Lord Brassey is said to be annoyed at the way in which his recentadventure at Kiel was exaggerated. He landed, it seems, on the mole ofthe Kaiser Dockyard, not noticing a warning to trespassers—and certainof our newspapers proceeded at once to make a mountain out of the mole.
Mr. Roosevelt's American physician, Dr. Alexander Lambert, has confirmedthe advice of his European physicians that the ex-President must havefour months' rest and must keep out of politics absolutely for thatperiod; and it is said that President Wilson is also of the opinion thatthe distinguished invalid owes it to his country to keep quiet for atime.
At the farewell banquet to Lord Gladstone members of the Labour Unionssurrounded the hotel and booed loudly with a view to making the speechesinaudible. As the first serious attempt to protect diners from an orgyof oratory this incident deserves recording.
There appear to have been some amusing misfits in the distribution ofprizes at the recent Midnight Ball. For example a young lady ofpronounced sobriety, according to The Daily Chronicle, secured a caseof whisky and went about asking if she could get it changed for perfume.Whisky is, of course, essentially a man's perfume.
There are One Woman Shows as well as One Man Shows in these days. Aninvitation to be present at a certain function in connection with acertain charitable institution announces:—
"Athletic Sports and Distribution of Prizes by Lady —— ——."
Some surprise is being expressed in non-legal circles that the actresswho lost the case which she brought against Sandow, Limited, fordepicting her as wearing one of their corsets, did not apply for staysof execution.
Quite a number of our picture galleries are now closed, and it has beensuggested that, with the idea of reconciling the public to this state ofaffairs, there shall be displayed conspicuously at the entrance to thebuildings the reminder, "Ars est celare artem."
The Gentlewoman, by the way, which is publishing a series of articlesentitled "Woman's Work at the 1914 Academy," omits to show us photos ofMr. Sargent's and Mr. Clausen's paintings after certain women had workedupon them.
The Admiralty dismisses as "a silly rumour" the report that one of ournew first-class destroyers is to be named The Suffragette.
In Mr. Stephen Phillips' play, The Sin of David, we are to seeCavaliers and Roundheads. This will be a welcome change, for in most ofthe theatres nowadays one sees a preponderance of Deadheads.
Once upon a time Red Indians used to kidnap Whites. Last week, Mrs. W.Bowman Cutter, a wealthy widow of seventy, living at Boston,Massachusetts, eloped with her 21-year-old Red-skin chauffeur.
A memorial to a prize-fighter who was beaten by Tom Sayers was unveiledat Nottingham last week. Should this idea of doing honour to defeatedBritish heroes spread to those of to-day our sculptors should have abusy time.
A visitor to Scarborough nearly lost his motor-car in the sands at Fileylast week: it sank up