ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 279, 22 November 1913, Page 15

ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

Despite the ;11-I»<* attending his ding- : fbte Count Zeppelin «'- not abandon I/projected d--h to the North Pole !by «r,h: P ._ He propose,! I =tart from Spitsbergen, and £ tiß that the intending 540 !T;i P - should Be crv.Tcl in eight or nine 1,1 '* " Prince Henry, the Kaiser's Ser, ii «reatly -tested in the which may be carried into effect next July-r-rl Spencer, who had the honour of retaining the King an.l Queen at e °%% F*rk during their Majesty j visit '0 Northampton last month. u=ed t0 be known among hi, friend* a* -the j £st of the Damlie- because of his | immaculate attire and the variety of his , L=tcoate. He l.v, had a long and interesting Conn experience having , teD Groom-in-W.iiting. Vice Chamber- ' kin and Lord Chamberlain, and is; greatly esteemed by the King- and Queen. p f ter I/obengula, eldest eon of the {orß er King Lobengul.i. who. until the British occupation in South Africa, ruled .L rich domain nf Matabeleland, lias Yen found living in poverty in Pendleton. Saiford. The once heir-apparent is san'erin? from phthisis, lie may live a war, but hardly more the doctors say. prince Peter has been working as a cornman miner in the Agecroft coal mines in Pead'.eton. His identity was revealed at ye Revision Court in T-endlc-ton Town mil .where he appeared in defence of jiS rote as a British subject. Mr H. B. Irving is no; superstitious. He does not believe there is such a tiling 35 an unlucky theatre. The spells of ill-luck: that the Savoy has had do not .n-orry him. There was bound, he said, to come a reaction when the Gilbert and .Sullivan, light opera regime ended. Besides, if there is any ill-luck to be broken he is the man to do it. He broke the traditional ill-luck of the Shafteebury -sridh the "Lyons Mail" that ran for 130 ligiris, and ever since then Mr Courtneidge las (found the theatre a gold mine. "Drums" is the latest nickname of Prince Arthur of Connnught. It was! bestowed upon him by a brother oflicer in j the Scot 3 Greys on the sound reasoning that "drums and fifes must go tosether."J Years ago the late Duke of Edinburgh j was known to his friends by the extraordinary nickname of "Blazer.' From childhood the Qneen of Norway has been "Harry" to her family and friends. Perhaps the more uncomplimentary nickname of all is "Bine Monkey," by which 3 titled diplomatist is known throughout society. The Dcchess of Devonshire, who shortly will be Queen Mary's hostess at Cbatworth, has "been informed by the Queen that the latter would like some charades arranged for in place of theatrical performances by professional*. Tn these day of tangoes, et cetera, charades ; are absolutely dead among society's j saisrt set, and consequently the Duchess j found it impossible to find anyone willing to perform. Among fcho=e refusing TrereMiss Muriel Wilson and Lady Maud Warrender. The Duchess with tie Queen's consent abandoned the idea, but none .of those refusing to perform will le asked to meet their majesties. Mrs Kamer Jackson is probably the most remarkable woman farmer in the Dominion of Canada. She is handling a square mile of lan 1 in "the Red Deer Dis■jid. which is devoted to mixed farm--1D 5 ,. Mrs Jackson was formerly a Journalist in England and became intersted in Canada through the emigration rathorities. She made her first trip to Canada in June of last year, and in December took over 30 people and placed them on the land she is now farming in Alberta. She had no previous knowledge of farming methoils, but as an evidence of what a woman of intelligence and resolution can accomplish, Mrs Jackson, through her individual efforts, has placed these people on her farm and is now prepared to conduct the place for farmIng. She is her own managing director, and has nothing but thoroughbred stock on Tier farm. She housed her people in tents in the first instance, but now has all the necessary buildings erected, and her dairy products are already being put on the market. In other words, her big farm ie -a going concern and it is not yet one year old. According to a book published m Germany, entitled "Crowned and Uncrowned Friends of the Jews." the British Empire has to thank a Jew for the maintenance of the present succession of the dynasty. The story goes that shortly before the late King Edward VII. was born. Queen Victoria had gone to Italy for the benefit of 'her health, and. with the concurrence of 'her Ministers, she resolved to remain in that country until after the hirth. It was then that the Rabbi Nathan Adler realized the danger of the situation. He hastened to the Foreign Minister, and informed him that an heir to the Crown of England must be •Dora on English soil, and if the birth took place abroad the expected Prince : would lose his right to the throne. The Ministers consequently arranged that tip Queen should return to this country without delay, and it was not long afterwards that the young Prince was born. The Rabbis' thought fulness was never forgotten by Kinj Edward. Dr Adler afterwards became Chief Rabbi, and on Jus death wa= succeeded by his son, Dr Hermann Adler. who also had the warmest sympathy of King Edward.

Miss Maxine K'lioti, whose gorgeous dresses in the Tree production, "Joseph snd his Brethren." at His Majesty's Theatre, London, are quite one of the features of the pi.-ce. has ber-r. described the "Tenus de Mi'.o with Arms."' She s - indeed, one of the most beautiful 'omen on the sta-ge :o-dav. She is an American hy birth, and si-ter to Mrs Forbes Robertson—Miss Gertrude Elliott, ""aen Miss Elliott's moth,-r—Elliott, of course, is merely a stage name—christened her datt.rht.er Jessie, her relatives «-i neighbours at Rockland looked upon «as a soaae-.vh.it irreligious nam.-. And *° "- must have seemed when we learn 7"," •'-,» future aetrr=s had an aunt ■" --<' tu.u.e aetrr=s a.. i an aunt c ' -H Prudence, another Patience, and d * hir< Hate Evii. J wonder if any of ffl . v reader* know of such other names in 2* Jt the pr.---.er: dav? When M : s? 1:ott firs: attet Dion Boucic-iulfs cramatto school her flippant name was objected to on quite other grounds. It, """ a = too convtu n. Boucicault was of °? ! .ruo that a etase name sibould be ™:que : and he asked his pupil what was £f. od<it nan-.e she *-«i ever heard. r -er thinking a while she remembered I" 3 "- one o" "i?t old school friends had a la «er called Maximilius. and. that fhe r- r -s V' 5 -i-knamed their little playmate EI -er -him. callins her Maxie. or Maxime, <"" Marine. Boucicault seized on the '"■• and added Eiiiott as a surname, pi;' !? Jpffiip T)ermntt became Maxine 4 ■";-.'.-' thousands of playgoers in two j temapheres. " fe