HIS MAJESTY'S MEDICINE CHEST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 238, 13 November 1909, Page 5

HIS MAJESTY'S MEDICINE CHEST

now uovAi;n' kki-u's in wod iiKAi;rn. .Moinher- (if llie Koyal Family .have ueea-ionallv to take iin'dieine, and their medicine, although it may he the same as that .supplied by oiilinniy diumisu ami druggists to the average man and woman, is" dispensed in a muuiiei- wiiieh makes il impossible lo be tampered with mail il is placed into the hands of the Kouil personage for whom it is intended.' liaeli Moral dispenser - and there are several hm- a room m't apiU't. e.spi'cialIv for ,li-peii-iug iiiedieine lor lloyall..'. U'lk-ii a pi-<'.-erip#i<iii i- brought hi by u Ituval iie-seiigL-r. tin- di.-pen-er himself or'-liin a-si-Uiiil lakes the date „nd time of the r,-ceip(. Tin- pie-eriplioii is then ]inssed into iin- private loom. Here urn "hiss -cupboard-, sciiireiy locked, containing the drugs whieii are Used in making the medicines lor members vi the Hoyul l-'aiuily.

ANALVSINu THE DRI'US. Alter thu prescription has been entered into a bu..l; each member of the It oval family ha.-, liia or Ue-r piescn.,lion boo!;, which is provided with a. lock anil kept 111 11 sate—the work of dispensing is tluuo by the ilis[j>'n-i-i a,,.! hits assistant. The cupboards are unlocked anil the drugs wauled brought out and placed «|i i\ table. Kaeb dlmg l«i--f<»V« ■l».:|«S used N analysed, ami cli>: necessary quantities weighted and measured oil tvyo or three dill'i'i'i'iit scab's 1 to ensure exactness. The water used is I of tile highest stale of purity, and every I possible is taken to keep it in tlial state while the medicine is \n%ig nude j When tile medicine is finally bottled, the names and quantities of every 11grediont eontained therein are placed lipou a label, together Willi ilircclioiiK as lo taking writleu in lurglish anil l/.tlin. The bottfe, after hciun corked and sealmi, is placed i.l a strong eii-c, which ji loeked. This ui.se has two keys, one bring; relained l>,v Hie dispenser and the oilier being ill til.' possession of tile liovill persona;;.: lor whom the ineilieine is intended. A trusted Royal sonant , , a King's messenger conveys, the ease all I its contents 10 ihe ltoval resi.lenee. where it is niih.eked and the bottle of ineilieine examined and Hie particular.* upon ihe label (.|.r : ,-kci| by the ltoval I physiciiiii in aitemhiiicc,

T'AKIXU "ITU.; iVA'I-'KISS. .Medicine ab,ue will not keep a kiiy or ,|iieen or a prince in good health, t'liange is desirable and ncecssarv. Murieiiliud is King I'Mward's favorite lieallli re.-ort, and when Ue visits this fanioas Continental place he is alien,led daily/ by the great phy,sician, II,;, (HI. and'diuiks at reijular iulcnal-, the liealtligiviiig waters.

I His Maje.i, iris always had a foulness for (ifowes. and whenever he waius a resi in -iiininei he goes oft' to 1 ijits vachling resort, knowing well that u I will bench! him (.really.

At one time inn monarch' was a fr •- ipient visitor to other seaside resorts, visiting them .for the .ueneEt of his health. When he was Prince of Will w he was fond of Iraiiipiiip; alone across the .Margate and Yarmouth sands. On one i>cca,iou he journeyed .by excursbi: train lo Weymouth itud mixed with Ihe crowd on Iho sands quite unkiiowi to the people at large. The King ha-. also speni a week or two at Oban, ith\l, and l.'hrlnorp..., travelling to each phice incognito. FAVtiKITK Hl'ibTU KKSOIM'S. | Q a Alexaudia expres-ies lief ad- j niiialioi, for |la|y as „ hcallli giving I round v, and she has oitcn visited j "Sunny" Naples ami "Uouiantie" lioiu'. | The laic lyiiooii Victoria considered I St. I.com,id- Sea liie liucat suniiiii-r resort in llrilain. and i»*'i■ ■ll wciil |lyi-i.-..' while a- a child sh,. „;-,. u , v \ „(' lie'l spoiling hcr-elf ,„, | |n, piil,,;,, Lathing grounds at lioeiini'. Il is »„|| known Ihal .he spenl nianv holidai. in the Me „i Man, but very I few pc...,n- -' i :;„ .Unit she patronI ised tiny si ■ ■ ■ ■ us that are alnji.si

unknown to .:: .Liagi- holiday -make. V'or innate",, ■uiimi in ii poor stale if health, sin; spunt a portion of on'" milmum ill tlorev, in .Icrsev. (>.<ii>iinmlly (li'' liViiiiui Enipcr»r. when lecliin/nin down, will visit i'tf\\ stowc nnliuown lo till l world. 3\ ytiic or I wo hark, wlii'ii it w;\s. (.||ii|ijjli( by Ids MiiiistoiH tl|iit \\f was n|H'iuliii<! u quii't time. ,il oik' of his country scuts, 'he was actually Kiiiinlci'iiiir aljuiit West sate in the disguise of an Knsli-h tour ist. 'lll 10 KIMI'S ISKS'C HOi.tlm'. 'Kiitj, kitiMiril declares llmt tlic fluent lioliilny lie ever spent was when lie and Ills wife. llccOMi|iiinieil liv a select partV lof friends, took a trip'up the Nile in a licet of small steamers and dahauey

wills, for si.\ week U(e liiiyal party livcil i» the 'npi'n an. a.n'l liolli' 111,. Kin,u' mid lliu i'.Micen 'tlieu I'rince and T*ri:i-

Kisn of Waics -took lons rides over, | day on donkeys. | dust after' the Vramo (iernnin War' Hie Kin,"; paid a visit to fl|c halUclichl ~f Sedan, lie \\ii-, acrmnpauifid |, v ({, T . era I 'l'wsiiint', ami they liotfi travelled as ordinary t'onrisls. putitlii,. ii|> at a small hotel at Solan. Uufortimal■■,. hoth tic Kins mid his <■ pauioii -|"Mi all their reailv ca,-h. and when la/' ln.i-1 presented hi- hill ilic hyol „„ ,'m. I'.cy Willi which In \\.\\ hj, 'l',, oven ie tlic iliUiunii.l llin Kins and llencral Teei ilulii visited u pawnshop and plcds-d [their gold watche?!

ci. (TO AVOID TiYBANWY OF iXHE lie « m KITCHEN 1111 ♦ ,h ECONOMY AND FREEDOM OK Tilt I HOUSEWIFE. s 1 An article which will be rend with f'lvcry gre-it interest and sympathy Jn lj : "llerliu Housing Reform and the Cen I li-iil Kiltlici) Movement," by Dr. Herd ~, I man Heck appears in the International 1 Magazine. It shows with much detail j Itmv the tyranny of the kitchen map ,I be avoided bv Hie construction "I ;i blocks of buildings with private seU jj of rooms for each family, hut with a common kitchen from whence food may J lie supplied well cooked and to the in- '.] dividual older of each family. 'I Here is a description of the present 'lion well-known tyranny:— H AX EXTRAORDINARY EXCEPTION. j "In the economic development of 0111 j time.-, with its tendency towards large '. combinations, the .-ingle-kitchen bouse j i- but a link hitherto missing in oie ■j huge chain. Toe materiulti of uur cloth- : mg, for the eoustructioii of houses, 1 stiecli and bridges, and for other ' brauclles ol consumption, are produced : by many thousands of workmen, and ; manufactured ill undertakings of. over.'growing dimensions. I "In one only of the most important .' brunches of economic labor, that ol pioparation of food for human consumption, the retail system of the individual household prevails everywhere. What a very retailed system it is! In a city, such us Berlin, for instance, in many hundreds of thousands ot kitchens ol ali sorts and sizes, roasting and boiling are being done, daily at many hundred thousand tires by many hundred thousand women in millions of pots and pans! What a mad expenditure of the time and labor, particularly of women, and what an economic waste, and all this in our busy age, on the part of people who ' would smile if other brunches of economic consumption were organised on such ' 1111 out-of-date, primitive and irrational basis.

COOKKHY BY RETAIL. "Cookery by tile retail method suffers irom tli« luck oi labor-saving appliniii'CK. How much better can many dishes he prepared iu large utensils I \\ lul a lavish expenditure, of firing! Tu this mill the extra cost ot purchasing tile materials for cooking. Everything is fetched in the very smallest quantities, and naturally at much greater cost. Every woman will appreciate the waste of time caused i,y daily marketing. Aforeovor, the ability to cook is partly an art that cannot bo learnt, but n. natural talent given to tile fullest extent only to a given number of girli> and women, 'the system of individual household cookery rests, however, on the false assumption that every woman' :s capable of cooking, itie indifferent feeding ot ihe family, and perhaps even an unhappy marriage may often bo the' consequences of this false assumption and compulsory arrangement.

THE SLN'GLE HITCHES. Here is a picture of the house ytrth the single kitchen: "In tnc single-kitchen house more regard can he paid to the wishes of the individual than m the single household, because a choice is possible for each member of the family, and, therelorc the whole family is not compelled to eat the same lood. But, at the same time, the meal i s taken in one's own house, in the intimacy of the family circle or with friends.' Tho dishes are taken at the indicated hour from the dinner-lift, and everyone sits down -.0 the meal, the lady ot the house in particular, with a far better appetite than il she had spent the whole forenoon in the kitchen.

(JE.VI'KAUSED UuUSB-CIiEAiVING.

'The centralisation of house-cleaning is very closely connected with the principle 01 the central kitchen. Ihe liguter work can be undertaken by everyone wiuhuiit exertion, a 5 mere is an iittacuuicnt in every room to central vacuumcleaning apparatus. Hut the domestic management, if desired, undertakes ail the house-cleaning which the individual does not wish to do for himself. Bp o . cud arrangements, however, enable clothes and boots to be fetched away uaily for cleaning and brought fmok without disturbing the inmates The soiled linen can also be entrusted t-> the domestic management; it need hardly be mentioned that the One-kit-chen residence has central heating and central warm-water supply, etc. "ihe ue.u consequent,, is'tbat domistic servants become unnecessary in those circles which at the present dinare forced to employ them, ADVASTAUiS FOK THE WIFE.

' llitnerto a married woman had, as a ruie, countless matters and arrange'"cuts to attend to simultaneously, sue was mother, nurse, unit, perhaps also i-aclicr to her children; sweetheart, companion and helpmeet of her liubaud; alike supreme in the drawingroom and housekeepers departn.-'uf-cook, seamstress, lauudrvniaid, etc wilii pernap,, „„„„ commercial or iiiik' tic occupation ot her own-tito whole comprised in one individual.

■■Amid all this versatility was she not licquently condemned to remain .vi iiitiiiK'tir in many 0 l those branches r "as it not conceivable that she was "''", .'" "''g'M'l even Ihe firet-niention. «'"l .liitie, towards children ami hiisliand i|»ne «i>:iri n.i,), the execution 01 anv protossional duties y Tlll , one klMum '"■'' "y«'ever, relieves the niarrie.t "omaii Hon, just that portion of he" previous labors which can (,c ,„ost ea „. ".v and in inanv eases, is W e lluvi! saiJ <'» en belie,- |ieri.iniHM l.v olueis in'the nou'woi their regular employment.

A XKW HACK OF .UOTHKItS. "The new principle offers possibilities '""•" "' UIIU w <"'">» «'uo wishes to'V liee j.,r o ome oilier activity, oi wiiulewr nature it may be, liut, a new ami nesli rn,.. ot mothers can grow up from such m.nieu, who may |„. more'Waii ""■- v llave lwe " hitherto to their childleu and husbands,

COST ul- SKUVII'E. "As ,eganle the cost of scrvb; ihrniign tue e.-iural kitchen, it mnsTm.' borne in mind, in order to uroid mv takes in comparing j t w j tu the expense »i mi individual household, that a large number 01 other items which, are completely savid in the oiie-kitehen house mus-t lie added to the pure cost of tj'.e iood (lioiiae-koc-ping expenses) in tile I.idividual household. Tor instance, there 'ire lighting of kitchen, kitenen Jiring, ga:, tor cooking, ice in summer-time, wear and tear of kitchen utensils. It a servant is kcjit, her waws, tost of keep and Christmas, present" etc., must !«' added, lint most of all the snvi.-g '•'l I'iiiu In Ihe mistress of the house I dim to Ihe oiie-kiteiien system must lui be overlooked when making the comparison of COat."