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1928.

RAJAH'S TOUR STOPPED.

THE PREMIER'S RETORT TO REASON WHY HE WISHED TO

SIR JAMES BARRIE.

AMUSING CONFESSIONS

TRAVEL.

MATERIAL FOR BOOK. Tho Prince of Wales wittily After gaining world-wide atten- described his efforts to prepare ation by reason of his sudden and speech about Worcester County at mysterious disappearance from the second annual banquet of the Calcutta and the subsequent can. Worcestershire Association at the cellation at Bombay of his pass- Hotel Victoria which was presid-port for England, the Rajah Jal ed over by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Privithi Singh, son-in-law of the President of the Association, and aged Prime Minister and Mahara- attended by more than 500 Wor- jah of Nepal, has returned to the cestershire folk. Sir James Barrie seclusion of his palace at Banga- was among the visitors.

lore. His own explanation of his actions is as follows 1

Referring to the fact that the Earl of Plymouth had suddenly "What really happened was this. been called upon to deputise for have been privately writing with Viscount Cobham, Lord Lieuten- the help of a scholar, a philoso- ant of Worcestershire, in propos-phical book on humanism, which ing the loyal toast, the Prince deals with several aspects of sald:

human life and knowledge.

"I will tell you a secret. Lord Plymouth happened to have a very rood friend, and that good friend happened to he one of my private secretaries. He did. exactly what I do when I find myself in rather a tight corner-he new 'to my pri- vate secretary for help. But I got in first. (Laughter).

"As the work was rearing com- pletion, and as incident after incl- dent showed how communalism, re- ligious fanaticism, racial hatred, and national ill-will were causing suffering to humanity at large, an idea developed in my mind to start a public institution with the object of allaying that suffering. World Tour.

"In the course of my researches in the last few days," the Prince "It was considered necessary to continued, "I started to jot down get into touch with the psychic, some of the things for which your philosophic, and scientific institu great

county la famous. But Itions in different parts of the began by putting the word 'sauce' civilised world, so with this idea, right out of my mind. (Laughter).coupled with a desire to take I was determined that whatever opinions on my book, I made up else I did or did not do I was not my mind to go on a four of the going to make a single fake about world, but the people of my Worcestershire Sauce. (Laughter.) country do not, and would not, "In the same kind of way I de allow any member of the Hindu cided not to say very much about, your good River. Severn, because A BONNY BABY. it seems to me that its main func- tion is to keep your county almost in a state of permanent Inunda- tion. (Laughter)...

Futher Researches,

"And then in my researches I remembered having seen a recent reference in the newspapers to a Worcestershire farmer who was reported to have found grass growing on the back of some of his sheep. (Loud laughter.) I was compelled to put that on one | side; rather reluctantly, because I thought that would be a mar- vellous new theme for after-dinner speeches. (Laughter.) But I felt before it was put on the market that it would need a little more investigation, although it obvious- ly points do a corollary-that Wor- cestershire farmers do not.let the KTKAA grow under their fest, (Laughter.)

*

Kenneth Walter Stone, aged

"My list of a few days back of

1 year and 8 months, of 18, Ventris Road, Happy Valley, the noted products of your county

is indeed n bonny baby, hav- was not progressing very favour-

ing won two first prizes at ably, until suddenly inspiration

baby shows in England. came to me, and I noted down quickly china, cider, cricket, and community belonging to the king- Lord Coventry-(cheers)—who was playing a prominent part in dom of Nepal to deviate from the your county before most of us laid-down rules and customs of

the Hindu religion.

were born.

"To travel by sea to far-off "Now the realisation that "all of these items began with 'C' sud-lands and to partake of food pre- flenly reminded me that,

ofpared by other than high-caste course, I should have started one Hindus is regarded as violating letter earlier in the alphabet and the customs of religion.

I should have headed my list with "Though in principle I am 26 another product of Worcestershire much a Hindu as any among them, for which we all have such affec- yet religious bigotry or fanaticism tionate admiration-my host, Mr.is inconsistent with my views. Baldwin." (Cheers.)

Hence there was only one of two alternatives left me to carry out my mission.

Sir James Barrie.

The Long of "The Visitors" was

"One was, to ask the permission proposed in the Worcestershire, dialect by Earl Beauchamp, who of his Highness the Maharajah, called upon Sir James, Barrie to the Prime Minister of Nepal, and respond in the following terms: the other was to slip away quiet- "I am glad to see Sir James Barrie ly without letting anybody know. ere to-night, E lives so nigh to I chose the latter course, and got us at Stoneway that e must have away from Calcutta without giv- seen a mort of our pokes and ing the least hint to anybody of fairios in Oostershirt, so I asks my movements. im bo speak for the foreigners here."

"To Serve Humanity."

"I must admit that his Highness Sir James Barrie began hlxis certainly a better judge than reply in a broad Scots dialect, myself to decide whether Nepal is mature enough for the raising of which sent the company into roars restrictions at the present mo- of laughter.

I think it would be just right,"ment or not, but I am making a personal affair of it, and as I have

he said "for me, after the way been living out in India for the you have spoken to-night in your last 14 years, my actions should local language, to reply in the way we speak in the North Coun- not affect the Nepalese public in try, but perhaps it would take too any way, long."

"I hope to come to some under- standing with his Highness 8001 Takin long, slow puffs at a huge cigar, Sir James Barrie con- to leave India. Without such an not be tinued to spent with adrollery understanding it would that left his audience divided be-desirable, even to me, to do so.

"To show my genuine desire to tween laughing at him and laten-

serve humanity in my own crude ing to him.

"We are intensely glad to be way, I intend to open a humanitive here,

"Sir James said, "because club soon, the object of which of the presence of our much-will be published later; though I beloved Prince of Wales. (Cheers.) feel that it cannot be as well or- Yet of course, one cannot beganised now-as it would have quite sure that if he had known been after my return from a tour we were to be here he would have of the world."

come." (Laughter.).

*

Sir James went on to refer to ponding to the toast of "Our Prest "the dark secret of Worcester'dent,' "Darling Son," the Prime Miniş- ter.

"I think it would be best to make a clean breast of it," he said

"In his early, days he wrote a story, or an essay, which ran round the world, and was called 'My Lady Nicoting. An enter- prising tobacconist felt there were of advertisement

"The Prime Minister's dark secret possibilities

is that he absolutely abominates there, and wrote to Sir James pipe amoking......It arose out of Barrie, and asked him what was an unfortunate newspaper mis-the original of the 'Arcadian Mix- take, and then all the public liked turo."

it, and rather than disappoint

Sir James, Mr. Baldwin declar

them he goes on smoking this ed, gave the name of the first

horrible thing...............‚'

tobacco, advertisement he saw in the street, the fame of the tobacco Mr. Baldwin's Retört. "Sir James Barrie was a tectota-he named was made, and for very ler and a non-smoker, too, origin shume ho had been compelled to smoke a pipe ever since, (Laugh- ally" retorted Mr. Baldwin, res- ter.)

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