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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1930.

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JESTER

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OF REGENCY a good deal of thinking over, and LONDON.

THEODORE HOOK.

A Visit to Woolwich. it was a hot morning. The alder Some months later Hook and man saw a ray of light in the dark Matthews went down to Woolwich, sky, and asked Hook to come in- and, wanting a meal, Hook went to side and talk It over-noar the the Inn and ordered lunch for the GETTING DIGNITY TO PAY FOR sideboard. Hook, with an unusual Spanish Ambassador. Spain was chivalry for those times, said that then, of course, an ally and highly IMPUDENCE.

he couldn't leave his clerk outalde, | popular, and the Spanlah Ambas- and so they both went in. Talksador A man whom loyal inn- It over indeed! I should think keepers delighted to honour. As they did. It was only half-past' soon as the flattered innkeeper, had eloven when they went in, and spread the story of his astonishing Theodore Hook, like Lord Byron, Hook was determined to get a good fortune, Matthew, who was Mr. Baldwin and "Beachcomber," lunch, at least. So for an hour or playing the lead on this occasion, was an old Harrovian, and in his more he was adamant. But as they covered with orders and decora- time almost as famous as any of got nearer to one o'clock he began tions, set out with Hook on a tour them. And he was even

relent. more to

Perhaps he might' of the town. They were received Then, back to typical a product of the British stretch a point. Perhaps after all, with enthusiasm. public school. By the time he was

the aubsoll was hardly auttable. the Inn, where all the available twenty, in 1808, he had

The alderman grew more cheerful, rooms had been commandeered, to- гип though all his money, and by the and Hook was invited to stay for gether with half the plate and became linen in Woolwich, Hook having time he was twenty-four he had lunch. Then Hook also exhausted his credit.

In these more cheerful.

The lunch was explained that Spanish custom de- circumstances, naturally, he went good; the wine better; the port monded twelve towels in the Am- to the Colonies, and helped to bear better still. So much so that Hook, bassador's room, together with the white man's burden. It is true for the first and last time in his knives, forks, spoons in similar that he was exported in the com- life, gave himself away, for having quantities.

Throughout lunch the Ambas- fortable capacity of Accountant- by this time constituted himself

friend and counsellor to the whole ́sador displayed quaint Spanish General, and that he left the Treasury of Mauritius with a de- ficit of 62,000 dollars, but this is only to say that the whiteman's burden was, in Hook's case also, a bag of the black man's gold,

Why did Hook get appointed to a high official poat at twenty-four? The answer is that by twenty-four he had made London laugh so heartily that the Prince Regent said-and not before it was time- that something must be done for Hook, who was becoming more audacious as he became more im. pecunioua.

If, like so many great men, Theodore Hook owed nothing to; his school, his school was the only place in the world to which he did

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your fare;

Your wines are as good as

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SURVIVOR OF INDIAN PURELY A QUESTION

MUTINY.

MRS. RING CHEERED BY RIFLE CORPS VETERANS.

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London, May 26. Hearty cheers for Mrs. Ring, a survivor of the Indian, Mutiny, were raised at the annual dinner

of the King's Royal Rife Corps Veterans' Association, at the re- quest of the Chairman, Lieut. General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell

Mrs. Ring, who is nearly 85, was born at sea when the regiment was on its way to India.

Her father was a master tailor. Mrs. Ring was nearly 12 when the Mutiny broke out at Meerut and she assisted the nurses carry water and helped to prepare bandages for the wounded.

Later she married Sergeant

to

ter Guard, who sounded the alarm at Meerut.

A new French decoration, "The Maritime Order of Merit," has been created. The Order ranks second only to the Legion of Honour.

OF TASTE.

POSTER BANNED BY UNDERGROUND.

BEDROOM SCENE.

London, May 17.

A poster displaying a bedroom grene has been banned by the Underground.

The management of the Garrick Theatre submitted it as a design to advertise "Almost a Honey- Kelly, the actroas, swathed in a nicon."" It depicted Miss Renee

bathroom towel entering her room while a strange young man, who has entered her flat by mistake after a convivial evening, lies in bed gazing at her with one eye

open.

Miss Renes. Kelly is astonished. "I really do not know

said to the Evening Standard. " ̧am very ́ particular what I wear on the stage, and when I saw the picture it never entered my head that any objection could be taken to it.

"So Sensitive."

family, he sat down to the piano customs with reckless profusion, George Ring, a bugler of the Qua wrong they can see in it, what to entertain them to a comle song, He ate two candles (carefully pre- and, inspired by the alderman's pared beforehand by Hook from cellar, he concluded it with

aume pears), and swallowed a famous impromptu verse:

pint of lamp oil (also prepared be- forehand) with great gusto. For the afternoon, he ordered a boat, with a further supply of towels, candles and lamp oil, to take him down the river. By now, Tast crowds had assembled to see the candle-eating foreigners, and Mat- thews had such a reception as was rarely accorded to him at the theatre. After going up stream for a little, the Ambassador and his secretary disembarked, chang- ed and took the same boat on to

"My clerk's Mr. Matthews, the

player,

And I'm Mr. Theodore Hook. Like

the burgomaster of Koepenick a hundred years later, the Alderman of Kingston felt that there was no more to be said. Now for Hook's most famous exploit.

The Berners Street Hoax,

In Berners Street there lived, a London.

from

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not owe anything. After leaving certain maiden lady, whose ambi- Perhaps it was this exploit Harrow at fourteen, he found hiation it was to run a salon which which led the Prince Regent to Iway almost at once into theatrical should rival Holland House. But make his famous remark which I and bohemian society, and there beyond scraping acquaintance with quoted eariler, that something met, among other

a few young actors like Matthews, must be done for Hook. Anyway, expansive friends, Charles Matthews, the ac- she faliad lamentably, and, by all it was shortly after this that he accounts, deservedly. Matthews was sent to Mauritius. But if was rather sorry for her. "Never something could be done for Hook, little cash as Hook, and many of mind," said Hook, "I will make her nothing could be done with him their most famous exploits were famous." "Impossible," said Mat and his capacity for hoaxing did planned with the highly practical thows, who knew the lady better not extend to the auditors of his desire of getting dignity to pay for than Hook, and knew that the accounts; when the vast shortage Impudence, London was no safe nearest she would ever get to was discovered he was recalled in place for the pompous ass when founding a salon would be to open disgrace. He was acquitted of Theodore Hook was about, as we

a cheap restaurant. And he laid fraud, but he was made bankrupt, can tell from the trick he played ten to one in fivers on his opinion, and was for some time in prison. Hook took the bet. "In one week," He came out, and returned for a at the very start of his career on a fashionable family doctor and an

he said, "that house will be the few years to society, editing a old lady of unpleasantly respect most famous in the land."

paper and writing innumerable Exactly able acidity. Hook and Matthews

week later, the novels. But he got tato debt again, had been driving in a hackney respectable inhabitants of Berners and died in lodgings at Fulham. carriage round London-1, am

Street woke up to see the most as Douglas Jerrold in Exchange. afraid they had been doing what tounding procession. Twelve tona might be called a "pub-crawl"of of coal from twelve different coal course, under highly favourable merchants, twelve bridal cakes The Senate Judiciary Committee conditions, for that

twelve different confes-approved the nomination of Mr. England which knew not "Jix", tioners: greengrocers' cart, fürni- Owen D. Roberts to be associate By four o'clock in the afternoon ture pantechnicons; trousseaux for justice of the U.S. Supreme Court they had spent all their

twelve fashionable brides and Indications point to the approval of and they had not paid the cabman. coffine for a dozen wealthy corpses; the nomination by the Senate. The fare by then amounted to four ten doctors' broughama; six brass Mr. Roberts's name has been gen- pounds or more. "Drive at once bands and sixteen clergymen, all erally well recelyed, in contrast to to Dr. So-and-So's," cried Hook Converging on Berners Street. The that of Judge John Parker whose suddenly, and the cabman set off struggle to reach a house which nomination was rejected. to the other end of the town. Ar- till an hour or so ago had been so rived at the doctor's house, Hook little known, became frantle. As made Matthews get out, and him the morning passed, the confusion self went to call out the doctor. Increased, and all the surrounding Breathless, very distressed and turnings were quite impassable suitably embarrassed, Hook made with laden carts, plunging horses it clear to the doctor that an in- and cursing drivers, while harass- teresting event was expected imed policeman vainly tried to reduce mediately at a certain address, the stream to some sort of order. that the lady's doctor could not be But more distinguished guesta found, and that there were circum- were on their way. The Lord stances here he whispered for a Mayor had been summoned with few minutes in the doctor's car, his chaplain to hear the dying. ! The doctor fully realised the, de confession of a peculating alder- licacy of the situation, and said man; judges, a cabinet minister that he would call out his carriage and even the Archbishop of Can- and go at once. But that would terbury had been similarly-en- mean delay, pleaded Hook, and treated on the understanding that then, with bis unfalling kindness, a great State scandal was to be suggested the solution. He would revealed. And, with remarkable A zeal and conscientiousness, they lend the doctor his carriage. aplendid Idea, thought the doc- all came. The final apparition tor, as he drove off. He thought which staggered the good bur- less after his interview with the gesses of Berners Street was the very formidable and forbidding resplendent crimson and gold looking spinster to whom he had liveries of the Commander-in- been sent, Andhla feel- Chief, the Duke of York, who had ings when he found he had to pay somehow been persuaded that the cabman, the Best part of Ave weighty business of State required pounds on pain of being made the his presence in that modest subur laughing stock of the town are ban thoroughfare. hardly, I am afraid, suitable for broadcasting.

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All the time Theodore Hook watched behind the curtains of the *** The Infuriated Alderman." house opposite, where he had taken

Another characteristic exploit an inconspicuous, temporary lodg was the affair of the alderman of ing. He had sent out over a thou Kingston, who had a house and sand letters to the tradesmen, pro- garden by the river, and who had fessional men, nobodies and annoyed Hook by putting up a notabilities, and he had the grati- farge notice on his lawn. "Tres-¡fication of seeing them all turn up. passers will be prosecuted." "Will The neighbourhood of Berners they by Jove thought Hook, and Street by the end of the day when oné Saturday morning he rowed the last desperate explanation had down with Matthews in a boat, and been given and the last caller they jumped ashore by the alder turned away, resembled the after man's gate. Then, with great math of an unparalleled orgy. formality, Hook began

Mountains of chins and glasa had

the lawn with! surveyor's chain, been smashed, bridal cakes, trous Matthews act

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and coffins filled the roads, infuriated smashed planos, broken chairs,

alderman burst on the scene, and

he was not put into a Better temper, wheel-le

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What Loss Of Weight winking. The theatre said, "Very

Means.

How Many People Maintain Strength,

When you are losing weight, fail- ing in strength and growing pale and sallow day by day, it is a sign that you need more blood..

Whatever the cause, there can be no relief until the blood is built up so that it will carry renewed ife and strength to every part of the body.

A remedy that arrests the de- cline in health and strength, that begins to restore the weakened muscles and strengthen the nerves, demonstrates at once to the patient that the amnemia is being over- come, and that rich red blood is now helping to fight off rheumat- ism, sciatica, lumbago, and other diseases to which the victim of

thin blood is liable.

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"I think the first objection was on the score that the man had one eye open and appeared to be

.well, wa will close both eyes," but the Underground declared that they would not do either,

"I am shown coming in from the bathroom to look for my pyjamas, and really I have more on than many girls wear in the daytime. I am wrapped in about three layers of bath towel, a full* size bath sheet, which covers me completely. In the play the young man is fast asleep, and when a house full of clergymen saw the play they laughed uproariously.

"The poster was taken from a photograph, and I cannot under- stand why the Underground, are so sensitive."

The. Underground were at pains to point out that they have no fixed standard upon which they judge posters, all of which have to be submitted to them before display.

. Such a remedy is Dr. Williams* "We considered that this parti pink pills. These pills have been cular poster, might be interpreted world-renowned as a specific. for in such a way as to offend the thin blood for five-and-forty years, susceptibilities of our pagsen- and any illness caused by a lack of gers," they said. "All kinds of blood will be benefited by a course people travel by Underground, of treatment with them. They con- and all of them would see it, tain just the elements needed to So we have to be very careful build up the blood and restore lost what we exhibit, and perhaps vitality. New energy circulates take a less broad view then we through the system, the heart stops might otherwise. its alarming palpitation, colour re- This design Was very crude, turns to pailld checks and lips. and our objection was not to the Begin a course yourself without | man" having ong eye open but to delay; Dr. Williams' pink pills are the whole thing. We have asked obtainable from chemists every-that another design should be sub-

niltied to us."

where.

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