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Show PARLIAMENT HA8A8T0R Son of Former American at Head of a Committee Com-mittee London. March 30. Mr. Waldorf Astor, member of parliament for Plj-moulh, Plj-moulh, the eldest son of Mr. William Waldorf Astor, has made another stop forward in hie political career, which commenced onlj at 'the last general election a jcur ago. ,He has been appointed ap-pointed chairman of fa committee to report upon the problen! of tuberculosis tuber-culosis in tho United' Kingdom, in Its preventive, curatlvo and other aspects as-pects J Mr.'Aetor has made a special stud, of the subject, and his first speech ii tho house of commons was in support sup-port of the government's Insurance bill, in which provision was made for dealing with patients suffering from tuberculosis. Lloyd George, the chancellor of the exchequer, who appointed Mr. Astor, although a political opponent, to tho chairmanship ( of the committee, had intended that the funds raised under the act should be employed for sanatoria; sana-toria; but many medical mon are absolutely ab-solutely opposed to sanatoria treatments, treat-ments, and It will bethp work of the-committee the-committee to investigate and repot t on the best way of lining the money. The mortality from tuberculosis has steadily decreased In England and Wales, being Icbs than half what it was in I860. The death rate, how- ever. Is still very heavy, and 1909 I 64,425 persons succumbed in England : and Wales Tho disease Is even moro deadly In Ireland, but there an active campaign, inaugurated by the Countess Count-ess of Aberdeen, has been going on for some years and conditions aro improving im-proving t 0 a Home rule. Welsh dis-cstablishmcnt and the suffrage nuestlou all promise to be eclipsed In the." house of commons com-mons by the danger to the members' shilling or 2G-cent diilner. There has been a great strain upon the finances of the kitchen comhiltee of the house and Colonel Lock-wood, Its chairman, threatened to make up the $12,000 deficit de-ficit by raising the price of the dinner. din-ner. Now that eachj member of the hoiiBo Is receiving a;salary of $2,000 a year the'Megls'lator'smay be compelled com-pelled to pay at leastMtio actual cost" of tho dinners they consume Colonel Lockwood declares that the receipts of tho kitchen have not" increased in-creased since the members began to draw pay, but he intends to get some of this mone, , even i. it means the upsetting of one of; the mbst cherished perquisites of parllamenL The dinner was originally established for the benoflt of the labor members., but when the other commoners saw what" their labor colleagues were getting for their money they deserted the a-la- carte table, until at the present Mmo fully two-thirds of the house partakes of the cheap dinner. Tho American government has been looking about London for a home for tho embassy, but It is understood nan decidod not to make any purchase at present. A very complete roport as to the residences available has been sent to the state department Heretofore the residence of the ambassador am-bassador and the embassv offices have been established In separate buildings. Should the United States goernment decide to purchase a residence. It Is understood that the office and living quarters of the embassy would be in the same house. This would necessitate neces-sitate a very large building for, whilo the staff Is not large the Americans have to receive a great manv more visitors and ministers of the European powers. In the first place there have to be separate rooms for the ambassador and his three secretaries and two attaches at-taches and a couple of extra rooms fpr the use of visiting officials. Then there arc the clerks and, still more difficult diffi-cult to rind, a large reception ropni where tho hundreds of Americans who lslt the embassy during the summer can be received. In addition to the offices the ambassador am-bassador must havo a very large, convenient con-venient houbo where he can entertain on behalf of his countr. It has been rather difficult to find the right house, but one has heeu offered of-fered to the government which would be eminently suited for the purpose, The cost of the necessary land nnd residence has been estimated at anywhere any-where from $500,000 to $1,000,000. t Bartholomew fair.-which was hoi 1 at West Smlthfleld, 'in London, from 1133 to 1S55. will be revived at the "Shakespeare's England ' exhibition which will be held under the management manage-ment of Mrs George Cornwallis-West, daughter of the late Leonard Jerome! of NTew York, at Earls Court this sum- I mer Tho charter for the original fair was I granted by Henry I. to tho famous mouk Rahors, who for years had been Honrx's jester and who founded the priory of St. Bartholomew as well as the famous St Bartholomews hospital. The fair opened annualh on the feast of St. Bartholomew and lasted fourteen four-teen days. When- it was first estnb-libhed estnb-libhed it was one of" the great annua markets of -the kingdom and tho chief cloth fair of theUmes. Smithflcld'ao it existed .In tho early days of the. fain will bo reproduced and sonio of the brutal pastimes- which grew 10 mark tho feslhal will be Imitated. nn |