New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-24
WHAT BEAcoNsI1ELD OWED TO WoMrN
Ihn.,, rLo Rasfon Trareller.

from Tee Boston frdrelIer.
Mrs Di,rach brought To the future Premier not
ONLY cnu.i rrahlc fortune, but perfect companion
ship. She ten ycars his senOr and II a&Sssg'
j., FnJ,,uiorr is 10 Dee trusted A. autobiography
cal .lIt relieved him Of fully half the cmbarrass
mcnt 81 popping the question. To her influence lo
always aigcl, asTlb,d the success Of hs alter NE
d" " omen will do much for YOU says MyIh 70 Envy
mion fcFrars Dsra"h mask ana certain II li'i
BENJAMIN Di,Iacii believed implicitly that they ihi
dom, more for him than all other Instrumental
ties cumblrcd Truth is stranger than fiction, and
II i. the simple truth that Mr.. Bridges WHY ans,
of Torquay. Dovon7rc out "i her woman a'Iinl.a-
zion for las gcnins made hnn h'it 10 hrr 'A'l,,
worth some $4,000. She only CAactcd from hiui
in return h, friendship while snc lived. and prom
Use that she should rest after death among the DN-
raclis at iughcndcn. Nor VIII II hc l"IgottIt tha' ~
H.. Queens high personal esteem lor MN hr Owe" y
serics of faNors IN his couduct OF the toycTnih il
such u, Victoria has never shown 20 any uthrr"i t
long line Of able stat slncu Who have served ~ h'4
| Prime Ministers.
lie was all chiyalrous dcicrCncc 10 women in gen
cr,l and "A. dcN otun to one woman IA particular.
Addressing the farm, r. Of BuchnghaW-lhrr ~ u
Harvest Home festival lac called his spouse lngg
best wife i'm England and lac dedicated " Sybh .,
10 the most severe Of critics, but "a pericct VIII.
At every turn in the road along when We uhcc ll9
| path To- fame We see standing beside him TINS en-
chanting figure Of a faithful VIE nervihg NJ am
btiOn, soothing his defeats and entering Wltii ~
| into his ultimately startling tI1uinphs. Tho stpIy
has often been told of her riding with him down to
the IIouse Of Commons giving no sign Of the acute
pain caused her by having her thumbs scNcriy
crushed by the carfing door lest her distress might
unnervc him for the graf speech which he was
shortly TO deliver IL well iilusra the fine sym
pathics that linked them 10 each other. The vlcnagc
OF Hughrnden has been full Of touching anccdoto. 81
their home felicity. Disrael Durc hascd llugh' ndcn
Manor from the Norris family and Mrs DiAracii did
with H. while she lived, what she pleased. ~
handsome mansion wa more than half hidden Dy
| beeches and ens and the glrdons and conscrva-
tories were exceedingly beautiful In little basket
carriage belinda shaggy black pony called JACK;
Mrs. Diraell was accustomed TO ride around hnQhs
her husbands noighbors and tenantry, with smil's
for her social equals, and open hand for those OF
poorer station At her instance Mr.. DtIgoh lohg
since built convenient and woll-appointed school
house I'm connection with st. Michaels Church
where they were n be seen knocng together every
Sunday when Parliament was not ia session. Ihcy
both took deep interest in tho lsborcrs families on
their estate and each cottage was little model o
convenience ana comfort. 1t II not surprising that
this fond couple should have been regarded as some
thug more than common clay by the simple eouA-
ifter they had passed through nearly thirty years
Of life together thirty years In which his POLITICAL
career had been q well-nigh unbrOken succession OF
defasts there came day in 1868, when the Queen
offered him a coIOnet lie declined II. bni asked