Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-17
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT.

PERSONS TALKED ABOUT.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock has got the silk hat habit since going into the cabinet.
 Thomas B. Shipp. secretary of the national conservation commission, used to be an Indianapolis reporter, which is where he learned to conserve.
 The late Erwin Saunders, a bachelor and leading manufacturer of Yonkers. N. r., willed the greater part of his estate, estimated at S1,00O,0O0, to his city.
 Senator Gamble of South Dakota is a frugal man. When he visits the president he leaves his cigar butt on the window ledge of the White house and reeovers it when he leaves.
 
 Lady Rodd, ths wife of the new Brit ish ambassador to Rome, was Lillian Georgina Guthrie. She is a woman of tact and is expected to exercise great deal of influence in diplomatic circles in the Eternal City.
 Harvard university invites President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton to be Phi Beta Kappa orator next year. President t-elect Lowell has consider able sympathy with the Princeton sys- tenn of preceptorial supervision.
 J. M. Barrie has received an honor ary degree from Edinburgh universi- u. He has already received a similar compliment from St Andrews unfver- sity. In An Edinburgh Eleven" the scotch writer sketched half dozen of the professors of that city
 Pastor Wagner who became famous through the praise of his book. 'The Simple Life" In this country, is no longer the head of the village church put has large congregation in Paris. The call of the city has caused q change of residence with the great preacher.
 The descendants of the Salzburgers who came to Georgia, from Austria 175 years ago and built the ancient Eben- ezer church in Effingham county, celc- brated the anniversary recently. All the Lutheran churches in the county were represented. The present Eben- ezer church was built about 1760.
 Lorado Taft of Chicago is the first western artist to secure a contract for 8 government statue to be erected in
 
 Christopher Columbus and will be erected in a park in Washington, D. c.. directly in front of the Pennsyl- vania railroad depot.
 Mime. Surcouf, wife of the French airship constructor, has formed a club for women aeronauts, to be known as the Stella club. According to Mme. Surcouf there are about 100 women in France who are entitled to become members of the club, though at pres ent the membership comprises only about 30 of her personal friends.
 Major Charles Loefier. the White house doorkeeper, who filled that office for 40 years and who has retired to make room for Charles F. Stone, who was chief usher at the White house in the Roosevelt administr ltion, IS reti- cent man, who has always taken the position seriously and has seldom spo- ken of the incidents which came under his observation.
 Countess Won Boos Farrar. a niece of Archdeacon Farrar, is giving her whole time to New York's sick and needy. She has lately secured 75 acres at Spring Valley, N. r, and will build there home for the children of criminals, not only to care for the waifs, but to make a thorough test of the theory of inherited crime Crimin- ologists are said to be much interested in the results of the venture.
 Miss Helen Frazer is the first woman suffragist to make her appearance in Thrums, the small Scottish town en- deared u Americans by J. IiHH. Barrie. According to the Scotch newspapers Miss Fraser was greeteH hv a large and enthusiastic audience when she made her appearance in the public hall. As might have. been expected, she was assailed with Scriptural texts She is reported to have made good impression.
 Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical practitioner, has just celebrated her SSth birthday in Lon