Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19
Queen Victoria and Family Visited by
Noted Oculist.
TALK OF ARMY REORGANIZATION
English Papers Comment on the
VanderbiIt-French Wedding.
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP

LoNDON, January l3-ttoyaltN mas Deen
having its eyes overhauled. For that i'm
portant duty celebrated oculist, Prof
Hermann Pagenstrecher, NJ. D., director of
the Opthalimic Hospital at Wiesbaden. was
summoned to London Wednesday. He went
to Osborne to examine the eyes of the
queen. A lengthy interview resulted, in
/ which the specialist is understood to have
given her majesty new instructions, in adj
dition to glasses, with the object of preserv-
ing her failing sight, though. it is said. he
found only slight deterioration of vision
since his last examination. Thence Prof
Pagenstrecher went to Marlborough House.
where the Prince of Wales underwent the
ordeal of submitting his lately adopted eye
glasses to the criticism of the great profess
scr. 1t was only to the queen and the
Prince of Wales that Prof. Pagenstrecher
would consent to go. All the others had
to come to him. The Duke of Cambridge
and other no.abiities focked to his hotel
humbly waiting in the corridor until Prof
Pagenstrecher was ready to see them. In
few moments the Duke of Cambridge was
benefited so greatly that he went to his old
cronies and insisted on their visiting the
eye healer. Following his advice they
crowded to Prof. Pagenstrecher Friday
AT last the specialist flew out of the hotel
declaring he would not see another soul
that day, be he king or commoner The
professor goes to the continent, to inspect
the eyes of the King of the Belgians, Sun
day, and before he returns to Wiesbaden
he will probably continue his journey to
several other royal palaces.
British Army Reform.
British army reform, the Associated
Press learns, will consist chiefly in an en-
deavor to improve the existing me- hods of
general military training, rather than in
any attempt to eradicate individual defects
full,
the administration believes many of the
drawbacks existing at present will gradu-
ally disappear whereas ruthless reform
would only result in Reorganization and
chaos. With this end in view. a new ma
neuvers bill will be introduced giving the
government plenary power to select large
tracts OF country, especially in Ireland and
Scotland where the home army will have
the opportunity of~maneuvering in consid-
cradle numbers over rough and unknown
country, where the generals will have the
opportunity of learning to handle divisions
IN the opinion OF the secretary Tor war
Mr.. William st. John Brodrick it is futile
to criticise officers and men who have never
been handled or who have never Coop
Grated except in the restricted confines of
Aldershot, and some not even there, where
every inch of ground is known to almost
every officer of the service. The barracks
building on Salisbury plain will, ii is be-
ieVed. aid this plan, but it has become gen
orally recognized by the war office that
country and good deal Of it at the dis
posal Of the forces
Difficulties in the Way.
Many difficulties lie in the way of secur-
ing this. The moors of Ireland and Scot
land are almost all the private property OF
aristocratic landowners, who either use
them or let them for shooting purposes
One seasons maneuvers over these estates
would probably ruin the game, hence large
compensation must be paid. This Mr. Brod-
rick hopes to get appropriated in spite of
the present heavy taxation, believing it
would be an inVe stment which would save
the country millions in case of another war
Many other changes are likely to come in
force in due course of time. The board of
army reorgan cation is sitting day in and
day out, dealing with the immense problem
but the cardinal point OF the deliberations
on which public opinion is unanimous, is
the necessity for the new maneuvers bill
To use the words of Lord Raglan:
You might as well crticjse the admiral
who IS always obliged to keep his fleet in
harbor as to criticise the army for which
the country provides no maneuvering faciH-
ties"
Messrs Wicks, president of the American
Sheet Steel Company, and Huber of the
Pittsburg Steel Company returned to New
York this week after exhaustive tests of
the English process of constructing steel
tubes. These coming up to the requirements,
the American patent rights of the PhiIa-
delph:a combine, of which Mr. w. w. Gibbs
Is the moving spirit. 1t is understood that
the steel tube makers will now proceed
with their S5O,OOo,oO0 combination.
Remarkable Lion Fight.
News of the most remarkable lion fight
on record comes from a correspondent of
the Associated Press in northern Rhodesa
MIR. tombstone, a collector of customs in
of no. Ip,i3i
Africa Company, was out hunting and shot
buck. AS the buck fell from the long
grass spfang out five lions who COM
menced to eat the buck. Mr.. Johnstone
not to be robbed of his dinner, went into
action with his magazine rifle killed one
lion and wounded another. The rematn-
ing three fled. The wounded lion, enraged
attacked the hunter, whose magazine was
empty. He called for another gun. but his
native followers had gone. The police with
him fired a wild volley and retreated Mr.
tombstone sought a nearby tree and was
nearly out of reach, when the lion caught
him and pulled him down. Mr.. tombstone
put his left arm down the lions mouth and
gave sledge-hammer blow with his right
on the animals head. Surprised at the re-
sstance the lion relinquished his attack
Propping himself against the tree Mr.
tombstone, in spite of his mauled arm.
pulled out a cartridge, fired and took the
lion right between the eyes. killing him.
Three weeks later Mr.. tombstone died OF
Dloou pUlSOHlfS from MS HanS ed arm.
Two Notable Men Dead.
Death removed two remarkable person
alities from the metropolis this week-the
bishop of London, Right Rev. Mandel
Creighton, and the money lender, Sam"
Lewis, known far and wide for very differ
ing qualities. Both possessed two things
in common-humor and broad insight into
the. affairs of men and the world. Dr.
Creighton had many attachments. and was
accounted one of the most erudite theolog.-
cal historians of the day, yet none could
roll cigarette more deity or retort more
quickly In up-to-date slang He wore his
learning as lightly as flower, but his adj
dresses to the clergy were hardly ever
equaled. In ruling his episcopate during
the troublous times of the keen ritualistic
controversy he avoided stern legal meas
ures, yet generally secured obedience to
his will. He was an athlete in his youth
and rowed in an Oxford eight but he was
more famous for his velveteen coat than
for any achievements. Children adored
him, and London showed how greatly such
an ideal bishop was appreciated by accord
ing him burial in st. Paups Cathedral.
Sam Lewis Odd HumOr.
Sam Lewis humor took fanciful turn.
Whenever he saw an opportunity to make