The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
PRINCE ARTHUR OF
CONNAUGHT is THIRTY
YEARS OLD TODAY

Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick
Albert, only son of the Duke of Con-
naught, Governor-GeneraI of Canada
will celebrate his thirtieth birthday
today. There are few more popular
princes in Europe than the sta1Wart
cousin of King George v. Tall and
erect, he is physically the superior of
all the mem bers of the British royal
family. He has the true British love
of sport and has hunted big game in
the jungIes of Africa and the Cana
dian wilderness. He is a great favor
tie in the Dominion, where Prince
Arthur's dominant traits of democracy
and good fellowship are most highly
appreciated. His appearance is al
ways a signal for cheers, and the APP
plause is more for the man than for
the prince.
Prince Arthur's earliest ambition
was to be matchmaker. He was eff
fectua11y cured of this desire by his
father, who forced the lad to make
the rounds with the man who attend
ed to the clocks at Bagshot Park. Too
much of a thing was enough for the
royal youngster, and in a few weeks
he could not look clock in the face.
At Elton Prince Arthur was immense
Iy popular. At Sandhurst he learned
to be a soldier, and in 1903 he was
sent to South Africa at the head of a
draft of recruits. A severe attack of
illness cut short his active military
career. He has since served with the
Royal Horse Artillery and the Scots
Greys.
The Prince has undertaken many
foreign missions, as the representative
of King Edward and later of King
! George. AS royal envoy, he has at
tended funerals, weddings and bap-
tisms in most of the countries of
Europe and in Japan. He has been
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| Eagle by the German Emperor, the
| Order of the Chrysanthemum by the
| Japanese Mikado, and with numerous
| other royal and imperial honors. 1t
was recently reported that he is soon
to be made a duke by King George.
Prince Arthur is as handsome as his
lovely sister. Princess Patricia. who is
three years his junior
o. K. Davis, newspaperman, maya
zine wEIter sand war correspondent
will be the recipient of the congratu-
lations of his Journalistic colleagues
today on his forty-seventh birthday.
Mr.. Davis was born in BaldwinsvilIe,
N. Y, and was christened Oscar King,
which he has since shortened to OK.
He has served as war correspondent in
| Cuba, the Philippines China and
Japan, representing the New York
Sun, the New York Herald and Hair
|
reputation in 1904 as the Hera1d's rep
resentative with the First japanese
army. Later he served as Washington
correspondent of the New York Times
Mr.. Davis is a great adnirer of Col
| Roosevelt and is now the head of the
Progressive Party publicity bureau al
| Washington.
| Mrs. Arthur Stannard, known to
millions of readers on both sides OF
the Atlantic as John Strange Winter
was born at York, England ffty-sev-
en- years ago today. er father was q
clergyman, while her great-great-
grandmother was Hannah Pritchard
| the actress, to whom monument has
been erected in Westminster Abbey
Mrs. STANDARDS first story was pub
lished when she was only eighteen
Most of her tales deal with army life
and she was referred to by Ruskin as
| the author to whom we owe the most
finished and faithful rendering ever
yet given of the character of the
British soldier