, 1880-07-27
GLADSTONE.
A Chat with the british Y'rem1er-{1nd
ExprcANi6lls About tA1ncrteH-LoftttlnE Ing
for ltepone IIis dominant FceIlnE-
His DNliy Habits Of Life.

ExprcAHl0lls About misunderstanding
for ltepose 1Iix Dominant FceIinE-
His Dniiy Habits OF Life.
t"FTtstnhdtHce Nsto l'ork Herald.
LONDON. July 12.--1 Ind MI Interesting
cliat tue other evening with Ms. Gladstone,
nj tic reception Ut 1.stly s..
Before proceeding to detail the c0tiycrsa-
tion must st.y tllat wAs amazingly s.rhck
by tho apparcnt yOuthflilness md freshness
uf thb Premier. l lad Noticed hitn preyi-
ously as l1e stood there, III Ills plain evening
dress, With those s,iple clieap 1et s,ltls tint
were tie sole at!ornlneMts OF Ills shirt-front
twlllls tho leSser lights ,.ru,ln.l him were ull
bInzlng with dfail0rdsl, twfsling his crush
hui III Ills Ilanls, nlnl bowling t0 the different
'ultcs and clsnttIng with eacl, for II few ,lu,-
lnelss to pass nj olicc to. ullDtller,-all In the
ltselcst fashion. WIS iilpressrl with tho
healthy, ruddy tint Uf that deeply lined.
scholnrly, profound facc, and with tho ken,
sharp lauk out Of th0su still li,strosts eyes.
sunken though they were from fifty years Of
artlunus night work.
"lnye you no curiosity or desire to visit
AmerfcnY ~ asked. utter some very kind ex.
presslnt's oil his part rs to tic country nnd
II hive always had tho ltvclicst desire 10
sec AtlcrtcH,'" ss'id lle, atlti, cnI1t nltng to
tWirl hls crush hut between lis I!ittl.ts, by
who Inns yet ~ luiiglt work tn accomplish ns
feel / ought to accomplish, tho tllO1sllt Of
s'!cli @ tIip must seem, utter all, on, fond
J" iuu are over Il, Mr.. Gla.|ssone%' I
=" M, only ~ he replied, gently correct
ing 1lle with that sitf,lnGl, quiet tlnferGntial
speNking to Il man rs great as he IL modest;
"ntld must say tllat, even apart FROM my
dcsra: of se.lng. ,Alnerlen, even H. tlle rrln-
tl0l Ut my English life, the longing for r.
poss becomes the ,norc and more tl'',nitt,r!!t
feeling 0f my existence, coupled though 1t Is
with iii Uverpowert,lg seilseUf tt,o magnitude
Of tho tasks TINT must yet accomplish, 70
deserve tlln great trust 1 rnp1Sgd ~ me BY the
:" do you ,iut lind these late tilllneis nild
physique, Mr. GIadsto,te?"
to Tho render wlro t4ay not 10 versrtl III the
ess.lry tl NIL that n "swall'' dinner b.
gins betwee l'a!f-past alNl . niul insts
II tremendous crush Of iuy4ted guests, sonle
morning, mil this pleasant little entertain
melt To i auIct old gentleman is called II re-
Tle soctal s.rain is almost MS grcat rs
the political u1,e." Mr.. Gladstone replied,
snllilEfy: "ull even III tllat respect would
arvAd T. try to to Anerica ~ beinx likely to
| !ukhE 0VtF4N MtHfb5 NPDh tn5 otAEHHktt ANA
have u way Of putting public spcakers to II
very severe test by your magnificent rcccl,-
tlo'ls md sr,nptnnuS !nnul'ets." j,
rcSt tt " sGqI sIa't' gl, in Tho ocean trip srcat
:" Undoubtedly; but the strnin OF inccssant
speecll.lnAkl1'E attcrward; would apl'ear Mli
tic greater. ! nm atraitl 1t l seek repnsc,
S Ss S1e I sS els nsast Ill s5'nx 5ost fVtGs sx sxn
Of my entire life, must not seek It nnluME
your cxtrayagattly kind nlld hospftablo pco-
pic 9t tllo United Statcs."
-" fsn spGak nlti.!'st Us Though yon wero
tired III polltiGal &c, air. GinttstonG."
4 ~ ,as;t aS s 1n1S'n 1t hnv, s1 ;hs hsspa4i1
llo!d;" hn replied. earnestly. ~! believe no
c"n1it|snce Of my coaatry,aeu ~Slelt vi It In.
plies" @,
Il1e eonyefsatt9M @ shifted Daels to An,erle!'
ntiti remarked ttn!t tho Mu1l!t,cr Of Al,lerl-
grsater than eyur before. :.
AYES" sMid he, lightly, II a1n glad 10 OBJ
serye that u!o ssanefs are becoming 4 s1rt M
Of easy' M i'laeaa,l'lzed ,:srI! road between thls
becausu tho nlorc lively the interchange, Of
tl,e tsu nntl01is bGcolncs-nntl we Engttsli-
men nrt. n|sn going over to America III great
irienislip md sympatiiy bctweem s s1 tic ; t@5
countries. | consider tha& any statesln,,,!
WIN DEVELOPS and fosters this kinship OF
| HpaIik WH4 - AtAtN4 IN7 lElllit4Ell u btIflCE
to tho cause Ot humanity. a1.tl, while leave
to 9thofs 70 Judge Of te results, ,cail ts0li-
cstly say TINT tlle wish llAs always benll nuur.
est iny heart to draw the two nations CLOSET
Of lilo us II Prime Minister, and Querlctl
"iou ltlttst llnve IN enormous correspond
c,lce, Mr. t;!at!stone:"
"l}ef0re l assumed Office" lie said, ~
averaged over log letters per tlay ul the ye,ll
roulNl, What tho daily nyerage Is now
really calll,bt even guess"
''And llnyc always heard flat you mover
lenve, q letter unanswered, even thuugll 4
should come from the tuMblust OF Sour
felluwsnuntrymen? ="
"Oi,, thero i1re nevertheless somet!nes tie
replied, din answering nl these listers"
"rhis enormous correspondence n!n4t lul.
pess tfs1fes 80 sreet s sps oIS W""ds ' sIkn liz
salt. and i,n aided with IN expression ni
qualification: "AIy burden ii tllis respect il
rendered lll1lrveollsly e;lsy BY the i've very
eiI!e!ent Mil most excellent I,rIyltu sesrt.
tariffs which llnye. Gnu OF tEiusu Ii my s,;l,
f,.nf,.4 .,,i. ,u,,. -,