People

Had they been interviewed, some people who figured in last week's news might have related certain of their doings as follows:

Judge Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, 77, son of famed novelist Charles Dickens: "I celebrated my golden wedding last week, rejoiced in my six children and 16 grandchildren, mourned my youngest son who was killed during the war. Lady Dickens' three sisters who were her bridesmaids at our wedding 50 years ago, were with us last week. One came from Germany, one from the U. S., and the third has always lived in London.

"I am widely thought to resemble my father. As a criminal court judge I adorn the profession which he delighted to satirize."

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden: "I was attended by physicians in Tokyo for a bad cold last week. Recovered, I left for Kioto* with my wife, Princess Louise. Later we will tour the Inland Sea on a Japanese warship and visit Korea."

Professor William Lyon Phelps, nationally beloved teacher at Yale University: "I commented last week in Scribner's on the fact that three recent novels have manicure girls as their heroines (Mantrap by Sinclair Lewis, Prodigals of Monte Carlo by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Jones in Paris by Ward Muir). Of manicuring I wrote:

"I have never had my hands manicured, so I am unable to speak with authority on the damosels engaged in that profession; they touch nothing that they do not adorn; but . . . should a mediaeval warrior suddenly appear in a modern barbershop, and see a fat man reclining in a chair, with a barber scraping his face, a bootblack energetically rubbing his shoes, and a fair maid clipping his nails, he would doubtless believe that this was some new, elaborate, and efficient method of torture; perhaps he would be right. . . ."

Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon: "I have written another book, this time not on war* but on birds, beasts, flowers. I wrote about my sanctuary for waterfowl. Said I: 'There is a sort of romance in having naturally shy birds, perfectly free and unpinioned, coming ... to feed with perfect confidence out of my hand. . . .' Then I wrote of the late Theodore Roosevelt, how once he and I spent 20 hours studying bird song in the wilds of Hampshire. Said I: '. . . [Roosevelt] had a real feeling and taste for bird song.'"

Charles M, Schwab, steel potentate: "I make many speeches before businessmen in this republic, but rarely have I been so fluent as I was in Chicago last week before 1,500 guests of the Association of Commerce. I told them that U. S. industry was never better, that the steel corporations were prospering even with a profit of less than 6%. I sprinkled my speech with anecdotes. This one made them laugh: 'I had entertained a governor of one of our largest states at my country place.* After seeing him about the grounds, I suggested: "Governor, would you like to walk up to the house for a little drink?" And the governor's reply was: "Walk, Hell! Let's run!" ' "

Polar Flyer Richard Evelyn Byrd: "A letter which has followed me over the U. S. since May 15 has reached me. It contained an odd request from one E. R. Davis, advertising man of Tacoma, Wash., for an exclusive contract to erect signs at the North Pole. He offered to pay for this right $1,000 per annum, from the date he constructed his first sign there. I signed the contract instantly, and returned it to Mr. Davis. What manner of signs he may erect if from a bedroom 'hung with soft draperies and filled with cushioned chairs' to a barren room with only a couch for a bed and books for adornment. It was surprising that the World did not know that our family has never gone deeply into the social whirl. When we first came to Washington, I announced that I would continue to do my own cooking (TIME, April 6, 1925), a resolution to which I have not entirely adhered. Furthermore, it is only natural that our daughter Edna should crave to teach. Her uncle, Ray Lyman Wilbur, famed educator, is president of Leland Stanford University."

Alfred S. Austrian, member of Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago law firm: "News despatches reported that one 'Happy' Martin, 20, able golfer, earns $100 per week caddying for me on my favorite golf course."

Titta Ruffo, famed Metropolitan Opera baritone: "I was violently attacked last week by L'Impero of Rome, a semi-official Fascist news organ. L'Impero recalled that the murdered millionaire socialist Deputy Giacomo Matteotti (TIME, June 23, 1924, et seq.) was my brother-in-law, and accused me of anti-Fascist leanings similar to his. Italians resident in the U. S. were called upon to boycott my performances and to treat me with violence."

Gertrude Ederle: "In Cleveland last week I rushed to the Radio Show before finishing supper. So I grabbed my dessert and ate it on the way. Said I: 'I don't care for such an exciting, rapid-fire existence. ... I never train. I eat what I please and when I please.'"

*"Kioto" means "capital," and for nearly eleven centuries Kioto was the capital of Japan. Laid out with mathematical precision 'in 793 by the Emperor Kwammu, the city is still replete with gorgeous temples and handsome public buildings. The city's remarkably pure water supply has made it the chief Japanese city for bleaching and dyeing cloth.

*Mr. Schwab's country place is at Loretto, Pa. ; he has winter homes in Manhattan and Bethlehem, Pa.