Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-16

about it than the long black curls
shining with macassar oil. Dandyism
served its term and was discarded,
though perhaps even now it has n
certain charm, for one day last session
| saw the author of Endymon in
the House of Lords with II bright
scarlet tie round his neck, n black vel
vet waistcoat, and pair Of pantaloons
Of the most bizarre color and pattern.
But it is not absolutely necessary to
play the part Of dandy any more.
Power has been won-and lost. A
great party has been nearly ruined,
but its controlling spirit is satisfied,
for the public are tumbling over each
other in their eagerness to get hold of
his book. None of the changes or
disasters of life are potent enough to
suppress Disraeli.
No doubt you will have noticed
and enjoyed the childish delight with
which the Ex-Premier depicts the
"gilded saloons" Of his friends the
arstocracy. In them, after all, is to
be found the only kind of social di-
version for which he has ever cared.
The middle classes are moncy-grab-
bing, tedious, vulgar set. True hap
piness is to be found only in the socie-
ty of "Queens Of Fashion" like Zen.
obia (who is u sort of combination OF
Lady BIessington and Lady Holland),
and distinguished personages," in
blue ribbons and brilliant decorations
Such was always the opinion of Mr.
Disraeli, and now that he is an Earl
he cannot well be expected to change
it. In one part Of " Endymion he
reiers-of course indirectly--to the
" immense sorrows of his youth
What were they? He was sent to a
solicitors office to be trained in the
study of the law. He was not COM
mon-plare clerk, as many have sup.
posed he was not in poverty. The
ordinary accounts of the hardships of
his early life he has himself rcpudiat-
ed. My father left me sufficient
patrimony,' he once declared. What
were his immense sorrows? Simply Il
compulsory association with the enid.
die class" Until a lucky accident
gave him an cntrce to Lady Blessing
tons house and opened Rothschild's
door to him he was excluded from the
saloons Of the mighty" In this book
Endymion's sister is made to predict
that all his good fortune will come to
him through women. 30 it actually
happened. Lady Blessington took
him up, and Mrs. Wyndham.Lewis
married him and gave him all her
money. Determination can move
mountains, but it cannot always ena-
bic man to pick up a fortune with
his wife. Even in delinca,ing the
fortunes of his new hero, Lord Bca-
consfeld is obliged to jump the hard
est fence on the road by making some
anonymous friend come forward with
a present of 100000. Youthful stu.
dents Of the Disraeian system of "get-
ting on in the world will perhaps
complain that donors of 100000 are
comparatively scarce in the world.
The noble Lords answer would be,
" | have found them 90 thou and do
likewise. IIW thing and you can get
it. Resolve to be Prime Minister and
nothing can prevent you reaching that
position. You will want money to
start with-look out for woman who
has it. You will never find man
to give you 100000; therefore turn
your eyes to the other sex. | did so,
and see where am and what | have
been" That is what the author of
" Endymion" would tell any young
man in whom he took friendly in.
terest-Lord Rowton, for instance.
People may say that this is not a very
lofty view Of life. But what is that
against it? 1t enables men to grasp
power. TO do Mr. Disraeli Justice, he
never preached any other doctrine.
That is why he has been called a more
demoraliziug writer than G.. w. VI.
hCl HoidN' llc SdIS lHc lOulluatlOnS
Of all belief in the nobler qualities of
the human race. Last night, Just n
was going home to my lodgings, ! ran
against man who was himself figur-
ed in one Of the Dsraeli novels, and
who has no love for the painter. The
inevitable question of the moment
was exchanged. "Yes," said my
friend, they've read it at the club.
1t is precisely what you might have
expected-a selection from his note.
book, with the usual glorifcation of
himself, and the old sermons about the
duty of treading on your father and
mother if they are in the way-any-
thing to enable you to push through
the crowd. Don't fail to notice the
ship-shop writing, the bungling SEN
tences, the penny-romance writer's
touches of description. He does not