HERE AND THERE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18889, 12 October 1929, Page 10

HERE AND THERE.

Where a Queen Was Imprisoned. Rising Castle, near Sandringham, was the prison of Isabella, Queen of Henry 11. for many years. Isabella was called “ the she-wolf of France.” One of the most dramatic episodes of English history is her arrest at midnight at Nottingham. From there Isabella was sent to Rising Castle and kept a close prisoner for the' rest of her life, the instructions being that she was only to be allowed outside the castle when a show was given in its grounds. Rising is now only a village. It contains an ancient almshouse whose inmates wear the dress of the Tudor period. Afflicted Musicians. It is a strange fact that there are among famous men and women many with one or another physical defect, especially among musicians. But nature often tries to make up for what is lacking in the normal sense. Beethoven, for instance, although quite deaf, loved his work so much that he had a grand piano specially made with double strings for a work he was doing, although he never could hear the sound. Another artist, Klopstock, vas already deaf when very young, but his defect made him able to give more time to his work. The sister of Adeline Patti, Carlotta> cried bitterly one time because she was lame, and could therefore never become an opera star like her sister; but she began to study for the concert hall, and became world famous. At the present time there arc many blind musicians who have given much that is beautiful to the world. Reading University was - founded in 1926. The engineer of the Suez Canal was M. de Lesseps. "There is no better social work, and I might say no better political work, than that of the Sunday schools. I trust that the collection to-day will be a generous one, so that the Sunday School’s exchequer is not depleted, even as the national one is sometimes,” stated the Hon A. J. Stallworthy, prior to the collection being taken up at at the Durham Stree Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. Mr Stallworthy conducted the service.