The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

fastness of Montenegro (Czerna Coral
always has been a thorn in the flesh of
Austria, by whose possessions Il is sur
rounded in the nlyr'c and Dalmatian
Alps.
Princess Helen is twenty-seyen
years Of age. and since her father be-
came King of Servis has divided her
time between Belgrade, where she did
the honors Of his court, and Italy.
where she made her home for several
months each year, with her aunt,
Queen Helen of Italy. 1t was at the
royal Italian castle of Racconigt, In
Piedmont, that the princess official
betrothal has taken place. Princess
Helen's fiance Is Prince John Constan-
tinovitch, eldest son of the Grand Duke
Constantine Constantinovitch, the poet
OF the house Of Romanoff, translator
OF most of Shakespeare's works into
Russian, and president of the Imperial
Academy OF Sciences. As he repre-
sents the fourth generation Of descent
from the throne. he does not enjoy the
title Of grand duke.
The Established Church in England has
lost powerful and influential servant in
the demise OF DR.. Paget, the Lord Bishop
of Oxford who succumbed to an opera
ton early this month. DR.. Francis Paget
was sixty years old and the son of Sir
James Paget the famous surgeon Of
Queen Victoria. His wife was the daugh-
ter Of the house chaplain to the Duke OF
Kent. an uncle of the King. Going from
Shrewsbury to Christ Church College,
Oxford, in 1871. he won the Herriford
scholarship In the same year, and also
the chancellor's prize for Latin verse.
He took a first In moderations and q
first class when he graduated. After his
college course the late bishop became a
tutor at Christ Church in 1876, and six
years afterward was appointed Oxford
preacher In Whitehall. He was examin-
ing chaplain to the Bishop Of Ely, relin-
gushing that post in 1855 to become a
canon Of Christ Church and regius pro-
fessor Of pastoral theology. Then for
nine years he held the deanery.
In 1901 the see Of Oxford fell vacant,
and when Lord Salisbury offered # to
the Dean Of Christ Church II was felt
that the appointment could not well
have gone elsewhere than to this schol-
arly ecclesiastic who had identified him
self with Oxford life from his youth.
A kindly and genial man, in spite OF
his look Of severity and asceticfsn, DR..
Paget made an admirable bishop. He
served on the royal commission on &C.
clesiastical discipline. where his knowl-
edge Of ecclesiastical law and his init
mate acquaintance with the history Of
the church was of the utmost value
Although a high churchman in the COM
mcnly accepted sense of the term, he
had no sympathy with those who de-
sired license instead Of liberty. He Is
sued a strongly worded pastoral against
the practice of the reservation of the
Sacrament, and discouraged the use of
a hymnal containing hymns which might
be construed as recognizing the wor-~
ship of the Virgin Mary and the invo-
cation of the saints.
DR.. Paget was one Of the little group
of scholars who Joined DR.. Gore in writ
ing the series Of essays known as LUX
Mundi." His essay was devoted to his
torical disquisition on the Holy Sacra-
ment.
AS chancellor Of the Order Of the Gar
ter he was brought into connection with
the court. and he had the esteem and
regard Of the late King and OF King
George and Queen Mary-in a marked
degree.
The late bishops brother Ii Bishop Of
Stepney. The head Of the family, Sir
John Paget. is a Kings council. DR..
Pagets wife. now dead, was a daugh-
ter of Dean Church. whom Mr.. Glad.
stone desired to appoint as Archbishop. of
Canterbury. FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1911. by Court Gossip syndicat..l