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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 9

On October 15, Mtne. Sarah Bernhardt went to Charing Cross Hospital •to see Richard ■ Temple, the ...first- of the "Mikados," a veteran Savoyard who jn his time save delight to thousands of people. Illness has gripped him, and lie has to lie still. The great actress met Mr. -Temple many years ago, when he was at his .bast, .find she reminded liini of the occasion. She said- she remembered ,him perfectly, not only in "The Mikado,"' but in '-other ..parts. A photograph was taken as a souvenir of the occasion—Mr. Temple nif his sick l>e-tl, Mine. Bernhardt in a Parisian coat and skirt 1 of mustard suede, artd a bbuqiict of roses in .her hand.

Another former Savoyard—Mrs. Eomer, who. played as Hiss. Margaret Radclifte— was visited'. She was able to sit up in her bid, and Mine. Bernhardt had a long and friendly chat with her., ,

.Mi - . Loroy-Beauiieii, the well-known French economist, proposes,, among other radical measures for rppopiUatiii? France, that all public offices be reserved for the fathers-and mothers of families comprising three or more, children: This pro-vision-would have kept Napoleon from becoming Fiiilperor—but.probably M,. LeroyBoaulieu cares nothing for "La. Gloire"!

; The aeroplane business has,, it. is. reported, suffered a serious setback oil account of the almost daily .fatalities',which have occurred. Improvements ill motors and in devices for balancing, the aircraft in emergencies are needed before aviatiim oan become a really popular SDoft,