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MING GEORGE AS A- GARDENER. | are imported from the South of France ‘platforms for luggage. Beneath. the
Oo : | when it is not possible to obtain Eng-|lower level of train tracks a circular
lish | roses. As, befits.» the former | tube luggage railway has. been con-
Duchess of York, the white rose is a structed. Luggage. is taken ‘down to
special favorite with Her Majesty, and the luggage level by means of lifts.
a large number of. new trees .of . this ‘Then it is moved on small electrically-
description have lately been planted in | propelled trucks through the circular
the private gardens at Windsor at the | tube below to the right platform, w hen.
Queen’s request. . another lift carries it to the train
Another hobby of His Majesty’ s is to | above.—Tit-Bits. - oe
set to work in a greenhouse and force : |
‘both flowers and vegetables for the| | JUVENILE. LUXURY.
table. He was one of the first English ar nL ee
amateurs to give directions , for the Many. people have. wondered: lately
French system of “intensive culture” of } who ‘the. pretty. five-year-old, fair-
vegetables to be tried upon a really | haired girl is. who drives about in a
large scale. ‘These experiments have gorgeous automobile in. London, ac-
turned out most satisfactorily, anda companied by a coal- black. ‘Kaffir
considerable quantity of supplies. for | nurse. She is the youngest . daughter
‘the royal table is now cultivated . at. ‘of Solly. Joel, ‘the South African mil-
Frogmore. in this manner. —Tit- Bits. " | lionaire,: who with his wife, has so Tong |
land unsuccessfully attempted to storm

THE LARGEST RAILWAY STATION the doors of society.
Coen don : - If Mr. and Mrs. Joel are not: re-

he fact is not generally known that
ting George. is extremely fond of
hardening). though he has not now SO.
uch time to devote to this pastime as
g the case. when he.was Duke of
gornw all and York. Then: the present
ming and Queen passed the .” greater.
rt: of their year at: York - -Cottage,
nar ingham, ‘and - His Majesty culti-
atc a small garden entirely by him-
resolutely refusing any assistance
ve that of the Queen, who would oc-
sionally help him to prune the rose
s and other light tasks of. that de-

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Vegetable growing strongly. appealed
‘His Majesty, and he was ‘always
ighly delighted when. he could ‘send a
louple of cabbages, or a basket -of peas
Queen. Alexandra> for her - especial
se that he. had planted and “grown

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This Jove: of gardening has existed
‘ith, His Majesty “since he was: quite a
oy, when he ‘and the late Duke | of
Marence and “Avondale were each > as-
igned @ ‘plot of land: in the . kitchen
hardens of Sandringham. for their own
BSC. This: garden. they. were expected
‘ ee ‘trim: and in proper: order
: roughout, the year. Here. the tastes
the two: young princes varied. in ra-
er striking. fashion.. “The ‘late’ Duke
cl arence: grew flowers, to the ‘ex
usion of . everything: else... Roses in
rticular* were a passion | “with him,
ad throughout. the. summer months,
herever Queen Alexandra * might be
aying, there was always one. ~small
ase. upon her. ‘writing- table ‘filled with.
nandful, of. blooms grown for her: by
er. clder son, ars See

King George, however, “modelled. his
arden: in. more’ ‘practical | ‘shape, and
evoted his. attention. to growing. useful
hings, such’ as potatoes and” turnips
nd carrots... As: he: once put. it, with:
“Roses” are all “very

; ; . - ceived. in the~ best ‘society, they .can-.
‘The world’s largest railway station, | not be prevented from spending money
New York. Central's terminus, ‘has just in a way which, perhaps, would not be
been opened to the general public. For considered: in good taste by others. For
ten years an: army of workmen has | instance, the little girl. in question has
been toiling to. construct it, and only been manicured twice a-week since she
after an expenditure of £36, 000, 000 | was’ three years old. : Around, her neck
was it finished: There is nothing. - $0} she wears a rope of pearls which cost
gigantic or: magnificent in . the New | her father $25,000, and around her lit-
World. or the Old as. this: wonderful | tle wrist .is a bracelet. of perfect dia-
railway station. Here are a few. fig- | monds. -
ures which will give some idea of. its Jack - Joel; Solly’s prother, won the
immensity. : —- Derby with Sunstar, but was not asked
Six nilion cubic. yards of rock and j|to dine with’ the King at. the Aeual
carth were excavated, to make way for Derby banquet.
the. tracks, w hich in. ‘the great city had
to be placed ‘under. the street level.
Altogether the: station - contains thirty-
three miles of rails and Sixty- “nine sep-
arate tracks, ‘distributed over an upper
level for long- -distance . tYains,: and. a
lower -level: for. suburban traftic.  Pro- |]
vision fas been. made- for the handling
of 300 trains and 100, 000 passengers. a.
day,. and in: order. that. smoke and din) fe.
‘may: ‘be: discarded every train ‘will enter. | ee
|and leave the, station drawn: by: electric.

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| electric zone. OF the. ‘railway ‘eX-
s, [tends for: a. distance ; of: “twenty- ~five.
miles © from ‘New: York, At: that: ‘point:
| incoming trains” will: have their” road
engine cut. off. and replaced. ‘py: electric:
‘motors, ‘while: “outgoing trains. will lose |{.
: their. motors. when: they ‘reach the. same 1 ie
= point, an ordinary. engine’ being then |] eon
‘| coupled one
“The station has ‘the lakeese™ -gignal-
interest. in. gardening, a and each, has | boxes, in the: wor id, and the system (Of
own, plot. ‘at ‘York® Cottage.” eIt is! a.|interlocking’ “switches | and” “signals “4s
aiter for. constant, regret. with : ‘ttle | such: that,. humanly speaking, accidents:
nee’ Henry, the. third © ‘son. ot: ‘the within. the station and its. immediate a
cinge ‘and Queen, that his: absence. ‘at neighborhood | are: impossible. : There t
onrding: ‘school: prevents - him: from are: 400 levers” ‘for the.-suburban | level
ending ‘this “all ‘the: year round, since and 360. ‘express levers. Every: forty,
ne shares. his: ‘father's: love of» garden- ‘Jevers: has a signalman attendant,. -and
ng. to'a very. considerable extent.”: He the movements of: all the: trains are.in-
Mas," however, a small garden © at: his ‘dicnted by small: electric lights” on’ a’
chool, and: Queen Mary was: both gur- [chart which is. facsimile . of: the yard,
wised.“-and delighted: to find a. large Switches and signals are interlocked so:
munch, of sweet peas placed upon her | that no.error: of: the operator can set a
prenkfast ‘table, upon the morning ~ of signal:one way. and a switch another.
wr Coronation last June. - "IMnese the | Apart, however, from. the traffic won-
Dic clas prince: had: ‘grown. for his mother. ' | ders. of this world’s ‘largest station, tho:
The. King. has-been heard to declare building itelf is an amazing construc- I
hit gardening is the, ‘most invigorat- tion. It. might he- described as a Breat:
tap: pastime in: the world, and that -if marble palace, the eentral hall being of
Nove: ‘men would: devote oily ane hour | Botticlno ‘marble and buff-tinted stone,
oy twosevery.- day to: work: in thelr | the tints boing enhanced. by soft. Hehts
indans: there would: be. fower: com radiating. from: Aix large dome windows
hints “ot liver trouble | nnd-loas: need and lending cheerfulness t to the. whole
m physteal, culture of an. nvtifelal na Interlor, a i al
Ati, Within: ‘the past twelve. ‘months |: One, of the snarl of. this: erent: cons. aes
Hho tis beor Known to.take a spade and |. tral hall, which, by. the way, Is Mited [Po

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i new: phase: of. farming. -
The King encourages ‘his. sons to take

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aro 2,400. atars: of: various. magnitude in
‘tho scheme of decoration: on these gold
hands,. many. of them being. iNuminated ma
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- When: not. actually. gardening “nim
Ts Majerty. loves: to “ptrollround the
tonalve kitchen gardons ate Sandring-
wy and. Frogmore, | ‘and wateh) othe
brogreas® ‘that \ being ‘made in. their
enltivation, Ho will. often’ pause and
eh with. one of the mon. at. work,
while he ‘has from. time to time. made
AB nAny: supgentions both with regard to
tho ‘growing. of. frult; and. -vegetablos
im hat: the head gardonora upon the royal
oHtater: have bean. one! too. pleased to
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