LAND AND WATER 
August 28, 19 1 5 
THE TV^EST EW 
When the King and Queen were at the Koyal Pavilion, 
Aldershot, Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught 
motored over from Bagshot, and had luncheon with 
their Majesties. Prince Arthur was in England on short 
leave ; his visits home have been few and far between 
since he joined the Staff of Sir John French. His Koyal 
Highness is almost as well known at the Headquarters 
of the French Anny as at British Headquarters, for 
nearly all ceremonial functions in connection with the 
two nations, at which the King has to be represented, 
have fallen to him, the Prince of Wales preferring to 
leave such duties so far as possible to his cousin. 
Princess Victoria has again gone to Harrogate for the cure. 
Harrogate has been a favourite witli several members 
of the Royal Family ; Prince Christian used to go there 
regularly for several years. The Yorkshire Spa has been 
crowded this summer, and well-known people to be seen 
there have included Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Lord 
Nicholson, Lord Rathmore, and Lord Atkinson. Sir 
Harcourt Butler, the new Lieutenant Governor of Burma, 
has been doing the cure preparatory to taking up his new 
appointment. He was accompanied by Lady Butler. 
The Duke of Portland has issued an appeal from Welbeck 
Abbey on behalf of the Committee of Queen Mary's 
Hospital at Southend, where over 1,700 wounded have 
been received, asking for presents of jams, marmalades, 
and other preserves, both on a large and small scale, 
from professional and domestic jam-makers. It is a 
form of gift which many might not realise would bs 
acceptable. Jams, &c., should be sent to the Secretary 
of the Hospital at Southend-on-Sea. 
Lord Durham, Lord March, Lord Portman, and Lord Ports- 
mouth were among those who went to Scotland last week. 
Shooting has become more general at the end of the 
month, but it seems likely that not a few moors will 
hardly be shot over at all. The grouse is a bird of 
elusive habits and mysterious ailments, and though much 
of its life history has been recently elucidated, parts are 
still " wropped in mystery." Are over-stocked moors 
bound to end in disease ? It is a question on which one 
would like an authoritative statement. 
Lord Grey, as Chairman of the Memorial Sub-Committee 
of the Overseas Club, has mentioned that as maples are 
being planted in France and Flanders in honour of the 
Canadian dead, so it is proposed to plant wattle and 
the te tree in honour of Australia and New Zealand in 
Gallipoli. It will be interesting to watch the outcome 
of these groves of honour. The wattle has something 
of the true Australian tenacity ; where it once gets a 
foothold, there it sticks. And if conditions be favourable, 
it spreads at a great pace and ousts all other vegetation.' 
If the Dardanelles be fringed with wattle scrub, military 
operations will be even more difficult in the future. 
Sir Charles Wakefield, the Lord Mayor-Elect of London, 
received the knighthood when he was Sheriff eight years 
ago. He is Honorary Colonel of the Royal Garrison 
Artillery, London Brigade, and is an Officer of the Legion 
of Honour, and has the Order of the Crown of Belgium 
Once he wore the Prussian Order of the Crown, but that 
has been discarded. Sir Charles, who in business is an 
oil manufacturer, has always taken an active interest in 
public affairs. His book on " The Future Trade of the 
East " is a valuable work. 
The Lord Mayor of London for 1915-16, has for Ms second 
Christian name the unusual one of Cheers, his mother 
having been a Miss Cheers. It is a good omen One 
may hope that before his year of office is out pubHc 
events will cause Sir Charies to be known familiariv in 
the City of London as Cheers Wakefield. 
London every year becomes more and more of a sylvan citv 
Particularly is this true of that part of Kensington of 
which Holland House is the centre. Did only nuts grow 
on plane trees, Nutting Hill, to use the old spelhng, 
would again justify its name, for Netting Hill to-day 
boasts a magnificent plane avenue, and all the roads 
branching off from it are well wooded. 
Bird-life in this part of London is vigorous and varied. Thrushes 
and blackbirds are common ; both appear to breed freely. 
Last winter a pair of brown owls were frequently about ; 
whether they are still in evidence I cannot say. Every 
summer swifts are present for a few weeks, possibly 
they nest in some church spire on the hills, but the 
most unexpected sight is a brief procession of herons 
that pursues its stately course morning and evening 
across the sky. At night they come from the north- 
east and travel to the west. ' Where is their feeding 
ground and where the heronry ? 
Mr. Eveleigh Nash is to be congratulated on the success of 
the " Great Britain to Poland Fund," of which he is 
Honorary Treasurer, and for the organisation of which 
he is mainly responsible. There is no part of the stricken 
field which is more deserving of our help, and this fund 
is so well managed that twenty shillings will keep thirty- 
two people from starvation for a week. Much more 
help is needed ; it should be sent to Mr. Eveleigh Nash 
at the Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly. 
An unusual experience happened to me last Monday week. 
I walked through one of the busiest parts of the town, 
and passed two houses, half a mile apart, both of which 
had been struck by lightning the previous day. And 
in Kensington Gardens a day or two previously a soldier 
had been killed by lightning. It is most uncommon 
for the artiUery of heaven to do so much damage to this 
city in so short a time. 
Hermes. 
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Haversack 
Chocolate 
Very excellent is some chocolate, which 
has been prepared with a special eye 
to the requirements of the soldier, and 
serves a double purpose. In the first place it can be used 
as an eating chocolate, pure and simple. Not only is it very 
sustaining, but it does not create thirst in the way some forms 
of chocolate are very apt to do. This alone is a great point 
in its favour, but perhaps the foremost feature is the second 
use to which it can be put. By breaking off about one inch 
square of the chocolate, and dissolving it in boiling water, 
a cup of delicious cocoa is instantly made without the addition 
of milk or sugar. The simplicity of the process will appeal 
to many, especially to those who have learnt to appreciate 
the value of cocoa as a drink. This Haversack Chocolate 
takes its name from the fact that it has been carefully designed 
for carriage in a haversack. It is made in a six-bar cake, 
and enclosed in a flat well-sealed tin, which takes up but 
a small space of room, besides protecting it when travelling 
to the Dardanelles and elsewhere. The cost is but a shilling, 
and it is small wonder that it is being sent out in quantities 
to our fighting men wherever they may happen to be. 
Solid eau-de-Cologne is amongst the 
For Comfort latest thing to be introduced to our 
notice, and it is backed by many recom- 
mendations. Sticks of this solid eau-de-Cologne are being 
put up in nickel tubes upon precisely the same principle 
as a stick of shaving soap. In this form it is one of the 
