Show slapped by her majesty at the age of 0 eighty six a dentist and electrician won a fresh reputation by delivering one of the wittiest and most entertaining after dinner Ls cm evet heard in the savoy hotel botel london writes henri pickard in the cincinnati enquirer this pioneer r octogenarian was col C I 1 crompton the faraday medallist of IM 1922 who wa was accorded a comell dinner by admirers re friends colleagues al in a voice that could easily be heard throughout the large hall col onel crompton acknowledged the compliments paid him by telling some amusing stories of his early scientific days I 1 I 1 am about the only person who has ever been slapped by suh a model of 0 dignity as queen victoria he declared that happened in 81 or 82 hen when I 1 introduced into windsor castle the type of lighting which you see in this room today of course it Is commo bow low but at that time it was a novelty her majesty said she had never seen anything like it before and promptly slapped my face but when other people admired tie light she was very fair about lb it when someone wanted to introduce me later qeeen victoria waved him aside with the remark this own man had the cheek to hav havo his 0 own yn way and his own way happened to be right 0 |