Show NOTES NOTS OF NOTABLES I Ir Mrs r Vanderbilt recently came Ii In possession of a thimble of oC that lint excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent needlewoman Queen Elizabeth Herbert Gla Gladstone stone has such a great greal lk iLk iLk- In InK Ing for out outdoor sports that that there Is Is is Isn a n astory star story tott told about him hp In tried to arrange a n football th the thc government and the opposition Governor Jon Jeff Jef Davis of Arkansas ha halet has haslet let the residents of Hot lot Springs know that If any excessive Derr Berry strength fo or United States senator develops In t that at locality hi- hi will wi slap the time Id I'd on Thomas ld tl only brother o othe of oC the martyred president lives on a little farm about live Ivl miles mies from Mich He lie Il Is h about 83 S years of age and I Isaid Is said to be a typical farmer farmr Emperor William llam has appointed Pio Prof Ernst von van Bergmann a member of or th the upper house of parliament parlament for life Th ThIs This Is th the time that such an honor ha has been conferred on a member of or the med cal profession W. W H. H McIntyre one of the Insurance Insurance Insurance ance officials who found It I convenient to anish vanish from froni New York last sum sum- mer nier Is said to be bu operating a a arail rul- rul road Iod In Texas Prof W. W R. R Orndorff of Cornel Cor 1 University has left If for a stay of several sev soy eral mouths months In Europe He lie will wi at attend attend at- at tend the Worlds Wends Olds Congress Congre s of or ChemIsts Chem Cheni- in Rome in iii April Apri Elmun Edmund J. J James Jama president of the University Uni- Uni of Illinois will wi b be one of th the lie three thirds delegates of the lie United States t to the Pan American Congress Congre's at Rio lila d do Senator Elkins who was S asked to serve ene will wl not do so Prof C C. W. W has retired a atrie at atthe attle the trie tle age of S 83 after 30 0 years years' service from the directorship of the Morrison Observatory at t Gla Glasgow o Mo ro He i Is succeeded by Mr 11 II I. I R. R Morgan lorgan formerly for for- merly of the lie United States Naval n al ob ob- ob- ob Rear near Admiral William llam II H. I. I commanding the fourth division of the lie North Atlantic fleet feet ha has been ben Invited to lo succeed Rear Tear Admiral George A A. A Converse Con as chief of the lie bureau o or of navigation when the lime latter laller latel retires s forage forage for Cor age on May 13 There Is no more considerate house houe mistress than Queen Alexandra an and it In Inman man many little ways who she anan arranges es for tor tho the pleasure of her servants servant It I is her custom for fO instance to invite the maids to form In line lne to see ee lid her when she Is dressed for Cor great occasions occasions The fhe queen been has hias set sel he her face against the lie unwritten law by which maids shall wear iscar black dresses In hi the afternoon She Shie likes her to wear ordinary ordinary ordinary nary gown RO and antI expressed this desire when last Christmas she distributed dis dl- as usual patterns from which the maids ml might ht choose the lie dress which was lien her majesty's s gift |