People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 52, 24 December 1903, Page 10

People We Hear About

It is interesting to observe that the two most distinguished ecclesiastics in the Philippine ISlaads are lru&men. Archbishop Barty, of Mayaooth, is a native of Queen's County, and ArchWsnop Barone, of Melitene, comes from Tipperairy. i he bulletins aUout the German Emperor bode little good for his house when we remember the manner l l Vf^! Ch ? 1S father was carri «* oft by an affectiom ' of ' tine throat. Kaiser Wilhelm's tastes are as curious in food as they are in some other things. His fa\iorifd drmk is champagne mixed with seltzer-water 1 . His* la<vonte dish is a very remarkable pasty made of potatoes, salt herrings, sour cream, and the remains" of roast game and birds of any kind. It is not surprising' ta hear that tine Kaiser who can eat this mixture has a very hearty appetite— and a bad throat. Miss Agjnes G. Murphy, who was some time ago elected to the Council of the Society of Women Journalists, London, of which Lady Sarah Wilson is .president ■ and ! John Strange Winter ' vice-president, was, 17 years agjo, selling nbbjons behind the counter at George and George's, Melbourne. The smart Irish girl, who ventured out to Australia on her own, had plenty of grit, and battled bravely. Once permanently , enga&ed on the press, she improved her education in a marvellous manner, and soon rivalled, with her caustic pen, the famous ' Sappho Smith,' as a female satirist. Lord Jersey, wiho won such popularity as Governor of New South Wales, was when a small boy witness to a duel in Osterley Park. He and his sisters were abroad eajdy one morning and viewed the ' affair ' without knowing what it meant. When they returned to the house they reported to their mother that they had been highly delighted at seeing some gentlemen shooting) at each other in the park. Whereby hangs another' interesting story. It was one of the most notorious duels Of the nineteenth century. The late Sir William Gregpry, for long well known as a sporting memjber of the Commons,, and afterwards Governor of Ceylon, had had a quarrel over a horse with Captain Vaugjham, and as Fred and Frank Villiers were in the affair the meeting was brought off at Osterley Park. Gregory, who was a dead shot, had heard that Vaughan's family were in great distress over the trouble, and determined — encouraged by the advice of his second, Sir Robert Peel— to spare his opponent. At twelve paces, the men received the word to fire. Vaughan's bullet sang close past Gregory's: ear, and the latter, taking deliberate aim at the other by way of giving him a comfortable moment, fires in the air. Sir William Gregory was a familiar and popular character in colonial circles in Lojndon for some years before his death not long ago. Lady Gregory, who edited an interesting ' Life ' of her famous huab&n>d, is one of the Peeresses of Galway— a daughter of the late Dudley Persse, D.L., of Roxborough. Australia (says an English exchange) is most prodigal in her gilts to the ' old country.' She gives us kangjaroos that box well, wines that taste well, and ladies tlhat sing well. Miss Marie Naredle, who is of the last-defined order of ' Australian goods,' is a gift for which musical England should be most truly thankful. Judg,ingj from the manner in which Miss Narelle's beautiful singing has been received, musical England is most truly thankful— and musical Ireland, too. Six months only have elapsed since the new soprano left her native country, and yet in this little time she has managed, to estab|lis|h. herself in our midst as a first-rank favorite, an achievement attributable not entirely to her voice of superb sweetness and great compass and power, flor Miss Marie N,arelle is a lady of magnificent physique, and her soft yet radiantly expressive eyes prove of conspicuous assistance to her melodious singing in its mission of fascination. Miss Marie Narelle was born and bred in the Australian bush, and knows its ins and outs like Bro'r Rabbit in his briar patch. She is an Irish-Aus-tralian, 'her parents, though born in Australia, having sprung from well-known families in Tipiperary. Her paternal grandfather was one of the first pioneer scatters in the now important Murrumbidg,ee district — and from Murrinnbidgee comes the name of Narelle, not in the way of inheritance, 'but of sentiment. The name of Narelle is one of the first the singer remembers having heard, and it belonged to the qtueen of the black tribe at the Murrumi|idgee station in which her mother was "Bprn.

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