Personal.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 85, 10 December 1913, Page 5

Personal.

Alderman Richards, one time town |dork of Dunedin, has been elected .Lord Mayor of Sydney.

During the temporary absence from 'duty of Mr George Smart, his brojther, Mr Allan Smart, is looking after !the business.

Mr John Hoyle, son of the Fa-1 of Glasgow was married to Miss Margaret Hodges, daughter of Justice Hodges, of Victoria, at Brompton Danish Church, when many society folk | were present, says a Lon lon cablegram. ! | Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, of Bavaivia, is taking part as second violinist jin the Wagner Festival performance lat Munich. As punctual as any mem|her of the orchestra, lie regularly at [tends all rehearsals. Several English 'ladies have requested tho stage manager to remove the roofing under which [the orchestra plays, in order to allow •them to see the Royal violinist.

Mine. Sarah Bernhardt has never made a secret of her age. She was horn on October 23, 1845. When she ts)k out a life insurance policy fox £20,000, she made a sworn statement of abiding interest. She said that of her two sisters one died of accidental [poisoning and the other of pneumonia She said, further, that she never wore stays; that she owned £20,000 worth of real stock in Paris; that she earned £2OOO a week in the theatrical season ; that she was sft Olin. high; and that her weight was 9st 41h.

George Herbert A an A leet, who is just four years old, and lives with his parents in Detroit, is a constant source of wonder to doctors and professors. At the age of a few months George Herbert repeated clearly the words he heard used by the people around him. Now, on account of his extraordinary capacity for retaining every bit of information he acquires, he is called “the boy with the mirror brain.” There is no colour or shade to which he cannot instantly give a name, and ho knows all - about the most important events in history. Armed with a toothprick, which he invariably uses as a pointer, he can sit down before a may of the world and point out and name all the different countries, even in the most out-of-the-way regions. With all his , store of facts, and his curiously retentive memory, he is just an ordinary, mischievous little fellow of four years, and as keen on romping and games as any of- his small con temporaries.

An interesting function took place in Bellamy’s during the supper adjournment of the House last evening. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher took occasion to mark the return of Sir James Carroll to health and to the House by presenting him with a replica of a Maori 'war-medal, the original of which Sir James had lost some 30 years ago. Mr Fisher also handed to the veteran a certificate entitling him to a miltary pension. The acceptance of the latter was the sgnal for general laughter. Mr Fisher emphasised the high esteem in which Sir James is generally held by members of both Houses and by the people outside. He dwelt also on Sir James Carroll’s actions during the Hau Han troubles. Sir James, in a characteristic speech, acknowledged the return of his companion of earlier days, his. war medal, and feelingly referred to his connection with the insurrection days of long ago. He considered that he held a record for unbroken service in the House, and he hoped that he would continue to hold the goodwill to which expression had been given that night, so long as he remained alive. The gathering concluded with “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” and cheers for Sir James and Lady Carroll.” —P A.