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Show Slapped by "Her Majesty" I At the age of eighty-six a scientist and electrician won a fresh reputation reputa-tion by delivering one of the wittiest and most entertaining after-dinner speeches ever heard In the Savoy hotel, London, writes Henri Pickard in the Cincinnati Enquirer. This pioneer octogenarian war Col. C. E. Crompton, the Faraday medallist of lfr'2, who was accorded a complimentary compli-mentary dinner by admirers, friends and collengnes. - In a voice that could easily be heard throughout the large hall, Colonel Col-onel Crompton acknowledged the compliments paid blm hy telling some amusing stories of his early scientific days. "I am about the only person who has ever been slapped by such a moip-l of dignity ns Queen Victoria." he declared. "That happened In '81 or ".-!, when I Introduced Into Windsor Wind-sor c::stle the type of lighting which you see In this room today. Of course, It Is common now, but at that time It was a novelty. "Uer majesty Bald she had never seen anything like It before and promptly slapped my face. "F.ut when other people admired the light she was very fair about It When someone wanted to Introduce me later Queen Victoria waved him aside with the remark: 'This young man had the cheek to have his own way, and his own way happened to be right.'" :. i r. ".-" -: ,i "ji ' |