FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.
Only four popes have reigned longer than Leo XUL, and only three have Jived to a greater age. Paderewski Is said to have done nil hia work on his new opera, “Maura,” by night, beginning at about 11 o’clock, and often being still at his task at breakfast time. It is not generally known ftatTlichnry Le (.allienne, the poet and novelist. is one of the most eminent oculists in Europe and has, at various times, attended many royal personages. Miss Lilavait Singh, of India, who visited this country last year and spoke at rr.ar.y religious gatherings, is translating the autobiography of Booker T. Washington into Ilindoo stanee. A. Yamada, a representative of the Japan Cotton Trading Company, Limited, of Osaka, is on the Pacific coast to select the best port from which to export cotton and other American I produce to Japan. After attending to i this matter he will spend three years in an exhaustive examination of American methods, especially in relation to the cotton industry.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3611, 13 February 1906, Page 4
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170FOREIGNERS OF NOTE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3611, 13 February 1906, Page 4
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