ABOUT PEOPLE,

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14353, 19 November 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)

ABOUT PEOPLE,

POPULAR CROTVJs PIUXCESS. The Cro'.vji Princess, of Germany has ju- t !iaa ner ii-icii Uii-iJjaay coleorated, oiiico in; l .. riuge tile i j r.nceis lias iu-r very ri:ucli lejt at

tne U:".'r;!i'.iu and is immensely popular tiiL: neopie. She has de-C-Uc-diy advuu.rcd on tile woman quest.un, arm are said to iiuv*e perturbed the Kaiser a geed deal. Xhe i: J r.iiccss, iitr/rever, is a housewife quite after the excellent German pattern, and is devoted to her sturdy little f.0113. SULTAN'S GIFT OF A £3,000 RING. The Sultan of Sidu, who is now visit; !!«5 Xe'.v York is well remembered in America (says the New York correspondent of tiie "Daily Telgraph") on are-ouut of ii.it reported olfer to marry Mr Roosevelt's daughter Alice when &he was the Philippines with Mr. Ta-t. s party five years ago. Miss Roostvelt was regarded as a princess, and .Jolt,-, which is the Sultan's capital, was at her t'eef.. The Sultan gave a reception in behalf cf his American visitors, and took a ring off his finger worth £3,000. He politely presented it to "Princess" Alice. Mr Taft instructed irer to accept the gift, and the next morning, of course, the American papers were full of amusing ancl higiilyeoloured acceuuta of the incident.

DIVINE SARAH AND OATMEAL .AND MUSSELS. Madame Sarah Bernhardt has ever had her share of attention from Pressmen the world over„ but surely nowhere to such an extent as during her recent visit- to America. The morning after her landing in New York sho camo downstairs to find the breakfast room full of reporters, all of tiiem seated —some on the arms of chairs, others on cushions, and one tailor-wise on the rag. And then began a fire of questions. ""What is your favourite role, Madame?'' shouted one. "Mind your own business," was the retort. "W.hat do you eai wlien you wake up in the morning?" another wanted to know. Her servant, who was ill the room, quicklv answered, "Oatmeal." "What do you eat during the day?" Again the servant answered, "Mussel® " Thus the story flew all over America, and even in England, that "the divine Sarah," whose chief recreation, it is said, is visiting the Morgue, exists on jjainjg&lj®! 'AI.A.E,' 1 ,■ ,r