Show PERSONAL MENTION In his boyhood Charles A Dana was a clerk In a Buffalo shoe store M Ricker editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes Is only 18 years of age Hohenzollern Is not the family name of Emperor William His true name is William Wil-liam ZolIern I Zangwill the novelist has a fondness for wearing red neckties which by no means become his style of beauty Professor Huxley left a second elaborate critique of Mr Balfours book which he finished with much difficulty on the day that he finally took to his bed A favorite amusement of Sarah Bern hardt Is to study the character of the people whom she meets without of course allowing them to be aware of it Mrs A S Palmer who died at Cleve land recently was in her youth instructor of James A Garfield It WAS she who taught the future president lite alphabet Chief Inspector Watts of the Boston kc I police force Is said to have the finest t collection of clippings relating to crime and criminals that can be found anywhere any-where Mrs Eleanor Sedgwick dean of Newn ham Englands famous college for women wo-men is a sister of the first lord of the treasury Mr Balfour and famous as one of the best mathematicians In England Joseph B Stearnes of Camden Maine who died recently at the age of 63 years was the inventor of the famous duplex system of telegraphy He had the largest collection of carved Ivories in the world and was also a bibliomaniac Sir Frederick Pollock who made an address ad-dress to the law school at Harvard during the commencement Is accused of appearing appear-ing on the lecture platform wearing a high white hat a blue shirt lavender cravat cra-vat black frock coat and light trousers Miss E R Scldmore Who was one of the American delegates to the international interna-tional Geographical congress has been made a great deal of In London The Princess of Wales gave her a special invitation in-vitation to call and at a garden party given by the Baroness BurdettCoutts Miss Scidmore was the guest of honor Sardous promotion to be commander of the Legion of Honor makes the number of commanders in the French academy four There are also two grand crosses the Due dAumale and M Pasteur and two grand officers Alexander Dumas and M Gerard As the English law officers are no longer long-er permitted to retain their private practice prac-tice Sir Edward Clark who was solicitor general in Lord Salisburys last ministry has refused to again take the office though the salary is 30000 and fees averaging aver-aging 12000 a year and it is a sure step toward the lord chancellorship |