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Show Blimarck'a looniest Von. "Billy" Bismark, as he is known to hta family and friends, is one of the most popular society men in Berlin, a member of many clubs, a bit of a bon vivant and the very image, the older folks declare, of Graf Ton Bismark at his age. Count Billy, who is about 88, excessively bald and with a quick, keen face and an eye that scarcely hides the merry twinkle that betrays his innate love of humor, ia governor of the province of Hanover. Han-over. He is a man of rare mental gifts and with a wonderful faculty of repartee. repar-tee. After leaving college, where he tudied law and passed the examination creditably, he went into the service of the government, where his ability, together to-gether with the influence of the paternal name, has pushed him forward to apoint that is usually reached only after about thirty years of oivil service. Still, his administration in Hanover has given satisfaction, where his energy and un-failing un-failing fund of amiability make him very popular. Cor. Philadelphia Times. |