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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

SLUYAS WILLIAMS

WHEN YOU'VE GOTTEN THE WRONG PARTY THREE TIMES RUNNING AND HAVE BAWLED OUT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY IN SUCH PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE THAT THE WHOLE OFFICE FORCE HAS GATHERED TO LISTEN, AND A SNEAKING DOUBT ASSAILS YOU THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING THE WRONG NUMBER

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CURT RETORT TO "QUEEN VICTORIA.

'YOU'LL FORGET YOUR HEAD NEXT."

A QUEER PARTY,

BIGGEST JOB IN BRITAIN!

DIRECTOR OF RATION-

ALISATION.

Nearly forty years ago a little boy in the North of England told his father how eager he was to be an engineer.

Today be, has got what has been the biggest job in described as

When the father of Sir Nigel Playfair, the actor, was paying a visit to Queen Victoria in Scot- land (he was famous physician); be overheard "a little whispered England-the Director of Ration- conversation between her Majestyalisation." and her redoubtable attendant, Mr. John Brown.

"The Queen said, 'John, I've forgotten my shawl, and he before fetching it countered with, 'Aye, you'll be forgetting your head

next.'"

"The remark was graciously ac erpted," Sir Nigel says in his book of recollections, "Hammersmith Hoy, published last month, in the spirit in which it was offered." A no less characteristic story is told of W. E. Gilbert, He was found by a friend standing outside a post office. Inside Mrs. Gilbert could be seen atamping her letters. Gilbert explaited "that he was waiting there while his wife tasted' the stamps to see if they fresh.

were

"Spotting Talent." When he was young, Sir Nigel had a gift of irresponsible hum- our. Once be put. this advertise- ment in the newspapers:

Mr. Charles Bruce Garduer is to be the managing director of the Securities Management Trust-the Bank

of England undertaking which will help to secure the ration alisation of our heavy industries.

He is now 43 years of age, with great business achievements behind him already, but he never forgets the early days of his ambition to be an engineer.

His father, Mr. Henry Gardner, stated that his san hated publicity, and the romance of his business career could not be related.

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A Technical Man,

Charles," he said, "is well known in the iron, veal and steel industries as a technical man on the manufacturing side.

"He has long been associated with the galvanised fror works known as John Summers and Sons. Ltd., and during the war, when the output of the concern was vital, he doubled the works in one year."

Many Directorships.

To-day Mr. Charles Bruce Gard- ner is preparing to give up his many works interests, as it is neces- "A brother and sister living in

sary for him to work exclusively rather pleasant rooms near the Tem-upon his new job. ple invite any ladies or gentlemen who may be lonely to dine with All Christmas Day. од Indics must prefer Lewis Carroll to Marie Corelli, and the gentle- men must not wear made-up ties. Reply Box-

them

The "sister" was the young lady who became Lady Scott, wife of the Arctic explorers and is now the wife of Sir Edward Hilton Young, M.P. The party was quite

a success,

Sir Nigel is very modest through- out, but he does say that he thinks The has a gift for spotting talent. Among others now well-known whom he discovered is Miss Betty Chester:

not the remotest chance of

suc-

He is getting ready to be one of Britain's super business men. He is giving up his directorships on the following companies:-

Banbury Ironstone Co., Ltd. British Basic Slag, Ltd. Buckley Colliery Co., Lt C. and W. Walker, Ltd. John Summers and Sona, Ltd. New Acid Co., Ltd. Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal

Ltd.

Staffordshire Chemical Co., Ltd. Steetley Lime Co., Ltd. Talk:ofth-Hill Colliery Co

Led. Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron,

Co., Ltd.

I remember her father being

The John Suminers Co. has a quite hurt with me for offering capital of £4,000,000. Mr. Charles her a professional engagement He Bruce Gardner has been directing was quite convinced that she had millions of pounds capital for Feara: le is now very closely con- nected with the Shelton Iron Co., which is allied to the Summers.com? cerns, whose production operations extend over 60 res

ceeding on the stage, and that to give her a start would merely put wrong ideas into her head,

War and the Theatres. Here are some of the frank ad- Mr. Henry Gardner, his father, anissions and comments made by is chairman of the firm bearing his the popular manager of the Ham- name, now merged with the British mersmith Theatre, which he rescued Metal Corporation and associat from obscurity and made every-ed with the new Amalgamated body go to:

Metal Corporation, capitalized at I am uaturally exceedingly £5,000,000-

idle."

"I got through my entire Oxford career without attending, a single) elature of any kind."

"""The effect of the war upon the theatres was entirely unexpected.

It is a curious fact, and one which points to the vagarica-and- Precariousness of the acting profės- sian, that William J. Rea, who

It was believed at first that they made so great a success as Abraham would almost cease to exist they Lincoln, could not riccoed after- changed hands at bargain prices, wards in earning a respectable liv -and-3-know-of-at-least-one-family-

that liv at this moment in great. Comfort because the neau of

ang at an actor.

He has „found in himself a pactul position

the courage to take a long lensen another sphere of life. of a West-end theatre at a price which in these days seems quite laughably small."

Continued at foot of next column),

even

"Abraham Lincoln', was neither immediately successful Dor during the long run of a year very successful financially.

CHAINED TO A LOG.

HOW CEYLON FATHER PUNISHED A SON.

A story of a novel method of punished a boy comes from Slave Island Colombo, Ceylon.

A Tamil lad, about 8 years of age, named Nathuthurai, was pro- duced at the Slave Jaland police station recently with a log of wood, weighing about 15 lb. chained to his right leg.

The boy stated that his father had done it and that he had been walking about with that log of wood chained to his leg for, the last five days.

In bis father's absence he had gone to the playground, where the playground inspector noticed him and brought him to "the station.

The father, a "taste" boutique rested and produced at the station keeper named Muttiah, when ar complained that his son was incorrigible. When sent to school he always played truant and was

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He devised that "form of punish- ment to prevent him from loafing about. He had six other children. As no marks of violence were His son, on one of his aimless found on the boy the police severe- excursions, had gone to Mataraly warned the father and sent him

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