DREW THE LINE AT DAVID.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 6

DREW THE LINE AT DAVID.

Sir Pfederiok Wedmore, a well-known art critic, has published a most interesting volume of Memories, in winch he tells ■ good things about interesting people whoni he has met. One of tho best stories is that of Queen Victoria and hea statement that. sho. ''would not meetlDavid." She evidently championed Bathshefba. The story runs ; 'tljus;— •■'••.' -.'' "In some such terms as the following,. Lady. Southampton fcit herself inspired to address the ..Queen one day: 'Do not yoii think, ma'am, one of'tho satisfactions of tho future sfato wjll.be,inot only our reunion with those whom we have loved on earth, but our opportunities of seeing face to faoe so many of the noble figures of the, past—of other lands and'.times? Bible times, tor Instance; Abraham will, bo •there, ma'am; Isaac, too,' and Jacob: Think of what thoy will bo like! And tho sweet einaeT of Israel. Ho, too. Yes, ma'am, King David we skull see.' And, after a moment's silence, with perfect dignity »ftd decision, the great Quoen made answer, 'I.will not meet David!'" , —"Public Opinion."

A jug nearly filled With eoihsi of the time oi Henry VIII, 1509-1547. has been unearthed in « farmyard at Frfeston, in LinwlMhira. ' "The Admiralty ha»« selected Alexander, Cullodisn, Brunswick, and Zealous as th« names of the four armoured ships of the current pr'ogMmme. They jiro asjooiftttd" with' the Battto of the Nile, in whicb, ; both a Zealous niid nil Alexander took part, while, a Cutloden was prevented from participating only by Hinniug aground on a shoal as the fleet Was entering' Aboukif Bay- The new ships will, it is understood, be a combination of tho battleship and the battle-oruiser, displacing about 30,000 ■: tons, steaming over 25 knots, burning oil ■fuel exclusively, And carrying ten ljknoh'