PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 23 June 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Prince of Wales will welcome M. Poincare, President of France, on behalf of the King, at Portsmouth on Tuesday, and will hoist his Hag after ( receiving honors as heir-apparent. Queen of Spain has been, ae|||HL;hed of another son. . Mr H. L. Michel has announced him- j ■Tlf ns a candidate for the Grey bye-' in the Government interests. Miss Mina Simm, of the County Hotel staff, was taken to the Hospital this morning in a rather serious condition. Mr W. Hunter, well-known as driver of the Toko train, was removed to the Hospital on Saturday, when it was found that ho was suffering from a very ."i ore attack of bronchitis. The death of Sir Frederick Johnstone, aged 71 years, is reported from London. He will bo succeeded by his twin brother, Lieutenant-Colonel , George Johnstone, a famous sports- ‘ man. The Kaiser has been overwhelmed with presents on the occasion of his jubilee. The workers at the military / factories gave him a jewelled marshal’s baton which cost £SOOO, and it is estimated that £1,000,000 has been given to charitable and educational foundations in accordance with the Emperor’s wish. H? asked that the money bo disposed of in this way in-, stead of in the purchase of gifts.

The Marquis of Hertford, a peer who has played many parts in his strange and varied career, is about to remarry, his engagement to Mrs Mosscockle, rich Australian widow, 1 having been announced. The marquis succeeded to the title last year on the death of his father, and was previously known to the public as Lord Yarmouth. Ho has been a lientenant in the Black Watch, a sheep-farmer, and a wine salesman. In 1903 the peer married Miss Alico Thaw, sister of Harry Thaw, but the marriage was dissolved in 1908. He has made two appearances in the bankruptcy court.

The death occurred early this month

in Melbourne of Mr E. Erskine Scott, manager' of West’s Pictures, Melbourne, and who had . for many years past been prominently associated with theatrical and other entertainment enterprises. Death was due to severe bron'chial affection. Mr Scott’s widow was very well-known in the vo-

cal and theatrical world as Miss Flor-

ence Seyraout. Mr Scott was relat- * ed to the well-knoWn Erskine family, • Earls of Mar, and claimed to be a direct descendant of James I. of England and VI. of Scotland, who was the only son of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Lord Darnley. He also claimed blood relationship with Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, the founder of the Secession Church in Scotland. On his marriage Mr Scott embraced the Roman Catholic faith.

Some good* stories of King Edward are told by Mr 0. W. Stamper, who has written a book describing his ex- * periences in the service of the late King as a motor mechanic. The King, in order that he might have no irritating breakdowns, insisted on Mr Stamper riding with the chauffeur, and, ,as there was no footman, the motor engineer helped his Majesty in and out of the car, and generally looked after him. He writes of the King with affectionate enthusiasm. “I came to know him and his ways. He

was a great man, and they were great ways. At once good-natured and 4, dignified, he, was kind and appreciative to a degree, strict, but not stern, scrupulously fair, often quick-tem-pered, though his anger had gone—not passed, but gone—almost before it was there, and he was never unreasonable, but always ready to hear an explanation. He had wide sympathy and a sunny, generous nature, and possessed the quality. . . of being able to look at things from a point of view other than that which was naturally his own. Resolute and strong-willed, he was a man who formed powerful opinions, and to his opinions he would stick with all the determination in the world, unless he was shown that he was wrong, when he would instantly give way in the most frank and handsome manner imaginable.”