PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 129, 7 January 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

:\lK.\ AND WO.MKN OF TODAY. iYe-ida lit \\ i:-'>U before tin' war employed tIUOO -ed'eLll'iC-. lie HOW dull 111 \i- iwvnty. Tin' Czar of l!u — ia is ;i rcma.i fwibly good wlu-t-piayer. W'h'.'ii times arc mirmal a game 01 card- i- a loiiitiUit recreation oi In.-. * * * * Prime Alexander oi Tock wears a gold ami enamel wrist-watch which was a present to JiU Koyal Highness Iron) the Czar. * * * * Queen Marguerite oi Savoy, motlier oi die King "1 Italy, has written a patriot c hymn, winch i- dedicated to the wounded Italian solidors. **. * , * Sir Arthur Wing I'inoro, the famous dranuiti-t, was employed a- a cierk in :i public library, and later in a siilicitorV oflii e, liel'ure the -tage attrai ted him, .Mr. Lloyd Ceurge ha- a cunousdooking IuMM-m a Mixed to the Unmet oi h - motor-ear. Ii take- the form of a twom. Ii neroplatie shell not a miniature or ;i copy, lint the actual thing. * * * * Lord Charles Beresiord's hohhy : - carpentering, and many arc the ingenious artii 'c- ol furniture he has designed for u- aboard ships. He ha-de-crihed oarpeiiln a- "'one of the best form- nl exen i-c in a limited -pace. * * « * The Arehh'-hop of Vmk di ■- hi-,-|narter ol an liom .- phy.> cal exercise ; s ->' pre -I'd lor time, and hi- day i- -., t'u-ly n i upied, that he will diKate -nine h-ttel- In II s. I !Vinr> while going Ikivugh hi- exercise. Shi. dd ih- Dukr ol N.nioli. evir pay •i •, i-;i i<, ;i e Kruni a cur oi - po-it ~u ■A.ei'd !... , resell F.,l I!'- CnHv 1(I . ( ... .s:;i =le i.; the I!' dm. and. Killg' . Is-l-.-i - :.'.•■ I' e.l-. i ' i- Ip-O I !■ '■ ' 11 -leiri , e ' i.!::::.a.v.i. -X- * * * Kin- (.. ".r-e ,';■- a Cle.l deal o! Ir- ;, ■•-.-.;:::] ml n-pondellee ill hi- e-v.n ban [writing. Tb - i- s.mall. neat, and , o;,ipre- - -d, and ;ie -lldillg to ;. ra]>i'i.V ■ji-j . it :- tin i alii 'raidiy of ,: man of The Karl ol Crawford.. \\l o enlist oil ■,- ■, private ill the R.A.M.C.. and ha- : i-i heen promoted to lanee-i oropral. ia eolh-ter of walking-sticks. The hit- ( -t add'tien to his eollection i- a heavy ros, wood ivory-headed one, whi.-li Lord Crawford fouikT in a captured (lonium trench. * * * * L.-.rd HaUiury, who recently i lehrated In- ninetieth lurthdiy. ha- a penchant for a hliie tie. road.- Creek as a recreation, :;t)d hue - to turn n lathe. Among hi- many accompli-hmonts is m<. .>'d-ni m-hii>. Chip time he shared with Sir Charles Dilko the reputation of heic; i lie cleverest amateur fencer ill Croat Firitaill.