Evening star., 1886-10-16
The Nerves Of Easaisn statesmen.

EEOm Tue fhu MalI 0dzele.
Il have just read, with some amusement
writes q correspondent, "a grave description OF
the attitude oi Lord Randolph Churchill on
the Treasury bench. de is compared with
Disraeii ior sphinx-like inmobility. Unior.
tunutely for this comparison. Lord Randolph Il
nervous man-a very nervous man-and the
Earl OF Beaconsfield was not. 1t 30 happens
tue other night was sittiny opposite ~ The
Treasury bench ior Two nours; aud the one
tninS wnicu impressed me auOve all other.
was the NERVOUSNESS vi Tie leader OF tue mouse.
He came IN aIter dinner; Tie sat down IN al,
place, aud he almost immediately assumed
nis norma! attituue. The leIt hand Was raised
W Lue lips; the lett elbow resteu upon the rIgu
hAnu, aud tuat hand upon the tulgu. Tne nu.
gers o. the lett haud were very acliveiy EN-.
ployed upon tue muslacue. 1t was slruKed, Al
was twlsteu a. Uo,h ends, IL Was selzed in
the mIuule aud forced over the edge vi tue
were to bite IT. Aud this Was done over and
over ayain-nut mecuanicAiiy, rom the mere
force Oi uabit, but VITA varying dee rees OF
energy, corresponding with Tue nervous
tension produced ny agiuated Thought.
Tae noble lord turns " the leIL 10
speak " q colleague, and the right hand takes
tlou vi The lnustacne. Aiter svine ininu,es vi
VIGOROUS, but apparently Qulue uuconscious, de-
vvtIon " tne inus.acoe. Lue nervous tensi,.n
seems 10 be relaxed, The hand Is wiIuui avn
froun the lace, boLu uauus are vasped ivr d tline,
and then lie arms arc folded. " ILn caa>peu
hauds or fOideu arms, The speaker Ior the tine
bciug Is Lsteaed TO win apparent unconcrru,
bu. II is an assumed ratuer liau u Natural Im.
MOBILITY oi ieat ure. To be spniuk-ilke, 10 re-
mind one OF D.ssaeii, it ought w Ue the normal
permanent ASPECT oi counieuance, always the
same, whoever Is spcaslns, wuatcver Is uap-
peuIng, anu NJ ought noL 40 put ON simpIy
Dy Way OF Suggesting insensioiuty W Ieiiiily
IA. guinents oc pelsouaI reinarks. rue tem,or.
ary cuaractcr Is Very soou iIauiest, for ue
tne neeu lot displaying cailuusness passed,
tur mind lakes up another Train ., tilouyut.
aud svine magnetic influence operates u.n,,.
llat nerve cen ,er oi tue Drain wilcu Urius, u.,e
the uanos W ,ne upper lap, aud 50 tne process
uescriDeu ls renewed aud .epealed, subJecl 10
suspension aud Inlel "a iniou Ly any iucilen,
or circumstance wnicn uecrssiLutes a cuau.e OF
tnoug nl vr a movement tnat oiverLs Ine hand
While / was making these observations the
new ieauer Mas joined by The Qeposed leader.
Now, Sir Nj. hicKs-Beach nas = havit vi tue
saline kIud As LOru II. Cuurcnlll. II. momeuls
y. Abstraction, he too applies his deilcate
fingers " lie twisting huu twirilug OF Iue
mus.ache. DE had NO sooner sat down by the
clue oi Lord K. Churchill aud entered u,u cou-
versatlVn Will, hltn Liiau ne aAuuled exactly
Iue aaine attitude; ana Tor several lni.u,es lue
Two ieaaers were situng side BY SIDE Ia conn.
dentiai conference, each manipulating tne
mustache win tue ieft hand. But .uere was y
marked contras oetweeu tuem. Sir ii. Hicks-
HeHCn did not exhibit any tninK ike tue same
amount Of nervousness. In his case tuere
seemed to be lar iess connection between the
movements vi the Urain aud the movements of
tue nagers-Or the slow aud easy movements
Oi tue nugers indica led iess nervous Irritation
The movements were not so suggestive
ol msurai excitement acting upon = sen-
sitive nervous system, aud they were
not % Involuntary aud persistent as 70
betray the Influence over The In ascles OF u per.
picked and perturbed mind. Sir NJ. Hicks
Beach NOON lets his mustache alone, holds .lis
head up, and lets you uis eye Twinkle aud
his lace suffused witn y passing smile when au
opponent has made telling POINT, the tw Ia
kie aud The smile meaning that there II iallacy
In the argument winch will Oe duly exuus<.,i
The two iead =rs were j0Iued by Lord George
iaxmuton, VINO In the course VI u short time
fraaaaa
his usual way. he picked up from the floor a
frequent OF paper and vigorously set to work
10 Uurst aud tear tt-an operation in wuicu be
has acquired great Proficiency by mucu pra,..
tice ON uOt front benches- Tue treasury BENCH
was well niled before my Observation ceased
but TO other me. .lsber vi the government us..
phlegmatic, aud Others DO nol Affect SPUN x-liks
tlnmObility."