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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17954, 5 June 1920, Page 10

A successful concert was held at Seacliff under toe auspices of the Presbyterian Church Ladies' Guild, in aid of the funds ot the guild, and yielded about £10. Tha most enjoyable feature of the entertainment was a number of action songs and recitations rendered by a party of day school pupils trained for the occasion by Mi»Q Macßae, mistress of the school, assisted by u tit-' Swigs were contributed by Miss Miss H . Morris,™ Mr recitations and readings by Mrs Weir, Miss M Gregor, and Mr B. Shaw; a musical monologue by Miss Braimp la ffue by Misses M'Kessar, Hamilton, Fraser, and Weir; a drawingS t r a r e '- to t by . Misseß Braimbridge ?u P lan °forte selections by Miss S Masters Sullivan and 2d wei a J Waitera i Jtefreshmeaite were provided ' congregation. T - f , 0 travel and of reminiscence written with care by one whose scientific mterest m mon and the world has not in 80 years, dulled his sense of beauty and wonder is the description given of "My Reminiscences,» by Raphael Pumpelly * famous geologist. Mr Pumpelly's k at once a curious and a fine performanc? sorlT/l a - °f interests and* such a long period (the author produces nrfiwl r6 en^ e rnemor y things that happened nearly 80 years ago) that it is an inadequate summary to call it a story of k*® held the respect of geologists and travelled m Amenca and Europe for over half a century, has met with adventures m the mountains, dqserts, and seas of three continents at the age of 67 again set out on his travels to satisfy a lifeTowr desire .to know whether Central Asif wm J e^ ome the stock (he f the fedit of the first attempt j Stu^ y . 0n lines the mountain systems of Northu M met celebrated people than could be named in an hour tie has enjoyed himself immensely, and tho liveliness of hi S narrative puts out of mind toi-int a* 4 lt a . °! d man who » talking. After extensive geological explora--ITv-n<lohina 011 land of iiie Gobi, he came to England with the resulte of his work, the first of its kind in the Jar East He brought with him, T'tt a r of introduction to Sir Charles fh y Jrt Professor Cotta. He thoughtthat Lyall,- one of the heroes of his youth, would be interested in his researches, and he had for years looked forward to the interview. Lyall received him in his study. He said: Sir Charles, I have carried for six years a letter to you from Professor Sir Charles took the letter. "Aa ne read it I Baw his brow darken; then no got up aad, glaring at me, said crossly: *ou couldn't have done a worse thing than bring me a letter from Cotta. He made a miserable translation of my book.' Then he sat down and turned to his work. That was all; it was a dismissal, and I left." Fortunately for the reputation of English soientists, Mr Pumpelly was wall received by Lyall's confreres. — The Maryland branch of the American Legion has asked for the removal of a terra cotta replica of the German Imperial Eagle from the oldest and most prominent German church in Baltimore.