The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 17

> I » | ! Pages 17t026 L ] Pages 171026 ———— L é,&X FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1904. ANDALL DAVIDSON, THROUGH FRIENDSHIP OF COLLEGE CHUM, RISES RAPIDLY TO THE PRIMACY OF ALL ENGLAND 4 PO stinguished Visitor on Milk, ikes to Ride seback. d these offices to the great sat old Queen and his discreet L HEALTH AT To Mrs. Dx nd decla eached bef death” was the most powerful er heard he had devout and kind-hearted e 10 eminence church. tion that in his wider sph t gious ties that bound him to the sovereign were not to be severed. He held the position until her death. REFUSES PROMOTION. From Rochester in a f was promoted the of Winchester. With the most ence in the land bent on adv cide how far he should go. He not be accused of a vaulting ambition. Twice the hopric of London was of- fered him, but he declined it. When Archbishop Benson died the Queen urged him to accept the primacy, on the scor hat his health was then eq to the requi position, he it from him ard the venerable Dr. Temple stepped into the vacancy. When the Queen lay dying TO at Osborne it was Dr. Randall David- son whom she summoned to administer rved his succes- to her the last sacrament. Benson, In & sigliar King Edyward is not usually credited must be re- f of Mr. Da- s himself on es that the as T men, per- judged by rds of the church velvet hat of it He took a scrub- scoured away o PLAYS CHESS ON His riding. and with a fri HORSEBACK. favorite recreation is horseback He is very fond d gifted with ar es combined her board uncing his shop of Canterbury his sai- ary is $75,000 a year — half as much again as that of the President of the United States. But he has even less chance of saving anything out of it, for Lambeth Palace, the officia! resi- dence, is much bigger than thr. White House and costs a deal more to keep up. The palace overlooks, from the Surrey side of the river, the turgid barge-laden Thames, and on the opposite bank, a little lower down the stream, are the Houses of Parliament. Back of it and ings of Lambeth. But within its gates one seems far removed fr strife and bustle of the mode; region where broods the spir It is an ideal place Little time, though op of Canterbur: influences. He is one of th in the kingdom. Usually he rises at 5:30. What with correspondence frequent attendance at the House of Lords when Parliament is in session, meetings of important church bodles at which he is expected to . preside cocsuitations with various leaders of his spiritual forces, and an occasional public dinner in the evening for which he, must prepare an address, he has little time that he can call his own. The old method of fighting the world, the flesh and the devil in the solicitude of the ascetic’'s cell .is not for these days of the English church. Dr. Davidson is now King Edward's “clerk of the closet.” He gets only $55 a year for it, it Is true, but it is not supposed that the office engages much of his attention. Before leaving for America the Arch- bishop expressed his intention of making a study of its public schoois. He wants to find out by what mysteri- ous means they turn out such excelient boys and girls under a system of edu- cation in which religious instruction plays no part. It is a contradiction of the Church of England’s most cherished Dr. ha. N - | | ! | | 1 —— = ! Z3 WOULD KEEP HER TROUBLES FROM PUBLIC Duchess of Maribor- ough of a Retir- ing Nature. rather severe accid to of Marlborough, due to a horse at B to her 1 titled da has a great symp: marriage, sling her occasion she step as she was di She has a favorite nurse, a woman of good family, who is attached to the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormonde street, London. On the slightest sign than she has o would have bul or three times a day. ‘3 E: OF ENGLISH CHUFRCH. HIS WIFE | 4AND HOME. = e | BRITISH PUBLIC LOSES ITS AWE OF ROYALTY LONDON, Sept. 3.—That royaity has lost some of its sacredness to the Brit- ish since the accession of King Edward to the throne is shown oy the absence of crowds at points where it is known in advance the King or Queen is to pass. It must sureiy be an agreeable change for the Queen, who is now able to journey through the streets in her royal carriage without the prospect of an eternal bow. It Is not that the public is less loyai to the new Queen than it was to the old, but the feeling of “sacredness” wkich might well hedge about the late venerable lady who seldom left her castle and then only in greatest state is difficult of maintenance in the case of a Queen <7 S slares the Duchess to be ome of the_soclJozist, | best patients that have ever been un- der her care. She has a strong objec- tion to frequent doctor’s visits and to avoid them she refuses to be invalided, as do many other society women. But accidents to her at Blenheim have been so numerous that she begips to feel that while at the famous old castle she is under some sort of a “hoodoo.” The chorus of indignant denials which have greeted the accusation made by a reputable weekly journal that at fashionable bazaars not a few society women have been guilty of “nipping™ the receipts in order to pay their millinery s, has only served to strengthen the public suspicion that the charge is well founded. It sug- gests an explanation of the failure of many of these functions to more than pay expenses, which adds another to the many sins that are covered by the ample cloak of charity. For obvious reasons the names of those suspected of this sharp practice cannot even be hinted at, but in the whispered conver- sation of the smart set they are freely mentioned. + who may fairly be said to gad about upon errands of most amiable conde- scension. Visitors to the Continent know well that a large measure of freedom from the persecution of being run after and stared at as curiositiec, or even as “‘se- cred relics,” has been obtained by the &fnpress Augusta, Q" een Elena, Queen ilhelmina and even the Czarina, and the agreeable change that is coming over the manners and, customs of the British public toward royalty can scarcely fail to be of interest to the ENTERTAINING KING EDWARD IS EXPENSIVE High Society Rejoices in Ruler’'s Ab- sence. British Monarch Is Resting Up at Marienbad. the hostess, makes no d has to be set and the wishes obeyed at spleasure. I only a uests selected by the K. received that the host and humbly to submit a list of su friends of their own as they would like to invite. 1f included in it are the names of any person whom the King does not desir to meet they are scratched out befors the list is returned by his faithful sec- retary. The King’s arrival at the house which he honors with his presence timed to ke place the evening. diately to the apar him and does not meet the rest of t house party until a few minutes be- fore the dinner hour. As a rule that is fixed at 9 o’clock, in accordance with the custom obtaining at Buckingham Palace and Windsor. Catering to royal appetite is no light matt ke all the members of his family, he is a hearty eater and is particular as to what he eats. Either the King himseif or one of his suits who is familiar with his tastes amends thé menu for the day, which includes breakfast, luncheon, tea, dinner and supper, besides incidental refreshments. MUST BE AMUSED. But the most serious part of the host’s duties is providing for the King's amusement. Every day’'s diversions are carefully planned beforechand so that he may not have a dull moment on his hands. He is fond of amateur theatri- cal entertainments. Whatever may be the day's program however, the night invariably winds up wi which is often kept up unti sma' hours,” when luck favors Majesty. The King has gone to Marienbad “in- cog” as the Duke of Lancaster, by which he avoids the fuss and ceremony of which he no aoubt grows ve weary at home. His daily routine th is in striking contrast to the round ¢ pleasures which are planned with so much care and elaboration by those whom he visits here. He rises about 7 o'clock, and in accordance w the diet prescribed, which is an essential part of the cure, contents himself with bis a lignt breakfast of rolls. Lunch is taken early and of the simplest description. The afternoon the King devotes to light exerc and is eften to be seen on the golf link He takes his dinner early and it is as simple as the royal luncheon. Only the lightest ‘wines are allowed. Before 11 o'cleck be — e —— ~ . - - e