ABSENCE OF MIND

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1913, Page 62

ABSENCE OF MIND

Sheridan Knowles, the author of William Tell, was one of the most absent-minded of men. On one occasion he sent £2OO in bank-notes to his wife, but forgot to address the envelope. ' The dramatist wrote furiously to the Postmaster-General, and the delay was explained. On another occasion he met a friend in the street, and said; ‘ Ah, my dear fellow, I’m off to-morrow. Can I take any letters for you?’ ‘Well, you are very kind,’ said his friend; ‘but where are you going ?’ ‘Ah!’ replied Knowles, ‘I haven’t quite made up my mind, yet.’ ■ . Rogers was once walking with an equally selfabsorbed friend, and in the course of conversation told him that on the previous day a lady, half-recognising him, inquired: ‘lsn’t your name Rogers V ‘And was it?’ mildly inquired the friend. This is an admirable instance of absent-mindedness.