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T H E DAILY MIRROR Page 5 DEATH OP Mil. fa mou s Comedy Actor Who Was "Inveator" of Newsboys. OT0IUE8 O F HIS LIFE. %t. Lionel BiOugh^ the weli-krKiwii. comedian, K^ was boru in 11*36, two years before tli.e late Sir Henry Irvi ng, died at 9.45 j:esLerd'ay morning, Iji his a'eventy-fpuith year, fie had been lying m a semi'Opnscious state since E'ri4ay .at his residence, Percy Villa, S-outh Lam- Ijeth-road, S.W. Mr. Brough's last pppearance on the stLige was in jthe spring o! this year, when he played Moses in the, revi^'aS of the "fichool for t>candal" at His fifejfisty's Theatre. • The son of liarnabas Broiigh, a dramatic author, lie made his debut at the Lyceum at the age of eighteen, under the management ,o f Charles Mat- ihews and Mme. Vestris in a play called "Fringe Petty Fet ." • _ ' At the same time he wjis working with John Timb s pn the commercial side of the lilnsh-aicd London ^ews. and on the death of Mme-. Vestris he tc- V^rteci to newspaper vvork. HOYAL • GliO.ST." As assistant publisher of the Daily Teleg^a-ph, the'first issue of which he saw born, he conceived jthe now familiar system of utilisuig stieet-bnys for the- sale of newspapers, and put it iMo practice. Five years' connection with t)\f: Morning Siar, a light long quenched, ended his journalism,; and fee became.a performer in the illusion show known as ''Pepper's Ghost," about which he used to tell pne of his innumerable good stojies. On one occasion the show was commanded to perform at Windsor Castle, and the Crown Prince of Prussia, afterwards r"rederick the Noble, per suaded Brough to allow him to appear " for one jiight only " in the part of the ghost. The Crown Princess, who witnessed the per- lormance, fainted with terror under the impressi<.n that Brough had run a swOrd ihrongh the body of iier aiigusE husband. " Lai " Brough—" Uncle Lai," as he^ latterly canle to be cidled, had a long frpp^entireship in the pro-viuc under manage- meijt I \ \ 11 1 lor lU n 'f ^u made one of a stock C()mpiii.,Mi h ( hi k .1 .li. 1 g, VVyndham, Toole, Hare, and Bancroft. The biggest salary in the troupe was ^S S a week —"•.and that wasn't mine," he used _to narrate, When he came to London again, in 1867, he was ,ready for his chance, which came ir; one o f H. J. Byron's comedies, " Dearer Than Life." That success was followed by his playing the -fjart of Tony r,jumpjdn in a run of 200 nights—and 4ia was made. Thereafter he a|^eared in numberless parts in innumerable plays—Tony Lumpkin again. Bob Acres, Dogberry, Clown, Gravedigger, and soon Jie became recognised as the perfect actor for Shakespearean comedy parts. ~IIe was fond of a practica/ joke of the harmless kind, and played many. One- of the quaintest was whep he and Toole, having been photographed as the two broken-down, ragged- paupers in " Dearer Than Life," called at one of the grandest mansions in the West End. A FI SH S U PP I ' ^ K . The door was opened by a gorgeous flunkey, vrbo was going to slam it in their faces, when BrOugh interposed. " Look 'ere, we want to see jtjie guv'nor." " Be-off, or I'll give you in charge." *'VV?l!,. but can't we see him?" "No. " " Out 0* Ipwii, 1 suppose. Well, yo u might tell him vvhen he eomes 'ome'as his two .cousins from the work- ijouse called." A joke he played without help was the follow ing ! Certain very select but tedious " mcn-about- ,iown " were in the habit of worrying him greatly when he was at the theatre, and used to insist on iCpming behind the scenes to talk to him while he WJis 6a the stage, x _ . _ " i,ook here, boys," he said one night, " go away now, and come back in an hour, and we'll all have a fish supper together after the show." VVhen they reappeared he led them out of the theatre and took them to a whelk stall, buying them a plate of whelks each." Not to offend him, Ihey file their "fish Bupper,',' standing on.the kerb in dress clothes. They nev er worried.hjm again, j Mr. Erouglvwaa the oldest original-liviing member 1 or the Savage plsib. (Pihotogtaphs on page 11.) ' STEINHEIL CASE: PHOTO&HAPH SENT BY TELEGRAPH. 4 ^ * * * * • Dr . Coui^iois (A) an d D**. Achei-ay (B>, who sg'av e -svidorsco at tha Steinheil tfial yea- terday. The picture wa s wir^ed fi-om Paris to London last ni^ht in ei'^'ht minutes tty tft© Thoi-rtc-Baker teieclt-ograph. Dil.*' BODIE'S VVKLCOME. Glasgow Students Greet H im at Musio Hail with Eggs and Peasemeal. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GLASGOW, Monday Night.—" Dr," Walford Bodie appeared at the Coliseum here to-night, and had a warni reception from an audience of 3,500, the m.ajority of whom were students. BclQie IJodie came on Mr. Cething, the manager, explained that the turn was booked many months ago, and not in consequence of the" recent action. "U r. " Bodie {sho uts of "Mister!"^ was Scotch, and one of themselves. At .former appearances there he had given satis faction, LUid the manager hoped he would be given a fair heading. Bodie then appeared, and was greeted by a storm of booing and hissing and catcalls. On coming to the front of the stage a shower of bags of pease- meal and eggs fell upon him and two eggs struck him. A girl assistant then came on the stage amid shouts of " Take off the girl!" and cries of "Swank!," The girl was placed in the chair and the "human resistance coi l" performance given, amid a tumult of shoutiiig, occasional missiles, and a chorus, " For he's a merry devil! " Bodie next entered the " Cage of Death,-" wheii more peasemeal was hurled,^ which the girl and at tendants warded off with 'heir hands, There were shouts of "Otf.l" from all parts of the house, and renewed hubbub and pandemonium, The stage by the time the turn was ended was strewn with paper, peasemeal, and eggs. Bodie frequently scowled at the audience. ASTOR DIVORCE, Wife of American Millionaire Granted Decree by Suprftne Court. NEW Yoitk, Monday.—Mrs, John Jacob Astor has been granted, in the Suprerne Court, an inter- iocutory decree of divorce. It is understood that she intends to reside in London.—Reuter. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was Miss Aria Willing, of Philadelphia, and was before her, marriage the reigning beauty of the city. One of the wealthiest women in the world, she is the acknowledged leader of New York society, and oir this side of tilie Atlantic, too, she is well known as a hostess. Her chief hobby is the collection of jewels, and she possesses many of great historic, interest, notably a scarfpin presented by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Walter Raleigh. Her husband, J. J. Astor, is a member of^ the wealthy Astor family, and a. millionaire many times over. He is head of corporations with a total capi tal of ^40,000,000. STATUS OF A NURSERY-GOVERNESS. Judge's Opinion of Amount of Norice Neces sary for H'T Dismissal. Is a nursery-governess a domestic servant? The point was raised yesterday in &n action before the Marylebone County Court when Miss Muriel Matthews, who sought ,to tecover =612 10s, in lieu of three months' notice and board wages, was awarded ^ 3 Os . lOd. against Mr., Walter Lloyd, a West Hampstead barris er. • Miss Matthews, it appeared, liad been given notice, not through any derehction of duty, but beCn-Use Mrs. Lloj^d had decided to increase the number of her matds and not to keep a governess, The defence urged that Miss Matthews had agreed to ft month's notice. Judge Bray said he _ was not satisfied that a mOntli's notice-—usual, in the case of a domestic servant—was a reasonable time for a nursery- governess, GIFT TO THE NATION. The committee of the National ^Art Collections Fund 'an nOHnced last night ihat Holbein' s " Duchess of Milan " will fce ofiiciaUy presented to-'dfly to the trustees of the NatioiiaLUafrer/as a ..gift tt> the nation. RoyalShooting Party To Be Cinematographed To-day f a r First Time. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DiiKSiNGJiA M (No^olk ), Monday Night. —-The Kmg celebrates his sixty-eighth birthday—as many previous birthdays—at Sandringham to-morrow, and already many special messengers have arrived here with valuable presents. ' With his Majesty will be Queen Alexandra, Queen Maud of .Norway, the Prmce and Princess of vVales, Princes^ Vi ctori a, and a number of his Majesty's grandchildren, including Prince Olaf. His Majesty will be accompanied by a shooting- party in the morning to Anmer, and indulge in,a lew hours' pa-.tridge-shooiing. For the first tirhe on record cinematograph pictures of .a royal shoot ing-party are to be taken. Six expert Hungarian cinematograph operators will take a series of films. Herr Franzof, a Hun garian gentleman, wihois in charge o! the opera tors, obtained permission fiom King Edward at Marienbad last ^ August, "lo photograph a roya! English shoot, in. order to exhibit pictures at the International. Sports Exhibition at Vienna next year. The party reached here to-.nigJit, and at the door of the Feathers Inn disgorged their machines nd boxes of films. It is calculated that they have over l.SOOlt. of films in stock. The King and his guests will leave Anmer at 10 a.m. Herr Franzof wi lh leave for Anmer at 9.30. Th e operators will each be oh horseback in order to follow the shoot as quickly as possible, The actions of the King will be closely followed, and every time he raises his gun the macnines will be focussed on him in order to get as many perfect films as possible and avoid any fadure. An interesting incident took place at Sandring- ham to-day ..when the King presented a gold mediil to Frederick Sydney Shears, of Lynn, who came out top in the list of boys from King Ed ward VI L Grammar School; Ljnn, in the senior Cambridge local at Midsummer, The King, accompanied by the Queen, this after noon opened a new clubhouse in the village of Anmer, Since. the Sandrihgham domain was acquired by his Majesty several parishes have be en added to it,' and one of the results has invariably been the disappearance of, the public-house and the opening of a village' club. Th e latest club.to be provided by the King contains two roomy apart ments set apart fgr reading and games. KING MANUEL I N MADRID. Portuguese Monarch to Visit Buckingham Palace After htate Visit to Windsor. MADRID, Monday.—King Manuel of Portugal arrived here at a quarter past eleyen this morning. His Majesty was rece ived by King Alfonso at the station, and drove with him to the Royal Palace.— Renter. King Manuel, it was learned offi ciall y yesterday, is to pass several days at Buckingham Palace on the conclusion of his state visit to the King and Queen at Windsor. CLAIM AGAINST SUFFRAGETTES. £ 10 Paid Into Court In First Case Brought for Personal Injury. For the first time in the history of the suffragette movement an action for personal injury has been brought against its adiherents. A waiter named Fitzgerald had a hand injured by falling glass at Manchester when missiles were tiT'own by women through the glass roof in the White City, wheTe Mr. Birrell was addressing a meeting, , At balford -.County Court yesterday the amount claimed as damages by Fitzgerald—^10—was paid into court on behalf of the three women concerned Fann y HoUiwell, Helen Tolson, and Emily Davison. The Mautetania arrived at Queenstown yesterday from New • York, making^ the-' jjassage in 4d.'i4h. 45m. Her average speed was 25.30 knots. BUDGET DODGING. Business Contracts in Family Lifa at lOs. 6d. Each. , HOME LIFK, LTD, All sorts of ingenious schemes have already been devised for the purpose of evading the Budget in t!ie event of its becoming law, * One of the most ingenious is the introduction of business contracts into family life in order lo escape payment of full income-tax and death-duties. The method of establishing a firm of " Home Life, Limited," is simplicity itself. A father of af family, anxious lo preserve to his kith and kin liis whole fortune unmolested by insatiable tax gatherers, enters into business contracts with his wife and his sons and daughters whereby each agiees to perform l ittle domestic, d uties for a con sideration. This consideration is the transfer- by the father to the members .of his family of certain stock owned by him. In^ reality he makes a gift of this stock, and if he d^es within three years the money would, under tihe provisions of the Budget, be liable to pay death duties to the Treasury, I3XKAIPT KKOM Bi^ ATH DUTIES. But the stock, being, in this case, a consideration for contract service, is exempt from the death duties, and thus a considerable amount of the fathe r's fortune would remain intact family at hia death. There is also a further loss to the Treasury in volved by these bu:5ines s contract s in family hfe, If the amount of income derived from the stock does not exccerl in any case ..tllCO a year the whole of it is exen>pt from income-tax, whereas if the total amount of the stock remained in the father's hands he would have to pay income-tax on every penny deriv ed from it, The autiior of this novel scheme in a letter la a weekly paper states that his household affairs are managed by his niece. MCfslNE.SH KK I. AT IONS. " Obviously," he says, " her services are. good consideration for the contract (stamp 6d,) whereby, since the introductiori of the Finance Btll^ we have placed our relationship on a business footing. " By this contract she has become owner of a sum of stock, the transfer beating, as Somerset House required, a 10s. stamp. "T he Revenue accordingly receiv es 10s. 6d., and will not get death duties on this stock at my death nor income-tax thereon meanwhile, as my niece's income escapes below the line. As a percentage on the amount involved, the saving to us and the diminution of the Treasury receipts will be not inconsiderable." The point is raised whether the introduction of business contr acts into family life will conduce to peace. One reply to this question is that "since affection cannot be treated by money, neither can it be de stroyed by it," PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, B.irt., w!io (lied ID London yesterday. He fiat in tl ic House of Commous as Unionist; member for Bast Isling ton from 1892 to 1906. • (RusseH and Sons.) Captiiin Edward Row Fisher Roivo, late of the 4th JJrdgo on Guards, wh o died jesterday. Ho served in the Crimea, married a daughter o E the fltBt B^rl of Ravena- worth —(Thorosoa.i WORLDS FASTEST CRUISER. Increased Speed and Fighting Power Features of New British Warships. Interesting details of two new British warships— the Dreadnought battleship Orion and the cruiser Lion—were announced yeste rday. Both vessels, according to the Glasgow Tieyali^ show an increase in size, speed and fighting power over the present type of vessel in their respective classes, . • The Orion's ten 12in, guns will be placed in the middle line of the ship—an entirely new feature in naval architecture. The Lion, with a speed of twenty-eight knots, will be three knots faster than any cruiser afloat, \ The Lion will, in fact, be"the most formidable vessel of her type in the world, and her armour plating is designed to enable her to take her place with the front firing line of Dreadnoughts. COMMISSION ON DR. COOK. WASHINGTON, Monday.—The National Geogra phical Society has appointed a Commission to in quire whether the North Pole was reached prior to 1909. The personnel has been made d ifferent from that which recently examined Commander P eary 's records, for the purpose oE tr?at,ing Dr.. Cflolc •fairly.—Reufer. '' '" ' ' '
