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THE QIRti WHO BEAT THE SOLDIERS.
MIhh Taylor. Export In 8ca Athletics. Taking the Ring-Toss Championship from
the llunurublos.
ONE OF THE AMUSEMENTS ON THE WAY OVER.
Obstacle Tinrn In Which Men and Ofllcers Entered with Great Spirit and Mad
Liols of Fun.
HE Honourable Artillery Company
of London, which arrived In Bos
ton Friduy 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 1W7, and since
M41 It bus occupied the lumo grounds at
Flnsbury on wH'.ch Its armoury bouse
Stands today.
The commanding officer of the London
Honourable has for two centuries and a
quarter been cither 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 ofllcers.
Of the 700 passengers the Mayflower
brought over none entered Into the sports
which are to be enjoyed only on a great
oceun liner with more cost than these digni
fied soldiers. At home cricket is one of the
strong points of the Honourable nnd they
promptly converted the broad, shining decks
of Mayflower Into a field on which they
played with a t el tiered bull. Ring tops,
Shufllebourd and the other amustments of
seagoers filled In much of the time between
the dally d'lll, and twice during the
voyage there were field day athletic sports.
In spite of the boisterous weathur a part of
the way across. That the trip was a re
markable one for the month of gules ap
pears In an entry Sorretary Mills made on
his log: "The boat Is standing the g.ile In a
remarkable manner, hardly rolling at all.
There Is very little sicknesB aboard. "
The Honourable suit from Boston for
home October 15 on the new Dominion liner
Columbus, which comes to Boston next
week on Its maiden voyage. Mayflower and
Columbus are both of the branch of the In
ternational Mercantllo Murine service from
Boston that la to be taken over by the
White Star line the 1st of December, and
iter that time, when they are to be re
fitted and refurnished, they will be known
U Cretio and Republic respectively.
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ARTILLERY EMBARKING ON THE MAYFLOWER AT LIVERPOOL,
Secret Safes for the Up-toDate
l.'.T Hr.iU'pru at till nhirn tinieH
I were made In a romantic age pre
I Humablv for the romunceni to
hang their tuhs on. The woman
of toduy 1m nothing if not prac
tical, and, while Mie may have a wei-ret
drawer or two in her de.sl or dressing
t ible, she places her cliiet dcjiendoiKC upon
a safe.
Try to open one side of milady's dainty
Wilting defl:, dud if it opens at ull it turn
slowly and heavily, for it 1.4 u stfe door
made of lijers of steel and Iron weiiied
to resist the drill of the burglar.
Thet-e safes, which nre built into writing
desks and closets or set away in con
venient places, are baby affairs, and look
as if they might belong to a doll hou.se,
but they will do good Bervlce. They are
only from 12 to 11 inches high, but they
weigh from ISO to I0O pounds uor a con
venient weight for a burglar to carry off
unobserved.
They have regular combination locks, like
the safes of larger size, and ore as care
fully made. But inside they present u
different appearance. They are lined with
velvet In rich colors, and some of the
larger onoa are made with shelves and
library racks. In them jewelry, as well as
private correspondence, Is as safe as any
thing may be.
The very small safes appeal particularly
to women, but there are larger sises which
are equally useful, and thee are more
frequently built into closets where a woman
has a special amount of jewelry that she
keeps with ber; or, for silverware, they
ore built into the butler's pantry. Tha
larger small safes will range from one and
one-half feet to two and one-half feet la
height.
A Load Off Her Jlind
Uncle George I don't like to Fay any
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 lota
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 T
Oh, I'm so g'ad! I was afraid you wer6
going to say his father or grandfather
worked for a living, or some disgraceful
thing like that, Boston Transcript.
