The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-07-22
Lord Randolph Churohill.

AOTQ hanuOlpn Cnurcnlll, one OF the
new hands at the helm of England's ship
OF State, is less generally known than
either Salisbury or Northcote, and as he
has come SO prominently to the front of
late, an extended notice of him will not be
undressing:
That wonderful little book, Society in
London" recently published by Harper
& Brothers, and attributed by many to
Mr.. w. H. Hurlbert, contains nothing
more wonderful than the following sketch
of Lord Randolph Churchill, which is not
only an exquisite piece of literary work,
but, read by the light of events that have
occurred since its publication, seems like
a prophecy fulfilled, or at least in process
Of fulflment
! Lord Randolph Churchill is of a fibre,
and is cast in mould different from any
of these. For some years he had diff
Guilty in inducing people to take him Sc
riouBly. 1t was only when he made it
clear, by the applause which his speeches
on platforms received, that he was a per
sonage in the country, that his leaders
considered it their while to treat him as
one who might some day be their equal.
He is on the lips of all men Every fea-
ture OF his countenance and characteristic
OF his costume would be recognized by
the multitude in any town in England.
Music hall songs have been composed in
his honor, his name is the cue of admiring
laughter in farces or opera bouffes, the
London cabmen and omnibus drivers are
as well acquainted with him by sight as
with MIR. Gladstone or Mr. Henry Irving.
Lord Randolph Churchill is combina-
ton OF GOODNESS and nervousness, of dig
nifty and impudence, of real earnestness
and Of cynical Indifference to everything
but the within of the moment. Yet he is
not quite as impulsive as he seems He
has far keener eye to effect, and Judges
more deliberately the means necessary to
produce any given effect, than those who |
watch him casually might think From |
this it follows that he has made compare
lively few mistakes. When the newspa-
pers IN their articles, or society through |
its more staid and severe members, have |
demonstrated with him on his sallies and |
his outbursts, it is probable that the |
critics have been wrong, and Lord Ran
dolph Churchill has been right His sym
pathies, real or affected, are popular; his |
personal predictions are exclusive. If |
he has some Of the arts of the demagogue,
he has much OF the hauteur of the noble. |
he resents familiarity, and he has pretty
power of making that resentment felt by
1mpertlnent intruders, who presume upon
the most superficial acquaintance with
him. As speaker he is forcible, impas-
stoned, always effective, and sometimes
eloquent. His facility of expression is as
founding and nothing is more noticeable
in him than the quality of his rhetoric. In
private life he is agreeable, hospitable and
In his ideas of hospital ty. His
love for display and magnifcence is only
tempered by the perfect taste of Lady Ran
dolph Churchill of the most accom-
plished women IN London society, a
finished artist and musician, and perfect
dresser and himself. Everything in the
Churchill establishment is CONNIE
frm. The dinners are never too large or
too long. The dishes are always the best
Of their kind perfect simplicity combined
With the highest merit Matters too, are
arranged on princely scale, for Lord
Randolph Churchill has all the inelina-
hons Of grand seignenr. During the Par
iamentary session he orders his life with
IN exclusive regard to the exigencies of
politics. He entertains splendidly, and is
entertained by others. But
when he is not kept up late at Westminis
'er he woos slumber at the first opportu-
lity, and when he can snatch days rest
le spends it in the delicious languor of
long nothing except the smoking of I
cigarettes and the reading of French
towels.
Lord Randolph Churchill is now, be-
1--we some seven and thirty years of age.
de is thoroughly range He has left be-
ind him the social designations of youth,
nd it may be that he has shaken off the
'olitical extrayagancesof that chartered (
Deriod OF existence. His health has i'm
'roved though It still requires looking +
fer. He cannot, I take it, during the 7
Parliamentary session afford to lead the :
no lives which Lord Harrington can =
manage without any Inconvenience. II
sported OF Lord Harrington that some 4
ears ago-I think in the summer Of 1880
he actually succeeded in getting to bed !
BON after midnight. Before he had sue
essfully courted his first slumber he was
reused by message from Downing U
reet. he has not since repeated the vain
Lperiment of early bed going, which, ac- i
riding to an English proYerb, is one of
le secrets Of success. N
Lord Randolph Churchill has large :
lare OF that personal power SO difficult
define, SO easy to feel, so essentially r
sgletic IN its operation, which enables L
individual to assert himself as leader "
men. Il there resides in him a strong