The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-31

| AAiSi lltl itcilb to the point or persona
 annihiiition. He just makes no i'm
 pression upon you at all He also i
 small and pale, with "wairus2 nous
 tache. But he has large blue eyes
 sunk far in his head, and strange
 far away voice that sounds like an ech,
 rather than reality
 LIVES UP TO REPUTATION
 The only great litterateur of the present day whom [ know and who lives up to his reputation far as his l appearance is concerned, is George
 Bernard Shaw. He cant enter room 1 without everyone stopping their con l versation and gazing a him and whis- 1 rering about him. In spite of his age l the must have past long way the . half century mark) his figure is as tall | and slim and alert as that of a young ! man. His face is pale and very cyni- i caily humorous in expression.s and his 1 eyes, almost emerald green in some | lights dart about and miss nothing ] His long pointed beard vas once bright
 golden red. now it is silver but it na s | in 1t still that hint of orange color that also remains in his rather thin hair which he wears closely cropped.
 1 Bernard Shaw is not favorite in 1 England nowadays. His sentiments do i not accord with any of the doctrines that loyal-hearted English men and women live and die for in these dread ful times, Whether he is sincere in I these sentiments that he Is so loud in i u;teafng and so fluent in writing, I for one very much doubt
 Bernard Shaw, like most Irishmen. loNes nothing so much as a ''row"~-also he thoroughly enjoys living in the linnelight of publicity. The greatest punishment that was ever meted out to this brilliant nd was when the dignified London press it body agreed never to mention his name in their pages
 lie made inrendiarv speeches and said many foolish things and was
 nissed or exalted according to the Views held by his audiences. but no mention of his name appeared in any parer. He was banned and "barred' and he grew visibly older and less as sertfve under this treatment In fact ro England nowadays the name Georae bernard Shaw carries little signif- ieahce l see it over here much more freouently than I did over there. and between you and me. he is not partic- ularly well known in Ireland,
 IRoUBETZkOIS LIVING QUIETLY
 but what was I talking about first
 sefore l strayed away with Bernard Shaw on the tip of my pen-oh yes Princess Troubetzkoi, Amelie Rives-and am not going to write about her any more, either, but just mention en passant her good-lookng husband who is, by the way as much of an Italian as he is a Russian. He and his brother. Prince Paul, and their mother, the Princess Troubetzkoi lived most of their lives in lovely villa in Florence, which fancy IS as familiar to all artistic and fash- lonaple America as it is to artistic and fashionable England. The Troubetzkois were the center of a colony that win tered in Florence, lured there as much by the intimate charm of the delightful social life as by the exquisite scenery and the balmy air of that lovely city
 The Troubetzkoi villa was one of the glories of the place and the old prin- cess held regal court in its stately salons. Now, of course. its glories have departed, the "queen' is dead, her scul- to- and painter sons, Prince Paul and Prince Pierre. are on this side of the world, and the shadow of war hangs heavy over the olive groves and cypress trees of that land of loveliness.
 The world in it's turning upsets many things in spite of gravitation, and now Prince and Princess Pierre Troubetzkoi pursue their quiet way in New York 8 noisy nest,
 STAFF OFFICERS IN GOLD LACE
 l live in secluded but very popular hotel in this wonderful, busy city, and the other day my eyes were gladdened by the sight of many English uniforms and blaze of what in soldiers slang we call brass hats" and 'red tabs" These are the distinguishing colloquiai British names given to staff officers. who wear a great deal of gold lace on their caps. denoting their rank. and also t,i r. tad r1ot ole. f1f 1ssr tunics, likewise showing their position as military authorities.
 The brass hat in this case belonged to Gen. Sir Charles Cunning. who had come froll his headquarters in Montreal on official business NAccompanie by four or five of the officers of his staff. They made d brave showing and were, 1 am told, much feted and entertained during their brief stay
 saw them one night being enter- taired by MT. Mitchel1-Henry and his l wife whom I mistook for an English woman. She is fair and very beauti- full Also she is extremely tall Quite six feet l should imagine. but she car ries herself so admirably and her fig urc is so 1.-the and graceful that the number of inches is not in the least excessive. She is very like the young l,uchess of Sutherland in appearance and like that tall and lovely peeress Is ariive in her work for the Red Cross
 DAYLIGHT SAVING OF VALUE
 I note two things in New York ra- pers during the last day or so--ons is that the daylight saving bill has been adopted by the government and will come into force throughout the states on the last day of this month and the other is that save tue bahies" movement is being inaugurated throughout the country I don't want to suggest that America has copied but since the commencement of the war this daylight saving, or summertime scheme has been in op- eration throughout Great Britain and even Ireland and has been proved to be of immense value practically as well as economically
 BABY SAVING MOVEMENT
 As to the baby saving movement, a year ago throughout London a won derful scheme called national baby week was inaugurated that netted splendid result in the way of money that was used for the education of girls and women in mothercraft and that also was devoted to the saving and fostering of infant life
 The Duchess of Marlborough was 1 one of the most active workers in this 1 cause as was also Lady Chetwynd who ! Is identified in London with so many 1 works and deeds of charity
 
 Since the slump in the ostrich feath- el market occurred in 1914 schemes ! have been devised in this country tn r inimize the losses to ostrich farm l!