M. A. P. (Mostly About People.)

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2122, 22 February 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

M. A. P. (Mostly About People.)

FAVORITE MOTTOES OF FAMOUS «. MEN. Many well-known men have favorite mottoes which they endeavor to live up to, and, curiously enough, ,some of them.are particularly applicable to their professions. “Speech is silvern, silence is golden,” is the maxim which Sir George Lewis, the' famous solicitor, always hears in mind “Tell the truth ami '.shame the devil” is Mr Lahouehore's very appropriate motto; while Sir John Fisher, First Senior Lord, adopts the significant words; “The frontiers of England are tile coasts of the enemy.” Air John Burns is very •fond of the saying: “The world is m.v country, and to do good is my religion”; while the Preniie’r gives the’ text of St. Paul a« his motto: “All things are lawful unto ine, hut all things are not expedient.” ROOSEVELT AS A GH UCKER-OFT AY hem lie started ranching in his early days President Roosevelt—who, by the way, Oui’s just celebr it’efl 'the' twenty-third anniversary of his wedding, which .took place at St. George’s, Hanover Square—was looked down upon with some contempt .lull is hired cowboys, owing to the fact that lie was « college graduate 'and also wore glasses. One bullying fellow, named “Long Ike,” used to be fond oj[ entering drinking bars and taking up (the glass’of any man ho thought lie could frighten. Tie played this trick on Roosevelt, and was so. certain that lie was a typical “tenderfoot” that he did not even nuke his customary bluff first with the revolver. Before “Long Ike” quite knew .what had happened hg found himself on tilio floor; then he was picked up. rushed out of the saloon, and flung down again on the ground outside. He was unable to get up for five minutes; and then ho quietly sneaked out of the camp. ; SIXTY YEARS AN EMPEROR. The popularity enjoyed by the Emperor Joseph of Austria, who lias just entered on the sixtieth year of his reign, compares favorably with that accorded our own King. When Francis Joseph ascended the throne he was only eighteen years ol' age—he is now seventy-seven—and the people of both Hungary and Austria vie with each, other in loyalty to their moiir arch. How many people, bv the way, are aware that the Austrian Emperor is the only living European monarch who lias led ail army in actual battle witli the enemy? This was in 184 S, at the Battle of Santa Lucia, when the Archduke, as he then was, hearted'the cavalry char ge_a gainst the Sardinian, squares and captured the guns which had been playing havoc all day with the Austrian troops. Francis Joseph was one of the few who escaped without hurt. A few months afterwards he was called to the throne. } AN ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE HOUSE. No. 25, Cadogan Gardens, London, SAY., the residence of Air Mortimer Menpes, the famous war artist, etcher, raconteur, and rifleshot, is absolutely unique house. Mr Menpes'employed hundreds of Japanese to build it in separate pieces in Japan. These pieces he brought over here in 400 packing-cases and had them put toin Cadogan Gardens. Mr Menpes h is accomplished a good deal in his time, and has travelled prett nearly all over the world. He acted as special pictorial war correspondent during the South African campaign, and his one regret was that not one single hale and hearty enemy did he come across. Dead and wounded he saw at times, but the Boers took fa) too much care of themselves, 'and did all their fighting carefully sheltered by the everlasting kopjes. He did not escape the stamp-collecting craze that infected every member, from the General to the “Tommy,” of our Army at the front. The collection of surcharged Orange Free State stamps Air Alenpes brought buck is quite invaluable.