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other places that one wonders that
he IA alive at all. But under the care
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carter-and the
many young ladies-he has gotten so
strong that his paralysis has disap-
peared and all his wounds have heal
| ed except the one In his lung.
Nevertheless he 10 now able TO dance,
attend parties and get some pleasure
out o; life once more.
One wonders how long It will be
before, In the making Of our demo-
cratic army We viii have reached Q
paucity Of talent In civil life that will
| compare with conditions in some of
the other countries. An amusing case
was reported In London recently, and
| brought to my mind by the recent
visit of the French military orchestra.
Sir Thomas Beecham, who has oodles
of money which his papa made out
, of pills. and o knighthood, and a
desire to be artistic and break into
! society, runs an opera season in Lon
don at the Drury Lane fheater. He
was putting on some wonderful pro-
duetions, when his orchestra leader
came to him and insisted that there
must be one more oboe players or else
the artistic properties would be out
ragged by the erchestration.
"Hire him." replied Sir Thomas sem
tentiously.
II can't get one anywhere" was the
reply.
"ofer more money" insisted Sir
Thomas.
II developed that the army had
grabbed all the oboe players in Eng
land, two in number. 1t was literally
true that. after advertising in London
and the provinces, not a player could
be found. 1t wasn't a matter Of price;
the army had 'em all.
Then Sir Thomas appealed to the
military authorities to let one OF;
and the appeal got publicity. and there
was Q huge debate over whether the
opera season should be blighted or
the army should give up an oboe play
or. The press divided about equally
on the subject. parliament debated il.
and altogether there was Q dne dem
it is possible to have q little humor.
p. s.-Sir Tom got the oboe player.
I wrote something last week
about the engagement of Louise
| Campbell. Of Louisville. KY, to
! Lieut.. Addison Gardner Foster,
I nephew of Mrs. Richardson Gibson
| and Nine. +. J. II. Won Engleksn.
of this city. Since then I read an
article Mile. On Dit wrote to her
brother "oyer there in the Louis
Vile Courier Journal which is too
good to keep; I must pass 1t on.
Here goes:
We've Just remembered, laddie,
that once upon a time Won Tirpitz
| was in Louisville. And, be assured,
We are moaning our wasted oppor-
/ tunities. Queer. isn't It, how such
bit Of history should have been
| ignored for so long, and stranger
still is the way in which some of
the older Louisville folk happened
| to recall that Won Tirpitz was in
the suite of Prince Henry of Prus-
sia when that individual made a
| tour of America in the interest Of
Kaiserism-as 1t has since develop
| ed-and visited Louisville in Feb
ruary or March. 1909.
This is how we CHANGED to re-
call that the abhored father of sub
marine warfare had once been a
| guest of our city.
A Kentucky beauty-of the true
Southern type with glorious brow n
eyes and a complexion like the
| creamy petal of q Magnolia blos-
som-is to be married soon. and
through her marriage to the de-
scendent of Q famous Kentucky
family. and a family that leads in
| the annals Of the Gibraltar Dis
trict" of Kentucky. And 1t was q
kinsman Of the lovely bride-to-be
who was apparently the first of
all our public men to sense the real
purpose back of Prince Henry's
visit. as Representative Charles K.
Wheeler, of the aforesaid "Gibral-
tar District" fairly blazed out
against German Imperialism and the
| folly and wickedness" of a repub-
lie like the United States paying
| any courtesies TO the imperialistic
government of Germany, outlining
his views in a. speech that electri-
fed Congress.
You've guessed. perhaps. that the
/ beautiful bride Is Louise Campbell,
daughter of the J. Wheeler Camp
bells. You would know her, I'm sure,
by my writing you that she sug-
gests more than any other girl I've
seen, the exotic beauty of the mag
nolia. All the dreamy South is in
her eyes.
Miss Campbell Is to be married on
August 6-that is the present plan,
at least-to Addison Gardner Fos-
ter, II, first lieutenant. 1Ssth Depot
Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor. Lieut..
Fosters mother was a daughter of
the welI-known Col. Hart Gibson. of
"Ingleside," that unique chateaulike
- y
ton. You'll recall, iaddie, how its
gray facades and battlemsnted tur-
rets always struck q different note
in the Blusgrass environment, where
most of the homes were Of the colo
NAL type. "Ingleside." which for
many years was a show place, was
built originally, I've heard. by an
jEnglishman, and the picturesque por-
ter's lodge suggested the traditional
English estate. although the house
itself suggested a French chateau.
l. For the last two years Lieut.. Fos-
ter has been with his uncle, Duncan
lGibson. at Lexington, where he has
studied law. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Addison Gardner Foster
Of st. Paul, MINI. Mrs. Foster was
\ Dunster Gibson, and. of course, the
famed 'Ingleside" was her girlhood
home. Lieut.. Foster is azSgrandsor
of the late Senator Addison Gardner
Foster. of the State of Washing
ton. Such names as the Prestons
the Harts, the Duncans and the Nc
Kinleys are included in the ancestry
of the young lieutenant who is tc
marry the radiantly lovely Mary Lou.
Use Campbell.
Capt James Wheeler, now In charge
OF the intelligence department oi