WHO'S WHO?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13399, 30 January 1907, Page 9

WHO'S WHO?

bono Gwvm.v, who is in his ninety-sixth year, is the Rather of the House of Lords.

Admiral Sir John Fisher has laid it down as a maxim that "The frontiers of England are the coasts of the enemy."

The Prince of Monaco, when out studying the monsters of the deep —which by the way, in his favourite recreationis up at half-past five every morning.

King Oscar of Sweden is to-day the only ni( much who occasionally dons his crown. His Majesty wears it whenever he, faces the Parliament of his kingdom.

Mr. Haldane. Secretary of State for War, is said to be able to do with less sleep than any member of the House of Commons. I Four hours of repose pes right he finds quite I sufficient to shake off the fatigue of the day.

Mi. YVhiteiaw tteid. the American -Ambassador to Great Britain, began life ii a very humble way. He was the son of a small Scottish farmer in Ohio, but he was always fond of study, and learned Greet* com a relative, the schoolroom being the open air, and the " form" on which young Ueid sat while receiving instruction being just a fence. lie left farm work fm the university, am then became a schoolteacher. '

Lord ami Lady Aberdeen went to Egypt for their wedding tour, at a time when Gordon was trying to suppress the slave traffic. Four slave hoy:-, who were offered for sale, excited Lady Aberdeen's compassion, and the slave-dealer was invited to bring them on hoard Lord Aberdeen's dahabeiali, where lie hoped to find a purchaser. When the man stepped on deck with his human chattels Lord Aberdeen pointed to the British Hag, and said.

"These boys are free! I claim them in the name of the Queen!" Ailcrv. aids, however, he compensated the slave-dealer. and .Lady Aberdeen returned to England with these four boys and another whom sis* had rescued. Three of her adopted children died, bid two were educated and set to useful work.