WHO'S WHO?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 9

WHO'S WHO?

TiiK President- of the Board of Trade'tells j the following story of the days, when- he carried on an active campaign against . a | bishop. Introducing the future Cabinet ! Minister to a meeting, a chairman said,' "i haft to introduce the member for the Carnarvon Boroughs, who will reply to the bishop on Welsh Disestablishment. The bishop is one of the biggest bigots in creashion, but we hart' a mutch for him tonight.'' The new Duchess of Devonshire, the elder of Lord Lanstlowne's two daughters,"is small and dark haired, and bears a gi eater resemblance to her father than toiler beautiful mother. The new Duchess dresses with the utmost simplicity, and devotes her lime to the care and education of her six children, four of whom'are daughters. The youngest, .Lady Rachel Cavendish, is six years old. Hie elder boy, who is 13 years of age, now becomes Marquis of ting- ' ton. Dr. Knox, the Bishop of Manchester, who has been severely criticising AleKerma's Education Bill, is the most popular divine in the North of England. A good story is ! t told of his lordship's recent missions on j [ Blackpool Beach. Two mill girls were dis- I cussing the situation. "Who's that?" 1 asked one. pointing at the bishop. " 'E's the i bishop." said the other. " Nay, lass," said the first. "no bishop 'lid do that." " But ' 'tis the bishop, I tell "ee." "Well, if it is 'im, let's go arid hear 'im, for I thowt i that bishops did nowt but draw- their own brass." Lord Tweedmouth seems to be not the. onl,\j Cabinet Minister who has been, made j a confidant of the Emperor of Germany. I When Mr. Haldane was recently in Ger- 1 many the Kaiser said to him, with a twinkle I in his eye, " Some of your Mayors seem to have curious views as, to the functions of ! ati Emperor. During my stay at one of j your seaside resorts, the Mayor" of a neigh- j homing town, to which J intended paying j a visit, wrote asking me whether I would I consent to conduct the town's band for half an hour." Sir Benjamin Stone-,, who has announced his intention not to seek re-election to Parliament, is an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and in this connection he ; tells many amusing stories. In China I some years ago a riot followed his picture- ! taking because, a number of coolies insist- j ed that he had "taken a spirit'' from [ them. In Zululand he took a photograph j of a prominent chief. Between the time I of taking and printing the chief died, and ' Sir Benjamin offered the picture to the J eldest son, in the hope that the gift would • prove an acceptable pictorial memory of I his father. But the son was stolid in his j refusal. "No." he said, pointing to the photograph, "he is dead, so he cannot | be here." I j Miss Lily Banbury's; death adds another j to the painfully long list of tragedies by which popular young actresses have been J cut off in the prime of life. Although not one of the great actresses. Miss Hanbury was deservedly a great favourite for her frank and engaging manner and her fine presence. One of a quartette oi Jewish cousins of imposing stature, the other three ' being Miss Julia Neilson, Miss Norali Kerin, and Miss Hilda Jaeobson, she owed her first j appearance on the stage to the suggestion of Sir W. S. Gilbert, in whose play of " Pygmalion and Galatea." in the part of Myrine, she made her debut when quite a young girl. Mostly she was associated with Mr. Tree, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Waller, and her popularity never declined. In one of Mr. Waller's productions, " Marita," based on the ballad opera, "Maritana," she sang and danced with success.