... . The Chinese situation has not developed with the rapidity that seemed likely. On the contraty, the Dowager appears rather frightened at the disapproval excited in China by the practical deposition (as it was thought to be) of the Emperor, and is now performing the Chinese Imperial equivalent for hedging. We are told that the Emperor still reigns, but that an heir is chosen to replace him ...

... FOOD 1 For INFANTS and INVALIDS. Church Street, Tetbury, Sept. 9th, 1898. Messrs. Mellin's Food, Ltd. Dear Sirs. Enclosed please find photo of my little boy, whose age at time of taking was 2 years and 2 months he has been fed entirely on Mellin's Food since 2 months old, and is still taking it. His weight is 32 lbs., and he is con sidered a very fine grown boy for his age. Yours faithfully, R ...

... MAYFAIR IN SOUTH AFRICA. 1 The Social Side of the War. The war cannot fail to have a salutary effect on the manners and morals of a people in danger of becoming effete and apathetic from prosperity. Since the British arms first suffered reverses, no one, from Royalty down to the least important man in the Reserve, has held back; and the list of volunteers includes repre sentatives of almost ...

... THE WHITEFIELD MEMORIAL CHURCH. A Great Nonconformist Monument. The new brick church in Tottenham Court Road, called the Whitefield Memorial Church, stands in historic succession to one of the most interesting of the famous Nonconformist churches of London. The present is the third church that has been erected on the same site. The first was built in 1756 by George Whitefield himself. What is ...

... FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, V.C., K.P., &c. (Plioto by Russell and Sons.) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY IN SOUTH AFRICA. Lord Roberts bears testimony to the value of Liebig Company's Extract Lemco to the Soldier, in his Forty-one Years in India The quantity of Lemco already supplied to the British Forces in South Africa amounts to the product of 4,000 bullocks, or sufficient to ...

... Debutantes at the Dublin Drawing Room. Miss M. Farrant. Miss Muriel Ormsby. Miss Nutting. Miss Mabel Crmsby. Mrs. Mangan. Mrs. De Lavel Willis. Mrs. H. Hardy. Mrs. T. F. Crozier. CHANCELLOR THE FIRST DRAWING ROOM OF THE SEASON WAS HELD AT DUBLIN CASTLE ON FEBRUARY 9 The Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present ...

... LIFE IN LEAGUERED LADYSMITH. Men who have fallen Dauntless Defence. NATAL VOLUNTEERS FOLLOWING COMRADES TO THE GRAVE Mcnaiis, Johannesburg BURYING THE DEAD Nicholls, Johannesburg b 2 ...

... What Children are doing for the War. Even children are working for the war. At Dublin, the other day, Lady Roberts's War Fund was augmented by four hundred children who gave a dancing performance, appearing in fancy dress. A military dance by Miss Gladys Browne and Master Robin McArdle (in the khaki of the Dublin Fusiliers) was a great success. Children will be the great teature ot the ...

... . By Major Arthur Griffiths. It has already been pointed out in these columns that the highest interpre tation of the old adage, Noblesse oblige, is to be found just now in South Africa, where the best blood of Britain is being unsparingly risked for Queen and country. Another remarkable feature in our army at the front is the number of officers engaged who come of a military stock. It is a ...

... . In our hour of danger Canada has come to the help of the Mother Country, for the Dominion is, perhaps, nearer to us in sympathy than any of our colonies. The people have not taken on such a new nature as overtakes the Australasian, for instance-- largely, perhaps, because Canada has been so much recruited from Scotland, which is slow to change, though eager enough to make real progress. The ...

... Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Benson in Henry V. At the Lyceum Theatre. King Henry (to the Queen) Come, your answer in broken music for thy voice is music, and thy English broken wilt thou have me Katharine Dat is as it sail please de roi nton pire. King Henry Nay, it will please him well, Kate it shall please him. Katharine: Den it sail also content me. King Henry Upon that I kiss your hand, and I call ...

... The Latest Additions to the National Portrait Gallery. Most people who give attention to events in the art world will remember the recent dispute between the Treasury and the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery con cerning an offer made by the Marquis of Normanby to sell to the nation certain pictures from his collection. The works he offered were a portrait of the Queen by Sir David ...