The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-28
THE HUMAN PROCESSION

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 Thomas Augustine Da1y, one of the most celebrated of American press hu- morists and poets, is a native of Phil adelph1a, where he was born forty-two years ago today. His Italian dialect verses, written for the Catholic Stan dard and Times, have been widely copied by the press of America and England. MT. Daily began his career as a reporter on the Philadelphia Rec ord in 1891.
 Morris Sheppard. who succeeded J.
 w. Bailey as United States Senator from Texas, celebrates his thirty
 eighth birthday to-day. He is a self
 made man, paying his way through
 the University of Texas by working as nightwatchman, and later stud
 jed law at Yale. He was a young
 lawyer of twenty y-seven when he first went to Washington as the represen-
 tative of Texas district When still struggling for a place in his pro fession of law he voluntarily assumed
 his fathers debts, and has since paid
 all of them, amounting to several thousand dollars.
 Guy Montagu George F'inch-Hatton, son and heir of the thirteenth Earl of W1nchilsea, will celebrate his twenty eighth birthday today. The young noblenan had little but a title when in 1910, he married Margaretta Drexel Philadelphia heiress, daughter of An thony J. Drexel Under the marriage settlement proposed by MT. Drexel, the young couple were given a joint income of $5,o0o the first year, $10.-1 GOO the second, and $15,000 the +Stird, and will continue to receive 9 S5.000 annual increase until $50,0o0 a year is 9ikSf1 fFc in a very modest style, and the Wis., count entered a city office to eke out their income. Unlike some nobles who have sought wealthy American brides. Viecount Maidstone is free from bad habits and is an emtnently respectable young man. His family record goes back to the reign Of the first Henry, over seven centuries ago. One of his ancestors, Sir Heneage Finch, was speaker of the Commons at the begin ming of the Commonwealth. The es- tates include several ruined castles. and it is alleged that these will even tua1Iy all be repaired with American money.
 The first pianoforte was probably constructed about twot centuries ago, although no definite date can be at tached to the invention of that now widely popular musical instrument. The first public performance on a piano was at Covent Garden, in Lon don, just 146 years ago to-day, May 28, 1767. The invention of the piano is various1y attributed to CristofalI, an Italian to J., O. Schroter, Ger man, and to Marius, a Frenchman, all three of whom produced instruments of this type between TITO and 1715- The London piano referred to was the handiwork of M. zumpie, a German, who had been employed by a German maker of pianofortes until he went to London to esta the industry. The Covent Garden program of May 2S, 1767, contained the announcement that Between the first and second acts of the play Miss Brick1er will sing popular song from fJudith,' accom- panied up a new instrument called the fortepfano, by MT. Dibdin.' The name of s.piano e forte, was given to the instrument by the Italians, and was generally adopted, although since shortened to piano"
 Ssh. Who is this? Nick Carter? 1 No. Sherlock Holmes? Wiring again | Eix on those back numbers. Asche kaytons is his name, and he is the very epftome and last word in profound and puissant police perspicuity, Mir. Kay ton by solving the deep. dark mys- tery that shrouded '"rhe Argyle caee.' proved himself to be the greatest and shrew dest of stage de-teek- a. tifs. Kayton, Of course was but an alias for Robert Hi1liard, who played the role of 'f1y cop" with suoh sn1ilitude as to wdn the all but unanimous praise of the New York critics. By O clever little bit of Sleuthing it has been dis covered that the famous actors com plete name is Robert Cochran H1Iliard, and that he is fifty-six years old to- day.
 The star of ''The Argyle Case'' start 1,ie RaI office. He sought recreation from the cares of business by Joining an anna teur theatrical club in Brooklyn, where he played leading roles with Edith Kingdom, who. afterward mar ried George Gould. Brooklyn audi jus that MT. Hil1iard decided to be- come a professional actor, and offered his services a star to New York mana gers. For some unaccountab1e reason they refused him, so he leased the Criterion Theatre in Brooklyn and debut in False Shame'' He achieved such popularity that Charles Frohman offered him an engagement. Since then he has starred in MT Barnes of New York; "BIue Jeans,'' ..The Mum my, ."The SIeepwalker.' "A Fool There Was;'' and 'SThe Argyle Case" In the latter MT. Hilliard created a new type of stage s1euth. mot mys- terious assuming fantastic disguiseS, and proving with dark lanternss'' but instead "a rational person very much like other men who rely upon brains and hard common sense for potential achievements.
 The sashed Eton jacket is one Of the new things.
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