Show PERSONAL MENTION Ono of the leading I mandarins In the city of Poking If i Frank CarL who was born and raised In tho State of Tennessee 4 a 0 The old home of Washington Irving whore ho did moat of his literary work at Irvlngton N Y has been sold to a New Yorker as a country residence for l2 CEO The late Mrs John Sherman tqok a keen interest and sometimes an activo part In her husbands political affairs It Is related that Mr Sherman onco said of her She really l knows more about politics than I do At any rate she Is quite na successful King Humbert of Italy Is burdened with so many palaces to keop up that It takes twothirds of his civil allowance of 3SOOCCO a year to maintain the expenses Tho St Jamess Gazette states that ho intends to sell some of them Count Tolstoi continues to bo an enthusiastic enthu-siastic blcyclest In spite of tho fact that his physician has warned him against too violent exorcise p0 On each recurring anniversary of tho death of Lord Byr n an In Memorlam notice commemorative of the noets do I mlso Is printed In the London Tlmca It appears that a fomlnlno admirer of Lord Byron bequeathed n sum of money to have a wreath of Marochnl Nlol roses placed at the foot of his statue In Hamilton Hamil-ton garden etCh year and to pay for ihe annual InForllon of tho advertisement re erred to until Blotch time as tho authorities authori-ties Westminster Abbey shall allow the numo Byron to be Inscribed in tho poets corner |