"RANJI" AND HIS RETINUE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 6

"RANJI" AND HIS RETINUE.

The Jam' of Nnwanagar, who will always j be popularly known as "Ranji," has given ] " the strongest proof possible) of his frequently 1 declared affection for England by coming 'in , ji tho middle of the fog season to settle down ! J in it in search of health (says the London " correspondent of the Brisbane "Daily Mail"). 3 "He Las;" the correspondent writes, "had > trouble in various forms lately — a broken " shoulder-bone, brain-fag from overwork as 3 a reformer in his neglected State., and an , 3 attack of enteric, which very nearly finished 3 him. In this latter illness ho was uncon--1 scions at one stago for four days. For the ! i present he has had enough of Nawanagar, 1 and so has come to England for twelve " months, accompanied by sirdars, aides-de--1 camp, and ten personal attendants. The 5 natives, however, are mainly ornamental. ! 3 Ilis commandor-in-chicf appears to bo Mr. ( i A. C. M'Laren, tho Lancashire cricketer, iviio J deals with corrcspomlcncft, issues commands, c and docs most of the tall:i;tg for his friend. 3 'When I was staying with him last winter,' 1 says. Mr. M'Laren, in a description nf the ! 1 Jam's strenuous life, 'he rose at 6.30 and ® did an immense amount of correspondence— 1 sometimes in his pyjamas—until about 10, " when ho had tiffin. From 12 to 4.30 he worked steadily, receiving a stream of people with various grievances. L have scon as many as GO people waiting in a line for d interviews.' Cricket was nothing to it. Using t English ideas and employing English assist- :, ants, ' Ranji ' has formed a city improve- - mont trust, started a housing scheme for the , poor, ordered the construction of a grain - market, and initiated other reforms." i e s f It is a peculiarity of tho human mind to - regard only tho luxuries as dangerous. Wino s is a mocker, sirloin spells gout, candy and - cako aro bad for the teeth, - highly spiced [ s dishes burn the stomach. Whatever is y attractive and cxponsivo is dangerous, while plain—and tasteless—food is not merely , virtuous and economical, but safe.—"Collier's Weekly," New York I