The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
People in London
Back in the sos

second Nuiumc. of memories entitled Fur
Hcf Inds>crcfioHS are intimate gossip
about the great. the near great and the
merely ccccn rio men and women of Lon
don in the SOS
The first chapter is devoted TO the beau
tiful women of that period, and the author
AYERS that 'nevcr again will there be SO
many beautiful women as there were in
the So, and offers rs evidence Mrs
Wheeler, Mrs. Brown-Potter, Mrs. Corn
wallis-W West, Louise Duchess of Manches-
ter and Mrs. Langtry.
Mrs. Langtry, when she first arrived in
England, ''was quiet, unpresuming little
person, but her beauty and fascinating
manners turned the heads of everybody,
both men and women. / have seen them
standing on chairs in the park to get a
glimpse Of her. High and low admired
her-the Prince of Wales, Lord Dudley,
Mr.. Abingdon Baird and heaps more
When Mrs. Langtry had acquired wealth
enough she went in for racing, winning
many triumpls, including the Goodwood
Cup and the Ascot Cup. '.She held views
Of her own Oh the art of training. Some
of those who trained for her got unmerci-
fully chaffed about their lady employer.
Pickering, Tor instance, was one day going
To saddle horse at one Of the race meet
ings, and as lac Happened TO have a straw
hat nI-,fl, h,.,- -
wishing 10 he funny called out, Did the
nisSIls trim your hat ? "
A chapter is devoted TO eminent pllysi-
cians and surgeons. The author lad the
good or iii fortune To have some bones set
by Sir Joseph Lister, the inventor OF
antlseptIc surgery: she thought him n very
charming man, but declares he could not
put on bandage properly. There are
anecdotes about Sir William Jeuner, who
established TIE difference between typhoid
and typhus fcvcrs, and who is not TO be
confounded with Edward Jenner, who
first advocated vaccination, and about Dr.
1orke Davies OF weight reducing fame,
whose method was 10 allow his patients
w va lAl' VI .GOu-ldlttIilIlS
foods and whose services were requisi-
TONED By Edward VII. when Prince of
Wales Concerning DR.. Godson, the emf
nent woman's physician, the author tells
Us that lac once confded 10 her, "'Half
the women in London come to me because
they want babies, and the other half be-
cause they don't The dear, rosy faced
little man always looked, as Helen Mather
once described it TO me, as if he were
just gong TO have a baby himself, or had
just had one"
There Is an interesting account Of two
nineteenth century philosophers of the
New Forest Reuben Stride, WHO had not
slept in bed for fifty years, and
'Brlsher' Mills, who earned precarious
existence AS a snake catcher and charmer,
but whose personality has SO impressed
itself upon the public that when he died a
marble monument was raised to ibis mem
DRY by public subscription.
Less than dozen lines are devoted TO
Wilhelm the Butcher, who is described rs
"overbearing and often rude. The only
person on earth of whom he stands in the
least awe is Queen Victoria, his grand
mother" New light is thrown on Bis
marck, with whom the author does not
hesitate 10 admit she had much in common:
For I discovered hc loved all the dear,
pulp"Seful. creepy -crawleys of the GARTH;
that is. spiders. carwIgS, &c. Doubtless
the i'll treatment of trench coolies By
French soldiers would have moved the
man of blood and iron 10 tears.
There are many Typographical errors in
the book. II is well illustrated with prr-
traits of celebrities, including a charming
picture of Mrs. Langtry; there are also
some clever cartoons.
FURTHER INDISJRETIONS. By 4
WoMNv OF No IMTogTAHcE. J.. p. Dat
ton X Go. 81.