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... Cheshire, and hunts the hounds splendidly Lord Strathcona, whose public-spirited offer of raising and forwarding a mounted corps of four hundred men to South Africa is perhaps, so far, the most notable personal contribution offered by any Colonial magnate ...
... hostilities broke out, he was given the command of the regiment of Mounted Infantry known as Thorneycroft' s Rifles. This corps has already covered itself with undying glory over and over again, and at Spion's Kop alone it had six officers and twenty ...
... may expect to see at Earl's Court a fine collection of pictures of famous women of all times and countries in fact, a veritable Dream of Fair Women as well as paintings by the women- cf to-day. But, while art will have a conspicuous place, the home and nursery ...
... MEN AND WOMEN The late Sir Charles Hall was one of the most pleasant and easy-mannered men in Parliament. He belonged to the Marlborough House set, and was honoured with the friendship of the Prince of Wales. The Duke of Fife and Lord James also were ...
... valuable experience in Matabeleland, and in Africa, Canada, and Australia our Colonial auxiliaries are hard to beat. The men of the Canadian North-West Mounted Police are first-rate scouts but they believe that the Red Indian is better than even the Australian ...
... deep interest which our venerated Sovereign takes in her great Eastern Empire, and also because the Order is thrown open to women as well as men. Although the Queen herself possesses and frequently wears all the great English, Irish, Scottish, and Indian ...
... Africa Police, Protectorate Division, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Walford. This is the position that was so gallantly held against great numbers of the enemy on Oct. 31 last year. This corps, the remnant left of the Bcchuanaland Border Police, was the ...
... native physi cians. Opposite to it is the Walford Hart Memorial College, a fine building belonging to the same mission, and a Women's Hospital belonging to the Americans. There is also a temperance hall for the benefit of sailors coming to the port, and much ...
... to please his hostess, pretty and charming Lady MacDonald-- that the Empress-Dowager consented to receive the ladies of the Corps Diplomatique. Prince Ilenry was on the most cordial and friendly terms with various members of Sir Claude MacDonald's Staff ...
... of the Green Jackets. The Countess of W arwiclc. The Countess of Warwick not only takes rank as one of the most beautiful women of our time, but she is, perhaps, the most energetic philanthropist in Society. Her many and varied interests, however, do ...
... Society-women add yachting to their other hobbies. A Yachting Outfit The question of a yachting outfit is an important matter to man}' women, especially to those joining in the delights of the Cowes week for the first time. Some yachts women and among ...
... picturesque appearance as you come upon them suddenly while cycling along the winding lanes. The usual work of the Engineer corps is being carried out in the neighbourhood. (1 I do not think, writes a correspondent, that Miners sufficient credit has ...