The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28

now ready for his next job. having repre- sented King George at the jubilee cele- brations of Italian unity. He is a young man of infinite tact and resource, and on several occasions has acted as royal en- voy He went to Japan to invest the Milado with the Carter and represented the late King Edward both at the opening of the Protectant cathedral in Berlin and also at the Crown Princes wedding. Like his father, he is a keen soldier. and one of the most popular officers in the Sev- enth Hussars. If 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 grandson through his mother of the Red Prince Prince Fred erick Charles of. Prussia, the brilliant cav airy officer who So distinguished himself in the Franco Prussian war.
 Chancellor Lloyd George has recently | had a very curious experience. He re- gently received deputation of Welsh liberal women to discuss the Women's $ Suffrage bill and among the ladies form ing the deputation was Mrs. Lloyd George who it might be thought, has the private ear of the chancellor of the exchequer if anybody has. The whole party of ladies. including Mrs. Lloyd George afterwards lunched together at the Trocadero restaurant. MT Lloyd George has already been convinced of the wisdom and rightnesses of Woman's Sut- frage.
 woman has just been appointed sex ton of Crowland Abbey, the office hav- ing been held by the family to which she belongs since 1792
 Sir Hiram Maxim, who is yetiring from the famous works which bear his name, was the son of very poor parents At the age of Il he was apprenticed to a car riage maker. and from that time on- ward he was entirely dependent on his own exertions for a living. On one oc- casion, when he was 15, he arrived at his work looking so weary and pale that the I foreman questioned him. i've been up all night said young Maxim. What's the matter? Were you i'll ?" No, said the youth. "I was reading this bookF' He handed an old and bulky volume to the foreman, and the latter looked at it It was Lavoisiers Elements of Chem istry." All the encourag cement the lad got was: You got to go to bed here after instead of reading such stuff I want people who will be worth their salt. If I catch you at it again I'll sack you"
 Sir Hiram is very fond of telling a | story which IS to the credlt or the Muto- scope and Lady Maxim's ingenuity. Sir Hiram and Lady Maxim were staying at a watering place in the south of Eng land. When the time came for paying the bill on leaving, the landlord of the hotel looked somewhat at the proffered check. He knew the name, but had no evidence that the signer was the owner of it. But Sir Hiram had not enough money in his pocket to meet the case. Then Lady Maxim. in a fit of inspiration, invited the proprietor to go down to the pier put a penny in the slot and look He did so. What he saw was a living picture. of Sir Hiram firing a Maxim gun in the presence of the late Shah of Per sid That was conclusive.
 Ayear or two ago, while staying on the Riviera, Sir Hiram had an amusing l experience. One night a conjuror, call ing himself Prof. Ben Albey. appeared at the Mont-Beron Palace hotel. He re- quested that someone should give him a watch. What he wanted to do was to smash the watch and return 1t in per feet tact to the owner of it. Sir Hiram handed out his own valuable one. which had been especially made. for him ir Switzerland. The first part of the ex- pertinent succeeded admirably. but the last part was an absolute failure. not wthstanding all the professors skill the watch persisted in remaining in "a smashed condition and to this day. is a rams moral to the incident is worth re- beating: of you have valuable watch don't lend it to juggler."