The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-25

however, and after some time the hos
pitable lieutenant insisted that the
Spanish officer should return to the
barracks and partake Of dinner. This
he agreed to do and had right royal
time; furthermore, borrowing IA I'm
money. saying that he had nothing but
Spanish coins-which he produced
with which to pay his cab fare. Next
day inquiries were made. and the as
founding information was received
that there was no Spanish vessel near
the Southern British shores. The re-
suit was that the naval officers came
to the conclusion they had been
done" From that day to this no
trace has been discovered of the mys-
terious Spanish officer"
A hoax was played in 1905 on the Mayor
of Cambridge by a number of under
graduates, who wired him in the name
of Henry Lucas, Hotel Cecil, London:
1.-THE Sultan Of Zanzibar will arrive to-
day at Cambridge for short visit.
Could you arrange to show him build
ings of interest and send carriage?" An
hour later four accomplishment
gentlemen, In turbans and voluminous
trousers arrived at Cambridge. The
"illustrious'' party was conducted all
over the city, and were ultimately ac-
companied 20 the station by the city
officials and great crowd. The feelings
of the Mayor, when he discovered that
the interesting "Orientals'' were simply
a quartet of undergraduates, playing a
practical joke on the city, can be better
imagined than described.
They are fond Of their practical jokes
at Cambridge. 1t is not long since two
students of Magdalene College figured
in an amusing escapade. 1t Is a strict
rule of the theater management that
undergraduates may not purchase tickets
for the stage boxes, unless accompanied
by ladies or some satisfactory chap
eron. One day tickets for a party Of
five were purchased-three gentlemen and
two ladies. They duly arrived. the ladies
in white silk, with richly embroidered
cloaks. The latter were couple Of I'M
dergraduates dressed as ladies. and prob
ably they would have reached the box
had not one of them, when going up the
stairs, made short exclamation in a
deep base voice, because she trod on the
hem of her skirt. The manager hap
Spened to be standing nearby, suspicious
were aroused and questions asked, with
the result that the five undergraduates
had to make an undignified retreat
The Paris Fauberg cannot get over it's
dues has condescended to attend the
receptions Of Nine. Poincare. bringing
in her train the aristocracy Of the west
end to the Elysee Palace. OF course II
is not owing to the beauty of the Presi
dents wife or from an admiring appre-
citation of the Presidents talents, that
the famous society leader among the
Legitimists has taken this radical step.
The Royalists (for that matter the Bona
partists also) are hungry and long to
eat Of the golden oats in the State man.
ger. Should they succeed in capturing
Poincare, the Republicans who are IL &C
tive politics may look out, and then the
rest, those who are in the civil service
also will have good reason to fear of
being supplanted. The duchess is a
shrewd campaigner, but so apparently
is M. Poincare. If such is her intention
it will be case of diamond cuts dia-
mond.
The historic old Tithe barn at Maid
stone, which is one of the sights Of that
ancient town, has been sold and is to be
pulled down to be carefully re-erected
stone by stone on the grounds of a
wealthy American. who has purchased
the crumbling old edifce, for the adorn-
ment of his estate. near the Hudson The
Tithe barn is supposed to date from the
early part of the fourteenth century,
and for many years 1t was a part OF the
Archbishop's palace which was COM
menced by the Prelate' Courtenay to-
ward the end of the fourteenth century
and completed by Archbishop Arundel.