The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-30

selves with when they haye.passed the limit Of
three score years and ten, but handsome cano
of the fashionable "crutch" order of architect
ure. In the famous picture of Dizzy which
D'Orsay drew he is prominently displaying in
jewelled hand tasseled cane, is bedecked
with rings and chains, and wealth of hair
falls over his white forehead. He has given
up the tassel, has added hook to his cane and
has given away his rings and chains, but still
he chngs to his bountful hair.
There are many marves and mysteries about
Lord Beaconsfeld, but surely not the least is
this miraculous retention of the historic curl.
Mr.. Gladstone, three years younger, is bald.
save for few struggling conglomorations of
straight hairs that thinly cover his crown
Lord Granville, many years his junior, and
but yesterday proclaimed the father of bounc-
ing boy, bears a bald pate when he takes his
place on the ministerial bench. Yet Lord
Beaconsfeld old even among the long-liyed
members of the House of Lords, has not dmin-
ished his stock of hair by single thread, but
rather on great occasions and gradually as the
years advance, his increases. This is the
prime mystery of. the phenomenon. OF course,
more or less hair on the head is matter not
entirely dependent on age. Sir Charles Dixie,
the youngest of Her Majesty's principal minis
ters, is growing grievously bald, MIR. Edward
jenkins, whose rapid advancement toward the
premiership has been suddenly cut short, is so
aggressively bald that he might like the man
7 in Illinois, put on his hat with shOe-horn.
But how are we to account for the unques-
toned fact that Lord Beaconsfied's varies In
quantity being specially abundant ON those oc-
casions when he prominently appears IN pub
lie? He certainly does not wear wig. is
there any art known to hairdressrs by which
hair can, tn more or less bountifnl quantity be-
attached to the human pate?
Yesterday Lord Beaconshed wore good
deal of hair, and in other ways looked pros
porous. Shortly after he took his seat Sir
William Harcourt, espying him, went up to
the gallery, and for the space OF 20 minutes
the two cracked jokes together, honorable
members on the floor of the House, having all
uneasy, and probably a well founded suspic-
ion that some of them were the subjects OF this
high placed merriment Lord Beaconsteld,
while he successfully resists the theory oil fall
ing hair, cannot contend against the fact of
failing eyesight. Mr.. Gladstone has of
late taken to pince-nez, which, sharing bis own
restlessness, have an inconyenient way of get
ting under his armpits or down his back at the
precise moment they are wanted. Lord Bea-
consfield will not admit human frailty TO the
extent OF eyeglasses, much less OF spectacles.
He carries in his waistcoat pocket small
magnifying glass; which, when he is at a loss
to recognize persons or places at distance, he
fixes under his left eyelid and undisguisedly
stares. The eyeglass was much in requisition
yesterday, and was brought to bear without
any attempt at cover or intention upon various
members or whom Lord Beaconsfield had
heard but had not before seen. While he was
in this open manner scanning Mr.. Bradlaugh,
that gentleman happened to look up. Lord
Beaconsield was in portion of the gallery
immediately over the head of the member for
Northampton, and as the latter sat with his
hat on, the inspection could not have proved
satisfying. Mr.. Bradlaugh is not at any time
disposed to hide his light under a bushel. OBJ
serving Lord Beaconsield's intentions, he took
off his hat and then sat staring straight be-
fore him, with that peculiar fixed look man
has when he is sitting to be photogr. phed.