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Show I LONDON'S NEW LORD MAYOR i London has another lord mayor. This time It Is Sir Goorgo Wyatt Truscoit. who has heen jWsS-ft. Inaugurated with all the ceremony which nt- tends this perennial function that has temalned ffi practically unaltered for ahout 500 years. Jjj One of the chief recommendations of the SifpSMvSJ-1 honored and honorahle gentleman Is his ox- Utoi4f VvT' tfjj tretne outhfulness for London Just Til yeats. IVr Ms- 7 Another lecoiniuendatlon for which highest V1S. tJ praises have heen sounded throughout the Hill- imfwllffk. Ih'' press conslsis In the Tact that during the WW ' J!V4S v"1' """ w,lK M,,crlrt 1,0 ""'tended ISO pub-555 pub-555 wife (l1,,,f'118 without In tho least endangeilng &sw&?2wi' ,1,B,,h,1o,, """I." s!'8 'o glowing account rMSh-Vc "r '''B KiHt roiicitnlc: achievements, "Sir (leorge !i-lPV iLr&zi'A Is nnlte prepared to undergo tho ordeal cheerfully cheer-fully again." When It Is rememhered that tho city companies of London ate loinpcllcd ulu-llier they want to or not, of course lo spend $100,000 a ar in feasting, tho task lie fore tho now lord mayor will not he regaided as an easy one. It goes without saying that Sir Goorgo Is neither n vegeiarlau nor a nut-eater, neither teetotaller nor tea (lend. Sir (leorge Wyatt Tiuscott Is u good man, with the hest of reconls. Ills grandfather wns a "corporator," which lias nothing to do with boa-constrle-tors, hut Indicates his connection with the ancient city companies In an lion-orahlti lion-orahlti way: while his Into father, Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott, was alderman In ( 1871, and hecame lord mayor In 1879. So, Sir George. In occupying his present i post, Is literally "following In the footsteps of his father." The now lord mayor has not only heen "something In tho city" for many years, hut has toally heen neatly everything It Is posslhle to ho In the city throughout his life, from member of the court of common council to sheriff, magistrate and other dignified things. He Is a memher of various city companies, com-panies, Including tho haherdasl ts, slat loners, musicians and vintners. He Is also n distinguished Mason. As n business man he has long been known us a hustler with a capital "II." Ho has luteiests In no end of successful linns, and Is the principal of James Truscoit & Sous, printers and manufacturing stationers. He Is a director di-rector of the City of London Urewery Company (wo said he wasn't a teetotaller), teetotal-ler), Chuhh's Safe and Lock Company, a big life Insurance company and other commercial enterprises, Naturally enough, ho Is n mllllonalte, and tho $50,000 ho will bo expected to spend while In olllce will not give him ueurnlgla of the pocket nerve. |