The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-29
Englishnen Remember Birthday of Their
 Greatest Naval Hero

Englishmen will remember today
 their greatest naval hero, for this is
 the 157th anniversary of the birth of
 Lord Nelson. the clergyman's son who was the real founder of the glory
 of Britain's modern fleet Although
 the ships which Nelson fought would
 now be easy prey for the navy of a
 minor state, the indomitabIe pluck
 and spirit with which he inspired his
 men remains as heritage long after
 his vanished fleets have crumbled to decay. England expects every man will do his duty''-the last message of the hero of Trafa1gar-expresse a sentiment which is as necessary in this era of the super-dreadnought and submarine as it was when Nelson
 gave up his life in the hour of his great victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain.
 Great as he was as a warrior, Ne1- son was no Kitchener, nor could he turn a face hard as flint against the ladies. Horatio Nelson and Horatio
 Kitchener were very, different in that
 respect Recently published letters show that Nelson was on very friendly terms with Lady Spencer, spouse of
 the second Earl, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty and it was Lady Spencer who induced her hus-
 band to give Nelson the high inde- pendent command in the Mediter- ranean. It was Ne1son's infatuati on for Lady Hamilton. however, which
 made him a figure iii one of the most famous unconventional tromances of
 English history Lady Hamilton was the second wife of Sir William Ham i1ton, and antiquary and patron of the
 fine arts. The fair charmer came of a poor and humble family, and in her youth was 8 servant. Her beauty
 made her 8 favorite among actors and I e7-- Q
 figure in London's Bohemian, set.
 Then she married Sir William, and went with him to Naples, where she gained an ascendancy over the Queen
 which she used to the advantage of the British fleet, thus helping her lover, Nelson.
 Tn one of his letters Nelson wrote of Lady Hamilton: "She shows all who come near us that she thinks the
 sears on my carcass more valuable and precious than the richest diaden1 that adorned a monarch. She holds my honor and that of our country so dear that she would give, I am sat- isfied, her hearts blood sooner than one or the other should be tarnish- ed''
 This year marks the centenary of the death of the remarkable woman heart of Eng1and's greatest sea war l rior. Sir William died before Nell son and the latter provided her with a house in London. After her lover S heroic and glorious death she soon suuandered the modest fortune left her by her husband and was reduced to such straits that she was imprison- ed for debt After her release from l prison she retired with Nelson's daughter, Horatia, to Calais, where she died in 1915.
 The beautiful woman who has been Ii ~fea1i hI 00T1o started her career as assistant to mo- torious q0ack doctor. After her ca
 reer as servant and nurse-naid she was engaged by Dr. Graham to play the role of Vestina, Goddess of Health, in the exhibitions he gave at his Tenn pie of Health and Hymen. Her duty
 was to take public mud baths, that being the quack's speciality. While immersed in mud to her chin, she wore her hair elaborate1y dressed in the prevailing fashion, with powder, flowers, feathers and ropes of pearl