Among the innumerable invitations showered upon the Crown Prince of Japan in London, and which Reuter has not noted, was one to dine with. the club known as the Knights of the Round Table: which invitation, we hear, has been accepted. The Knights have been in existence for over 200 years and have dined regularly together, once a month we believe except during the war. The immortal Garrick was a_ member. To-day Sir Trevor Dawson is knight president and Mr. Jack Hassall, the well known artist, is "master of the revels." The menu is entirely "old English" and one favourite dish is eels stewed in port wine. Ihe Knights meet at Simpson's in the Strand, and one-interesting fact is that they really do possess and sit round a most remarkable round table, formed vf a single piece of mahogany. Writing from memory we are afraid to give its exact dimensions but it cannot be much less than 12ft. in
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