Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1905 — An Eccentric Lord. [ARTICLE]

An Eccentric Lord.

“M. A. P.” has some gossip about Lord Grimthorpe’s eccentricities. “He hated new clothes, and he disliked collars and ties. His favorite hat was the panama, and this in summer he would place under the pump, souse it with water and then place it on his head. Once the late Lady Grimthorpe complained that the drippings spoiled her mantle. ‘Never mind, my dear,’ he replied, ‘I shall have to buy another.’ He never wore a watch chain that was visible to the outside world, but a long, thin one which went around his neck and came through the armhole of his waistcoat and was attached to the watch in the topmost vest pocket. He never carried a checkbook, but wrote his checks on odd pieces of paper.”