The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-20
MOBILES WAIT HUMBLY
AutOcratic 0cuIiSt Makes Them
Stand in Line.
QUEEN't EYES TREATED
STORY OF A BISHOP AND A
'sSHYLOCK.v

important uuIFs q celebrated OCullSt,
Professor Herman Pagenstreched, N.
D. director of the OphthaImic hospital
at Wiesbaden, was summoned TO Lon
don Wednesday He went to Osborne
to examine the eyes of the queen. A
long interview resulted. in which the
specialist is understood to have given
her majesty new instructions in addi-
ton to glasses, with the object of pre-
serving her failing sight though il is
said. he found only a slight deteriora-
ton of vision since his last examina-
ton Thence Professor 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
professor.
It was only to the queen and the
Prince of Wales that Professor Pagen-
strecher would consent to 20. All the
others had to come to him. The Duke
of Cambridge ana other notabilities
fiocked to his hotel humbIy waiting in
the corridor until Professor Pagen-
strecheT was ready to see them. In a
few moments the Duke of Cambridge
uas benefited 50 greatly that he went
to his old crOnies and insisted on their
visiting the eye healer. Following his
advice they crowded to Professor Pag-
enstrecher Friday. At last the special
list flew out Of the hotel, declaring he
would not see another soul that day,
be he king or cOmmOner. The pro-
fessOr goes to the continent to inspect
the eyes of the king of the Belgians,
Sunday, and before he returns to Wies-
baden he viii probably continue his
journey to several other royal palaces.
Plans for Army Reform.
British army reform win consist
chiefly on an endeavOr to improve the
existing methods of general military
training, rather than in any attempt TO
eradicate any individual defects. With
more fully developed home army the
administration believes many Of the
drawbac existing at present will
gradually disappear, whereas ruthless
reform would only result in disOrgani-
ZatiOn and chOas. With this end in
view a new maneuvers bill Will be
I introduced, giving the government
plenary power to select large tracts Of
country, especially in Ireland and Scot
land, where the home army will have
F.! the opportunity of maneuvering in
considerable numbers over a rough and
unknown country, where the generals
will have the opportunity of learning
to handle divisions.
In the opinion of the secretary of
war. Mr.. William St. John Broderick
it is futile to cTiticise officers and men
who have never been handled or who
have never cO-Operated except in the
restricted confines of AIderShOt, and
some not even there, where every inch
of ground is known to almost every
officer in the service. The barracks
building on Salisbury plain, viii, it is
believed. aid this plan, but it has be-
come generally recognized by the war
office that it is absolutely essential TO
have rough country and much of it
at the disposal of the forces.
Hard Drill Grounds.
Many difficulties lie in the way of Sc
curing this. The moOrs Of Ireland and
Scotland are almost all the private
property Of aristocratic land owners
who either use them or let them for
shooting purposes. One seasons man
euVers over these estates would prob
ably ruin the game. Hence, large COM
pensatiOn must be paid. This, Mr..
Frederick hopes to get appropriated in
spite of the present heavy taxation,
believing it would be an investment
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 reorganization 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 maneuvreS
bill. To use the words Of Lord Rag
Ian; You might as well criticise the
admiral who is always obliged to keep
his fleet in harbOr as to criticise the
army. for which the country provides
no maneuvering facilities"
Tube Combine Reaches Out.
Messrs. Wicks, president of the Amer
lean Sheet Steel company, and presi-
dent of the Pittsburg Steel company,
D, f+garr
exhaustive tests of the English process
of constructing steel tubes. These COM
ing up to the requirements, negOtia-
tions were closed for transferring the
American patent rights Of the Phila-
delphia combine, of which AIR. W. W.
Gibbs is the moving spirit It Is un-
derstood that the steel tube-makers VIII
now proceed with their $50 000, 900 COM
bine.
Stories of Bishop and ''shylock."
Death removed two remarkable per-
sonages from the metropolis this week
the bishop of London, Rt. Rev. Man
deli Creighton. and the money lender.
Sam Lewis, known far and wide Cor
very differing qualities. Both possessed
TWO things in cOmmOD-hUmOr and a
broad insight into the affairs of men
and the world. DR.. Creighton had many
attachments. and was accounted one of
of the day. Yet none could roll d Gig
arctic more deftlY or retOrt more
quickly in up-to-date slang. He wore
his learning as lightly as a flower, but
his addresses to the clergy We're hardly
ever euIIaled. In ruling his eptsCOpate
during the troublous times of the keen
ritualistic controversy, he avoided
stern. legal measures, yet generally Sc
cured obedience to his viii. 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 ac-
coriing him burial in St. Paul's ca
thedral.
Lewis Played the Robin Hood.
SAM Lewis humOr took a fancifm
turn. Whenever he saw an opportunity
to make life miserable for sprigs of the
aristocracy he never missed it. Once he
was able TO taunj his victim. he did
not seem to care whether he got his
money. back or not. Yet beggar never
asked him for aims in the street with
out d substantial reply. He frequently
said he had so much money that he
scarcely knew what to do with it.
The true character Of the man is hest
Judged by his enormous bequests to
charity. which have not been euualed
in the recent history of England. 1t
seems that he devoted his life to rob
hing the nobility in order to enrich the
nor I axt-is lived in A gorgeous house