HERE AND THERE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17017, 16 April 1923, Page 6

HERE AND THERE.

AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING. NJGHT CLUB WATCHER. A man has just been appointed bv the Westminster City Council to watch the Vest End at night- and to report the existence of “ undesirable houses.'' He will be, iu fact, the official custodian of the morals of Westminster--at a salary of £4 a week. Tho watcher is Captain W. H. Hainswortn, who. until the formation of the IrisJi l ree State, was engaged for sometime in criminal investigation work in Ireland and also as an intelligence officer of the British Army. He fought during the war in the Royal Engineers and was twice wounded in France. ( aptain Haiusworth is a big. genial man. aged forty six. He looks upon his new job as a very restful affair after his exciting duties in Ireland. Do said. GLAM IS CASTLE. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who ;s a very fine dancer, spent the greater part ol her childhood at Glamis Castle, which is quite famous throughout tho world for its mystery. There is said, to be a secret room here, and the secret is only revealed to the eldest sons of the family on their twenty-first birthday. l* riends of the Earl have told that the room contained a deformed member of the family who refused to sec anyone or be seen. This, of course, was several hundred years ago. At ms death the room was walled up, but the ghost of the dead man is believed, even now, to haunt the Castle, and there are stories of uncanny sounds being heard issuing from the secret room. The name (ilamis (pronounced Glahms) i.« mentioned in the Witches’ scene in ‘Macbeth,” “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee. Thane of Glamis.” PERSONAL BITS. Personal tit-bits are always ing. Lord Ashfield, the controller of London s underground railways, ran away from home when he was fourteen and became a messenger boy for a tramway company. Sir Robert Baden-Powell likes to get up before five every morning. Mr Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has represented the Bewdlev division of Worcestershire in Parliament' for fifteen years, and his father sat for the same constituency for sixteen years liefore that. The Duke of Athol 1 is the only person in the United Kingdom who is allowed to maintain a private army. Lord Allenbv is a keen naturalist and an authoritv on birds and flowers. The head master of Eton, Dr Alington. writes novels for recreation. Two of them have already been published. Lord Beatty established something like a record when he became a captain. He rose to this rank befor* he was thirty.

STORY* OF STINXES. It is said by those who know hint that although Herr Stinnes, the German industrial magnate, is one of the strong, silent type ot men. he is not without a sense of humour. Discussing the financial situation recently, he told with a grim chuckle the story of a conductor in a Berlin tramcar who, while collecting fares, accidentally dropped a 20 mark note. The man took no notice, but continued to snip tickets. Whereupon a passenger called his attention to tho note lying crumpled up on the floor of the car. “ Yes. I know.” said the conductor, “but the last time I picked one up 1 burst off a trouser button and never found it again.” Buttons in Berlin, it should be explained, cost to buy somewhere about 50 marks apiece. THE AMERICA CUP. Sir Thomas Lipton intends to again compete for the American Cup. Sir Thomas is perhaps Britain’s greatest optimist, for he is going to have another shot, although twenty-three years ot disappointment lie behind him. At. the time of writing the challenge has not been definitely issued, but he :s going to send it, and all our best wishes will go with it. Nobody ever jusified better the motto, “ Never say diel” There is one man who believes he could, secure the Cup tor Sir Thomas, if Sir I Lomas would entrust the matter to him. At least so rumour hath it. “(iive me a chance, sir, and I’ll do it ” he wrote. “ You’ve entrusted tho job to many another who has failed. "Why not try me?” The letter wm signed, “ Bill Sikes ” FIGHT FOR SUCCESS. From clerk to actor manager is a big jump, yet that is the record of Jack Buchanan, who a very few years ago was an auctioneer’s clerk in Gla»gcw." To-dav there is no more succes*ltil young man on the stage. Dogged determination is the secret of hi« ns® to fame. Mr Buchanan’s father wa* the head of a firm of auctioneers m Glasgow. He wished his son to follow him in the busines. and, although Jack’s heart was not in it, he stuck t c , Lis desk. When his father died, however, the future “ star ” decided to try his luck on the stage. His b<*ginning showed no signs of the success that was soon to follow. He appeared at a music hall, where, to use liis own words, he ‘ got the bird ” for whole week. He went to Edinburgh, I where he was no more of a success. ’I l :en lie came to London, friendless and penniless. For many weeks he lived c lo ,n hand to mouth, until Amlre Charii t saw him and recognised his talent. After that a West End appearance and steadily increasing success. HINTS TO SMOKERS. When choosing a pipe, see that th% weight is comfortable for your teeth, also' see that the bore is clear, and that the pipe draws easily. Look out lor cracks and plugs of putty in the l„., v | The hitter v. ill drop out when the pipe has been smoked a little. It is |,ad fur the digestion to smoke directly after a meal. Wait for half an hour; von will enjoy the smoke better. Don't '-moke a pipe when running for tho | train in the morning, it is very bad for the lungs. Don’t damn the end of • • < h-aretto. It is better to smoke it. ! unite drv. It gives a hotter smoke. and will not stick to the lips. It is difficult at first, but after a little prac--1 ,„v will become perfectly easy. Again, «l«: 1 trail » cigarette from the upper Pp. It may harm the lip. TIGER TIM. Mr Tim Healy, K.C., Ireland’s first Governor-General, has always had tho interest', of the country very much at 1,,-fut. Forty years "go "<‘ nt to prison for making a threatening speech; tu-clav he is generally regarded as the wittiest, ami wisest living Irishman. Before he began his political career he vas a railwav clerk, many stories •mv told about him that it. is hard to pick the bert. This one is a general *I• vo rite : “Tiger Tim. as he is affectionately known, was once canvassing lor votes at an election. One elector i,i i,j.,,. “ 1 would rather vote for <h vil lii• ■ll for 7 >» “Quite right to m iml bv your friend.” said Air Healy. • Hut if he doesn't go to the poll, will you vote for me?” ,