ABOUT PEOPLE.

Southland Times, Issue 14632, 24 January 1911, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr Ernest Clarke, brother of Sir Rupert Clarke, was a passenger by the Warrimoo yesterday. It is his intention to spend a holiday of a few weeks’ duration in Xcw Zealand. • Miss X. Johson, M.A., the newlyappointed Lady-Principal of the Southland Girls’ High School, arrived from Melbourne by the incoming steamer yesterday. She was welcomed on her arrival by (he Chairman, and Secretary, and members of the Board of Governors. Among the callers at the Invercargill Tourist Office yesterday were Messrs U'. Stfinitzer (Munich), W. I’ieper (Xew Guinea). C. G. H. Winzier (Darmstadt). Cluts. S. Wostorton (Melbourne), W. Leonard, S. Loat (Paignton, England). A. H. Coltart (London), Mr and Mrs E. J. Goodwin (Melbourne), Mr Jas. Keith and Miss Keith (Aberdeen), Mr Jas Du ill op and Mrs Dunlop (Fenwick, Scotland)), and Mr Wm. Rue (Glasgow). Miss Catherine Barker, of Chicago, who is only fourteen, inherits £6,000,000 the entire fortune of her father, Joint Barker, constructor of tram and railway cars, and a highly successful investor, who died on 261h Xovember. Site is now the richest girl in the country, being just worth double as much us Miss Helen Gould, of New York, and ibree times as much as Miss Jennie Crocker, of Sail Francisco, the two young ladies nearest to iter in worldly possessions. Catherine lost her mother last June, and is now in charge of a governess. The estate is administered by the Chicago Trust and Savings Bunk. “It’s just horrid having so much money,” 'Catherine remarked to an interviewer, but the governess present at the interview stud; "You must try to endure your aiflictiou with patience.” Catherine is very popular with her girl friends, who declare that she will always be Catherine, and that money canno; spoil her. The Rev. J. E. 1L Mayor. who died recently in London from heart failure at liie age of So, was, in addition to living one of the. foremost Latinists of the day. tin outstanding figure among vegetarians. Ho sueeeeded Professor Newman, brother of the Cardinal, as President of the Vegetarian's Society. The professor's diet was simple in the extreme. At 6.20 he breakfasted on X>orridge and fruit, at 1.20 lie had vegetables and unleavened bread, and at 7.1 r, In- dined its hall on a vegetable syup, a vegetable savoury, and a little lemonade, his only drink in the day. Ho was one of (he-first of the fasting men. Some years ago lie decided to take no food fur three weeks while lie completed his edition of Juvenal. He was under medical inspection during this time, and every morning walked from St. John's College to the Cambridge count;- gaol to be weighed, in the third weird; he yielded to Ha- advice of his doctor and brought the fast to at; end. The ■ professor insisted, however, lliat ho would have suffered no harm had lie continued the fast, and added that lie had "never fell .so well iu his life or so capable of getting through a hard day’s work." He was unmarried, ;i nonsmoker, and a total abstainer,. Says an Auckland lelcgram received y-.tirday: Prince Leopold of Matteiiburg. second son of Princess Beatrice, arrived by the Victoria from Sydney on Sunday and left for Wellington, by last night's express, the Governor's carriage being at fuelled to (lie M ain. Prince Leopold will be met in Wellington by ill i- Governor, and will go on tot’iiristc-!; ii-ch by steamer Hie same night. Hu will be met by Sir -James and Lady Mills. Sir -lames forms one of the party and will tour New Zealand with the prince Iroin North to South. The Prince will afterwards go to Japan.