The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1901, Page 10

// FOSEY B> rirss DZA WALUROP CENTRAL THEAYRE ght to give Dr. Black THE SUNDAY CALL. s as g is more d for eyes and com- Its weave able. to buy it ations laid g to hear f will to resist. The will show you ncidentally he will ured veili; You of those thir sprinkled with dainty leaves or viossums to the eyes. ortune of Her Husband, Scott McKeown. 9 ¢ ¢ 0;’“, or sprays, all as fetching as possible and nose. | es Her Debut in Vaudeville at the Orpheum in| to Retrieve the Lost | A good way to get around the matter is to use bordered velling. Beautiful spec- imens of this are to be found, and no harm is done by them to the vision. The swell way to wear the vell of to-day LEVINSON: is to let it stop Just below the tip of your You remember, don't you, thé time when we crushed our vells under our If You Envyy the ~ KING OF RNGaR]ND Here Are Some Things That THE KING CRNNOT DC. HE rulers of the peoples of the Teanh, of whom there are now s enty-six of rgcognized importance, have on the average much less pow- er than is usually imagined. The new King of Engiand, in many ways, is not as free as his subjects. An ordinary Englishman may travel where he pleases and may select his own travellng companions. The King of Eng- land may not leave the confines of the empire without being accompanied by a Minister of State. The British constitu- tlon provides that the King shall himself at all times In readiness to acts In Parliament after they have passed in both Houses of the national Legisla- ture. Until théy have been so signed they. do not become-law. It might happen that in some crisis the King's signature would be needed without a moment's delay. The existence of the state itself might well depend on instant action; for instance, an army of invasion might suddenly appear off the coast of Englard, in which case it would be necessary to call out the mill- tla. This could not be done legally with- out the signature of the King. Therefore it 1s provided that a responsible Minister of State shall accompany the King wher- ever he may go tq present emergency acts of Parliament to him for signature. Even if Parliament is not in session, this act is enforced, because it might be necessary at any time to call Parliament to ‘meet in extraordinary session. No matter how tired the King of Eng- land might grow of his responsibilities the lawyers say that he could not abdicare. There is no precedent for such an action, and, as is well known, precedent is an im- portant factor in the British Government. If the King should absent himself from the kingdom witheut formally hotifying his Ministers of State, so that cne of them might accompany him, Parliament would be obliged to meet and declare the throne vacant. According to the authorities the crown would theén be placed in commis- sion; that is, the King's place would thén be taken by a kind of Board of Directo-s, composed of the highest statesmen and | noblemen in the land. What such a com: mission would do with a royal truant on his return does not seem clear. No ruler ot England has ever done such a thing, and therefore there is no historic prece- dent to serve as a guide for future action. No King of England can force a subject to accept a peerage or other title of nobil- ity. There are few Englishmen, indecd, who would refuse to be made Earls, if ths hold VEILS FROT NEWMAN AND, china? From that they gradually worked thelr way upward, pausing a while at the tip of the chin and again at the chin's middle, leaving its little white point to’ show below the border. Now they have wind is cutting they protect the sensitive eye against these. They hage over the glare of beach or desert stretches. The Oriental idea of modesty in conceal- ing the face with a vell is one might ses. Such vells would save only the complexion. And yet it has already been announced in New York that this custom might be adopted by way of & new fad. May the style never reach San Franciscol Dr. J. R. Black Considers Certain Rinds Mere Reneficial veil is of more benefit than harm to the eyes. It protects them from stinging wind and flying. dust and serves to moderate the glare of an in- tense sunlight. Even granting that eny obstruction between the eye and the object of vision is a disadvantage, still T believe that the benefit derived from protection more than counter- balances this. If the mesh of the veil is regular the eye becomes accustomed to look- ing past it, just as every day of its life it looks past the effete blood ves- H BELIEVE that the proper kind of Than Harmful. sels that lie within it. It is so used to these that it feels no distress from them. So it can be with the regulér threads of a veil. Your eyes would not be seriously injured by looking through a screen window. The prin- ciple is the same with the proper sort of veiling. - With an irregular mesh the matter is different. In this case the eye has no sooner learned to ignore the lines of one formation than it glances up. or down and comes upon. a different formation. Or, worst of all, it comes upon a big dot upon which it is com- D e e i risen above the lips, and one might be led to suppose that in time they will expose the eyes. Do not let your vell hang loosely. This is an affectation and one well avoided, especially in our own windy climate. The vell will flap about so that your hair will be as badly mussed as If you had not tried to cover it at all. o You will not often care to wear the ideal blue or green vell, Black is better form, looked at as a matter of dress. It is not quite as good for the eyes, but it is of some benefit. Take your choice, You should never start off for outing trips without a good supply of veils. On . the beach or on the water they are es- pecially useful. When sand Is flying or honor were offered to them, but the King can do no more than offer the honor. He may order and compel a subject to sit in the House of Lords and legislate for his country, but he may not compel the acceptance of a title. In time of peace no King of England may maintain a standing army without the ‘consent of Parllament. Every year of the world it is necessary to introduce what Is called the annual army bill and procure its passage by both Housés of Parllament. JIf the members of Parlia- ment were to be stricken down by some pestilence or plague and so kept from attending the .sessions of the national Legislature in legal numbers, the British army would absolutely pass out of exist- ence’ At no time does the army of Eng- land have more than twelve months’ leas> of life. That lease must be renewed yearly. The idea behind .this somewhat curious procedure is that if the King were allowed to maintaln a standing army without the sanction of Parliament that ‘army might at some time be used against the people. ; Nelther can the King of Great Britain and Ireland avoid paying taxes on what- ever progerty he ‘may own in his own name. The allowance or salary of - the new King—again following historic prece: dent—is likely to be $1,920,000. If from this amount he should save a portion and buy an estate he would be obliged to pay taxes on it like any commoner. - On the other hand, the crown property is free from taxes of all kinds. 3 _Contrary to the general understanding and to the official usage of the word, the King of England is not a soverejgn. In acts of Parliament reference will be made to “‘our sovereign lord, the King.” But, in reality, to be a sovereign one' must pos- sess supreme power—must be able to make apd unmake laws at pleasure. 4. e King of Englard shares such power with that never enters our independent heads, and in all probability never will. If we should wear vells as thick as_those of some of the Far Eastern beauties we should be obliged to do what they do—leave the eyes uncovered that we /3 the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The tkree taken together are in reality the sovereign of the British em- pire. On the other hand, the King of Engls has same curious powers, most of whick are practically obsaletg and fet of which are éver use So far as constitutional rights are concerned the King may. If he choose, forbid any one of his subjects to leave the empire. If any Englishman pro- poses to visit Paris or New York, for in- stance, the new King would be quite with- in the limits of his rights if he should order him to stay at home. He might is- sue a writ to that effect and the proper authorities would see that it was enforced. There is small probability, it may be said, that this provision will ever be enforced. Again, if a subject of the British King is absent in a foreign land on business or pleasure the King has the right to send him an order to come home. If such order is not obeyed the King may confis- cate the property of the rebellious” sub- ject so far as it is located in the British dsles. Another right which belongs to the occupant of the English throne is that of printing the Bible, the book &f common prayer and the acts f Parliament. This right is exclusive ahd applies to all por- tions of the British empire, so that tite King might if he chose forbid the printing of such books in Canada or Australia. The last time this right was exercised was a short time before the revolution of the American colonies, when the colonists were compelled to get their supply from the mother country. & an pelled to focus. White, red and the light colors re- fiect light and are harmful. Blue and green are the best colors. Black is good. The ideal veil, themn, is thick enough to protect, thin enough to be no barrier to the sight. Its mesh is regular. I don’t care whether the shape of the mesh is square, octag- onal or what, so that it is regular. Its color is blue or green. The bad veil is white or red, of & close and irregular mesh and has dots. As the summer draws nigh it is going to be harder for you to avold the injurious white vefl, made the more fetching Dy its dots. Steer past it, take to dark-colored and plain net, and all's well. —_—ee————— “Contrary to the bellet of most people the camelshair brush used by artists has nothing of the camel in it,” sald & manufacturer of soft brushes. “There was a time when real camelshalr was used for the purpose. The ship of the desert, however, has long been super- seded by the homely little squirrel. Not only is squirrel’'s hair very much less costly, but it is better, softer, more pli- able and far more durable. At the pres- ent day it 1s doubtful if you could find & pound of camel’s hair In all the brush factories in this country. It is the Euro- pean squirrel that furnishes the hair for the brushes, the cover of the American equirrel being too furry and soft for the _purpose.”—Washington Star. all the land In the kingdom 19, accord- ing to law, held by the present tenants “from the crown.” Landowners regard it as their own, but In reality it belongs to the King, and If the letter of the law were strictly followed he might recall and recover it in a perfectly legal manner. To the King > belongs absolutely all the shore around the whole coast of the isl- ands from low to high water marks. Some day when an us inventor discovers a method of taking advantage of the mo- tion of the tides this ownership may add greatly to the present income of the er The King is also vested with the ownership of the beds of all tidal rivers, such as the Thames. A curious limitation of the powers of a King Is the fact that his wife, though a Queen, is in the eyes of the law a mere subject. It would, it is true, be high treason to attempt to kill her, but if she should commit any offense against the laws of the country she might be brought into court like any ordinary person, and if convicted of an offense fined or even Wi - imprisoned. By a legal fiction the King of England is supposed to be present in every court in the land. An ordinary citizen who is involved In a case at law must be present, either in person or by attorney, but the King needs no representative, and a cise may go on In his absence exactly as if he were present in all his royal robes. B S A Chinese laundry firm in Hongkong re- cently sent the following announcement to its prospective English customers: “Ladies and Gentlemen—We, the washer of every kind of clothes, blankets, and so on; newly established the company and engaged the business. Contrary te our opposite company, We Wwill most cleanly and carefully wash our customers with possible cheap prices. With your wages we will work the business.”