... COURT 8 ^57 SOCIETY-, :8 1 The Hon. Joseph Choate The present United States Ambassador has all the proper marks of a United States Ambassador to this country; he is a great lawyer, a prince of after-dinner speakers, and a man of great personal charm. We have recognised his merits by conferring honorary degrees on him at our Universities, and asking him everywhere. The transference of his wit ...

... Jjijiglgp Pvomj 7 fl £lu> VmdoW' Ingenuity is not the asset it might be. Too often this precious gift is diverted into the wrong channels. Instead of making money roll in where it never rolled before, there are some men who devote their energies to making the most ingenious charges against the Fates. Of such a temperament is an unknown corre spondent to the Referee, who feeds upon woe by ...

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... The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. ...

... RAMBLES WITH A CAMERA. By G. G. Desmond WITHAM, ESSEX THERE are at least two Withams, one in Somerset, and the other within easy reach of London. Witham, Essex, is thirty-nine miles from Liverpool Street, twelve miles hither from Colchester, and eight miles hence from Chelmsford. The main road to Colchester, as well as the main railway line, passes through this sweet old town, which manages to ...

... How nice it sounds when someone says to you, I can tell you where you can get a really cheap and pretty blouse, and I hope it will read as well. Such a place as Messrs. Shoolbred's, of Tottenham Court Road, has a large blouse department, where these valuable adjuncts to the toilet range from 7s. 9d. to six guineas. Fortunately for the purchaser, Messrs. Shoolbred have their own workrooms, ...

... Our Hunting Correspondent writes Last week began the first winter's snow, as was suitable, to usher in December. The Cottismore Hounds had a good run from Barnsdale Wood to Ashwell on Monday. This capital day's sport ended, after covering much country, by running into Mr. Fernie's Hounds at Sowes Gorse. The Fife Foxhounds had a fine forty-five minutes' run on Saturday, in spite of the wet and ...

... partly Italian, and some people think her very like her handsome Scottish aunt. Following her cousin, Lady Clementine Waring's example, Mr. Hall's bride has always taken a great interest in poor children, and she has been an active supporter of several of those societies which have for aim and object that of making young people kind to each other, and to their dumb friends. Mr. Hall is a keen ...

... WrROM ABRQADjflfi Floods in Russia FLOODS of quite unusual di mensions have occurred in St. Petersburg, due, in the main, to the strong westerly wind, which, blowing up the Gulf of Finland, causes the level of the Neva river to rise by many feet. If this wind from the sea is in any way exceptional the poorer parts of the city invariably become inundated. Upon this occasion the rise in the ...

... The Gscrdeiv Wmm by Archibald .Aleershedl THERE has hardly been a more significant develop ment of public taste of late years than that which has taken place in everything that pertains to the ordering of gardens. It is not so much in the expert culture of flowers that the growth of interest is apparent, although there are probably a dozen horticulturists to-day to one that could be found a ...

... The Making of a Naval Officer I BY HERBERT FYFE No end good men-- the Engineers, I swear they are. Thank you, Twenty-one, I said I'll let that stand for the whole Navy if you don't mind.-- Rudyard Kipling A Fleet in Being). DR. JOHNSON once remarked that no young man with wit enough to get into gaol would join His Majesty's Navy. Were the famous lexicographer alive to-day, he would ...

... JAS. SHOOLBRED Co. JAS. SHOOLBRED Co. Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers, Decorators i i. Some Pretty Designs suitable for Presents. Inexpensive and Useful. TOTTENHAM HOUSE, Tottenham Court Road, W, ...