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L.'————.—— . OUR LONDON LETTER.…

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L. ————.—— OUR LONDON LETTER. ffrom Our Special Correspondeni.] I London. The country is still disturbed and indu tries hindered from restarting, whereby em- ployment would be increased, by the uncer- tain labour outlook. Never has the Prime Minister worked harder to find a basis oj agreement between the opposing factions, and even his critics admit that no man could have done better. The publication of the full report of the proceedings at the Downing-street Conference, where the l'rime Minister met the members of the Miners' Executive, was a departure from oRicial procedure which has been generally commended. It has enabled the public tc re id and therefore judge both sides of the The miners have by no means come the losers out of this openness. A great and very hopeful factor in the .situation is that, sci far, no bitterness has been shown on either side. Both parties are aware of the immensity of the issues involved and how easily they may be disastrous to the State, "which, after all, is our mother. For that mother nmiy hundreds of thousands have bat very laid down their lives that no alien hand might hurt her. And shall she now be hurt bv the hands of her own children? God forbid. LvjRD Levefhulme's Poixt. I Lord Leverhuln10 has made a. very tilling point in regard to what the division of canita! or, in the instance which he cited, excess profits, -,voiild mean in practice. He finds that if all the excess profits, of which we read so much, had been lumped together and divided among the workmen each individual's share would have been 4s. But by the various and frequent- ^advances in wages which it has been their good fortune to receive they were benefited to the extent of £ 1 ocr week. In other words, had they shared the employers' pro- fit., they would be 16s. to the bad on every weelv. Tlie calculations by which this result was arrived at must have been complex in the extreme, and Lord Loverlmlme is to be congratulated on having provided us with very interesting and useful information. Going, Going, Gone. I It was suggested in this column last week that the prices of food were wavering. "Between then and now they hnve more than wavered: some have fallen. Others will fall that have not so far come down. All in good time. It is understood that such con- ti-,)l is *s maintained is due in a large measure to the representations of Labour which is convinced that in this wzy, and in this way only, can equality of supplies bs maintained. At present, so far as neces- sar ies ave concerned, the long purse lias no advantage over the small one. Throw off all control a-rd there might again be hoard- Ílw. That there would be a return of the hateful queues is certain in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police, who has written to the Food Minister expressing the tiope that so far as the police are concerned, pome control would still be maintained. The poiicc, at all events, have no desire to see -It revival of the Q. Meantime, we may hope to see shortly a considerably larger output of beer, and that of better quality than the present. "Whisky has been released, to the extent of 50 per cent. in view of the influenza epidemic. Cheese, too, will have come down before these lines are in print, and there will be more of it. German Lie.? Again. I trom time to time during the war the Aearts of neutrals were harrowed by Ger- man tales of the mortality, especially amongst children, which was being caused by the British blockade. Lately this sub- ject has been revived by the Hun with a view to inducing some relaxation of the blockade by which they can obtain—not food, but raw materials, with which to start their factories which are intact, while the unhappy French and Bclgins are en- deavouring to bring order out of ch0e. This chaos, b? it noted, was wrought in direct contravention of the rules of war which safeguard private property. To lend poignancy to the appeal the HUll now de- clarer. thut 800,000 innocent Germans havs perished as the result of the blockade. A Dutch correspondent roundly declares th:3 to be "eyewash." 'I he mortality has cer- tainly been heavy, and vo-st numbers of children have died. But why? Not by reason of blockade, but by the cynical il- humanity. of the German military authori- ties who deliberately monopoji-ed the milk trrpplv in order to extract from it fat for making ammunition wherewith to kill the trDosof the Allies and so carve their way to P.iris and London. They were perfectly frank about it. Comforts, medicines and sustenance were openly withheld from the aged and weak because, it w;io argued, their work done and their present infirmities rendered them of no further use to the Fatherland. When the war went on for a longer soace than had at first been reckoned ou. and the toll of life mounted un, the authorities in Germany resorted to methods of increasing the birthrate which would not bear mention in a reputable newspaper. So much for the latest Hun lie. The Inflt;exza. I J.. J .'Ii .1. The influenza yet scourges us, and appears still to baffle scientists to detect ite origin. It is true we reed some time ago that the germ had been discovered, but since v-c have heard no more of the young ruffian we may, perhaps, conclude that the announcement is pre milt are. The present wave .is not so severe as the one last November, but it is suffi- cients acute seriously to impair one's ordi- nary work-a-day life. There seems to 1* oaiv one rel remedy, namely, to gargle once, or oftener, a day either with salt or permanganate of potash (which must be very weak, ]u.st sufficient to tinge the water) with an added pinch ox salt. The nostrils should a1-0 be douched.' I could name two of the best known London public schools where this procedure has been insisted on, and each has so far escaped without a single case. Pre-Lukt Marslages. I -L!L! _1__1- I netner it oe supersTinon, wnicn Ld amazingly prevalent, or religious faith, which I prefer to think, the objection by brides to marriage in Lent remains as strong as ever, and there was the usual rush of weddings in the week before Lent began. The position in which dresssiakers found t hemselves was not an enviable one. With dress-hands who turned munitioneers during the war still drawing unemployment mone-f, they were fac-ed NVII tll full order t,ook the proceeds of which would give mariv ot them a much-needed summer holi- day—and empty workrooms. The position of the brides was one also meriting- sympathy, for no woman's wardrobe is ever complete. Indeed, as a husband, a father, 'and a drawer of cheques, I have frequently been shocked at the brazen effrontery with which the announcement "r rcallv haven't a rag to wear" is so often made. Dfd I not know better, both by ocular observation of my home and my cheque- book. I should be inclined to say that the poet, when he wrote the following lines need not have limited them to Oceana:— "B,-yor,d a shell, A bangle rare, A feather here, A feather there, The South Pacific ladies wear Their native nothingness." r am told that brides are returning to th-e old-fashioned custom of wearing brocades and embroideries, the effect of which is Raid to be extremely pleasing. Let us hopj they get them.

OTHER MEN'S MINDS.1

I.ANIMALS AND INFLUENZA.1

I HOW THEY SLEEP. ''JI

I ANIMALS 0IN WAR. I

! THE SUN MAGNIFIED. j

I SHOOTING THE MOON. I

IMONEY FROM OLD BOOTS. , j

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+.'~ f HOW THE -KAISER LIVES.

I-AIR COURIER -KILLED.-

IEND OF PAPER CONTROL.

I THACKERAY'S DAUGHTER.

WAR MEMORIALS.

CAMELS THAT SMOKE. j

WAR -HERO'S -REWARD.

NEARLY TWO MILLIONS. i

.. CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.

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 | FUN AND FANCY.

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