " - - - - ' s s e e n i n t h e f o r e K r o u n d r i a w a l k i n s : I n f r o n t o ^ ^ 'h i a f a t h e r . . - ~

T he mys t er ious dea th o f a young C hel s ea woman ,whose body was found in the River Lea, af ter shebad been mi s s ing f r om her home, was f u r ther i n ves t i ga t ed yes t e r day .T he d r owne d g i r l was M is s L ucy Fa i r ma n , agedtwenly- s ix , o f Upcer nc- r oad , C hel s ea , and a t t her es umed inques t yes t e r day a t Hoddes

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MEETING OE THEWOBLP'S BABIES.

100 Mites from All Coun tries at IdealHome Exhibition.

HANDKERCHIEF AS WEDDING SOUVENIR" . ' '

Me me nto Sold in Streets at Ma rriage of La dy EileenBatler and Marquis of Stafford.

FROM CREAM TO COFEEER an ging f r om f ive months t o s ometh ing over f our

year s o f ageone hundr ed bab ies f r om a lmos te v e r y co u n t r y i n t h e w o r l d " m e t " y e s t e r d a y a tt h r ee hous es i 5 S inc l a i r - i oad , Olympia ,. C o n v e r s a t io n , a s " g r o w n - u p s " u n d e r s t a n d i t ,was no t much in ev idence , bu t a mar ked "^ ' . ^^"change o f i deas s eemed to be i n p r ogr es s the s ubj ec t s mos t ly . . .under cons ider a t i on be mg pr obab lyf oods and the bes t k ind o f mother s !' T he " conf er ence " was des cr ibed by an on lookeras t he mos t peacefu l conf er ence ever he ld !T he hundr ed bab ies a r e t o be s een a t The DailyMail I dea l . . Ho me E xhib i t i on , which i s . t o beopened to - day a t Olympia by P r inces s Alexander o t

T he bab ies , whos e s kms r ange f r om, ye l low tochoco la t e and c r eamy- whi t e t o coa l - b l ack , have a r r i ved f r om C hina , J apa n , I n d i a , Af r i ca , W es tI nd i es , Sou th Amer i ca , and p r acf i ca t l y ever y h .u r o .pean co imt r y . . , , - , , r-T hey ar e t o be s een in t he " Vi r o l " I nd i an C our tp l ay ing wi th t he i r na t i ve t oys , s l eep ing , l awghmg,and cr y ing ! , T - iT he o lder ch i ld r en who come f r om the t , a5 t navehad a d i s appo in tment . I t was r umour ed tha t t her ewer e t o be t oy " e l ephan t s t o" r i de upon ; t he s ecr ea tu r es , however , have t u r ned ou t t o be mer ep las t e r s t a tue t t es wi th n o Hffe i n t h em w hatev er ! A TINV PlCCANmNir.v i s i t i ng one o f t he homes o f t he bab ies , TKtDaily Mirrar found a roomful of brown and yell ow- s k inned todd ler s wi th t he i r nur s es .Ayahs have accom panied s ome of t he bab iesf r om I nd ia , whi l e amah s (t he C hines e and J apan es enur s es ) a l s o have young s t e r s under t he i r car e ., . In the roo m two funny l i t t le mites witlk copp er-co lour ed s k ins and b l ack , cu r ly ha i r wer e p l ay mgwi th t he i r do l l s in a " s a f e ty "p e n . , ^ , ,T he y wer e So u t i Amer i can ch i ld r en , and J i as hedtheir whit e tf;eth in a broa d smile at the vis i to r .B y the f i r e s a t an Af r i can nur s e c r oon ing s ongsto a whi t e bund le on her l ap . C los e i ns pec t ion ofthe bund le r evea l ed a t i ny b l ack p i ccan inny on ly af ew months o ld ,Some of t he o lder ch i ld r en t a lk t oge ther , andthe i r t a lk s eems to be gener a l l y o f motner s .W atc h them. T iny g i r l s r ock the i r a r ms asthough they a r e nur s ing s om eth in g ; t hen they wi l ls t op s udden ly , as , i f t hey r emem ber ed th ey mi s s eds omebody an abs en t s omebody who was muchdear er t o t hem than a m er e ayah IE ngl i s h mother s who v i s i t t he exh ib i t i on wi l lfal l in love with these ato ms of hum anit y from allcjuarters of the globe

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NOVEL DIMNEB TABLES.But the collection of world babies is only one ofthe t h ings t ha t wi l l i n t e r es t t he home lover a t t helixhi bit ion . . . . .An es pec i a l l v i n t e r e s t i ng s ec t ion i s t ha t i n whichthe P r inces s Alexander o f T eck and o ther l ad i f shave- v i ed wi th each o ther i n a t ab l e - decor a t i ngd i s p l ay .L ady Sackv i l l e , o f Knole , Ken t , has s e t ou t at ab l e a t which r ea l C har l es I I , s i l ver f o r ks andkn ives a r e exh ib i t edthi s s i l ver war e be ing s ewn tothe t ab l e c lo th , as i t i s s o va luab le .. Each plate has on i t an old picture of a balloon,and r egar d ing thes e L ady Sackv i l l e t o ld an i n t e r es t i ng s to r y . . , . . . ," I t has been a hobby o f mine t o cor r ec t ba i -I bon ' p l a t es , " s he s a id t o The Daily Mirror. " Inow have over f if tymost of them collected inF r an ce . . . , , . - . , ,"W he rev er I go I vis i t old ciir ios ity shop.s andas k the peop le i f t hey have any p l a t es o iS ' which a r edep ic t ed pa in t ings o f ba l loons . Some of t hem Ihave ob t a ined f o r t h r ee s h i l l i ngs , whi l e o ther s have-' cost i." . , , T. , , .A t ab l e s e t ou t by t he Duch es s of R u t l a nd i sa r r ange d as a hun t ing s cene , wi th t he hun t s menand dogs i n f u l l chas e , whi l e t he C ountes s o fD a r n l e y ' s t a b l e r e p r e s e n ts a J a p a n e s e g a r d e n .1BAN3PLANTED FBOM HOLLAND.W her e t he T udor Vi l l age s tood l as t year is "nowia char n i ing Dutch v i l l agewi th t u l i p f i e lds , windmi l l s , b r idges and t i l ed cour t s , a i l t r ans p l an t edf r om Hol l an d to Olym pia . , .A s i l ver y cana l winds i t s way th r ough beds o ft u l i p s a n d h y a c i n t h s t h e r e a r e o v e r 5 0 ,0 0 0 b l o o m s a n d d i s a p p e a r s u n d e r a b r i d g e b y a w i n d m i l l .Ne ar t he en t r ance t o t he Dutc h Vi l l age i s anexh ib i t a t which book- lover s wi l l congr ega t e . I tb e a r s t h e s i g n ; " I d e a l H o o k s fo r t h e I d e a lH o m e . ' " - -Am ong the books t o be f ound her e i s a g r ea lw o r k , f o r ( h e c h i l d r e n : . " T h e C h i l d r e n ' s E n c y -c lopDedia , " an a t t empt t o exp la in t he whole wor ldt o l i tt l e m e n a n d w o m e n f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g ,. i l ong the l i nes on which a ch i ld ' s mind s eeksh e l p a n d i n f o r m a t i o n . G r o w n - u p s , to o , a r eca t e r ed f o r , and her e wi l l be f ound the " PunchL i b r a r y , " ^ ^ _ ^ _ _

M R . K I P L I N G ' S " U L S T E R " P O E M ,T he Hon . J , M ar t i n , M .P . , has g iven no t i ce o fthe f o l l owing q ues t i on : " T o as k t he At to r ney -( i ener a i i f he i n t ends t o p r os ecu te M r . R u dyar dKipling for the offence of sedit ion for his verses ,en t i t l ed " Ul s t e r , " an d whether he i n t ends t g p r os ecu t e t he pub l i s her s o f t he s a id ver s es and thepr in t e r s who s e t t hem up in t yp e . " .PAHI S , Apr i l 11 .M . PoJ nca r e , t he P r emier , l e ftt h i s mor n ing f o r t he s ou th , t o a t t end the unveiUngof t he memor i a l s t o Que en Vic to r i a and K ing

i t needs s ome imagina t ion to make a wedding r e -mai f cab le i No longer i s t her e any th i ng unpr e ceden ted in t he f ac t t ha t t he b r ide and b r idegoompas s ed f r om the chur ch th r ou gh an avenue o fcr os s ed s wor ds , s cy thes o r whatever impleme nts ign if i ed t he b r ideg r oom ' s p r o f es s ion .Nor i s i t any longer cons ider ed o r ig ina l o r r evolu t i onar y i f t he b r ide omi t s her p r omis e o f obed i ence dur ing the s e r v i ce . T hes e a r e ever yday ha ppen in gs of t he mode r n wedd ing .N e v e r t h e l e s s , a t r u l y m e m o r a b l e w e d d i n g w a ss o l emni s ed in L ondo n yes t e r da y .W hate ver e l s e t ne mar r i age o f L ad y E i l een B u t l e iand the M a r qu i s o f S t a f fo r d , he i r t o t he I >u te o tSu ther l and , i s r emember e d f o r , i t wi l l s u r e ly ber emember ed as t he f i r s t wedd ing , wi th t he except i on o f t hos e of r oya l ty , a t which a J apan es e p aperpocket - handke r ch i ef w as s t r uck of f as a memen toof the even t. " , . , ,I ndeed , t he eer emonv becomes s t i l l mor e s ugges t ive of a roi-al we ddin g whe nit is realised tha t the" p o r t r a i t s ' ' u p o n t h e s o u ve n i r of t h e b r id e a n dbr idegr oom" ar ewhat eve r e ls e t t ey m ay belemar k ab ly good l i kenes s es o f t he C r own f r m ceand P r inces s o f Swe den ! ^ . ,>r B elow i s g iven a weal th o f i n f o r mat ion concer ning the cer emony and the var ious p ar t i c ipan t sther e in . Pur ch as er s a r e no t on ly i n f o r med o f t fl enames oF the f our t een b r ides maids and g iven ma nydeta i l s as t o t he b r ide ' s d r es s , bu t a r e a l s o t o ldt h a t , t h e - b r i d e g i o o m i n t e n d s s e e k i n g p a r b a m e n t a r yhonour s a t t he nex t e l ec t i on . .T h e s ouven i r i s embr o ider e d wi th ga i ly - co lour edf laSs - which , i n s ome mys ter ious way , s eem to havego t mixed up wi th numer ous s p r ays o f what m ayOT may no t have been m ean t t o be s hamr ock o f ah u e - i a t e l y m e t w i t h . ( P h o t o g r a p h s o n p a g e v.)

HUGE CROWDS OUTSIDE CHURCH.E i f b rm o u s c r o w d s a s s e m b l e d y e s t e r d a y a f t e r -noon to s ee t he wed ding .H o u r s b e f o r e t h e c e re m o n y p e o p l e w e r e w a i t i n g ,and s ome s tood on r oof s i n ad jo in in g s t r ee t s andon r a i l i ng s ou t s ide S t . Pe t e t ' s C hur ch , E a to n-s qua r e , W . , wher e t he cer em ony took p l ace . . -T h e b r i d e . L a d y E i l e e n , B u r t e r , i s t h e d a u g h t e ro f t h e E a r l a n d C o u n t e s s o f L a n e s b o r o u g h , a n dL or d S t af f o r d i s he i r t o one o f ^ the r i ches t e s t a t esin t he coun t r y . , i .T he r e was a t o t a l abs ence o f cer emony s ho wnby the gues t s , who d r ove up in motor - ear s andtax i cabs , and had in mos t cas es made .no del i ber a t e a t t em pt a t a f f ec t i ng a " weddin g to i l e t t e .I t was r a ther r e mar k ab le t ha t a t one o t t hepr inc ipa l wedd ings o f t he year ^omen chos e t ow e a r t h e i r o r d i n a r y c o s t u m e s , w h i c h h a d a p p a r en t ly been wor n s ever a l t imes a t l eas t be lo r ea n d g e n e r a l l y s e e m e d t o d i s r e g a r d D a m eF a s h i o n ' s s p r i n g m a n t i a f e . Some of t he gues t s wor e t i gh t ve lve t cos tum es ,o ther s wer e enve loped in f u r wr ap s o f the c loak

or mant l e s ty l e , o r i n ba l loon pan n ier s k i r t s o rh e a v y b ro c a d e t r a i n e d c l o a k s , w h i l s t p l e a t e ds k i r t s a l s o wer e s een and d r ape d f r ocks ,T he f as h ion o f car r y ing bouquet s o r wear ingl ar ge bu t tonho les and s p r a ys o f f l owers a l s o s eemsto have under g one a chang e , f or yes t e r day ver y f ewf lowers wer e wor n nn t f i t he b r ides maids d i s t r i bu t ed

the wedding f avour s of l i li es and whi t e hea ther andshamrock, t ied up with s i lver r ibbonsi , whils t ther eg i s t e r was be ing s igned .E ven the Duches s o f Su ther l and , mother o f t he-bridegro om, carr ied me rely a clus ter of foliage ands ome d iminu t ive p ink f l owers p inne d on to her r nu t t .She l ooked ver y beau t i fu l i n a cham pagn e c loakand gown and l a r ge ha t . - i . jFew br ideg r ooms have ther e been who wer e t i ear oto r es pond in s o c l ear and a r t i cu l a t e a manner asd i d L o r d S t a ff o rd y e s t e r d a y . , 1 . 1 . 1,Hi s vo i ce pene t r a t ed t o ever y cor ner o f t he chur chand was d i s t i nc t l y car r i ed t o t he ear o f ever yon epr es en t .T he b r ide l ooked ver y beau t i f u l i n her own ofgo ld and s i l ver b r ocad e , wi th a s hor t t r am, an dwear ing a ve il of o ld l ace and wr ea th o f my r t l em\i or ange b los s oms , and car r y ing a c lus t e r o fwhi te l i l ies . , , ,Among the f our t een b r ides maid .^ t he l i t t l e babymaids , s ome of whom had to be ear ned in to t hechur ch by the i r nur s es , wer e g r ea t ly admi r ed mtheir pink chiffon frocks , which had quite an EarlyVictor ian f inish of pale blue s i lk around the hem.T he s k i r t s wer e l ong and jus t showed the p r e t t yt i ny fee t peep i ng be low. T hes e t i ny a t t enda n t scar r i ed bouquet s o f f o r ge t - me- no t sPBINCE ABIHUH A GUEST.The church was decoraked with f lower^, and thebr ide and b r idegr oom s tood benea th an a r ch o fbeau t i f u l b loom.T he s er v i ce was conducted by the Ar chb i s ho p o fAr magh , as s i s t ed by ' f our o ther c l e r gy .L or d L anes bor ough was p r es en t t og ive away h i sd a u g h t e r . L a d y L a n e s b o r o u g h w o r e a c r e a m -co lour ed s a t i n^dr es s ve i l ed i n whi t e and b l ack l acewi th a wai s t be l t o f pur p l e s a t i n , and a ha t t r immedwi th os tr i ch p lum es .P r inces s L ou i s e Duches s o f Ar gy l l , t he D uke , o fAr gy l l and P r ince Ar thur o f C onnaught wer e p r esent at the s igning of the tegiater in the ves try.T he newly- mar r i ed coup le wer e s mi l i ng r ad i an t lywhen they l e f t t he chur ch .L at er i n t he a f t e r noon they motor ed down toW oking , as t hey wer e unab le t o go to L i l l i es h . iUowin g to the presen t dis location of ' the railway serv i ce . T he y wi l l> however , p r oceed , t her e t o - day ,and af te r a sho'r t Way will go to Dunro bin Castle .OME^t OF GOOD LUCli:On coming ou t o f t he c t i u r ch one o l t he s mal lb r ides maids had pu t .on her p ink s a t i n c loak , whichmatched her f r ock , i ns ide ou t ."D on ' t change i t whatever 3 -011 do , " c r i ed s omeof t he l ady gues t s who wer e ga ther ed r oun d her ."Y ou know, i t i s h i cky to pu t on one ' s c lo thes i n s ide ou t , and i t you change i t you wi l l changeyour l uck"T he r ecep t ion was he ld a t Gr os venor Hous e , . a l lt he beau t i f u l r ecep t ion- r oon i s on the g r ound f loorbe ing th r own open , t he wedding p r es en t s be ingd i s p l ayed in t he R ubens Koom and the ba l l r oom.W omen c l imbed ever ywher e f o r po in t s o f van t age , the church raiUngs affording a f ine vantageplac e. - On e wcM-kiiown lady in th e social w orldwas t o be s een on a pa in t e r ' s l adder s e t up aga ins ta hous e r egar d l es s o f t he f ac t t ha t t he wor kmenwer e s p l as h ing , on pa in t danger ous ly n ear he il av i s h t o i l e t . .

TWELTE CENTRES OF HOPEL eeds has now been added to t he l i s t o t c i t i esand towns wher e Daily Mirror mi lk i s be ing s upp l i ed t o s t a r v ing bab ies and mus ing m other s .T he d i s t r es s i s ver y acu t e i ndeed a t L eeds , asacu t e as i n o ther par t s o f t he p r ov inces , and i t wasin r es pons e t o an u r gen t appea l f o r he lp t ha t wedec ided to i nc lude t he poor bab ies of L eeds amo ngthe beneficiar ies ot our sche me. . ^Sa lva t ion Ar my depo t s f o r t he d i s t r i bu t ion o fmi lk have now been es t ab l i shed a t L ondon ( f o r ty .two depo t s ) , Glas gow ( twen ty) , M an ches t e r . L e eds ,L e i c e s t e r , G r i m s b y , S w a n s e a , N o t t i n g h a m , B r a d f o r d , R ead ing , B r is to l and M idd les br augb m akingin - a l l twelve t owns and c i t i es i nc lud ing L ondon .R epor t s r ece ived f r om a l l par t s o f L ondon andthe coun t r y con t inue t o s how the g r ea t need ther eis for a l iberal and continued supply of milk.On e hous e v i s i t ed by Adju t an t R eynold s a tL e i ces t e r was comple t e ly vo id o f f u r n i tu r e , whic i ihad been s o ld t o p r ov ide f ood f o r s even ch i ld r en ,T hr e e depo t s a r e a l r eady open m th i s t own, and af our th wi l l be opened to - day .T e l e g r a p h i n g f r o m M i d d l e s b r o u g h , w h e r e m i l l ti s be ing d i s t r i bu t ed f r om f our cen t r es . Adju t a n tB r a in e n i en t ions t he f o l l owing s ad cas es o t d i s t r es s t ha t have cd tne u nder h i s no t i ce :

Father and daughter both dylES ol coiBumptton-two other chiWrisn in thj, ho "' -S ^'J [ tw tTrti? a'M-DTk lor lourU en monthsno firem other Teturn eawhUo officer wi th er e frota.a IrBitlffls. journey Ih aearoh'wW ow. with lour diiWren- huaVand hjM b^n toi.iix reai An o lood In tha ho use-ha d to teika nhirt oSlittle boy to pawn it Jot lontpencs."C OULD YOU SPAttE M E A UT I L E ."Over 400 mother s and 200 ch i ld r en wer e s upp l i edwi th mi lk a t Gr ims by yes t e r day . T he r e a r e manys i ck ch i ld r en in t he d i s t r i c t .Among the d i s t r es s ing cas es f ound was t ha t o la man w ho- had ne ver lef t his hous e for ten yea rs .He was f ound ea t ing r aw po ta toe s . A f ami ly 01n ine ch i ld r en ther e has no Par en t s , ,Adju t an t S im pkin s ends a pa the t i c i nc iden t f r omRe ad in g: . , v-. , j . . I have eight children-oae a baby a tor tnif!?* " ; .in a letter ho veeeivod (rem a mother. ^y elde stCWIA is a eiipplo, and I have a boy two year, old whis nearly blind. Oould you spare me ft bttle miimAs wi l l be imagined , Ad ju t an t S impkin l os t notime in vis i t ing the aff l icted mo ther . , , , . .C heques and p os t a l o r der s , , which s hou ld Dec r o s s e d - " C o u t t s a n d C o . , a n d m a d e p a y a b e t oTlie Daily Mirror, and enc los ed m envelopesm a r k e d " M i l k f o r B a b i e s , " s h o d d b e a d d r e s s e dto The Daily Mirror Of f i ce , 12 , W hi t e lnar s - s t t e? t ,L o n d o u j E . C .S 0 B 8 C R I P T i O N 8 . - T M l R T E E N T H L I S T .Harvey Hadden . . . . . , - . - AjioiiymC>ua (Oakham) , . . , . . . . . . . - . ^vW. S. and A. 8 10 O OA. W. (Weybridgei ^ S V . gMlw Annie Wataon -- ' ' 5 0 O 'Wm. Sargeant , . - - ' " *-" 5 0 0A Sjpititiiolist s 0 0a. T. , 5 0 0H. I.- Green '.... ., ..........-.:... 6 0 0E \ l M br t h I . : D o

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Tha Edi to r i al , Advert i s ins and General Bus iness OEficM>I The Daily 'Mirror ar e : 13 , W H I T E F R I A E S - S T R K E T , ),,ONDOK, E.C .TELEP HONES ; 6100 llolbfirn (five l i i i t e j .PKOVI.*. '0'A.I . CALLS : 125 T.S. London.TELTicitM'H c Arr^El-lMa : " "Rfiflpxpd," L ond on.F.v i t rs OPii - iCk: 36 , Ru e du Sen l i er ,

F I U D A Y , A V R I I . 1 3 , 1 9 1 2 .

G H O S T S .THAT depressing p lay o f Ibsen ' s , inwhich a st r idden mothe r has to 'wa tchl ie r sou sink sk jwly in to the despa irand degrada t ion b rough t upon h im by h isfa the r ' s s ins, sums up , in t rag ic fo rm, asituation that often occuifs comically in ordin-a i-y l i fe the si tu a t ion , we mean , o f re cu rrence and repe t i t ion in pub lic o r p r iva teth ings , new peop le p roceed ing to pe rfo rmgestu res exemplif ied yea rs be fo re .

You th ink you have done with a si tua t ion ;as , fo r instance , many yea rs ago , Mr. Gladstone p ronounced tha t the o ld con trove rsy o f

Free Trad e v . P ro tec t ion was done with . Ye tit is s.till as lively, still as flourishing, the oldquest ion , a s i t was in the midd le o f the n ine teen th cen tu ry . We canno t ge t r id of i t , a sMr. Gladstone appa ren t ly though t he cou ld ,by g iv ing i t ou r b le ssing and pu t t ing i t onth e shelf. Simila r ly , he re is "eve r ybod y in te re sted in po l i t ic s " once more wa rm ove rHome Rule , o r a t lea ,st , fee l ing he ough t tobe for the hea t is not as fierce as it wasmore than twen ty yea rs ago .

Tha t is the fau l t o f the t i red stage -manag e r,Dest iny , who wil l in sist , aga in and aga in ,upon rev iv ing the o ld p ieces. The f i rst t imewe had th is t ragedy i t was admirab ly p layedand manag ed . Gloom, rep resen ted by anIre la nd in revo lu t io n , was in the backgro und .Land l o rd and tenan t were a t open war. Mr.P a rn c l l w a s a n i n c o m p a ra b l e p ro t a g o n i s t i f you i ike , the v i l la in o f the p lay , in Eng lisheyes. M isgu ided a rchan ge l , fa l len Sa in t ,was the incompa rab le o ld man whose despe ra te appea l to the House o f Commons " toth ink , to th ink long , th ink wise ly be fo re youre jec t th is Bil l ," l inge rs st i l l a s an echo inthe ears of those w'ho heard it. Th ere w ereg ian ts in those days ! even the a ssis tan tswere migh ty in war. The r e was Lord Ran do lph sk irmish ing abou t , and rousing Ulste ra s S ir Edw ard Carson is do ing now. Beh indthe one stands the ghost o f the o the r . Ghosts ,too, th ronged ' he benches yeste rday a s Mr.Asqu ith rose the ch ie f hoa ry ghost be i i i ;.beh ind h im ; while , pe rson ify ing so l id andsensib le i f une loqueu t re sistance , on opposi tesides, in shadowy p resences were Hart ing ton ,Cham berla i n , IVIoriey , Harco urt . Some o fthem yet with us !-yet who plays the oldpa rt with the same sp ir i t?In the o ld sp ir i t , a l ready , i t was no t p layedwhen the reviv al of 1803 began . Th ere wasan enfeeb led a rchang e l and the v i l la in o fthe p iece had gone . The rev iva l had lost ,even then , some o f the pe rfo rmers who hadmade i t o r ig ina l ly b ri l l ian t . And now the reis an a lmost en t i re ly new comp any chee redon in the wings by gh^^ts .For ourse lves hi / j ly qu ie scen t and submissive a s pa rt o f ir te aud ience whose p lacei t is bu t to l is ten while o the rs shou t wecanno t he lp wish ing tha t Dest iny would pu ton a new plot. We have had enoiigh of ourfa the rs ' misdeeds. We wan t to e scape ourimm edia te inhe ri tan ce . W e wan t fo r a l i t t leto imag ine ourse lves free and fo rw ard-moving and sepa ra ted from the n ine teen thcen tu ry w ith i ts o ld b i t te r con trove rsie s be - Itween Sc ience and Re lig ion , Home R ule and |Un ion ism ) Free Tra de and Pro tec t ion . Not \that we expect to be free from such dramas ! ] n o : we ask mere ly fo r a l i t t le more invent ion on the pa rt o f the choragus. We sug- 'ge st tha t Dest iny , the mindfu l Furi e s, the t r i -fo rmed Fa t e s, shou ld now show a l i t t leinven tion and th ink ou t someth ing new.

W . M .A T H O U G H T F OR T O - D A Y .

Nature without learning is Hke a blind man;l e a r n i n g w i t h o u t N a t u r e , i i k e a m a i m e d o n e ; p r a c t i c e w i l l i o u t b o U i j i n c o m p l e t e . i ' / w / a / ' c A .

T H I S M O R N I N G ' S G O S S I P .TH E p r f j s e nt H o m e l i i i l e c o n t r o v e r s y h a sc e r t a i n l y n o t h a d t i m e . , y e t t o . a r O u s e , i np r i v a t e l i f e , t h e e x c e e d i n g b i t t e r n e s s t h a tm a r k e d i t i n 1 88 0 , , a n d c o n t i n u e d t o m a r k i t u n t i lM r . G l a d s t o n e ' s r e t i r e m e n t a n d M r . P a r n e l l ' sc u l h i p s e a n d d e a t h m a d e i t f o r a t i m e a p o l i t i c a l l yi m p o s s i b l e m e n s u r e . I n t h o s e d a y s m a n y o l df r i e n d s h i p s w e r e p e r m a n e n t l y b r o k e n , a n d s o c i a ll i f e b e c a m e f o r a l i m e , t o s a y t h e l e a s t o f i t ,d i fTici t l t . -

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J i o u s e i n C h a r l e s - s t r e e t , B e r k e l e y - s q u a r e . T h eg a r d e n s a t M a r y l a n d h a v e n e v e r l o o k e d m o r e b e a u t i f u l t h a n t h i s y e a r , a n d t h e y a r e s a i d t o b ea m o n g s t t h e f i n e s t o n t h e R i v i e r a .* * *M r . a n d M r s . W a l i e r M u n d e y h a v e b e e n e n t e r t a i n i n g o n e o r t w o p e o p l e a t W i l d e r w i e k , E a s tG r i n s t e a d , a n d i n t e n d t a k i n g a h o u s e i n C a d o g a n -s ( i u a r e f o r t h e f o r t h c o m i n g s e a s o n . M r s , M n n -

d e y , w h o i s a s is t e r o f K i r J a m e s D u k e i n t e n d sg i v i n g a d a n c e i n J u n e i n h o n o u r o f t h e d e b i Uo f h e r s e c o n d d a u g h t e r .* !; *

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S A L A R I E D W I V E S , .I t i s s o m e w h a t d i f T i c ul t t o r e c o n c i l e t h e c o n t e n t i o n s o f t h o s e " a d v a n c e d w o m e n " w h o h o l d t h ew i f e ' s d e p e n d e n c e a t a l l u p o n h e r h u s b a n d t o b S '" p a r a s i t i c , " w i t h t h e v i e w of t h o s e w h o c l a i m t h a th e r p o s i t i o n w o u l d b e g r e a t l y e n n o b l e d , a n d a t t h es a m e t i m e p o p n l a n . ^ e d , i f s h e v v e i e l o r e c e i v e as a l a r y l ik e a n u n a t t a c h e d h o u s e k e e p e r ,A p a r t f r o m d i e n o t v e r y l i i g l i i ' i e a l o f l o v e a n dm a r r i a g e w h i c h d i i s l a t t e r v i e w i m p l i e s , a r e ^ i t s

e x p o n e n t s p r e p a r e d t o r w h a t , i n e l e m e i u a r y j u s -t i t: e , s h o u l d f o l l o w n a m e l y , t h e l i a b i l i t y t o d i s m i s s a l l i k e a n y O t h e r p a i d s e r v a n t ?A g a i n , i f a m a n i s l o p a y h i s w i f e t h e w a g e s o fa h o u s e k e e p e r i n a d d i t i o n to p a y i n g t h e e n t i r ee x p e n s e s of t h e i r j o i n t e x i s t e n c e , o n e m a y r e a s o n a b l y a s k w h a t r e t u r n t h e w i l e m a k e s l o r h e r s h a r eo f t h o s e e x p e n s e s . H e r l o v e i s b u t t h e r e t u r nf o r h i s J t h e c h i l d r e n s h eb e a r s h i m e n t a i l a d d i t i o n a lh n r d e n s a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i -l i e s c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o h e rt r [ i v ai l a n d m a t e r n a l t a r e _ th i s p a r e n t a l h a p p i n e s s 13f u l l y b a l a n c e d b y h e r s ; a n di f s h e i s t o b e p a i d a s a l a r yf o r h e r d o m e s t i c d u t i e s ,w h a t r e m a i n s t o b e s e ta g a i n s t h i s l o ll t o m a i n t a i nh e r i n c o m f o r t c u u a l t o h i so w n ? J t f S T l ^ S .

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I t w o u l d h e i n t e r e s t m g t ok r o v v l o w m a n y i c l e p l u i n es u b s c r i b e r s e x p e r i e n c e t h es a m e a n n o y a n c e a s i i r;{selves .W e h a v e t w o l i n e s , o n et a c h , l i m i t e d a n d u n -

l i n i i L e d : a n d o n t h e f o r m e r e e n d e a v o u r l o k c c p a v e ry< a r e f i d r e c o n l o f a l l o u t -w a r d c a l l s b y e n t e r i n gs a m e , b u t t h e a c c o u n t r c n ^d e r c d i s a l w a y s f a r i n e v -c e s s o f o u r r e c o r d , a n d w eh a v e n o m e a n s o f c h e c k i n git .W e a r c i n f o r m e d b y t h eK e e r e l a r y of t h e t e l e p h o n ed e p a r f m e u t t h a t t h e i r a u t o m a t i c s y s t e m of c h a r g i n gc a n n o t f a i l , b n t w e h a v ep r o v e d t h a i e r r o r s c a n b em a d e , a n d c e r t a i n l y U i i i ikU i e s u b - c r i h c r i s e n t i t l e d 1 0h a v e s o m e m e a n s , e i th e r b ym e t e r r i r o t h e r s y s t e m , o fs l i o w i m ; t h e n u m b e r o fc a l l s m a d e o n t i r e l i m i t e dl i n e . P -

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f f s . ; i d. is e m i d o y c d a b o u tjonr t - .o i ir^ a day , and o nt i re co i i< l ; t i on that he ha sa n o l h e r v o c a t i o n .' l l i c e x i . i ? c n c i e s o f t h ep O i t a l s e r v i c e r e q u i r e an u m b e r o ! m e n f o r a s h o r tp e r i o d m o r u i u E - ' i i u i d e v e n in g s di^ p' ' .'> ' ' f;"" ' " ' ' 'm u c h s m i i d i t a f t e r b yc o b l > h - r s , s m a l l s U i i ' k c . ' p e s; i nd o l h e r s . ' J ' hc o r d i n a r yf n i h t i m e ( c h ^ h t h o u r < ) p o s t m a n , w h o s e w o r k t a k e s a[ew hours to l e i i i n , i s i n ab e i t i ' r p o s i i i o n t h a n t h eo r d i a a v v n ^ ' d u m i c , ' w h o s ea p j i r c n t J c e - j h l p n m s i n t o , . ; , v s . A r l ' O I N T E R .

rO-DAV'STABLEDiNNER-TOIMCS.

W e h a . y e g ri w e i i t h e i n a - f i 's p o i n t o f v i o w \n r e g r a x l t o t . 'i o r w i s a n c e o f s p f i n g c l c a i ^ i n g . T o - d a y w e g r i v pt h e w t f o m a n ' a . A c c o v d i n g t o t h e h o u s e w i f e , i f t h e i ^ e w i s v e t^ O u p h c K v a ! o f t i ^ i s k i s id , m a n vM O ul d a to n c e s i n k i n t o d e g r i - S d a t i o s i , a n d c e t u r n t o a m e i - s l y a n i m a l l i f o a g a i s i . ( R e p i - i n t e d . )

R u l e " o n th e i r i n v i t a t i o n s . I t w a s , i n i t s w a y ,a s b a d a s t h e D r e y f u s A f f a i r i n h ' r a n e e - - c o n c e r n -i n g w h i c h C a r i m d ' A c h e ' s m o s t a m u s i n g c a r t o o n ,s h o w i n g a h a p p y f a m i l y d e c i m a t e d b y t h e c o n t e s t ,f a t h e r , m o t h e r a n d c h i l d r e n r o l l i n g a t d e a t h g r i p so n t h e f l o or , w i l l s t i l l l i v e in l a u g h t c r - l o v i i i g m i n d s .* * *A n d t h e n , in th e H o u s e o f C o m m o n s itself, w h a ts c e n e s 1 W h o d o e s n o t r e m e m b e r d i e " f r e e l ig h t " a n e p i s o d e of t h e 18 9 3 c o n l e U w i t h o n e m e m b e rs h a k i n g h i s fi st in M r . G l a d s t o n e ' s f a c e a n d c a l l i n gh i m " a w i c k e d o l d m a n . " T h e r e w a s q u i t e a r u s ht o t h e H o u s e , t h e n e x t fe w m o r n i n g s , t o t t d m i r et h e b r o k e n b e n c h e s a n d o t h e r e v i d e n c e s o f c o n f u s i o n . T h e m e r e l y c u r i o u s %v iH i n i li s c T e e t! y _ r e g r e tt h a t t h e r e i s s m a l l p r o s p e c t o f a n y s u c h e n l i v e n i n gi n c i d e n t s " t h i s t i m e . " * -/.-

I x ) r d a n d L a d y V a r b o r o u g h , w h o h a v e b e e n s t a y i n g a t P a n s i n c e J a n u a r y , a r e r e t u r n i n g t o w a r d st h e m i d d l e of t h e m o n t h , a n d h a v e t a k e n a h o u s ef o r t h e s e a s o n i n E a t o n - s q u a r e , t h e i r o w n h o u s e i nA r l i n g t o n - S t r e e t h a v i n g b e e n l e t f o r a t e r m o f y e a r s .* * *

M r s . A r t h u r W i l s o n a n d M i s s M u r i e l W i l s o nh a v e f r i e n d s s t a y i n g . w i t h t h e m a t t h e V i l l a M a r y l a n d , B e a u l i e n , b u t t h e y a r e l e a v i n g f o r E n g l a n dt o w a r d s t h e e n ( ^ o f t h e m o n t h , a n d w i l l b e a t t h e i r

w e l l k n o w n i n t h e a v i a t i o n w o r l d . T h e l a t e s ta c c o u n : s s t a t e t h a t s h e i s p r o g r e s s i n g f a v o u r a b l y ,t h o u g h i t w i l l t \ e c e s s a r i l y b e s o m e c o n s i d e r a b l et i m e b e f o r e s h e is o u t a n d a b o u t a g a i n . ^ *L O N E L Y A P R I L .I'loni you I li;ive been sibscnt in the Spring,When ])road-pied April, dressf^d ia all liJH trim,I l at h pat a sp i r i t oJ you th in every th i rs .Thf.t hc?.vy Saturn LauL'ti 'd anil leip'ii ' .vith him.Yet tioi- the lays of birds, nor the sweet sme ll

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igh t arou nd the fact that Mr. Asqu i th ' s scheme only a l low s, a ccordin gi s h P a r l i a m e n t ; w h e r e a s t h e N a t i o n a l i s t s w o u l d . h a v e 1 4 . , \ \ ' h i l s t, i t re tu rns s ix teen Nat iona l is t s out of i t s th i r ty- three membtu-s .

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Yeste rday, w hen the Marq uis of Staf ford , the hei r to the dukedom of Suther land , and Lady Ei leen But ler , daugh tero f t h e K a r l a n d C o u n t e s s of L a n e s b o r o u g h , w e r e m a r r i e d a t S t. P e t e r ' s , E a t o n - s q u a r e , a c r o w d c o m p o s e d m o s t l vof womcuj and es t imate d a t more than 2 ,000, wai ted for hou rs outs ide the chur ch, and haw kers d id a- br isk t rad esel l ing souvenir handkerchiefs . -{ / ->?7j ' Mirroi- a n d C . N . )

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TaffetasTempest's Old-FasbionedDresses Described,

The effect of the paniuer dress wlieii actuallyworn can be j u d g e d by t hos e made ior Miss MarieT empes t ' s wear at the Pr ince of W ales ' T hea t r e inihe newcomedy en t i t l ed " At the B a r n . "M is s M ar i e T empes t ' s gowns as Mollie Elair aretruly deligli tf id examples of dr es s at its smarteKt,m a d e by M i n e . I l a y w a r d , of New B ond- s t r ee t .

Taffetas is the r aa t e r i a l chos en , in which _!>ar-t i cu la r f as h ion 's mandates have been obeyed . ' I h i sii a t a l f e l as s p i ing , and the t h r ee mos t p r ominen tvers ions of the i abacthe p l a in , t t i e s ho t , and thepat t e r ned k inds , M is s M ar i e T emp es t ' s f r ocksexemplify. Tlie l i iU-ieugit i f igure sketchedon this page, shows atoilet te of citron .ludHue shot taffetas pat-t e r n e d w i t h b i ghunches of flowers, Ltis called taffetas chin^ ,T he pann ier s k i r l hasa leash of emer a ldgr een s a t i n r i bbon , adar ing new i n t r oduction of colour , andthere is a cr eam l aceskir t over pink- Agreen sash, with fan-s haped loops , i s , added .The colours , so deft lyb l ended , are t e r nper ed

by the i n t r oduct ion ofl i t t le black bows usedas a t r i n imi i r g , andwhite net compos es thecollar and y o k e . Ahat made of blue s trawwith large green ' an dblue feathers , is thecomple t ing i t em of thet o i l e t t e , to which appertains also a wr.ap-coat of white r j i t inegiven the f as h ionab leblack satin l ining.The ofher sketch depicts a shot bluetaffetas pannier dress ,t r immed w i t li self-coloured fr inge, whic ha p p ea r s u p o n theileeves as well as elsewher e . A whi l e net" f r o n t " and collar areworn and a kilted fr i l l ,v i t h a flat taffetas bow/ f r o n t ./ A cream s traw hat,rolled up in front andfaced with blue taffetas ,is the chos en headgear , and it is gaywith shaded roses ,pink and dar k red incolour .Ver y char ming is afrock nnide of pinkchiffon with bands ofpink t r f e t as upon itand skir t deeplyfl^unc / wilh ereanilace posed upon pinkchiffon. The pinktaffetas cors age _ isv ei le d w i t h p i n kchiffon, and is fur thermore beautif ied by onelarge rose,A l t o g e t h e r theloilet tes reveal a ser ies _of Kji'ing modes in t he i r newir jg interpretation,

LILAC BUSHES.A Gardening Woman's Experiment inSurrounding Her Grounds.

A clever gar den ing woman f ound out a plan bywhich she s ur r ounded her garden with some lovelyl i l ac bus hes at no cos t whai s oever . She had f r i end^it is t r ue , who pr ov ided her wi th c l i pp ings andgr ound s hoo t s .For t hos e who are not so f o r tuna t e in their fri-endst h e r e is only the i i i i t ia! expense of buying one bus hto secure the provis ion of many ano ther in thefuture if the following hints ore followed.T he c l i pp ings may be any l eng th , say, from sixt o e igh t een inches , and the s hoo t s may have r oo t sor they may not. T he c l ever gar den ing womans oaked her s hoo t s in water for a b o u t a week bef or e

Tw o of the very Kmart toile t te s made for Miss Mar ieI'empest'B wear ass MolUeli la ir in tlie com&dy eotitied" At the Barn " at theP r i n c e o Wales ' Thea tre .

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W h a l e b o n e may be s t r a igh t ened in the_ followin g way. Soak it for a few m o m e n t s i n ^ l u k e -war m w;uer , t hen p r es s it s t r a igh t wi th a s l i gh t lywar med f l a t - i r on .

e s t f t m i E h e d 187B.A simple, eafe and effECdve ireaiment for broci-chUl rroubies. witnom dosing ihe stomach withdrugs. "Used wit h success lor thirty years,Th e all rendered strongly antisspiic, inspiredwilh every breath, mates brea^fhing easy, soothesihs sora throat, and stops the cotigh. assuring restful nights. Cresolene is invaluable to motherswith *oung children and boon to sufferers fromAsthma.Send post card for descript ive booklet .

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p l a n t i n g t h e m , and t hen put t hem in the openg r o u n d i n t h e s p r in g of the y e a r .The soil , , she k n e w , did not rieed to be s pec i a l l yr i ch , but had to be well loosened and well moist ened .Sh e had great success with her c l ipp ings .O n e day slie tried the exper iment of c l ipp ing offth e top of a bus h tha t was d y i n g . She cut wellinto the part that was s ti l l al ive, and for a weekbef or e p l an t ing she put it in water . Af t e r p l an t ings he t r immed it down s omewhat . T hus s he no t on ly.saved her or ig ina l bu- h , but had ano ther t ha t wasequal ly s t r ong and goodC l ipp ings wi l l become - b ' os s oming bus hes inaboTU five years. The gar den ing woman is nowh a p p y in a gr ove , as she calls it, of f ine white andmauve l i l ac bus hes ,

THE GUEST-ROOM SLATE.O n e of the gr ea t es t conven iences which a hos t es scan devise for her guests is a eleatly-writfen cardset on t he bedr oom wr i t i ng t ab l e de t a i l i ng the hour sof meal s , the t imes of i ncoming and ou tgo ing pos t s ,t he p r inc ipa l t r a ins , and other usef td information .Il was someone's clever idea to pr ov ide a s mal leli ina s late in each room, on which migh t be writtenins t r uc t ions for the hous emaid . It is often difficultto f ind l ier during the day in or der to ask for thehot bo t l l e , the glass of war m mi lk , the neces s ar yhe lp when d r es s ing for dinner , or other needs t ha tm ay be reciuired, and to r i ng for her of t en is notdes i r ab l e .

A D E L I C A T E S A V O U R Y .H e r e is a del i ca t e s avour y eas i l y mad e . T akeou t the s tont of -a f ine F r ench p r un e and i ns er t as mal l s tone l es s o l i ve . W r a p it r ound wi th baconand g r i l l it. Lay it on but t e r ed t oas t , or s er veit with dry toas t ,

O V E R C O A T S(as illumiration).Speiiial Purohase Gentlemen's Light WeightS pr in g O v e r c o a t s .M a d e in i iea i designsof Grey Tweed Coat-itiR, a l s o i'l D a r k G r e yH e r r i n g b o n e Tweed,Sizes 34 to 44 in. chest.R e a d y i6 wear.Worth 42/- 2 5 / -

G E N T L E M E N ' S B O O T S( a s i l luBira t ion) . Bos Calf I.aciiW a l k i n g B o o t s i i-inch s o l e s ; a lsoG l a c e Kid Worth lB /6 per 1 1 / .pair. Barga in P r ice , pa ir * * 'p a i r s o n l y . Tan BrUloned Bootspa l l s i z e s . W o r t h i e / 6 , J l / l f tB a v p i n P r i c e " / * "AIsS a few p a i r sBlack di t to , s izes 9f o i l .Barga inPr ice , pa irG E N T L E M E N ' S S H I R T S .

Fine Cottn Twil l , with emar js t i i p e s ' n c r e a m groitnd. d o a b i ocuf f s . Wor t h 3/9. ? / j*: i r f>a ln P r ice * / ' 'G E N T L E M E N S S O C E S .Abijui 60 do;. asKor ted FancyC a s h m e r e ; a l s o P l a i n N a v y orBlack, Barga in P r ice , pa ir 1 / _fi p s i r s for 5'6. * /L A D I E S ' G L O V E S .E l b o w l e n g t h W a s h u b l e R e i n dee r f abr ic in Beaver i Grey,P a s t e l l e a n d W h i t e . I l \W o r t h l / i l . Barga in P r ice * / ^C h e v r e t t e Kid. 3 b u t t o n s , in T a n , Etaver.G r e y , or W h i l e . W o r t h 2/ 9 .Barga in P r iceL A D I E S ' U N D E S S K l R t S . " ^ , ^ ^ 1Cardinal. Emerald, Reseda. Eaii deNil. l>tnk. 5/ QPurple, Sky, or Black. ' liijreain Price **l **W ASHI NG DR E SS GOODS. ^^ | ' i pe ' d ' ' h 'dif io Dr i l l , 28ing. wide , in n e a t W h i t e , Black, orRed S tr ipes on Navy ground, S t a b l e for b o y i ' amigir ls ' sui ts , dresses, ove ra l ls , &c. Pa tte rns Kento n r e c m e s t . W o r t h l O l d - y a r j l , 5 ^ ( 1B a r g ai r i P r i c e , y a r d ' ' 4 * * "L A D I E S ' S T O C K l N J i S . ^^^^^ ^'^' ' ' ' ^J^t^W o r t h I M l . B a r g a i n P r i c e , p a i r ' / * 2B l a c k Silk, w i t h L i s l e t o p s , t o e s and h e e l s , \ / J - i

S t O L b S (as i luis ir a t ioi ihE x t r a o r d i n a r y OSer. W h i l e C u r l e dCftiiue Stoics, 2yds. long, G^^ins,wide . Wor tf i 18/9. 7 / 1 1Barga in P r ice / *2jyc ls , long, S ins. wide . 1(l/!lWor th 23/6, Barga in P r ice * " / * 'A l s o 40 good t iua l i iy B toiize CotiuoFea the r Crava ttc s , S tole ends, Zyils ,l o n g . W o r t b 2 9 / 6 . 1(i/ftBarea in P r ice * " / **

1/11 B L O ! J S E S (as l l lusl ta t lon) ,Of f ine White Lawn, we ll lucked,f a siening in front, 2 / 1 1B a r g a i n P r i c e " * / * *White Lawn, with tucked f ronts andt w o r o w s of e m b r o i d e r y beadinf!,f a stening at b.ick. ^ / i lBarga in P r ice **/ * *

L A D I E S 'B O O T S(as i lki s tr a t i on) .Dir i l Kid ButtonBoots , with B lackCloth Tops.Worth 12/6W o r t h I/n, Barga in P r ice , pa ir

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' 2A b o u t 150 L a d i e s 'C o a t s and S k i r t s in avar ie ty of s t y l e s and m a t e r i a l s . 2 ,4 / f iBarga in P r ices f rom ' / > 'H r i r K F I I r n / l l R R ' *'- 'ff "'"^ ^^^.'fi^ W i c k e rW l t n t : . K L H A l K b . f ^^^ u p h o l s t e r e d inC r e t o n n e , la t e s t c o l o u r i n g s . W o n d e r f u l A/' I ' Iva lue . Wor t h 6/11. Barga in P r ice

R E M N A N T S AND O D D M E N T S E V E R Y F R I D A Y AND S A T U R D A Y .H A R B Q D S I T D , ( R i r H A R O B U R B I D G E , Mumighi-r Director), B S O M P T O J RD.,

dinner for 10 for H ^A t S t a n d 1 5 6 , in the I D E A L H O M EE X H I B I T I O N , we are d e m o n s trat i ng that the " D U C K " O V E N willc o o k a c o m p l e t e d i n n e r for 10 p e r s o n sa t a c o s t of o n l y l^ d. for Gas or Oil .

o n l y n e e d s one gas r i n g (or " N o v i c "W i c k l c s s 0\\ S t o v e ) to do the s a t n o w o r ka s an o r d i n a r y ga s cookei " which us es4 or 5 b u r n rs ,In th e " D U C K " O V E N th e f lame docsI 'Ot en t e r t l i e Co ikin fj com par tme nt . Il iss p r e a d b y a spec ial baff le c J i ie, vVhich sen dsthe hea t r oand the O v e m In t h i s way o eg a s r in g is suff icient to r o a s t a j o i n t , b a k epas t r y , bo i i two k i n d s of v e g e t a b l e s ,