PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 131, 25 May 1908, Page 3

PERSONAL.

The death is reported by cablo from ■Sydney 0 i Mr. Alfred Daninier. the wellKnown actor. The death is announced of another of UnnganuiV, oldest residents, in the wr»n of Mrs. Ci. A. Martin, who passed away on Tuesday, at the advanced a«c of 14 years.

Mi I'all.eros. the President of the •rencli liepublic. has been described as •Tne John limns of France." He wis reared in a small village, where his father was (he hlacKsniilli, but he was sent to Vans fn V ],;, and in tune became one of the most clomicnt lawyers in the capital. Thus l,eira n his polmcal career which hns included a position m ..imost ~V (, , jjini.t,.,. |, ( , tlu ! ( ,„ 180(1 and the present time. 'Ami now the ~x-p,.a-a.nt is a ruler wicblin.r ln „r: power than mo,t monarch* w i(], ~ ,„„, ■»'««'»t sjlar.v, thro,, palace, wheri,, ho may dwell in tun,. un ,\ ~ ,„nitnri- ami a civilian household just ]\Uo a rehniino sovereign. " r

Among,t the vi-Hor* to Dmirdin js n distinguished lady, in the person of Mile. Von Rodt, „f Bitiic. Switzerland. Tins talented lailv i s ~„ authoress of considerable note in Kiiropo. Anion" her works arc a large illustrated vol" "me i-ntitJ..,l "A Tom- of (ho World" ••ihiouyli Oneral timl Soutli America" '•Cairo and Egypt, - ' ••Palestine, - ' -(; r „' c and Sicily." llilc. Von Rodt , |(ls t1 .. u .. ellcil very extensively, through nearly every part of the globe. In tin- course lit a recent visit to South America she Spent some lime in the island of .Inan liern'andcz, of Robinson Cnwoe fame, where her brother was (iovernor for 27

Hiss Buleie Dc.uncr, 111,, vouil" YViiliirapa writer, made her first appearance as a professional actress on .Monday evening at Cievnioiith. she played Danielle, the French school -irl in the drama, 'Ts She (iuiltlcssV produced by lite Taylor-C'arringtou company The Xelson (.'uloni.-l savs that "Miss Deamcr's presentation of her role was natural and (.leasing, the emotional parts especially being handled with artistic perception and dramatic abilitv." The tieriiian Kni|>cror lias -i. well e«|iiippe,l pottery, which brings him j„ aiLOlll) a year, while the King ,„• Wur-teiiiliei-fj owns two large hotels, which yield him a yearlv income of some CSmiO. T he King of Saxonv owns the famous porcelain factory at Meissen nml the Urgent of Lip,,",. IVtmnl.l runs .1 Inrg- model farm, from which he sell, butter, milk, and eggs. 'J'he Kj,,,, „y Servia 1, said to own a barber's shop and an apothecary's simp, i„ adilition to which he holds an for motor cars.