... doubtless, satisfactory to M. Picard and to the Govern ment, for if, after the inauguration, the public interest in the great show had begun to drop, it would have been a matter of the greatest difficulty to revive it. And yet, from a purely monetary point ...

... everyone got to know, and, I believe, there was only one tall hat at the meeting. The Prince wore a dark blue suit with corn flowers in his buttonhole, a pink shirt, white up and down collar, white cutis, a dark red tie in a sailor knot, and a fawn-coloured ...

... her first concert engagement with, as she remarks, all those medals pinned on my frock, something after the man ner of a Chelsea pensioner. Her first opportunity for stage work came with the rovival of Boccaccio at the Comedy Theatre. She took up the ...

... Viceroy of Ireland should also be Mayor of Chelsea is, to the initiated, not so strange as it must appear to our foreign friends and neighbours. Earl Cadogan is fast turning the old-world riverside suburb of Chelsea into a city of palaces, and the day seems ...

... Lang-port, Somerset, depict and describe the various plants, 6eeds, bulbs, and cut-flowers they are prepared to despatch to any part of the Kingdom. The coloured plates of flowers add to the value of this beautiful catalogue. T 7. Lieutenant Clavering Will ...

... Delightful as the position, particularly when held under such circumstances, must be, both the Governor and Lady Hopetoim showed much public spirit in thus going into exile a second ,TL/EfA\ Lse\ their Scottish home ...

... of their founder, Mr. Ruskin the pupils of Whitelands College, Chelsea, chose by ballot as May Queen this year Miss Bertha Hird as successor to Miss Evelyn Hatt. She was crowned with flowers, invested with the gold cross and chain, which become her property ...

... the example of her admirable mother always makes a point when going over a hospital of speaking to many of the patients and showing a real interest in their cases. By a curious coincidence, the Duke of Cornwall and York, who, as a youth, had suffered from ...

... Dublin Society, 1899, also the Dachshund Club medal (for best dachshund in show), Woodiwiss Cup (best dachshund in show), Beauchamp Cup (best in novice class) Alexandra Palace Show, Sept., 1900, Connaught Shield (best in quaran tine classes), and 2nd open ...

... Trafford, Lady Wolverton, the Duchess of Devonshire, Mrs. Willie James, Lady Howe, the Hon. G. Lambton, Lady Chelsea, Miss M. Wilson Front row: Lord Chelsea, Sir John Willoughby, Lord Wolverton Russell GOSSIP OF THE HOUR. A t a time when the nation is anxiously ...

... pigeons built a nest in a beautiful garden near the town, which was the pride of its owner on account of the splendid show of flowers and fruit therein. The pigeons- having made their nest, pro vided the necessary number of eggs and were rewarded by a ...

... succeeding to the estates, is one of the greatest authorities on flowers, and it is needless to add that the gardens at Fillingham are incomparably fine. All that is rare and beautiful in flowers are to be seen there. The gardens, though not large, are a perfect ...