OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 22 October 1913, Page 7

OBITUARY.

• 0 MB. ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN, By Telegraph—Press Association—Gopyrifiht London, October 30. I Tho death is announced of Mr. Arthur t Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain was a brother of Mr. Joseph Chamborlain, M.P., and uncle of Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P. He .was , prominent in business circles in Birmingham. For a number o£ years he occupied ! the position of chairman of Kyo&ch's, Ltd., and three other largo trading firma. • He was a keen Freetrader. •, .1 INVENTOR OF COLD STORAGE. , Paris. October 20. M. Charles Tellier, tho inventor of artificial cold storage, is dead. M. Charles Tellier, the French savant, . inventor of cold storage, and tlw first,to Bond a steamer through the tropics with • a temperature of frost in her hqll as far ; back as 187G, had until' quite recently been living in reduced circumstances. The In- 1 ternational Cold Storage Association, on i hearing of his case, decided to. open a i public subscription in his favour. Tho ■: Argentine Government contributed a sum ( of ,£IOOO to the subscription, and tho Government of Uruguay, through its Legation in Paris, sent a sum of *£400 for the same purpose. M. Tellier was S5 years of age. , j CHARLES BROOKFIELD: DRAMATIC CENSOR. • , London, October 20. 1 Mr. Charles Drooldiekl, tho dramatic t censor, is dead. ' i. Charles Hallam Brook field, who was GO 1 years of age, was the son of Prebendary i W. H. BrookDeld (an associate of Thackfray, Dickens, liinglake, and other liter- < lry notabilities). Tho lato Lord Tcnny- t son (poet laureate), was his godfather. Lt is related that as Tennyson and Henry j Ilallam (Mr. . Brookfield's great«ncle), £ walked up tho churchyard side by sido ' that Ilallam said: "What name do you mean to give him ?" "We thought of call- j ing him Hallam," said the poet. "Oh, 1 liad you not better call him Alfred P" 1 mofetly suggested the great-uncle. * "Aye," said Tennyson, "but what if ho J should turn out to be a fool 2" Tho s consideration evidently weighed, for none e jf Mr. Brookfield's three Christian names ( is Alfred. Karly in 187 i), whilst ho was j 'eating his dinners" at tho- Inner Temple, t Sio decided to go upon tho stage, and. made j iiig first appearance at the Alexandra j Palace with Mr. Charles Kelfy (lillen rorry's first lntsbgnd), receiving the salary if IDs. a week for his Gimlet in "Still £ Waters Run Deep." After a short probation he joined tho Bancrofts at tho London Haymarket, and playe.d in all ho comedies produced there up till 1881. f/atcr ho was associated with the Rentals, and made a jjronouncccl success as jeneral Marakoff in "Tht> I?ed Lamp," a i' xM-formaneo he often renoatcd lator under sir Beerlwhm Tree's management, and nado successful appoaranors in "The Bsl- . admonavr," "The Hoimiadour." "Part- 11 icrs,-" and "Captain Swift." Ho has also <> ilayed manv Sliakcsnoarean roles. He p lari- a facili'tv for writing, and wrote or a ■ollaborated in the following plays:—"A m Roman's Koason," "Nearly Seven.' 'An c ; Jmlem'omid Jourmn*," "A Pal _o' „ \rciiie'«." "\ I'ml«rn Trilhy.' "The , "What Pamela Wanted," "The .j ■{ello of JFavfair." and "Dear Old > Char- 11 ie." With regard to the last-nainecl piece w t is related that when first written it b' ame undar tho displeasure of the <*nsor fi f nlavs. Some three years ago Mr. Brook- #; •eld was apooinled a ioint-p"iisor, nm.l j a n a spirit of pure miwliief, Mr. Charles i ( Tnwlrev dug nut "Dear Old Charlie" ami irodneed i<\ to the amif-wnent of a!! ■ London. Mr. Brook-field was a, lively ® aeontcur, and ha 1 ? written a eoupln 'of ninnies nf yl«rie« (1110*0 o l ' less "nbotrt in 'liirli" B'ooVlieM). und"r t lie titles of V 'The Twilight of Love," and "Random ni Scminiseenees." s (