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LA age of Inte teresting oe, 5 Blind Man Triump phs as Violinist and - i by P08 Of London Orchestra. London, Apr. 5--How a man, de- spite blindness, fought to become one of the foremost violinists in England, was related to a reporter the other day by Mr. Ernest Whit- field, of St. John's Wood. Mr. Whitfield, "to occupy his spare' time," has taken the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, which no other blind man has ever gained. It. will shortly be conferred upon him. by the Univeristy of London at the Presentation Day ceremony. It was the story of a terrific bat- tle against great odds that this soft-voiced, smiling man had to tell. + "Perhaps I may be forgiven if I am' a little' proud of what I have dome," he said, "for it has been rather a terrible struggle. "I'did it mainly to prove that a blind man can battle against odds, and surmount the difficulties which face his more fortunate brethren. "Before I lost my sight I was educated in England]. I had not enough: money to enable me to go in for'the Diplomatic Service, so I had 'to take a job as English sec- retary to.a big firm:of exporters in' Vienna soon after I was nine teen. "Shadow of Blindness. . "I'became head of a department, and then came the terrible blow. My sight began to fail and a spec- alist told me I had four years be- fore total blindness, "I had to earn my own living, and all the time this dreadful thing hung over my head. Since I was seven I had loved music, and I de- termined to take it up as a profes- sion. "Four hours' study of music was crammed into my head 'each day, and in addition I worked from eight in the morning to six-thirty at night. "My sight grew worse and 1 had to 'stop my commercial work and carry 'on teaching music and play- ing at concerts, and in time earned ¥ a reputation. Then came' the war, shattering all my hopes, and I returned to. England, almost a foreigner. and with all my old friends gone. "In what had become to me a strange land I struggled for months. Then 1I'did a fantastic thing. I applied for the job of leader of the orchestra of a Lon- don theatre--and got it. "It was a grand bluff, and. no one realized that I was blind. I told the diréctor of the orchestra that I would like to gee the music a day or so before playing it. I got someone to play it for me, and I memorized long. selections of jazz I had never heard before. "I Did Not Fail." "J shall never forget the terrible feeling of strain and worry when I stood up before that crowded house and played by memory. But 1.did not fail. Then, after. he had praised me, I confessed to the. di- rector that I could not see, and I held the job for nineteén months. "My health failed owing to the strain, and 'for a number of years I had to rest. Later I resumed work as' a solo violinist, and I am now having quite a. lot of success, "This was not enough to satisfy my energy, however, and. I. took up the study of economics, sociol- ogy and political science at tne London School of Economics, part- ly to occupy my spare time. "My wife read to me everything that I had to study, and after great research in France and England I wrote a thesis on De Malby, a French philosopher, which 'gained my Doctorae and which the school now want to publish in their se- ries. "It has been a great struggle and I have known what it is to starve, but I hope that I have been able to show by my example that, given the opportunity, blind men can do what a lot of people think is im- possible." LORD PHILLIMORE WAS FAMOUS JUDGE Died Recently At The Age of Eighty-Three Years Kensington, Eng.--Lord Philli- more, the famous international lawyer, died recently at Cam House, Campden-Hill, Kensington, aged: eighty-three. For some weeks he had been {ll with bronchitis, and had a severe relapse about a week ago. Lady Phillimore died at the age of eighty-one, in January. Lord Phillimore was a judge Jor nearly twenty years, first as judge of the King's Bench Division and later as a member of the Court of Appeal, while after his retire- ment from the Bench he sat fre- quently in the House of Lords and on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He was regarded as one of the leading authorities in international law, as well as in ecclesiastical law, in the country. Both his father and his grand- father were judges. Although a very strict Judge on the Bench, he was remarkably kind-hearted and benevolent in pri- vate life. Not long before Lady Phillimore's death a man broke in- to his house and was captured and sentenced, but on his release Lord Phillimore sent him a sum of mon- ey to assist him, A few months afterwards the man again entered Cam House and was. again secured when he had stolen one or two .things of little value and done no damage. The heir to the barony is the Hon, Godfrey Walter Phillimore. His first wife was drowned in 1915 while attempting to save one of her children at Shiplake. The new peer married again in 1923. Slipping on a frost-bound street in Durham, a motor lorry ran back- wards and wrecked the fronts of two shops. No one, however, was injured. Miss Margaret Beavan, the ex- Lord Mayor of Liverpool, has declin- ed 'the invitation of the Conservative Party to be adopted as candidate for a Liverpool constituency. MONTAGUE NORMAN Chairman of the directors of the Bank of England, is taking a vital pat in the consideration of the war repamatons problem, MESSENGER BOY PROVES A HERD Delivers Cable After Having His Hand Almost Severed London--Despite intense pain, a messenger boy employed by the Eastern Telegraph Company con- tinued his work of delivering cable- grams in the City after his' right hand had been almost severed in a lift accident. The boy, W. H. F. Smith, of Reed-road, Dagenham, Essex, was in the lift in a building in Leaden- hall street, when his hand, it'is be- lieved, was caught in the gates. When he was released he insist- ed, though his hand was almost cut off, on carrying on, and stag- gered about 20 yards to another office, where he delivered a cable. He then collapsed, and was tag en to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where the hand was amputatea. Sex War Foreseen as Result + Of Conference of Schoolmasters Leicester, England--A sex war in the schools seems likely to re- sult from the annual conference of the National Union of Schoolmas- ters being held here. After three lays of denouncing women teach- yrs, 'the conference culminated in the unanimous passage of a resolu- Yon that it is not in the best in- erests of education that "women teachers should practice in boys' schools, or that women students should 'train in boys' schools." The mover of the resolution, J. Brooke, of Liverpool, was willing to agree that certain masculine wo- men, like Lady Macbeth, claimed "they dare do all that may become a man." He declared, however, that pupils of both sexes should be vigorously protected from the in- fluence of persons of that type. He also said that more «than hall a million boys were being taught by women, that many boys never came under the influence of a male teacher, and that the situ- ation was becoming worse. F. Freeborough, of Banstead, ac- cused women teachers of managinx boys by a system of bribery and corruption. He said it was more than a coincidence that countries like the United States, where brib- ery wag most rife, had the most women: teachers. Women preferred boys' schools on account of the chivalrous masters they met there, thought C. Allen, of Swansea. But, he said, by being decent to women teachers men were cutting their own throats. It is a noteworthy fact that the National .Union of Schoolmasters was formed just after the war, BRITISH MUSICIAN REFUSES TEMPTING OFFER FROM MOVIES Dr. Malcolm Sarg Sargent Declines Salary of $35,000 «A Year Winchester, Eng.--Dr. Malcolm Sargent, the famous young musi- cal conductor, has refused an offer of $35,600 a year for three ten- minute sessions daily at a West End cinema. Interviewed at Winchester, Musical Festival, Dr. Sargent said he always maintained that good music 'was in its place wherever performed. and that' he would be the first to wish its introduction into the cinema, "I feel, however, that a ten-min- ute piece played before a big pic- ture is not likely to attract the musical interest of most musical people. Obviously their only rea- son for going to the cinema. is to see the picture, and a musical inter- lude can only be looked upon as an introduction. "My acceptance of the offer would have meant the complete cutting off of my other musical en- terprises. "I' owe a moral obligation to many musical people in this coun- try, and no offer of money only would tempt me from my work." PRINCE OF WALES LAW UNTO HIMSELF WITH HIS CLOTHES Shocks Experts by Wearing Pull-over With Dinner Jacket Drury Lane Romance Attracts Attention London.--Experts in men's fash- ions. were recently discussing the dress 'innovation made by the Prince of Wales when he attended the boys' boxing finals at the Queen's Hall, London, W. The Prince, who has populariz- ed new fashions in men's clothes, notably the Fair 'Isle pull-over, wore a grey check. pull-over, a dou- ble-breasted dinner jacket, a soft shirt with soft cuffs, and a soft pole collar and a black bow. '""The Prince is a law unto him- self, but I cannot. think that any- one will seriously contemplate. fol- lowing him in this combination of clothes," said the editor of the "Tailor and Cutter." "The probable explanation is that he dressed in a hurry, and slipped the dinner jacket over some less formal garments. "The Prince is fond of individual dressing. No one would start such a fashion as wearing a dinner jack- et with a pull-over. One is a for- mal garment and the other sport- ing. The mixture is most incon- gruous." Mr. Anthony Bradley, a member of a well-known firm of tailors and recognized as one of London's hest- dressed men, said:-- "It is quite impossible to believe that it will have any effect on pres- ent-day fashions. The Prince may have derssed in a hurry after din- ing with friends, and, not wishing to appear in a boiled shirt, slipped on a soft shirt with a pull-over. Most of us have probably done something similar at one time or another. The trouble is that where the ordinary person's curious cos- tume 1s never noticed, the Prince cannot wear it without exciting in- terest." HOTEL CHANGES HANDS Picadilly Premises To Be Recon- structed --Restaurant on New Lines Princes Hotel and Restaurant, Picadilly, London, has changed hands. The premises are to be recon- structed with shops on the Picadil- ly -.and Jermyn street frontages. The restaurant will'be run on new lines. The new owners are the Picadilly Development Co., of which Mr, C. de Beck is chairman. ADMIRAL SIR MONTAGUE BROWNING Who has been appointed rear-Ad- miral of the United Kingdom in icn to Sir Stanley Colville. when the schoolmasters d from the National Unfon of Teach- ers on the issue of equal pay for 'UAIOA puURB UAW Si» Montague Browning was with the grand fleet during most of the world war. where he conducted at the County |. Third sen of King George, now on his way to Japan will re- turn home by way of Canada. He THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER is expected to officiate at the op- ening of the C.P.R.'s Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Dover, Eng.--Dasghing across from Dover to Calais and back in outboard motor boats in just over an hour is likely to be popular this summer. The sport may .vie with Channel swimming for popularity. Outboard motor-boat racing has made remarkable strides during the last year. At the end of April there will be a race to France and back for a trophy offered by Mrs. Vietor Bruce. She herself. accomplished the journey last year. This will be the first race of its kind,, and among the competitors are Miss Zoe Livesay, a well-konwau Outboard Motors New Fad For the Channel Crossing rowing girl, and Kaye Don, the fa- mous racing motorist. A seaplane will fly overhead when the race starts to guide the competitors. "In many respects we are like Channel swimmers," said Mr. Shil- lian, one of the -competitors. "We will have to wait for ideas conditions, and when the 'off' is given we shall tear across the 'pond.' "All competitors will have to en- ter Calais Harbour, where they will be met by members of \the local yacht club. "There will be as little delay as possible, and we hope to be back in Dover in just over the hour." IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE ~ "You Must Use the Newspapers," Says Man Who Spends £300,- 000 a Year. London,--Sir William Veno, of cough-cure fame, paid a remark- able tribute to the power of news- paper advertising recently. After explaining how he started without any capital, Sir William said that by the use of careful ad- vertising he built up his business to such an extent that after thirty years he was spending £321,000 a year on advertising. Practically 80 per cent of that sum was spent in newspapers. He always put the Press first in the matter of advertising. 'You must use the newspapers," he added, "because it is .only in them that you can explain the details of your goods." BISHOP RESIGNS Dr. Francis Gurdon's Many Years' Service in East End of London Hull, Eng.--Dr. Francis Gurdon Suffragan Bishop of Hull since 1913, who has been ill for some time, and has consequently heen unable to carry out many of his public engagements, has resigned. For six years he was curate at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, and after being Rector of Limehouse, became Vicar of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate. He was Rural Dean of Padding- ton and Prebendary in St. Paul's Cathedral. HEALTHIER SCHOOLS Increased Cleanliness Results from Use of Electric Light "Benefits given by electric light- ing, such as increased cleanliness, convenience and improved health conditions, justify electric lighting wherever it can be installed eco- nomically in new and remodelled schools." Thus states the report of the London Elementary Education Sub- Committee. The Sub-Committee recommend the use of electric lighting in new, remodelled or rebuilt schools. Cost at presént prices is about the same as gas, they say, but 4 general change-over to electric lighting can hardly be regarded as practicable while present prices re- main. GIFT TO ABERDEEN U.S.A. Offer to Build $1,000,000 Memorial Cathedral Aberdeen,--It is proposed to erect in place of the 200 condemned houses facing the stately Marischal College, Aberdeen, a $1,000,000 memorial cathedral to Bishop Sea- bury. The new square will be 500 feet long by 150 feet broad. A section of the square might be utilized as a car park. The Finance Committee of the Town Council have recommended that a site for the cathedral be granted for £17,000, and the .me- morial committee have agreed to purchase it. AGED WOMAN 15 FRIEND OF THE WORKING GIRLS Miss E. Seton-Karr, Now Over 80; Founded Wo- men's Club Movement London--Over 80 years of age, Miss E. Seton-Karr, of West Ken- sington, still visits three or four times every week the working wo- men's club in Jewin street, Lon- don, of which she was one .of the founders 47 years ago. She wag the guest of honour at a gathering of between 450 and 500 working women who had a party at the Leathersellers' Hall, London. Since she and her friends mace the pioneer effort in London nearly half a century ago, over 200 clubs for working women 'have sprung up in the city. The venture began as a result of a group of women visiting some work-rooms in Aldersgate, when sweated labour was prevalent, when iid were long and wages low. "2a. An Hour. "I can recall the girls we saw," said Miss Seton-Karr in an _inter- view. "They were rough, poorly- dressed, fll-nourished, working from 8 o'clock in the morning to sometimes 10 o'clock at night, and being paid 2d and 234d an hour. "Many of them could spare but a penny for their midday meal--a cup of tea, a slice of bread and but- ter. "We decided to start a restau- rant for them, and began in some back rooms in Little Britain. We were crowded out at once. "Then we created the Welcome Working Girls' Institute and Res- taurant in Jewin street, and it has prospered ever since." FANS ONGE MORE ARE FASHIONABLE Queen Mary Led The Way in Revival of Old Custom 'London.--Fans are coming into fashion again, and more fans are likely. to be carried at this year's Courts. When the Queen visited the Roy- al Amateur Art Society's Exhiu tion in Carlton House terrace, she spent some time looking at the fans. Among them were several lent by herself, including one painted for Queen Charlotte to celebrate the recovery to health of George 111. When a newspaper woman in- quired at Duvelleroy's, the famous fanmakers, the following statement was made:-- "Fans are certainly coming into fashion again. We are selling num- bers more than we did this time last year. "The newest shape is a wing shape. The ordinary size measures 43in. when it is spread out, and it is almost a yard deep at one side. These are generally made of os- trich feathers, slightly curled." When a motor van burst into flames at Kirby, Stephen, the driver, jumped clear and the van crashed in- to a wall. The vehicle was destroyed. King George Convalescing at Seashore Above is shown a photograph of King George being wheeled around the grounds cf Craigwell House, at Bognor, Sussex, in the : : QUEEN ACTS AS ATTENDANT TO THE KING early stages of convalescence rrom his long illness. London---Change in the law con- cerning custody of children of guilty parties in divorce suits was suggested by Mrs. George Cadbury in an address on "Marriage" at the annual assembly, in London, of the Free Churches, "To neither father nor mother, when both are in fault, should be given the privilege and responsibil- ity of bringing up children," said Mrs. Cadbury. "As future eitizens they should be placed by law under suitable and efficient care in families or an institution, and the parents made to pay adequate sums for their maintenance, for one is sometimes inclined to think a change of par- ents has become a pastime for the very rich." Dealing with the position of wo- men in social, family and public life, she said that equal opportuni- ties of education and travel had promoted comradeship in married life, and greatly improved the stat- us of the wife. It did not follow; however, that the sum total of happiness had been increased. Great emphasis was laid on the development of personality. This often meant de- velopment of unpleasant character- istics and a lack of self-control anu self-discipline. Revolt Against Silence There had been a revolt from what had been termed a '"'conspir- acy of silence'" on questions of sex relations. "The descriptive talent -devoted to the seamy side of life were more often employed in presenting a pic- Mrs. Geo. Cadbury Sos * Children as Supferers In Most Divorce { Urges That Law Be Changed 'So: That Neither the Father Nor the Mother Shall Retain Custody in Cases Where Both Parties Are at Fault ture of the beauty and joy of ordin- ary existence, and in upholding a standard of purity," said Mrs. Cad- bury, "it would be pleasing but doubtless very dull. "With the excuse that life must be represented as it is, many mod- ern writers give the impression that the majority of our citizens are immoral and objectionable. This tends to suggest the preva- lence of a low code of morals in married life. Causes of Frayed Tempers "One thing is certain--and that is that there is great increase in the demand for divorce. "We ought to look forward to the time when every young couple starting in life together shall be able to obtain a home worth liv- ing in, and when our appalling slums shall have become a night- mare of a past dark age." Dealing with some of the diffi- culties of married life which lead to frayed tempers, Mrs. Cadbury quoted two typical examples. "It is when a man gives his wife the butcher's money with the air of bestowing a valuable birthday gift that the wife feels like kick- ng "A man who has lost his stud won't observe the rules of debate. Your best plan is to concentrate on letting him off. "Similarly, if his shoe-lace breaks or he loses his collar-stud, don't feel aggravated if he vents his wrath on you. '" A man who has lost his stud has ceased to be a rational being. The remedy is to have a mew ome to hand." HON. J. S. WHEATLEY Former British Minister of Health, will be one of the leading Labor leaders in the coming British general election. PAYS TRIBUTE T0 VISCOUNT BYNG Ex-Sergeant of Police Tells of Characterisitcs of New Scotland Yard Head London, April 5--*"At New Scot- land Yard there is a man in charge of 20,000 policemen who knows how to shake the hand of a con- stable as if he were a comrade who has the courage of expression and action," declares ex-Sergeant Jos- ling in a message to "My Old Com- rades" in this week's "Police Re- view." "I have been asked," says Mr. Josling, '"have I a specific remedy for such a state of affairs as has been disclosed recently. 'I am afraid I have not, because every- thing depends upon the individual and not upon precise regulations. There are, however, factors that can help considerably in maintain- ing tone and strengthening and en- couraging confidence in individuals to stand up to the right thing. "There are the relations of su- perior officers with subordinates, in which there is a tendency to forget that the former were once the lat- ter." GEN. SIR B. MAHON RETIRES POSITION Became Famous at Relief of Mafeking in the Boar War London,--Memories of Mafeking were revived today by the an- nouncement that Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, having reached the 'age limit of 67 years retires from the reserve of officers. Gen. Mahon, a native of County Galway and for- mer Commander-in-Chief of Ire- land, is a Senator of the Irish Free State. Gen. Mahon served in India and Tgypt before he became command- er of a cavalry brigade in the South African war. He led the famous flying column detached from one of Field Marshal Roberts' infantry divisions to the relief of Mafeking in May, 1900. Col. (now Lieut.~ Gen. Sir) Robert Baden-Powell had gallantly held out with a small force against attacking Boers for no less than 217 days. The religf of the town excited the liveliest jubiliations in England. During the war Gen, Mahon was successively commander of the 18th (Irish) ' Division, 1914; in command of the Salonika army, 1915-16, and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, 1916-18. KILLED BY $20 CAR. ; Insurance Should Be Made Compul« sory, Says Coroner. Poplar, Eng.--That it should be compulsory for all motor drivers to be insured was the view expressed by Dr. R. L. Guthrie, the East Logi don coroner, at an inquest at Pop- lar, when a driver stated that 'he was not insured. Mrs. Anne Boyles, aged elghty- three, of Sutton street, Stepney, was knocked down by a motor ear outside her home and died in hos- pital. Walter Thornton, of Park place, Lambeth, said that he paid $20 for a car. On the day of the accident he had his wife and family with him, The woman stepped out into the roadway, and although he jam- med on the brake, the car skidded on the greasy road. He could not avoid the woman. ' The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death, and exonerated the driver. London--Chief among the re- commendations of the London and Home Counties Advisory Commit- tee to the Minister of Transport on trafic conditions in the Metropoli- tan area is that speed limits gen- erally 'serve no useful purpose." The committee reported that the Commissioner of Police had sug- gested that all speed limits mignt be abolished, and added: '"In some ¢ases traffic conditions in them- selves enforce a limitation of speed on any reasonable driver, and un- reasonable drivers can be dealt with under the existing general legislation. Speed limits may in themselves be dangerous, e. g., a limit of 10 miles per hour may tend to become the minimum speed irrespective. of trafic conditions within the streets affected. Speed limits have proved in practice diffi- cult to enforce. Public safety, which is the chief aim in fixing a speed limit, can be provided far more effectively by the general law." The Minister of Transport in- formed the committee that while he agreed that particular cases might be reviewed, he was of opin- British Tra Lranspor Ministry to Abolish Speed Limit ion that informal discussions. with the local authorities concerned should be initiated before any offi- cial action was taken. He consid- ered it important that the concur rence of the local authoriy should be secured in any recommendation in respect of the abolition of existe ing restrictions. In another sec tion of their report the committee make reference to. the Charing Cross Bridge and other schemes, and proceed, "We cannot refrain from ex- pressing disappointment that so lite tle practical effect has been given to the recommendations which have been made from time to time, and which have been accepted by you, involving the construction of new roads and bridges, the carry- ing out of road widenings and im- provements, and the provision of additional travelilng faetilities. . . It is particularly unfortunate that the uncertainty which exists re- garding the major schemes is un- doubtedly holding up a number of comparatively minor improve- ments which in our view would very material A 3usist in relieving traffic congest,