Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
Gossip Of Gotham
BY GLENN GUERNSEY.


marquis, holder of one OF the Oldest i
tiles OF Scotland, forty-three years OF |
age, seeks moderately paying Job any |
where In America; best of references; |
married, title-hunting heiresses, save |
your stamps. Address Marquis OF |
Queensberry, New York" 1
This advertisement more or less ac-
curately sets forth the requirements |
of the latest British nobleman to visit |
these shores The Marquis Of Queens |
berry, son of the author of the famous |
rules" for the conduct of pugilistic |
entertainments, was passenger on |
the last trip OF the Mauretania. Clad |
in an limiting, slouchy suit of flannel |
and wearing a straw hat yellowed by |
age, the marquis indeed looks as II |
Job would be welcome. Yet, II he does |
not appear the high and mighty noble, |
he talks sense, which Is perhaps bet |
ter.
Il am going first to Porcuplne," he |
explained, land the length OF my stay |
there will depend upon what turns up |
Candidly the titled gentleman bust
ness Is about played out in Great Brit |
ain, and If | can find a good opening |
| will remain in America, abandon my |
litle and become citizen. In that |
case the marchioness and my two sons
will come over. | am sick of being |
called Your Ludship and all that
bally sort of thing when ii means
nothing. | am the only marquis in the
United kingdom who has not seat |
q in the house of lords. ] can not be
Z elected to one of the sixteen seats al
lotted to Scotland in the house OF
lords because | am a radical. Anyway, |
the house of lords is about played
out"
The Queensberry home Is now a
modest cottage in Hammersmith, a
middle class suburb of London, where
the marchioness and the two sons, the
eldest OF whom bears the title of Lord
Douglas, are now awaiting a possible
summons TO America. The title OF the
Marquis OF Queensberry dates from
1852. The family also owns the titles
OF Viscount Drumlanrig and Baron
Douglas, created in 1923, succeeding
the title of Baron OF Drumlanrig,
which dates from the early part OF
the fifteenth century. The father OF
the present marquis, while most wide
" known as patron of the science OF
boxing. had considerable literary abil-
ity and was the author of several vol
umes of verse and prose. His advo-
cacy OF radical economic and social
measures and his agnosticism made
him highly unpopular among his fell
low peers.
The little brown men of the metrop-
oils have formed a Filipino club and
engaged quarters in Brooklyn. There
are now about five hundred Filipinos
numbered among the permanent resi-
dents OF Greater New York, and hun
dred more stationed at the navy yard
Independence OF the Philippines Is ad-
yocated by nearly all the members OF
the club A weekly paper, the Philip
pine Review, will be issued by the or
ganizatlon, with Jose A. Manibo as
editor. Manibo is a scholarly young
ster OF twenty-five, and was educated
at Queens college in Hong Kong,
Washington university at Seattle and
Ohio state university at Columbus. He
strongly favors the establishment OF
an independent republic in the Islands
A race between a trolley car and a |
stork, distance one mile, was held on
the Madison avenue track the other
day The car won by two minutes.
Mrs Elsie Stein a bride OF year.
boarded the car on her way to ma
ternty hospital. A few minutes later !
all the women passengers went to her |
assistance. The male passengers were |
elected at the next street corner and |
policeman summoned The officer |
ordered the motorman to drive like |
mad" TO Seventeen street, where the |
Presbyterian hospital is located. The |
shutter" turned on the full Juice, the |
car was given the right of way and |
made the run OF mile in record |
breaking time. A doctor, two nurses |
and a stretcher were waiting at the |
hospital As the woman was carried |
through the door OF the hospital an |
eight-pound girl made her debut into !
the world.
Gold fish will probably be in great !
demand in New Jersey and Staten
Island if the experiments of Ethelbert |
HOeymdn OF BlOOHlHelu, ~. D., are 90 |
successful as now seems probable.
Hoeyman used the gold fish as de-
stroyers of mosquitoes, and says his
property is now entirely free of the
insect pests. He dug several holes In
his lawn, in which he placed barrels.
Into each barrel he placed foot of
earth and some water lily bulbs, thus
forming an ideal breeding ground for
the "skeeters." Three gold fish were
then placed in each barrel. Attracted
by this ideal place for laying eggs, all
the old mamma "skeeters" in the
neighborhood hiked there Immediately
to raise their families. The gold fish
are, very fond of mosquito eggs, con-
sidering them a great delicacy, and
gobbled up both eggs and mother at |
a gulp. Mr.. Hoeyman declares that
nearly all the female "skeeters" in the
vicinity have now been destroyed, and
as the male insects don't bite they
may be permitted to live out their
brief lives, If they don't expire Of grief