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causing irritation and other symptoms
which eventually rendered u necessary
either to remove the eye or 10 make
an attempt 10 extract the cause Of the
trouble The lAtter daring experiment being
decided upon. the patient Was put under the In
hucnoe OF ether. The little wound Was then re-
opened with an instrument known as cata-
ract knife. and the curved pole OF On electric
magnet was introduced. This was then passed
across the vitreous body. as nearly as could be
Judged. In the direction traversed BY the
splinter. On the nrst withdrawal nothing ap-
pearod. but tho second attempt In which the
pole was passed still further. ended in the
fragment Of steel passing easily through the
opening In tow Of the magnet The sufferer
has sinoo resumed his duties With restored
sight
The War ONCE has decided 10 20 in for
common persons might have thought desira-
bio, by abolishing costly sinsourss, but BY de-
priyine staff serGosnts Of the garrison artil-
lery OF the gold lace trimming on their coats.
The serseants ore erumbline. OF course. but
they have no friends. and tho country will save
nearly 800 rear By this brilliant idea.
In view Of the recent reference In TIE Sux
to the Duke Of Edinbursh's pArsimony. II 10
fair to quote from the Admirably Gasetts the
following remarkable tfibuts to his esnorosity:
"The Duke Of Edinburgh seems to have
been In. for him. an unusual vein Of gen.
erosity during his recent visit to Bristol
He actually subscribed 9126 toward the fund
Of the Bristol Hospital and q similar sum to
the st. Agnes Industrial Home. What in The
world 10 coming over the Duke3 We never re-
t,At
from him heretofore"
Amarriase isto tako place between Mr.. John
George Coz. heir to the Broxwood estate In
Herefordshire. and Miss Mary Porteous Of New
Orleans.
Mira Mackay has returned nom Scotland.
where she spent the autumn. and IL installed
for the winter In her big town mansion In Carl
ton House terrace.
The Cambridgeshire has proved something
Of sensation. Comedy. tho winner. was made
first favorite In the two days before tho start
By the weight OF money invested on her. She
had run in the spring. when she won tho
race at Kempton Park with ridiculous ease.
After that she ran at Ascot and in the Derby
at Epsom DowuA when she was easily beaten
by moderate horses: but directly after being
defeated in the Derby the stable backed her
freely for the Cambridgeshire. and 80 skilfully
the last moment that any one suspected that
the flyer had been kept dark. Jockey Ibbett
has been ordered before the Jockey Club Corn.
mittee IN order that an inquiry Into tho rum
ming Of the mare may be made. II the COM
mittee hold that the mare was run falsely in
order TO hoodwink the public. then all bets are
OF. contamination which the unlucky book
makers would hail with wild delight: but
80 far as the inquiry has gone It tends to con-
firm the validity Of the bets. Whether the
committee will deal with the jockey trainer.
or owners is another matter.
Another surprise in the Cambridgeshlre was
the close fight made By the Prince OF Wsles's
Champion Derelict He was full OF 60 at the
finish. and had the race been 800 yards further
he would have been hrst instead Of third. His
Jockey unfortunately gave him tho whip .
hundred ysrds from homo and the horse
swssved aside, destroyins his last chance
3 The laying Of the corner stone OF the new
theatre In Cranbourne street. which George
Edwsrdes began for Agnes Huntington and will
ing occasion yesterday as signifying the COM
plete recognition at the last Of the triumph OF
company Of American players In London.
There were not many Of the actor managers
Of the metropolis present. which Is not per-
haps surprising. as Daly's company has al
ready been the source OF q considerable drain
upon the patronage Of the other theatres.
but no better representative OF tho Lon
don stage could have been found to christen
the new theatre than Mrs. Bancroft the famous
ex-manager. and the numbers Of American
and English spectators were almost equal.
John Drew. Edward Terry, George Clarke,
Chevalier Bcovell. Justin Mccarthy. NJ. p:
James Lewis. Justin Huntly Mccarthy. NJ P:
Comyns Carr. and Consul General John c.
New were in line together and in the group with
Miss Rehan. Behind the corner stone were
Mr. and Mrs. DAILY. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft, Mr..
and Mrs. D. l. Farjeon. Mr.. and Mrs Horace
sedger Henry Pettt William Yardley. and
Edmund Routledge. while among the Ameri-
can and English actresses were Kitty Cheat
ham, Adelaide Prince. and Isabelle Irving OF
the DAILY company. vesta Hastings Isabelle
UrQuhart, Genevieve Ward and Marion Terry.
Ladies' may be Interested to know that the
expert OF the Pail Mall Gazette describes Miss
Iehan's costume as "black satin dress and
Louis Quinzs embroidered black velvet coat
trimmed with Russian sable"
The unfortunate incidentof the occasion was
connected with the christening OF the new
theatre When the moment came to break the
bottle Of champagne that was suspended
above the corner stone. Mrs. Bancroft drew
UaCk AhtV tho cIOWu uItu l0U tu6 DOLtl0 lily.
Itsmashed into a thousand pieces. one Of which
flew back and struck william Yardley. the
drnmatist, on the forehead. and subsequent
proceedings interested him In doctors office.
Miss Viola Clemmons. the American actress
who is starring In "The White Lily" Western
American border drama. In England. has been
playing this week In Greenwich. On Monday
night she gave dinner at the famous Ship
Hotel. where the Cabinet gives its ministerial
banquet each year. to some distinguished
American and Engllshmen. among whom were
Josiah Caldwell. Col. Thomas p. Ochiltree. Col
william +. Cody. Steele Mackaye. Capt North.
son Of tho nitrate king. Mr.. Bookwalter OF Ohio
and Win. e. Chapman. A band OF real Ameri-
can Indians met the party at the Greenwich
station with . genuine warwhoop. and the
same band played In the theatrical perform
ance that evening Of "The White Lly." The
star. Miss Clemmons. was received with tho
widest enthusiasm.
The City OF Paris sailed from Liverpool this
week. carrying Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Carnegie
Miss Alice Il Buell.. Capt Ellis and Major Bell
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