People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 308

People We Hear About

Mr. James Brand, X.C.S.G., and J.P. for Glasgow, who has given the generous sum of £1000 for the building of' a hall for the C-aledonian Catholic Association, isthe head of the well-known engineering firm of James' Brand and Co. Mr. Brand was the contractor for the Glasgow fcJubways, and. his work in that connection was a feat of engineering skill. He served on the Council of the Catholic Union in 1901, and was a member of the Catholic Union deputation to Pius X. on his accession, to the Pontificate.

Mr. Charles Quin, the ' Glasgow man ' who has won £300 in the Ansivers Anagram Competition, is a Glasgow man by adoption, but is Irish by Vrth, being a native of Pomeroy, Tyrone. He= taught in St. Francis' School, Glasgow, as a pupil teacher, and' was trained at St. Mark's College, Hammersmith, where he took his schoolmaster's certificate. He tauglit for a -time in St. John's, Glasgow, prior -to taking to journalism., Mr. Quin wields a facile pen, arid has written some poetry which has attained more than local note.

Professor John Swiimerton Phillimore, Professor of Humanity at Glasgow "University, and ~ one of the large band of 'distinguished converts,' is the son of Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore, &n<L was born in 1873. ■ His education was received at Westminster School and Christ Church College, Oxford, where lie took the Chancellor's prize for Latin verse, and also Hertford, Craven, and Ireland scholarships. He became a lecturer at Christ Church in 1895, and was Professor of Greek at Glasgow University from 1899 until 1906, wlien he was appointed Professor "of Humanity. In 1905 he was received into the Church:

Father John Gerard, S.J., the distinguished Catholic litterateur, is the eldest son of Colonel Archibald Gerard, J.P., D.L., of RochsoleSj and brother of the late General Sir Montague Gerard. Father Gerard was educated at Stonyhurst College, where in later years he was for., some time Prefect of Studies. From 1897 until 1900 Father Gerard occupied the position of Provincial of the EnglishProvince of the Jesuits- • He has twice held the editorship of the Month, to which he is a constant and welcome contributor, and in other directions also • Father Gerard has wielded a forcible pen.

Mrs. de Navarro C^ary Anderson) arrived in New York on December 21. She is on a visit from England with her. husband and 3ier twelve-year-old son and three-year-old daughter." lii an interview/ she gave some advice to yovuig girls contemplating a stage career. 'I. would not advise the average young girl to seek the stage,' J3aid Mrs. Navarro; 'only, those who are possessed of great talent are able to enjoy the fruits of their efforts. _ The life of the mediocre actress is very hard " and unsatisfactory. Young girls would do better to seek employment as teachers or in-otliei lines. j.ne~ returns in the long run will be more satisfactory, both in happiness, health, and financially.' Mr. Hilaire Belloc, M.P. for South Salford, the well-, known Catholic author and litterateur, is- partly French, his father being a French .barrister. His early education was received at the Oratory School, from which he passed to Baliol College, Oxford. At that time he was a French citizen; and his scholastic career was broken in order that he might serve in the French Army. In 1902 he naturalised as an Englishman, and he is now one of the most brilliant of the literary pr-ofession in London.' He is a .frequent contributor to tie London press, and has written several popular books. He is a member of the Catholic Education Council. -A special memorial meeting of the American Institute of Architects in memory of the late Augustus St. Gaudens was held on December 15 in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington. Among the speakers were President Roosevelt, the British Ambassador, the French Ambassador, and the Japanese Ambassador. Secretary Root presided and spoke briefly. Mr. Bryce, the British Ambassador, referred to the fact that St. Gaudenß was partly of Irish stock and born in Dublin. ' Whatever share of the honor of having produced this great artist may be due to Ireland,' he said, ' I am bound to claim it, because Ireland, considering how small a country it is, has given birth to an unusually large number of persons distinguished in literature and science, as well as in- the pxiblic life of the British Isles and of America.'