Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 18, 1903, Page 28

Honorable Artillery Company of London OFFICERS OF THE HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY ON THE (Soft Hat) ADJUTANT BUDWORTH IN FRONT ROW, THE GIRL WHO BEAT THE SOLDIERS. Miss Taylor, Expert in Sea Athletics, Taking the Ring-Toss Championship from the llonorables, HE Ylonourable Artillery Company of London, which arrived in Bos- ton Friday morning, October 2, on the Dominion liner Mayflower, for a two weeks' visit in this country as guests of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, is probably the most distinguished and Inter- esting military organization in the world, as it is the oldest, certainly in the British em- pire. It was incorporated in 1507, and since 1641 It has occupied the same grounds at Finsbury on whlch its armoury house stands today. The commanding officer of the London Honourables has for two centurles and a quarter been either the king of England, prince of Wales or some other member of the royal family. At the head of the 160 members of the company who compose the party now visiting the Boston Ancients is the earl of Denbigh, who brings with him a number of his distinguished staff officers or the 700 passengers the Mayflower brought over none entered into the sports which are to be enjoyved only on a great ocean liner with more zest than these digni- At home cricket is one of the the Honourables and they shining decks fied soldlers strong points of promptly converted the broad of Mayflower into a field on which they played with a tethered ball. Ring toss, shuffieboard and the other amusements of scagoers filled in much of the time hetween the dally drills, and twice during the voyage there were field day athletic sports, in spite of the bolsterous weather a part of the way across. That the trip was a re- markable one for the month of gales ap- pears In an entry Secretary Mills made on his log: *“The boat is standing the gale ina remarkable manner, hardly rolling at all There I8 very little sickness aboard.” The Honourables sall from Boston for home October 16 on the new Dominlon liner Columbus, which comes to Boston next week on its maiden voyage. Mayflower and Columbus are both of the branch of the In ternational Mercantile Marine service from Boston that is to be taken over by the White Star line the 1st of December, and after that time, when they are to be re- fitted and refurnished, they will be known as Cretic and Republic respectively. MAYFLOWER'S DECK IN MID-OCEAN.—EARL . '/“ ' > L LN WEL S OB el SRRV DN DR e OF DENBEIGH AND (Yachting Cap) ONE OF THE AMUSEMENTS ON THE WAY OVER. Obstacle Race in Which Men and Oflicers Entered with Great Spirit and Made Lots of Fun. ARTILL ERY EMBARKING ON THE MAYFLOWER AT LIVERPOOL. Secret Safes for the Up-~to-Date ECRET drawers of the olden times made in a romantic age pre neers to were sumably for the romu hang their tales on. The woman nothing if not prac- of today is tical, and, while she may have a secret drawer or two in her desk or dressing table, she s her chief dependen upon a safe Try to open one side of inilady dainty writing deslk, slowly and if it opens at all it turus and heavily, for it is a safe do made of layers of steel to resist the drill of the These safe which are built into writing and iron weided burglar desks and closets or et away in con- venient places, are baby affairs, and as if they might belong to a doll house, but they will do good service. They are inches high, but they 200 pound not a con- to carry off from 12 to 14 from 150 to weight for a unobserved They have regular combination locks, like only weigh venient burglar the safes of larger size, and are as car fully made But inside they present a different appearance. They are lined with velvet In rich colors, and some of the larger ones are made with shelves and library racks. In them jewelry, as well private correspondence, is as safe as any- thing may be The very smali safes appeal particularly zes which are more to women, but there are lar are equally useful, nd th frequently built into clogets where a womun has a special amount of jewelry that she keeps with her; or, for silverware, they are huilt into the butler's pantry, The larger small safes will range from one and one-half feet to two and one-half feet im height, A Load Off Her Mind Uncle George—I don’t like to s=ay thing, Carrie, against your Mr. Fleeting, He appears to be a nice sort of a chap, and there's no denying that he's got lots any- of money, but how did he get it? They do say his ancestors were no better than pirates, Carrie—And they left him the money? Oh, I'm so glad I was afraid you were going to say his father or grandfather worked for a living, or some disgraceful thing like that.—Boston Transcript,