... THE NEWSLETTER. Week by Week. Grrat New Street, London, E.C., December 20. Storms on the Continent.-- We believe that visitors to Switzerland have had a summery Christmas, but holiday visitors who went lurther afield have had a doubtful one. From all parts of the Continent come news of floods and wide spread damage. Germany has suf fered, as our illus tration from Emden shows, but Spain and ...

... Here's to the Year that's Awa'! Chief JEveifiiftg of the Aimiauas Miir&IbilliSs, I199 THE ASTONISHING RISE OF CON STITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN TURKEY AND PERSIA The vear that has passed saw two re markable political events in countries which have for centuries been ruled by autocratic shahs and sultans. The Sultan of Turkey had so persistently held to his position of power that one had almost ...

... Training Firemen with the Pompier Ladder. Of the innumerable de vices which have been invented to enable man to light fire and also as a means of rescue the ladder takes first place. The evolution of this par ticular type of fire escape may be traced from the plain ladder carried by hand to the more elaborate fire escape drawn by horses or motor and the more recent book ladder, known to ...

... The World's Newest Fighting Ships. GERMANY'S FLOATING FORT-- THE NASSAU, GERMANY'S SECOND DREADNOUGHT This broadside view shows clearly the placing of the principal barbettes containing the twelve 11-in. guns. Immediately below is the strong secondary battery of twelve 5'9-in. quick-firers with twenty smaller quick-firers. The masts are much slighter than the tripod masts of British ...

... . By R. Po Hairinie. A very important resolution was passed at the last meeting of the general committee of the Royal Automobile Club. It reads: That the general com mittee of the Royal Automobile and associated clubs, while considering that the question of adopting co-operation in any way is one on which every associated club is perfectly free to take whatever action it thinks best, is of ...

... . Christmas at the Carlton Hotel Father Christmas with a pony carrying presents for the children The Dog in Aladdin at Drury Lane Mr. Ali acts the dfsg with great effect B assaito Christmas at the Carlton Hotel At the entrance to the tea-room was a model of the Nimrod among icebergs Christmas at the London Hospital The North-Pole procession passing through the wards Mr. G. Kessler's North-Pole ...

... . The Baroness Vaugharv Whom King Leopold wedded just before his death The Clergy Accompanying the Body to the Church The Church pronounced that the late marriage was correct-- that the King was en regie with the Church. The Bishop of the Congo assisted during the service at the cathedral British Representative at Brussels The Duke of Connaught at the cathedral door THE FUNERAL CORTEGE WITH ...

... The Christmas Holidays-- Scenes at Eton and Harrow. A well-known fighting Nonconformist who made a very considerable stir in his own world was the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowed, who has just died at Rochdale. His first pastorate was at Bedford Chapel, Charrington Street, London, to which he was appointed in 1875 In 1882 Mr. Hol lo well became the minister of a Congregational church at Not tingham. ...

... The 1,100th Performance of a Famous Dance-- tl he Festival of St. Tryphon at Cattaro in Dalmatia. The mouniain-guarded frontier town of Cattaro has just celebrated the 1,100th anniversary of St. Tryphon's holiday. The above illustration represents the ancient and interesting dance of the Marinerezza before the cathedral. The history of the Marinerezza is closely connected with Cattaro, an 1 ...

... AIMING WITH WATER-- a firemen's competition. T u view of the recent terrible lire at Clap- lmm the commercial world must be all the more deeplv impressed by the value of fire brigades and efficient firemen. A similar fire which occurred some years ago in Crip- plegate led to a scheme, adopted by great mercantile houses, for fostering private fire brigades, and the fifth annual competi tion for ...

... /k ETEkW 3D /k ITS /kGO g A RanMSosm CHronicAe. By V. V. V„ The Spectator for December 18 contained one of the most remarkable articles I ever read in a newspaper that does not disdain advertisements-- a review of the British Medical Association's official inquiry into the ingredients of patent medicines. The results given in that volume are startling, at least in so far as those reproduced by ...

... Climbing Skywards. Mow Americas^ IDas° Rooftops a audi SHp pir^ Tlhoffinisellv on Umidl rgiPOUEimdl zzzzz=^zzz:zzzzzzzzzzz:z:::z:z:--z:zz^ If you cannot expand along terra firma strike skywards is the motto of the American builder, and the completion of the Manhattan Life Insurance building, on the site of Dr. Parkhurst's old church, in Madison Square, New York, has called attention to these ...