People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 17 June 1915, Page 41

People We Hear About

The Most Rev. Robert Seton, Archbishop of Heliopolis, who has established his residence at Mount St, Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., celebrated his 50th anniversary as a priest on April 11.

. The Westminster Gazette says that much has been heard of the King of the Belgians since the war began; less about the Queen. Her Majesty, it will be remembered, is a Princess of the House .of Bavaria. She was married in 1900, and is exceedingly popular not only in Belgium, but in her native country. In his very interesting life of the King, just published,-Mr. J. De Courcy Mac Donnell says that one whispers in Belgium that the Bavarians remain in their hearts still faithful to her, and the citizens of Brussels tell each other that the Bavarian soldiers in their midst have more than once revolted, and have been led into battle against them with the greatest difficulty. Few of the crimes alleged to have been committed in the war, Mr. Mac Donnell states, can be laid at the door of the Bavarians.

Catholic editors all over the country (remarks the Sacred Heart Review) who chronicled with regret the death of the Rev. J. A. Campbell, editor of the Antidote, Hereford, Texas, will be rejoiced to learn that Father Campbell is still as much alive as his excellent paper. ‘ I am thankful for all the bouquets that have been heaped over my grave",' says the Antidote’s editor, in the latest issue of his paper, ‘ and this in the hope of becoming worthy of them before death knocks in earnest at my door.’ This is the second time, by the way, that Father Campbell has read his own obituary. Once before there was a railroad wreck, and a dead body, frightfully mangled, was identified as that of the editor. ‘lf ever you are given like this editor twice to read,’ says he, ‘ what they say of you after death, then you will begin to value charity.’

Mr. Thomas Joseph Ryan, the new Premier of Queensland, was born at Port Fairy, Victoria, in 1876. He was educated at the Jesuit College, Kew, and. South Melbourne College, at each of which he held a scholar; ship. He graduated Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University, with honors in classics. After leaving college he was appointed assistant classical master at the Melbourne High School, and subsequently became resident classical master of the Church of England Grammar School, Launceston. Later he went to the Maryborough Grammar School (Queensland) as classical master. While in Melbourne Mr. Ryan studied law, graduating as Bachelor of Laws in 1901. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar, and entered politics for Bax-coo in 1909, when he defeated Mr. Georg© Kerr, formerly Minister of Railways. At the election held on May 22 Mr. Ryan scored an easy win, polling 1425 votes, against 561 cast for his Liberal opponent.

Queen Helena, the Queen of Italy, was brought up with her younger sister Anna in the Smolna Convent in St. Petersburg, and completely won the hearts of her schoolfellows. Dressed in the uniform of the convent, and going by the name of Helene Nicolajewna, she attended her class every day, finding the greatest difficulty in acquiring the obligatory Russian language. Russian grammar became and remained her archenemy during all the years of her school life, in spit© of the comfort and help afforded her by her governess, who dared not speak to her in any other language. For the games of childhood Helena had no taste, her whole leisure being spent in painting soul’s delight. The violin was her favorite instrument, and she played it with great enthusiasm and expression, declaring she could never express her feelings on the piano, though compelled to learn to play it.