. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . PORTRAIT OF MOTHER ROSE. ADD ISC O AIRE Prince of Wales. At the tinu I was at collc<^c she was in her48th year, a comely matron of kindly aspect, who knew wellhow to restrain or suf)press a too ardent or emphatic flow ofspeech. The cadets had great respect for her, and invariablysupported her when she took steps to maintain discipline inher cottage. She still possesses the cane with which she used. •MOTHER k i) .^ h > ( () i T \ G E. to punish cadets who exceeded
. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . PORTRAIT OF MOTHER ROSE. ADD ISC O AIRE Prince of Wales. At the tinu I was at collc<^c she was in her48th year, a comely matron of kindly aspect, who knew wellhow to restrain or suf)press a too ardent or emphatic flow ofspeech. The cadets had great respect for her, and invariablysupported her when she took steps to maintain discipline inher cottage. She still possesses the cane with which she used. •MOTHER k i) .^ h > ( () i T \ G E. to punish cadets who exceeded the bounds of propriety inlanguage or otherwise. She used to sell to the cadets, milk,eggs, bread and butter and such like simple viands, but nobeer or spirituous liquors. She also used to pipe-clay thecadets gloves, and her spare room was used by the old and ITS HEROES AND MEN OF NOTE 287 young cadets, as a species of club where they might converseand smoke in a comfortable manner. As may be imagined, her room was not large, and whenpacked closely, perhaps as many as 15 or 20 might find sheltertherein, and then the atmosphere of tobacco was so dense thatit was difficult to distinguish a friend at the further end of theroom. Of course this crowded condition of the cottage onlyoccurred during the winter months, or when owing to badweather it was necessary to keep indoors. At other times the visitors would leave the shelter of thecottage and smoke their pipes openly in the garden. In thephotograph given of her she is
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