M. A. P. (Mostly About People.}

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2628, 9 October 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)

M. A. P. (Mostly About People.}

The Tsarevitch, v. r ho lias just turned rive years of age, is now being educated under the supervision of the Tsar himself. He is a sturdy little fellow, fatcheeked and lively. His personal attendant, who rarely leaves him, is a stalwart sailor. A, leading German journal announces that the future Tsar will pass a considerable time on the southern coast of the Crimea for the benefit of his health, which, however, strikes all who see him as particularly satisfactory. The Emperor, . the Empress, and all their children will, it is understood, in the autumn, visit the Crimea, the climate of which .is very similar to that of the Riviera.* During the .lifetime of the Emperor Alexander 111., the late King and Queen of Denmark, Queen Alexandra and her daughters, with other relatives, were the guests of the present Dowager Empress and 1 her consort in the Crimea, arid were enchanted with its scenic beauties. “Le Roi s’Amuse” is to he revived at the Comedie Franc a be, Paris, in a few days, and at this revival of Victor Hugo’s play a box will be reserved for the poet’s daughter, Adele Hugo. She lives with one companion in a house at Neuilly, and from one week’s end to another never speaks a word; 6he :s an old woman now, and although she is neither dumb nor insane, she has spoken no word since she was 20 years of age. Now and again the fancy takes her to. go to the theatre. Then a box is hired for her, in which she sits with her companion without a word, without a smile, without a gesture of enjoyment. The most curious thing about Adele Hugo is that no one 'knows exactly what were the details of her life’s tragedy. Wen she was 18 years of age she ran away from her father’s house in Guernsey with an Englishman —an officer in the Army. This much is known, although the name of the officer has never been disclosed. .After nearly two years Adele Hugo was found wandering about the -streets of New York, saying; “I am Victor Hugo’s daughter; help me!” She was sent back to her father, hut she has never spoken since. «••... Mr George E. Wade, the well-known sculptor, is at present engaged on .statues of Sir Harry Blake and Sir West Ridgeway, ex-Governor of Ceylon, which, when completed, will be placed in the Council Chamber of Ceylon, along with one of Lord Stanmore and of the late Sir Arthur Havelock, both from the same studio. Mr Wade, who has made four statues of the King, was looking forward to a career-at the Bar, when by accident his bent was disclosed. During a holiday in Rome one summer he made a rapid drawing of some antique statuary, and showed it to a sculptor, who pronounced it exceedingly good, and Mr Wade found it difficult to convince the. sculptor that he had never practised draughtsmanship, and that it was the first drawing he had undertaken.