Evening star., 1916-01-02
Picked Up Here and There.

Lady Hag, the wife of Gen. Sir
Douglas Haig, who has taken over the
command of the
Lady Haig Has British British troops I'M In
Wide Tnfuenoe France as 1s .ns
Marshal Viscount French is credited
with having exerted great influence TO-
ward her husbands advancement In the
army. says the New York World. she
was the Hon. Maud Vivian, one OF the
''vivian twins who were famous as
maids of honor to Queen Victoria and
Queen Alexandra. Before his marriage
to Miss Vivian ten years ago HalS
was a favorite with Gen. French. hav-
ing served under French at Aidershot
and then accompanying him to South
Africa during the Boer war. Whatever
French has been able TO do for Halg
has been done, but his present hlsh
command is the result more OF the IN
fuence at court of Lady Haig. and Lord
Kitchener has been persuaded by
royalty's desires to advance the man
most favored by his old enemy. Cen
French. Sir Douglas Haig was pro-
NOTED to be a full general only
year ago, although he had held the
post as chief of staff in India for
some years. having won it through the
influence of Wing Edward and Queen
Alexandra.
Sir Douglas and Lady Haig have not
taken any particular pains to assume
any leadership in London society since
their marriage. and have not kept up
a London residence during visits nome
from India. spending their time at
Aldershot, where Haig earned the nick
name of won Haig. on account OF MS
Prussian thoroughness in military mat
ters and his stern way of handling
subordinates. He and Lady Haig have
narDed after
the two Queens whom Lady Haig
served-Alexandra Henrietta Louise,
born in 1907, and Victoria Doris Rachel.
born in 1908.
There are two kinds of bach
elors in the world. the. real and the
m j ion, says
pnttinu II Hard the po k man
Review The first
on the bachelor. group members
take it calmly and adapt themselves to
their destiny as wise folk accept sud
den riches. The second, like vulgar
parvenues. cannot help Dragging about
an accident of fortune. They seem to
think that rare flash of discrinrfna-
tion on the part of female plungers in
the matrimonial game is source of
credit to themselves. and they parade
about the world with their little chests
puffed out, gloating over the lament
able fact of having cheated some poor
girl out of a good home by remaining
single. Dear, dear,
These modest little beings never fail
TO apprise you of your good luck when
they have condescended to ask you out
to dine; while if you are a hostess
whose bread and butter and other
things they have deigHed to accept,
they try to impress you with the priv
ilege that is yours in having them
there to admire while they consume
your perfectly good food.
One of these charmers said modestly
to woman who expressed her regrets
at not being able to reach him in time
to include him in party-to which.
had he but known. he would have been
asked only as substitute:
Il am invited out to dine almost
every night. you know, so if you want
to get me you must let me know some
what ahead of time. OF course, I
should be delighted to come if 1 have
no previous engagements
The poor darling ought to take some
thing for that rushed feeling or hire
double to work shifts with him. He
is liable to swoon on the street from
palpitation of the ego and what would
become of society? 1t is true that he
often dimes otherwheres than the club,
but nine times out of ten the check
represented 10 MIN and by him to his
company for reimbursement for enter
tanning customers.
There is the other kind of bachelor,
the one who takes a farewell look in
the mirror as he leaves his ROOM and,
thanking God that ne is not as other
men, dismisses the matter from his
consciousness for the rest of the day
He is the one who tells you that
the reason he isn't married is because
he never could get one" You know
he isn't telling the truth any more
than the other fellow, but like his kind
of lie better. There was one of this
type over here from Montana not long
ago. He is the big, manly sort that
women all like and when some one
asked him If he had ever met a GER
tain spokane belle of other days who
is living elsewhere. he replied:
KNOW her? Indeed. / do know her
That is the saddest episode Of my life
Why. l met her and fell in love with
her one night and she promised to
wait for me and. do you know, before
1 could get back that girl had been
married twice, That's why I'm bach
elor 1 can't catch up with 'em. I'm
too slow"
MISS Frances L. Sullivan we'll