When a. Douglas marries a Borey tun indeed Scotland feels that the tion 1s tying down with the lamb, though "itis a question. which ither, family could prectely be cast, for the part of the Iamb, "Not for centuries has Edinburgh seen suth a pageant a the marriage tthe Marquess of Douglas and Clydestale, heir to the premier Scottish poor, the Duke of Hamilton, Lady Eitzbeth Perey, sister the Duke of Northumberland, he day before yesterday. "And. not for. four centuries has a lide been dressed for Ser wedding in Holyrood Palace, 35: Udy" Bllzaeth was by" spect per™ mission of the King and Queen, last bride 0 prepared there was Mary (Queen of Scala but not in the rooms sed by Lady Bileabeth.
The cathedral of Sk Giles was noodle for the wedding." 1 remem from a visit many Yeats ago, place of enormous Heavy pillars and Reavy taysterious shadows, like the Ola Town about it and Holyrood, dark cit historical suggestion: tut have Tooked splendid in the deadlighting Won of Bath as a place where no one lover dies but no one is ever alive, 'Cornwall, distinguished for' its handsome nen, its saints whom no tone else ever heard of, and its langu-fage which no one ise can. speak, Produced several. other peculiarities which even most Cornishmen had forgotten. When the King's tenants waited on him at Launceston Castle, leach one presented gifts prescribed by the tradition of many eenturies—one. 100 shillings and a pound of pepper: Janother, a silver tipped alder bow; other, a pair of greyhounds; another, salmon spear and "one carriage of wood; while yet another appeared In Jo mantle of goatskin, There was formerly a law—was it called. the law of herlot?—by which the "best beast" on a farm had to be surrendered to the lord of the manor. In one instance the best beast was a famous race horse, and the ensuing, Tawsrit as to whether It was to be {surrendered ate up much more than the value of the beast, But T believe the King did not actually take away the greyhounds, the' pepper and bundle of wood, but having formally received them gave them back to the tenants, with, fo each man, a small white wand tipped with silver, The weather, as mentioned above, Udy 'Ezabath, was. all"shimmerlns wor Shocking, "On ths aosond day ses a he wale up the entre; Samara the King cata fare with Reavy' that twas quite beyond the '"Aand more than' one foatoal ground train to her dress so Tong and through foods in paces two foot dec
management of the tree tiny Pages round London. ts. under. water, and fine followed, Then came six small there wil be ho match terday Its Bridesmaids and then eight older ones, (Smelt From a aecacular pt of view War excellent But™In cold realty ery small chidven are a nuisance &t Working Hours of Nurses weddings; they rarely know their oh, Sha amon Invariably one'of them Is. BIM introduced by a Socialist Bk the subsequent reception snd member Inthe. House"of Commons iis tobe got away' in confusion by an esterday, to mit the working baure sider bridesmaid, Oftmuren was closed by the erence oles ith, Lady izabeln Isa handsome, the traditional red-gold hair of employed. ey municipal. authoriticn, Her family and Lord Clydesdale cut a. Setricing hous of outdoor nurses 19 fine figure in Highland dress, with Td 48 a week and of Indoor nurses to 06 [ists "sent Swe tua singh en eng vive lunle and plaid of the Douglas 42,2, week and o€ indoor to 06 trails aviator who. once few (The rejection of the BIN does not over, Mount, Everest. One, wonders imply any ack of sympathy with the what his ancestor, who headed a raid Ply any lack of sympathy with the Into England an far" as, York and Contory i futaad the outs famous Perey, Ary Siping we must not Introduce among Rotspur, was thinking as he looked Sirver "the trade union spi of down on the wedding. But in'Valhala "see, the, trade union spirit of ai feuds are reeoneled.
But it appeared, from the Needless to say this aspect of the debate, that no local auoriy, not wedding was duly mentioned by the even' the London "County" Counc 'Arehdescon of Lindisfarne in lis ad Which employs 4000 nares, had been dress. And one more sig of the dis ssued their advice before the Bill war Appearance. of old. passens: as very Introduced; and iti obvious that the farely' happens in" St." Giles, proposed festietion of hotes nest marriage service was that of, the aggravate ihe present shortage English Prayer Book. No loGutieted nurses: before proper ofrangements fave been made for Alling up the ranks.
But the principal objection to the bishop Laud teed to force the Prayer pil is that a Government Commission Book on the Scots, of Inquiry Into the whole position of the nursing profession has begun The King at Cornwall work this weak, s0 that any tegsla~ iicn"uni she inquiry la ended, woul Of the many stories told of the ing's visit to the Duchy many stories of Cornwall, told of he probably be lonsldod. recent tetters I have mentioned the frst that any King has paid since tne discussions raised by the grlev-[Charles 1, 1 rather like that Of Mes. ances of nurses and the growing re-Emma Coote, of Bath, She is 107 juetance of girls to enter the prote years. old, and, the weather point 4 atrocious, her nurse and great-great inustion of Inquiry ears being sion, The "Times" dererihes the flee with, whom she lives, said she boric te the Ntory "marking te trid of a period in the history of the really could not go out to see the nursing profession which may be sild King, But go she would, in her best have begun when Florence. Nigh mantle and bonnet (such thines may jugale recreated that profession and ill be seen in Bath and Cheltenham vp it again the high Ideals of service and they do say Gloucester, though it which had been its conspicuous grace ie"Ganied) and' was presented to the Inthe old religious Houseer shotk hands and converted wicrence Nightingale drove out the Which" shows that there is some- Saitey Gamps, but she could not thing wrong with the popular concep- foresee everything, The General Nursing Council set up in 1919 has done great deal for nurses, but here is much more they ought to have, 'T don't believe that any nurse worthy of the name objects to long hours: if she is on a partiwlarly inter= esting case, the spirit of battle enters
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.