The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-13
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF OTHER LAHDS.

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| OF OTHER LANDS.
| There Is no more popular officer In ths
entire British navy than Admiral Sir
Harry Rawscn. who has Just been ap-
! pointed to succeed Sir Edward Seymour
1 as comnan6er-in-ehisf Of the British na-
val forces in China. Like Sir Edward. he
/ saw active service in China as a mid
{. shipman. and has repeatedly been under
/ fire. both az sea and on land One Of the
/ most arduous campaigns In which he
( took part was the armed expedition 70
/ Benin. In Western Africa. for the purpose
/ OF avenging the murder and torture OF
I number OF English military and consular
/ officials. lie is an extremely stout man,
/ yet he absolutely declined 10 ayatl him
/ self of the animals OF Of the litters pre-
yided for his convenience through the
1 several hundred miles Of march from the
coast TO Benin. VITA view OF enc0ur-
| aging and cheering his officers and men,
I he doffed all his Clothing with the excep-
ton OF trousers, shirt and q large trop-
I ical helmet, and, with his sleeves rolled
/ up 10 the elbow and a long walking stan
/ in his hand. he marched every step OF the
: way, CHEEKY and good-humored through
/ out. exciting so much enthusiasm and
| good will on the part OF those under his
| command that they would have gone
/ anywhere or have done anything for him.
This incident shows the character OF the
I man. While perhaps he Is less eourtly and
/ polished than Sir Edward Seymour, yet
| he is likely TO prove. by reason OF his
I genial qualities. an even still greater sue
I cess on The China station than his dis
| tinguished predecessor.
| I may add that he is persona gratissima
at court and with the present govern
ment and If he has been assigned 10 the
I China command just at the present mo-
ment. rather Unexpectedly. and one might
! almost say out OF his turn, it is because
| the Queen and Lord Salisbury see that
events still more critical than any of
those which have yet taken place in Chi
na are impending in that part Of the
word. and they realize the necessity of
having man of the type of Sir Harry
1 Rawson on the scene and in supreme
! command OF the British naval forces in
! the far East.
| Although the Prince of Wales has
/ thrown over Tod Sloan, il does not look
/ as IL gallant Lord ''BilP' Beresford, nor
1 his American wife, Lille, Duchess of
/ Marlborough. had any intention of follow
| ing the example of their future King in
the matter. / hear that the first name
/ that the Beresford baby was taught to
| utter was Tod" while he shows to ev-
! erybody the diamond brooch pinned on
! his little frock and representing Sloan
on one of Lord ''Bilrs" winners The baby
/ is now three years of age. and in spite of
| the fact that his mother is duchess and
his father lord, neither has nor will
| have any title. He will be plain Mr.. Will
| lam de Ia Poer Beresford The name OF
| Poer is a corruption OF that of "Poher"
! or Power" The Pohers were one of the
| most ancient houses in Ireland, Robert
De Poher having been knight marshal
| and governor of Ireland in 1l79 His de-
| scendants held the titles of Lord Power
and of Lord Curraghmore and likewise
the Earldom of Tyrone. Lady Catherine
| Power, sole child and heiress of the last
| Earl of Tyrone and Of Lord Power, mar
| ried In the early part of the last CEN
/ tury Sir Marcus Beresford and il was the
son of this marriage who was created
| first Marquis of Waterford, as we'll as
| Lord La Poer, Earl Tyrone, and Lord of
/ Curraghmore. The Beresfords themselves
are an old Staffordshire house, the foun-
| der of which was John de Beresford. who
| lived and prospered under the reign of
King William Rufus.
4 II does not seem TO be generally known
I that Duke Henry of Mecklenberg-Schwe
in has Travelled very extensively abroad
/ He spent a considerable time in India
| shooting big game, and on one occasion
| almost got killed in Ceylon owing TO
| his having, with more zeal than dis
cretion, clutched hold Of wounded
monster crocodile in a foolhardy at
/ tempt to prevent the huge saurian sTom
making his escape into the water. He
was flung | do not knew how many yards
| distant into the mud by one swish of the
monsters tail, ard escaped in an almost
miraculous manner without any broken
| bones.
| No one who knows the Prince of Wales
| will have been surprised at the annoyance
which he displayed the other day owing
| to the delay in the arrival of Mrs George
Cornwallis West formerly Lady Ran
dolph ChurchilD at the railroad station in
| order to travel by the royal train to New
market. The prince has such hatred for
| unpunctuality that every clock at MarI-
| borough House and at SanGringham is
kept by his orders a quarter Of an hour
! fast.
The prince is the very soul OF punctuaI-
| Is. a quality otherwise unknown in the
royal family. No one. for instance, was
| more terribly unpunctual than Princess
| Mary, mother OF the Duchess of York
! Indeed, so well known was her failing In
this respect that people who asked her
TO dine would always name TO her an hour
at least thirty minutes ahead of time.
| Old Lady Mary Saurin. who died a few
months ago at the age of l0l. while call
| ing upon the princess, remarked.
II am to meet you at the - tonight"
"Yes." returned the princess. Il hope TO
| get there by 7;5o."
"Half-past ~" exclaimed Lady Mary.
why, my invitation is for O'clock.
What are the people thinking OFF,"
| Il farcied 7:S0 was exceedingly early,'
responded the princess, "and am sure
! they must have made mistake, so | will
! be very careful not to arrive before 81
| She was better than her word. Fog II
was $50 before she put in an appearance
upon the scene
A funny story comes from Dublin about
/, the Duke and Duchess OF Connaught 1t
seems that when they were out driving
4
I jobber ran alongside the royal carriage
| for some time. The duchess finally stop
! ped the carriage, and asked the man what
{ he wanted. He explained that il was the
wish Of his life TO obtain a good look at
! her and the duke, Somewhat fatterea by
| this explanation. the duchess remarked:
''it must have tired you dreadfuEly to
run beside the carriage in that manneT?'
"Oh, no." replied the IFishman. gallant
/ ly. "sure. haven't been ehasin' pigs all
me life"
4 Poor old Lord Abingdon, popularity
known as Bunny" who has been an In
valid for some considerable time past. is
now so I'll that his life Is desDaired of.
and being in bis seventy-fifth year, his
recovery is believed 10 be beyond the
bounds of possibility. His death viii be
regretted by many, for he IS one Of the
} most kind-hearted Of men 70 both man
and beast True. he maintains magnin-