CLEANING UP THE EDINBURGH STATCES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 9

CLEANING UP THE EDINBURGH STATCES.

A further experiment was made recently, S.I3S 11 llonio paper, in the liiaiu-r ol improving ihe appear—nee of i:.t» p.oiiC n.oiiiiii.Oiits 111 i.<unour_li. l.io-it * isCti<i to Allan itamsay (maroioj .am ou>ji-_,*-' -l v • (bioi—;e; were recently ii.'a.s-i in a parUeuiar way, to remove -.no av'f.ia,!il..Li:.i uirt, and these two wo Ixs was.'Kii with a strong jet ot water livnn a mc hose, with tho o-ijoot of removing certain traces which remained of ih<> cleaning process to whicu they had been subjected. A ooneideraule improvement wns effected, although at tlu- coiicliiiioii of tlio washing the appearance oi the marble statue was not uito.-.cther satisfactory, us it still is marked in the sumo way that some of tlio busts and 111 irble mcniiir.onts in the Parliament Hall in ljvi..nburgh aro bio plied after having been in the hinds of the clc.in.'r. The result of the washing was to < fleet great improvement in tiie o-n-o, of the bronze statue. Subsequently CVumcillor Fraser, convenor of the S.roots anrl Huildings Committee, uii.ler whose supervisl.ni the work was carried out, tried tho effect of tho water on the Pitt statue, which had nnd Tgono no previous treatment, but tho encrusted dirt and soot wns impervious to tho mere washing, and it was evident that only by rubbing could any improvement be seen rod. LORD CROMER'S SUCCESSOR. Some notes about Sir Eldon Gorst aro published in "M.A.P." The writer says:—'Lord Cromer's successor aa British Agent at Cairo is Sir Eldon Gorat, who thus gets a nice little 'rise' from £1200 a year, as Assistant-Undor-Secie-tary at the Foreign Office, to £0500 and a palace. The Gorsts descend on the distaff side from tho ancient Cheshire family of Lowndes, and Sir Eldon's grandfather took thut name. Sir Eldon .is tlio eldest son of Sir' Jolua Gorst, who, with Mr Balfour, Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff, and Lord Randolph Churohill, started the famous 'Fourth Party' in the 'er_htie*s, and afterwards became the enfant terrible of the Conservative party. Tho son inherits the singular ability of his fntlior, but ho .has it under much better control. Tho father never got beyond minor office because he could not suffer fools gladly, or, indeed, on any terms j tlio son, trained for nearly twenty years in the hard school of Lord Cromer, is externally tho bland, impassive diplomat, incapable of the 'blazing indiscretions' of tongue and pen in which Sir John used to revel. Another quality which Sir Eldon in-' 'wits from his father is an iron constitution, testuicd by ruddy cheeks and sturdy frame. He was born forty-six years ago in New Zealand, his mother being «i daughter of the maneo there, lho Khedivo did him tho honour of being present at his marriage to Mis 3 Kvciyn Jliuld, daughter of Mr C. D. l.v.'d, tlio groat South African financier, and they havo one littlo girl. WINDOW DISPLAY TO-DAY. We are making a special window display of Cycles, Cycle Accessories, Tyres, also Motor Accefifeories. Tho go<id3 are all marked in plain figures, and the prices are certainly the lowest in the City for genuino and well l.r.own bran-as of goods. Cyclists should inspect our windows to-day, as we are cutting prices, and now is the opportunity to buy a high-class Eng-lif-h bicycle, the "Beeston Humber, at cost price. Wo are showing in the window bat-rains in secondhand bicycles, and rcre still prepared to sell a good f-ec-Midhand bicycle with a deposit of £1 and payments of £1 ipr month. Adams, Ltd.. late Adams Star Cycle .CJompiny. 138 and 140 High street. Christchurch. 2-«