"He held several Court appointments, including those of Keeper of the Privy PuPrse to the Prince"—The Star.
It is not every Keeper of the Privy Purse who thus manages to double the initial capital.
THE P.-P.-D.
Henry is in the War Office, where he takes a hand in the Direction of Military Aeronautics. To meet him you might almost think that Military Aeronautics was a one-man show. He has, at any rate in the eyes of the layman, an encyclopædic knowledge of aircraft and all appertaining thereto. When he is out for a walk on Sunday with his wife and daughter, and a British aeroplane passes over them with the usual fascinating roar, Henry is very superior. Mummy (who is of coarse clay) and Betty (aged 1½, and coarser still) are frankly excited every time.
"Look at the pretty airship!" says Mummy.
"Oo-ah!" says Betty.
"B.E.4X.," snaps Henry, without looking at it.