HERE AND THERE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16735, 17 May 1922, Page 6

HERE AND THERE.

AN EYE FDR EVERYTHING. THEN THE KING LAUGHED. A new story is going th© rounds about one of the royal princesses. AY he a she was about eight years old. her father entered a room where Bh© was fitting, and seeing her deeply immersed m a somewhat bulky volume, he asked ir° l I T v * iat . s * ,e reading. “ It’s an .nghsh history book,*’ answered the little princess, “and it tells me all about Perkin AYarbeck,” and who was ; erkin . Warbeck ? ’ sa id her at her wishing to see how much sh© remembered and understood of th© ec s^l-e ' w as luring to assimilate, tte was a pretender.” was the reply. •He pretended he was the son of a king. But he wasn't ; he was the son of respectable parents.” And then the king laughed. THE BEST MAN. Alajor Sir Victor Mackenzie, Bart.. D. 5.0.. M.V.0., Scots Guards. wn; Viscount Lascelle-s’ best man. Alajor Sir \ ictor Audley Falconer Alackenzi© of Glen Afuick, third baronet, is 39 years of age. and succeeded his father in 1906. He is a close friend of A'ricount Laeoelles and a major, in the Scots Guards. He served with di stinc* tion in the war, being mentioned in despatches, and winning the D.S.O. He wan wounded twice. One of bis war decorations is the medal of La Solidaridad of Panama. Sir A’irtor's brother, Air. Allan Mackenzie, married the> Hon Louvima Knollys. only daughter of \ iscount and Viscountess Knollys, and on that occasion Sir A’ictor acted as l>e6t man. The magnificent Scottish estates at Kintail, Rosshire, and a very large fortune were handed down from his grandfather. Sir James Alackenzie, the first baronet. K.C. AS POET. Frequent quotations have been made from the recent book of verse published by Sir Ernest AYild. K.C.. ALP. “ Tho Lamp of Destiny ” reveals him as a poet of no mean distinction, and I quote the following, entitled “At the Zoo” : “ At monkey-nuts the ATonkeys scoffed, And gibbered as they sprang aloft. Abashed I sought the Kangaroo: He swallowed one. he swallowed two. Also the Llamas and the Thars For nuts pushed noses through the bars. Likewise the Sheep of the Punjaub About- a bushel did absorb. I turned this lesson in my head, Soliloquising went to bed—- ‘ Then monkey-nuts the diet are Of Llama- Kangaroo, and Thar.’ And murmered as I sank to elee.p, ‘ Not monkeys—but the PunjauV Sheep.” AIURDERER’S GLAND. Glands taken from an executed convict eight days previously have been, grafted on George Hauser, an inmate of the hospital at Sing Sing prison, America, in an attempt to cure him of epileptic and other defective tendencies. The operation was performed on January 21 with Hauser’s consent. The first effect of the “rejuvenation ” was seen when a severe case of ague, to which he had been subject for a long time, totally disappeared within seven days, the prisoner having now tVya clear complexion of a baby. Other improvements are also reported. Edward Persons, a young and exceptionally vigorous man, was electrocuted on January 13 Jor the murder of a taxi-cab driver, and it was his glands that were preserved and grafted on Hauser. Human glands, it Is declared, have never before been used in attempts to cure epilepsy, and the medical profession is looking for an opening of attack against this disease. CAAP YE BY ATHOLL ? The Duke of Atholl, who in his neR position of Lord Chamberlain is the censor of plays, has always been associated with romance, so far as family history goes. The only peer who can maintain a private “ army,” the Duke's Atholl Highlanders are a picturesque link with the old days in Scotland. The Duke is an enthusiastic soldier. He served in the Nile Expedition in 1898 was present at Khartoum, and fought in the last war with the Scottish Horse. Besides having control over the stage, the new Lord Chamberlain supervises | tho Royal wardrobe, the Royal physicians and chaplains, and is the Keeper of the Royal swans on the Thames. What a really composite job they da give some people, truly I DIA’ORCED AVI T HOT* T KNOWING IT. A strange matrimonial and divorce tangle was revealed in Home by tlie marriage of Air. Henry Hollis, formerly a United States Senator, and Aliss Anne White Hobbs, of Concord City United States. It is stated that Airs Hollis, whom the former Senator married some years ago in the United States, had no knowledge that her husband had obtained a divorce. She states that in 1915 she obtaned a separation decree, which did not permit either herself or her husband to marry again. Her husband, she adds, filed a divorce in Paris in 1920. which was dismissed. It ia alleged that Air. Hollis went to Bulgaria, where he registered os n resident of Sofia, this giving him the right to suf for divorce in Bulgaria. The action being undefended. Hollis obtained a divorce, and then, it is stated- ho oarne to Rome with a sworn affidavit from five American citizens, including, it if said. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, and Senator Lewis, of Chicago, stating bhai he had the- right to remarry. On th« strength of these documents the muni* cipality of Rome performed the raar« riage, the United States Ambassador, Mr Richard AV. Child, and Air. James Pholas. forrwrly a Senator for Cali-* foraift, being the witnesses.