The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-03
SWINDLING CHARGE
AGAINST EX-PRINCE

of to resort to all sorts of extraordi-
nary means of livelihood-as a fldlng
master in New York, as a CAP ura ,',
as a street car conductor. as 2 wine
tout and even as waiter faInne
seriously i'll in New York, ms FANNY
took pity on him. made arrangement
for his return to Germany. ana 10 piaCe
him on his feet again. finally arrans-
ing a marriage for him with the klno-
ly. indulgent Princess Gerta OF seIn
burg. who undertook his redemption;
and bore him a daughter, Sophie, and
two sons. II is the oldest OF these
sons who is now a fugitive from JUS
Prince william himself lives with
his wife and daughter very quietly
and in some what straltened clrcum-
stances. at Heidelberg, where, az me
cafes. over a glass Of beer or Rhlne
wine, he loves to discuss American al
fairs and "reminiscences Of his Ire
here with students of the HeidetberE
University hailing from this side OF
the Atlantic.
With regard 10 the violent attack
upon the venerable Bishop Of Peter
borough in England by some OF the
beneficed clergy OF his diocese by
reason of his fondness for smoking,
he Is devoted TO his pipe-it - well
to recall the fact that smoking is
very general among the prelates OF
the Church OF England, and that the
primate of them all. the Archbishop or
Canterbury. enjoys nothing so much as
The Bishop of Peterborough. who
is a son OF the first Lord Wolverton.
and who is married to sister of the
Duke of Argyll and VINO was also
for many years chaplain or queen
Victoria, might even point on 10 ms
not only smoked in their hours or
ease. but even while preaching IN the
pulpit. Thus. Launcelot BlsckDnrn'
mate of England. who was famous as
n buccaneer, or. according TO some, as
a pirate. before entering holy orders.
is on record Is having interrupted ms
sermon on the occasion of his holding
a confirmation at St Marys tnurch'
Nottingham, to order the church war
dens TO bring up fresh PIPES r, ai,J
Dean Swift of St Patricks Ca
thedral. at Dublin. was won't TO smoke
throughout his entire sermon: pccd
glass OF port, while Bishop Duncan. OF
Dundee. Is described by contemporaries
as having been so close ana aVariclous
that ne was accustomed 10 MAKE a
practice of coming 10 church WITHOUT
his tobacco pouch, and then. aIter
ascending the pulpit. OF inqulring, VINO
among the congregation would be
willing to accommodate him Win
II is from those days that date these
delightful old fashioned pews in Eng
llsh country churches. fitted up with
curtains, cushions, hreplaces, pokers
and tongs. where the squire slept anu
smoked away tne eHtlre IeHs III "a 'i0
sermon.
The expression. another glass" used
frequently by the bishops anu clergy OF
those days. when preaching. did not.
however usually indicate that the
occupant of the pulpit needed another
glass of port, but related 10 the hour
glass which formerly constituted an
indispensable feature of the furnish
ing of every pulpit. and which mark
ed, not half-hours, nor yet whole
ones, but merely quarters, Some
preachers seem TO have used these
hour glasses. not for the purpose of
calculating the length of their SER
mons. but of the different portions
thereof, and would inaugurate i new
argument every time that the sand
ran out. .prefacing their remarks with
the words. brethren, another glass.
Indeed. that eminent divine DR. Isaac
Barrow is on record as having
preached n sermon of such length be
fore the Lord Mayor of London and
the Aldermen in 81. Pauls Cathedral
that during it's delivery he had time
TO turn his hour-glass upside down no
less than twelve times.
Copyright, 1913, by the Brentwood
Company