Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-28

infinite tact and resource. and on several
! occasions has acted as royal envoy. he
went % Japan to invest the Mlado with
the garter and represented the late king
Edward both at the opening Of the Protes-
tant cathedral in Berlin and also al the
crown princess wedding. Like his father.
he is a keen soldier and one Of the most
popular officers in the Seventh Hussars
II heredity counts he can lack nothing as
regards the true military instinct He is
named after the great duke Of Wellington.
is the son Of fine soldier and the grand
son through his mother. Of the Red
Prince" Prince Frederick Charles Of Prus-
STA the brilliant cavalry officer who 50
distinguished himself in the Franco-Prus-
sian war.
Mrs. George SuffraEist.
Chancellor Lloyd George has recently
had a very curious experience He re-
ceived a deputation Of Welsh liberal women
10 discuss the women's suffrage bill. and
among the ladies forming the deputation
was Mrs. Lloyd George, who. it might be
thought has the private ear Of the
chancellor Of the excheQuer IL anybody
has The whole party Of ladies' including
Mrs Lloyd George. afterwards lunched
together at the Trocadero restaurant
Lloyd George has already been convinced
Of the wisdom and rtEhtnesses Of woman's
suffrage
Maxim worked His Way.
Sir Hiram Maxim. who IS retiring from
the famous works which bear his name.
was the son Of very poor parents. At the
age Of Il he was apprenticed to carriage
maker, and from that time onward he was
entirely dependent on his own exertlons
for a living on one occasion. when he
was Is he arrived at his work looking
so weary and pale that the foreman Ques-
toned him. i've been up all night" said
young Maxim. What's the matter? Were
| you rl2'' No" said the youth. Il was
/ reading this book" He handed an old and
bulky volume to the foreman. and the
latter looked at It. It was Lavoisier'
| Elements Of Chemistry" All the en-
| encouragement the lad got was: "You
got to go to bed hereafter instead OF
reading such stuff I want people who
| Will be worth their salt II I catch you
at It again, I'll sack you"
Sir Hiram is very fond Of telling a story
which is 10 the credit Of the Mutoscopt
and Lady Maxim's ingenuity. Sir Hiram
and Lady Maxim were staying at a water
ing place in the south Of England. whel
the time came for paying the bill on leav
ing. the landlord Of the hotel looked some
what at the preferred check. He knew
the name. but had no evidence that tn
singer was the owner of 1t. But Sir Hiram
had not enough money in his pocket L
meet the case. Then Lady Maxim, in
fit of inspiration, invited the proprietor I
go down to the pier, put penny in tn
slot and look. He did so. What he say
was a living picture Of Sir Hiram firm
Maxim gun in the presence Of the lat
shah Of Persia That was conclusive.
Costly Lesson.
A year or two ago, while staying o
the Riviera, Sir Hiram had an amusin
experience. One night a conjurer, callin
himself Prof. Ben Abbey, appeared at tn
Month Boron Palace hotel. He requisite
that some one should give him a watcl
{ What he wanted TO do was TO smash tn
p watch and return il intact TO the owne
a OF it Sir Hiram handed out his own yer
d valuable one, which had been especial
h made for him in Switzerland. The fir
: part Of the experiment succeeded admire
e bly,, but the last part was an absolut
d failure. Notwithstanding all the profei
r sor's skill, the watch persisted in +,
e naming in q smashed condition, and
r this day is a smashed and worthless watc
Sir Hirams oral to the incident is wort
repeating: IF you have a valuable wstC
S don't lend IL TO a juggler."