We join the chorus of congratulations to General Sir George
Higginson on his hundredth birthday, and upon the health and vigour with which he is still blessed, as is proved by his attending the inspection by the Duke of Connaught of the Grenadier Guards at Windsor. In that regiment he fought in the Crimea and helped to save the colours at Inkerman. The pride of his regiment is characteristic of the British Army. The pride of his riverside neighbours at Marlow, where he has for so long taken his full share in all the social and public life around him, is characteristic of English country life. Friends, neighbours, old Etonians, Guardsmen and others have subscribed to celebrate the event by buying land on the river bank for a public park. Those who delight to delve for " links with the past " will find this hard to beat : the Princess Elizabeth of York, born this year, has in Sir George a god-father who remembers being spoken to by George IV.
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