WHO'S WHO ?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13450, 29 May 1907, Page 9

WHO'S WHO ?

Me. Felix Moscheles' first commission was the painting of the portraits of two Parisian girls., The grandmother of the'; girls, who kept --a fruit and vegetable / shop, purchased the picture for four shillings.. Mr.rJohn Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party, was" once a clerk in the Vote Office of the House of Commons. He is an« excellent platform speaker, and one of .hist greatest triumphs, as--; a lecturer was & tour he made in Australia, the;result, of which was. that his party benefited to the tune of; £10,000. •■-'-.

The j Amir of Afghanistan has a deeplyI rooted; suspicion :of , all foreigners., When ! medicine is prescribed for him by an alien doctor,- he invariably ',*compels one of his servants to take a large dose of it before he touches it himself. He then watches the effect, and if the servant shows no signs of '■. suffering, he consents to give the physic a trial. ." - . ■ Mr. Pine'ro, whose fine play, "His House in. Order,", still runs merrily on, was employed as a clerk in a public library, and later in a solicitor's office, before the." stage proper attracted him. As a very young man, however, he was fond of acting, and K when eighteen years of age he joined an amateur dramatic club, in connection with which he sustained the role of Hamlet. . M. de.Witte, the famous Russian statesman, is a remarkable example of the selfmade man. Commencing life as a railway porter, he achieved his success in connection with railways, and rapidly rose until he obtained a post as Governor Director of ; Railways. M. de Witte is a big man, ; standing over six feet hi height, and his H frame is strong-limbed and muscular. . .'■ Lady Cromartie, although she is not ; yet •thirty, has already made a notable place for herself • among writers of fiction by her marvellous power of romantic imagination. ' Her Scotch' stories, indeed, seem- to embody the mystic charm and romance of her beloved Highlands. A countess in her own right, and the owner of the highly profitable j Strath poller Sua, she made a love-match I with a gallant and' delightful soldier, Major E. W. '"Blunt; and the union has been blessed with a. link Viscount Tarbat and another baby boy. Her younger sister, Lady Constance Mackenzie, who became so famous as an amateur swimmer, is now married to Sir Edward Stewart-Richardson.