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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14472, 28 September 1912, Page 11

Too Eicperor William takes a great' interest in song* for soldiers to sing on the march, and he '.has Jiiinsetf composed eight patriotic aiis, which he wished particularly- to too Incorporated in ilre rei'crloire of the German regiments. During the summer thesu ttints have been practised assiduously uy tho troops, and, according to tho Kunclschau,' , they have now got them off by heart, and-at the approaching military manoeuvres they will be rendered in chorus by the treopa hi the presence of tho Emperor and his guests. tt A DEBT OP HONOUR. A "deht of honour" story that may be worth recalling (says the "Chroli'.cli.-"),. concerns thnt prince of debtors. Richard Brinslcy .Sheridan. One day p. creditor came into Sheridan's roo.n and found him seated before a table stiewn with gold and notes. "It's no use looking at that, my good follow," said fcJheriuanj "that is all bespoken for debts of honour." "Very well " -eplicd the tradesman, tearing up his security and throwing it on the firs, ''now mine is a debt of honour." ".So it is. and must be paid at once," said Sheridan, and handed him the money. SPECTACLES IN EVERY POCKET Mr John Woodhouse, Sheffield's oldest citizen, died recently in his ninety-sixth year. Owing to a tendency to leave his spectacles in church and other places, he always carried five or six pairs in his pockets, so that ho might never be without. He had lived in his house in Burngreave road for sixty years. When he was ninetytwo ho met with a serious accident, having his arm broken in two place.*; ■and his head cut, but made a remarkable recovery. His only grievance was that, owing to a scar on his head, ho had afterwards to part his hair in the middle. WHERE CHIL-DREN ARE WELCOMED. In the suburbs of Paris recently a landlord, in advertising flats to let. announced that rent would bo diminished by 20f. per child per annum. His patriotic initiative has not been long in finding imitators (the "Telegraph" states). Already the directors of the cheap hygienic flats in Vincennen —founded by M. Charles Stern —have improved upon it. They announce that in their four buildings, which comprise 110 small flats, occupied by 400 persons, henceforward tho birth of a new baby will dispense its parents from the payment of the rent for the succeeding quarter, from £2 10s to £4.