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Show DEI OF EILID DISLIiSJIKIl Her Majesty Makes Stringent Rules as to Use of Tobacco in the Palace. KING PUFFS CIGARS Court Attaches Sigh for the "Good Old Days" of "Free and Easy." By PHILIP EVEEETT. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDOX, April .11. In tho midst of all the po.litical upheaval thoro is, I understand, considerable discontent in what I might call tho court domestic circles. Certain high court officials aro intensely dissatisfied with tho stringent rules regarding smoking in tho royal palaces, Though the king is an in-vetorato in-vetorato smoker, tho queen detests the smell of tobacco, and has givon tho strictest orders that no one is to smoko iu any part of tho palaces near her own apartmentB. More than ono highly-placed highly-placed dignitary has got into trouble for absont-uiindedly going through the corridors with a cigarotto in full blast. Equerries aro sighing for the good old days of King Edward, when everybody every-body could do as ho liked in theso matters; mat-ters; but it is just a return to the rules that Queen Victoria enforced. During her reign smoking was strictly confined to tho Bmoke room. Queen Favors Sports. But whilo adamant pn this point, there aro plcasine indications that the queen is about to tako a more activo interest in tho sports of tho pooplo. It has always boon understood that she was strongly opposed to any sport in which tho element of gambling entered, and that her pleasures wero of a moro domestic charactor. Howovor, in tho royal itinerary for tho coming season the quoon is scheduled to attond quito a number of tho moro fashionablo race meetings. Many aTo the speculations as to hor motive, for her first attitudo was to leave thiB sort of thing to tho king. Vonomoas gossip has it that she hoped to mako racing unpopular with women, but finding that sho has failed sho is loth to bo loft out of it especially as tho king is bocoming more enthusiastic than over, a Apropos of tho queen and hor influence in-fluence on matters mundane, it is rather surprising to noto tho influenca she exorcises on fashion. At a recent matinee mati-nee it wus noticod by fashion experts that tho queen was wearing largo diamond dia-mond "drop" earrings, and within a few davs all tho bitr lowolrv establish ments wero making a spocinl feature show of this kind of ornamont; At all society functions tho "drop" earring is now a la mode. Women Open Church. In point of fact, this decado seems to be the woman's era in England. The first women 'b church, tho Church of tho New Ideal haB just been opened in Ohoshire." It is olficorcd ontirely by womon, and, of course, tho "vicar" is a woman. In her flrBt discourse the Rev. Hetty Bakor urged tho need of a church for womon where God's glorious idoals would not becomo worn out. "Womon are great idealists, great dreamers," sho said, "and where thoy have shaped tho will of man thoro havo always been good results. Although wo shall probably have to enduro persecution, persecu-tion, laughter and ridicule, woi muBt toil along tho dusty way and do away with mou. "Wo aro only at tho beginning of a great work, but wo are going to win through. It will cost women Borne-, thing to give up tho churoh of their fathers, but thoy must havo something highor than they have had in tho past. In tho kingdom and this church wo want to boo mon nnd womon absolutely absolute-ly in oquality, and ono tho complement of tho other. Man's portrayal of God is good nnd holpful, but wo want women's portrayal of God with it." Mero man was strongly in evidence at tho opening servicos. |