The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
OFTEN HAPPENS !. GREAT MEN HAVE
 POOR MEMORIES
Laughable Mistakes Made By Men Notable In
 History

Lord Fisher in his latest volume of memoirs, tells US an amusing story of the famous Lord Kelvin, the great scientist of Glasgow. Lord Fisher says that Kelvin was always very keen on saving time, and so used frequently, whilst doing one thing, to be thinking about the next he meant to do.
 His busy brain thus often got ahead of his hands, so to speak, and one day, whilst dressing, and being engaged in thought, Lord Kevlin actually tied his pocket handkerchief round his neck and went off to work with his necktie in his pocketi It was only when he wished to use his handkerchief that he discovered what he had done.
 The late Judge RentouI caused his friends much astonishment when his will was propounded only a few weeks back. He had both forgotten that a second executors name was needed, and also that an alteration he had made later in the body of the will was quite unattested! And this, in spite of his great reputation as lawyeri
 Many folk will still recollect the sensation caused when Lord Ran do1ph Churchill Winston's father suddenly resigned his chancellor ship of the exchequer during the ad- | ministration of Lord Salisbury. The premier and Lord Randolph did not see eye to eye, and the latter i'm agined that his resignation - an- | nounced by him unexpectedly in the 1 Times instead of being taken to | the prime minister, as usual-wou1d | just about dish the Unionist cabinet 1 Just when all politicians were ex- | pecting Lord Randolph to be re- | called by Lord Salisbury, there came ] the news that the latter had asked ! MT. Gosch hen-afterwar Lord Co., schen-to become the new chancel- Tor, and that he had consented. MT. 1 Goschen had been a banker for years and so, was thoroughly acquainted | with the work of the chancellorship. 1 By -!'' it is reported Lord 1 Randolph calculated, turning pale 1 when he heard the news, 'I had clean forgotten Goschen!'
 Oxford still delights to tell the story of one of it's leading professors 1 before the war, whose forgetfulness often led to most Imaginable results. I This don, who was blessed with sev- eraI young children, one day met a nursemaid in Christ church Meadows wheeling a beautiful child in a bas- i ] baby very much and finally asked ! whose child it might be?
 The girl looked at him in some
 surprise, for it was his own, and she
 was the nurse employed in his house
 However, she replied smilingly:
 ''Why, sir, don't you know little
 John?"
 ~JThe don stood irreso1ute a mo-
 ment, trying to remember the name
 Then laughingly he said, "Oh, yes | of coUrse," and passed on. But al
 lunch he mentioned the meeting to l his wife and said:
 ''Do you know, my dear, I met l such a beautiful child being wheeled by a nurse in the Meadows! The | nurse said his name was Iittejohn 1 and that I knew his father. But ! can't say I do. For the life of me 1 I can't remember any Iittlejohn! Can
 you?"
 Lord Fisher had another friend i whom he met one morning inmacu- i lately dressed-so far as his clothes
 went! But, as Lord Fisher mentions
 the man had his trousers thrown over
 his arm instead of a light overcoat l At any rate, whatever had made hin
 overlook the fact, they were not on
 Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, M P.
 used to relate an interesting stor.
 concerning himself when a. child, ant
 his famous father, the great Have
 lock of Indian mutiny renown.
 It seems that the celebrated gen
 eraI one morning went out for a wall toward Westminster bridge, taking
 the little boy with him, the latter be
 ing some six yeears old at the time ; Just as they came to what is now th' ] corner of Whitehall a friend came III l i to the general and told him he wa. , wanted at the House of Commons fo
 a few minutes,
 , Ordering the boy strictly to sta! ] just where he was. under the lamp = post, and not to move away at al Il till he returned, Gen. Havelock ac : companied his friend.
 By the time this interview wa ! ended, Sir Henry had altogether for I gotten the small boy he had lief , under the Iamppost! He had 1unc1 and went to a club, where he staye till tea time. Getting back to hi n home in the West End about 5:3( | Lady Havelock immediately desire .' to know where little Henry was. II Great heavens!" exclaimed tn Y general. ''why. I told him to wa: z flor me! I'll bet he's there yetI'' They hurried off and found tn
 boy waiting patiently, though yer
 tired and hungry. A policeman. wa
 carefully watching over him.
 "Yes, sir,'' said the bobby, 'w
 tried to get him to come with us i
 the station But he said his dadd
 had gone into the House of Con mons and told him to wait there ii |" he came back, so he wasn't going 1 !, leave till daddy came for him!'
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