"ME, AND MY GOVERNOR."
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, 1908.
"Ob, that in quite sather thing," said my father,paper boste sto made, don't you see, bat little boys grow; I wish you would grow rather fatter: "
But then, daddy, I have heard you say that evolution made everything."
that is only a way of speaking when you grow up you will read Darwin and understand on liver oil and that will make you grow,"
with the Maharajah of-Kooch Behar, who took them off the Jam Babib's hands when he heard. of his illness.
Although absent from England, the Maharajah has kept a warm spot in his heart for Sussex, and at his installation he sent £200 to the County Cricket Club. This he has sappie- monted with an annual subscription of £100. Busser he is qualified to play for that county at any time.
THE YELLOW PERIL AGAIN 1
An-amasing ecinuent appears to a recent
of the Peking -d fientsin Times garding an imitation, recently produced in Japan, of Meurs Les and Pertins celebrated Worcestershire Sauce.
As our readers will notice, the wording of the and if the contents of the bottles are as horrible Bs the English used in their description, wo vonture to think that the quicker our Japanese ailies return to the genuine artiole, the better it will be for them!
I give this name to the earlier chapters of my autobiography in hospirit of disrespect to the author of my being (he is the author of nothing else) but rather from an affectionate memory of his own celloquial style. Every new géneration is at odds with it. prodedessor; the all about 16. In the meantime you shall take As he played for Ave years in succession for tabelia of a decidedly "original" charact r, aircumstarea is not poonlier (48 some suppose) to our changeful times, but in illustrated by the The family history of the Patriarch Neab
se of my dear old Governor and myself, his orly child, is of eternal recurrence, but is always my surprising, and rich in friction to the paruut and the Frog Vicil'e scrimé,
„My father—I speak in the most flin a be would have said of my grandfather, "a bit not up to date."
Looking back through the vista of the years I see myself a child, the findand, int full of the Zeitgeial; alroudy I way un cérébral » One of my earliest meina rios brings me, and my nurse who Bever liked or appreciated me), to a place where the Highland road cut close to the bend of the aiver. Then, on the grassy bank, I see my “father standing a tall, slim figure in knicker- kockers, contemplating a large fish (a nea trout, I boliovej which he had just lauded. Look bero, Archis, he cried, and I ran to him, falling up to the neck on the way in a hole fall ef-hlank posty water. I sat down and wapt bitterly, for 1 had spoile my clothes, which I already regarded with keen wathetio satisfac tion. My father picke i ma np, and, (binking to distract my grief, carried me to see the poor Leù, which, by a series of convulsive struggles, had reached the bottom of the grazay slope above the pool. How lovely and how miserable il seemed, fresh in silver from the son! And my father it was who had dragged it from its vital element! To a transport of pity, rage, ́edmiration, I picked the fish up in my arms and dropped it into the ansber-coloured stream. Then I throw myself on the grass and again" wept profusely.
What in the world do you mean, Archie?” zaid my astonished sire,
"How dare you be so cru-el?" I asked, with another flood of tears.
Wet, you arr su cue ...” avid my parant, Get up, go home with your burse, and put on
dry clothes.
My parse her name was blary Madoneld) rudelog seized my uros, dragged me along, and scolded me all the way home. But my heart swelled with the sense of the happiness of that dear omancipa'ed' trout. The nurse told the story to my grandmother, & Lardened member of Clan MacDougal, who sunt me to bad, where I aried myself to sleep.
Next day my father took me for a walk with the dogs, baring-in his hand-a-fowling picos, a glittering object of which I did not yet ander stand the properties A pratiy little rabbit darted from one clump of backen to another, my father lovalled the deadly tube" (as Wordsworth says), and at the sound of the horrible explosion I clapped, my laads to my ears and nearly went into a fit.
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But I want you to make me understand before I grow! Is ood liver oil evolation ?"
"Hanged it I undiraland," mid my father, but you'll know what cod liver oil is to-mor- on morning."-
It was obvions every Gibre of my being revolted from this nefarious drag.
Bet now my faith, a child's faith, in my father as omsisoient was gone, he was most decidedly not all wise. Even on the intellectual side be was painfully inadequate to my ideal.
His moral deficiencies I had detected ever since the affairs of the trout and the rabbit Te the loons which I and read him with infant, 2011 this man of another generation was Imporinus. It was impossible but thint on the moral side I should feel my superiority. don't care to talk religion-I do not think it in good lasts but I cannot couses! the fact that I prayed for him, and prayed that he might not shoot straight; that his fies might break their barbs on rocks behind him; that we might have bright, dry weather and no water in the river except "just enough to swear by (28 the tourist said about the bit 51). I was pleased when my prayers were answered. Yet his heart did not seem to be touched, and if he shot badly be practised of the iron deer, if there was no water in the river be caught by the in the res looh,
I never went to a public school, for my father said he believed the boys would rag me out of existence, Here was the "struggle for exist- ence," and yet he would not let it have a fair chance!
"Well" said my father whose language was that of his imperfect generation), "I never did read such awful swipes!!!
I rashed into his arms exlinguishing his cigar, his concealed etion. Th, father, you will come to St. Chan's with me next. Sunday "
He has never been attracted by the fascin |ations of golf, but he is fond of lawa-tennis, and when only sixteen he met and defeated W. Renshaw, the then lawa tennis champion, in s friendly game at Hournemo the
The prizes will remain in England until dest winter, but after' this visit is over- bin appearances in England will be few and far betwas owing to his great duties and responsibility in Todia. What has charmed the great oricketer prince most during this visit in the fact that the King honoured him with a lengthy private personal interview soon after his arrival.
The fact that his Highness will be playing again redoubles our longings for the cricket. season to begin. His inimitable leg glider, his perfect confidence and see on bad wickets, his almost unosany ability to play good-leagthed bowling arghow and anywhere he pleases-all contribute to make him the most finish, and attractive bat the world has ever seen. It will be no more "K, B. Raojitsinbji,” but 'HIE Maharajah Jam Sabib of Nawansgar, who will figure in the reore-sheet, for he is now a ruling prince of India and a fondatory ally of his Borereign our King. Couerquently, the old- familiarism of his name has dessad are among his intimate friends. May be open the season with one of these old-time centuries,
THE DANIEL · LAMBERT,
A MEMORY OF LUDOATE HILL
When I was about sixlenn be raid to maj "Arobie, do you really not believe in Darwin
If the history of Ludgate-hill would be re- My heart stood still. I sirova for speech, and murmured at last: Fairy Inles of science: Can presented in panoramio form what Bgere in the you, sir, say that you opt his theory of the long historical procession or picture would evolution of the contuon cuckoo or the Weterstand our most prominent From the time of ouse1 Don't remember what his theory is," the mythiol King Lud and his two sons we said my father.
should pass to that of the Romans, who left Exgerly I run for my copy (my father had their urns and lamps behind, at the stately sous) of The Origin of Species." The Normans, resplendent in arms. We should ver passages were marked by me own mordant Houry VII. and his courtiers and Wolsey at poncil. My father read them thoughtfully bean ifal danghier, ruthlessly wooed by King Bridewell Palace. Robert Fitzwalter and his I watched with bated breath.
John, would pass out of Bayuard's Castle. Queen Elisabeth would arcend the bill in the pride of the morning to give thanks for the defest of the Armada Burbage and his yaga- borde would stroll along to the Playhouse to perform the plays of one William Shake spoaro." The dandies of the Georgian and Early Victorian period would ecossionally pass by. Eminout personages would arrive at Stationrra Hall, Doctor's Commong, and Apothecaries. Hall would pass by in turn. Pope, Swift, Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Richardson, Cowper, and the fragile form of Chatterion would be seen on their way to the Chapter Coffee House.. We should momentarily wonder at Barnes and his famous dancing horse, Morocco, which performed on Ludgate-hill, or laugh at Tarleton, the olows, who has b'come owner of Delly's Taverd. A goodly company indeed, and it is to be questioned if the greatest interest would not be morusutarily aroused at the appearance of a most ponderous figure, larger in girth by far than Dr. Jonson, aubling along on his way to his club in Icy-line-the figure, in short, of Daniel Lambert.
Don't mind if I do," said my father. other staff certainly won't wash.”
The
Thus the lost not-to be passed galf of a generation was passed; the Zeitgeist of the day after to-morrow had sreopt ncross a belated Gun-shy!uid my inther Soon onre jutellest; and though my father stilt hunts, that." He then, to my borror, peked up a dear shoots, and Exh.8, at all events be mocks at rabbit and
gave it to an attendust, who placed it Profesor Huxiry's theory of the Origin of in a large Log.
Religions and swears by Sir Oliver Lodge. Every fire of my sensitive nature was work-bage red of sous less fortuniste than myself, ing. I could not restore the rabbit to Regand und of fathers le-a amenable to the destrings of my soul was lacerated by the death of severil of
the Newest Age than my own. these winning little puidials,
Knowing now that remonstrance would not be understood, and refuting that whatever killed the rabbits came out of the tube, I seized the opportunity to stop the orifice or muzzle with a handful of clay. In my childish innocence I supposed that this would stop the shot and save the rabbit. When my father next fired the gun barst, and though by a miracle of Previdence we all escaped injury, still I could not bat perceive that what had done was not the best way of sating animal life. My father was much puzzled by the accident, which. I thought it more judicious to lease unexplained. That day
be shut no more.
By sturdily maintaping that the noise of the gau gave me excruciating Leadaches To caped from further aunegavor, while my horror of iny. pany"convinced my wire that it was vain 10 expect us to shine in the hunting field.
My father never went to churel, but thither y droother, Mr. MacDougal carried me twice on every Sunday. In the Highlands T Dennot honestly say that enjoyed this dis cipline, for the psalmody was meal and destitato et even a harenitim, while I felt that the Calvinism of the sermons and the constant attacks on a lady, unknown, who altruoted all my sympathies by the magnificence attributed to her scarlet uppal, word distasteful to me.
I Louden it was different. Here the music Leemal to carry me on augel wings through the empyreno, floating on the fragrant clouds of incense. At home I attempted to renew the Bessation by burning cedar pencils and pluging with one finger open the school-room plan. My alition was to be a choir boy and wear a white surplice, dainty, Lieratic, wonderful. Music, incense, vestments, pictures of a paradis of lotoly a nisi groom and red and white, with exquisitely-barnished aureoler, happy in the divine ents of rose gardens within the grey old battlemented walls of some Umbrisu cily, these things were then my religion,
My father cared for Loue of these things. And when I asked him to let me baja ohole boy he laughed and said that I had the voice of a young and undisciplined peacock. This, as I
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PRINCE RANJITSINHJI.
PLANE PÔR CRICKET SEASON, Cricketers and lovers of cricket have all beeu rejoicing at the fact that next summer will agains60 H. H. Maharaj Jam Sahib of Newanagar, otherwise and better known as K. S. Ranjitsinhji, playing for Eussex again, and it is not too much to say that (Lere will probably be record gates at Brighton when the popular Indian prioen reappears for his old country. It is an old paying but it is a good one, that Rabjitsinhji can bat belter with a fire-shovel bau many firstclass cricketers with a bat." He certainly is an absoluto magician with a bat.,
For praction before the season commences the prince has engaged. Walter Loss, of Barrey, E. Arnold, of Worcestershire; and Hargreave, of Warwickshire, to come down in the early spring for six weeks anal bond to him in Sussex at Shillingloe, which he has rented from Eart Winterlou. The prince considers Arnold the best bowler in England since Lockwood's time. It is not likely, however, that the Jam Sahib will be seen often in the oricket fall, in fact, it is iztremely improbable that be wil play more than half a dozen matches, This due to the fact that, although he is nominally in England on a holiday, Lis Highates has an enormous amount of ficial work to deal with daily, However that may be, the great batsman will play for Lord Londesborough XI agaiust the English team at present in Australia dur og berisibly tura ou for Sussex against Lancashire the Scarborough week, and he will almost at Old Trafford. The prince is very popular in Manchester, and has always had a strong partiality for Old Trafford. He has the most affections to regard for the Lucashire C.C., which paid him the greatest compliment by enabling him to make Li débat as an intern tional oricketer. Everyone remembers that wonderful century (54 not cut) of his there against the Australians in the Test match in 1890.
Such Stream of figures is suggested by the disappearance of the well known London hostelry, the Daniel Lambert, on Ludgate-bill, to make way for another of Messrs. Lyons and Co.'s popular cafès, Originally named the King's Head, the old tavern became known by. the more plebeian bame from its associativa with the celebrity, of whom it is recorded that at 3 years of age he weighed 32st, and, to his 40th year, when he died suddenly, 32st 1lb. Lambert used to sit in the tavern which came to be called after him, and was for a time, ia the early part of the last century, one of the. sights of fondoo. A portrait of him-and-his- stick, which need to bang in the saloon of the Daniel Lambert, was recently knocked down at the auctioneer's for £5 108.
Daniel Lambert was born on March 13th, 1770, at Leicester, his father, in early life, having beer insteman to the Earl of Stamford. He began to develop hie enormous corpulency about the age of 19. Previous to that there is little to be said of his life, save that, like olber boye, be was fond of all form of sport partion- larly racing and that he anos entered into a contest with a great performing bear, which he finally stunned with a blow from bis tis He succeded his father as the keeper of Leica ter's Prison, and within a year of his appoint- So grent; indeed, did he grow that the fame ment bis bulk begas to ineresse alarmingly. of his girth began to travel, and "finding an obituary of his death at length, as records, that he must either cubmit to be a closs prisoner in his own house, or endure all the inconveniences without receiving any of the profit of so exhibition, Mr. Lambert wily strove to overcome his repogauge, and determ- ined to visit the metropolis for the purposs.” As it was impossible to procure a carriage large enough to admit him, a vehicle was expressly constructed to convey him to the metropolis, where he arrived in the spring of 18 6.
Lie apartments there," we are baively told had more the air of a place of fashionable assure than on and full bio was visited by
by taking plenty of exercise and ky shooting, aport on which he is particularly keen. over, he is one of the best shots in England.
Lately he was shooting at the Earl of Loades borough's place, Blankuey Hall, Lidcoinshire, with the Dake of Beaufort and the Earl of Westmorland. These are some of the best ouverts in England, and the King and Prince of Wales were shooting there just previously. Fishing is another of the Maharajah's favourite sports, and he hopes to get some good sport at Shillinglee.
The Maharaja has quite recovered from the was informed by all who heard me try Jerusa-severe attack of typhoid, bal, as is usual after the golden," was true, and, with bitter tears, that particular illness, he has grown mach
feed that I could never draw them by my stigler Hwever, be in keeping himself young-diord melodies from appreciativy cuns My father, as I learned sarly, when
as the town contioned he I asked him to tell me ghost stories, war a con.
great deal of the best company, The diond firmed materialist. A man of bis age, he had,
he felt on coming to London, leat het more through newspapers and casual conversa
should be exposed to indignity and insult from tions than serious study, become tainted with
the curiosity of some of his visitors, was BIOD the exploded fallacies of Darwin, Huxley, and
removed by the politeness and attention Herbert Spencer that Tapper of philosophy.
which he almost universally experienced
towa "Evolution, my boy, evolution mado every
There was not a gentleman In
to see bing, he would answer when I called his atten.
from his own county but weat tion to the marvels of Creation, the rainbow,
him, not merely gazing at bim sa spectacle, ава the stary heavens. And what is evolution,
but treating him in the most friendly daddy dens ?" I used to ask in the Last His Highnem has been following the Testmoothing manner" We are furthermore told Woolbing voice permitted to my unfortunate matches in Australia with the greatest in that the spirit of politeness which always vooal chords.
te est, and his criticisms are worth re- prevailed in the preseños of Ms. Lambert was Oh, survival of the e fitost and natural producing. In the first place, he is de such as was perhaps never before observed, in selection, and all that kind of thing" he was lighted at the success of K. L, Hatubings similar circumstances. The very Quakers by "accustomed to Auswer.
"I am surviving, Some years ago, when he first saw the whom he was visited felt themselves moved to daddy, and yet I have heard you say that youKent amateur hat at Tunbridge Wells, he take off their hats!! don't believe I ever was fit in my life.."
predioted that he was the coming man and would Visitors, indeed, from all parts of London and "No more you are, you unlucky little undoubtedly be on of the greatest bats in of England came to see what immense varmint, worse luck," he said, for I was an England. For the rest he thinks the team magnitude the human figuro was capable of extremely emaciated and nervous child. I real good one, but witheat any stars. He is attaining." The famous Polish dwarf, Count Lambert remember how, in very early years, I puzzled anxicas to see Hardstaff who has come to the Boralawski, was one of them. over the labour and toll of being undressed front daring his absence in India. He also asked the count how much cloth he had snd dressed. It cecurra to ma one winter thinks that too much has been made of the in his suit. About three quarters of a evening in the drawing-room that by contract heat during this tour, for when be accompanied yard," said the dwari, "That would about ing myself I might be partially undressed, for Stoddart's team in 1898, the thermometre recover my arm," replied Lambort. Confidences very little boys then wore a kind of feminine gistered 10 degrees more than has besu ex- ensued, and the Brobdingnagian asked the costume suspended from the shoulders.perienced on this trip, and yet mot one of the Lilliputian how his good lady was, Oh she Lastantly I tried the experiment, and to the players complained. Moreover, he does not is dead,” replied the latter, "and. I am not borror of all, most of my raimont fell at my consider the pace at which Test matches are fest like that of Geraldine in "Christabel." To return to the dialogue on evolation; "If I am not at why do I survival "
Bacause I take so wuch cars of you, you queer little kid," said my father.
**Then, diddy, you can stop evolution, you are stronger than evolution, and yet you may that evolution made everything. Now you can't. even make a paper boat-not a good one."
sorry, for when I affronted her she put me on being played in Australis good for cricket. the mantelpiece for panishment." After a The Imperial-erickét scheme appeals keeply residence of ab: ut five months in the metropolis to the Maharajah, who believes with Lord Lambert returned, in Sept., 1806, to his native Selborne that these international matches bind town, where, following visits to different) parts more closely the ties of Empire. He is great of England, he died, in his fortieth year. His Imperistles. Moreover, it would not be sar-
cofia was 6ft. 4iu, long, 4ft, 4in, wide, and 2ft. prising one day to find a team coming over. in. deep, The window sud part of the wall of from India. Cox and Vine, the Susser pre- the room in which he died bad to be removed fessionals, are at the present moment in India to allow of its ogress.
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