Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-15
Disraeli,s Love story.

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When Benjamin Disraeli married
Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, she was his
senior by sixteen years. Yet fveyears
utter their marriage he gave her this
character: 'rThe most severe ofcritics,
)ut-a perfect wife" Great men, and
mall men, too, do not usually take
Sindly to the criticisms of wife, even
when they are assured OF her love and
lave confidence in her judgment. A
/ nan on his return home from an as
,emhly or a club, where he has been
/ listened to as an oracle and deferred
10 as a leader, is not usually IN the
/ mood to be criticised, even by MS al
| ectionate wife. That Mr.. Dlsraeli us
iened with meekness while Mrs. Dlsrae-
told him, after great debate IN the
House OF Commons, what he ought to
iave said, and what he should have
eft unsaid, indicates that she was a
woman of exquisite tact, and that he
loved her deyotedly.
She was loved helpmeet, for their
mion OF thirty three years was one OF
Eanbroken harmony, confidence and
affection. She believed in her husband,
ived for him, studied his views and
wishes, and served him with the zeal
Of an intelligent companion.
The average husband is contented II
MS wife shows herself good house
xeeper, an attractive hostess and
wise mother. But Benjamin Disraeli,
not being an average man, made his
wife his companion, and treated her as
his intellectual comrade. She became
"'the most severe OF critics" because OF
her intense love and admiration. She
vas made "perfect wife by her
husband placing her on an equality
with himsel.
When Disraeli delivered his great
speech in the Free Trade Hall at
sianchester-a sIeech which helped
! the return of the Conservatives to
Dower-she sat in box Immediately
opposite the platform whence he spoke
! The interest of those seated on the
platform was often transferred from
| The speech to the sympathetic face oil
| 5he orators wife, and then to the way
| which. from time to time, heiifted his
head asifseeking her smile OF approval.
When the Grafton was finished she
drove rapidly to the house OF her
| host in the suburbs of the city to re-
| eeive her husband. No sooner were
the carriage wheels heard grinding up
| on the gravel, than she hurried to the
hall. As he entered she rushed into
his arms and exclaimed
80 Dizzy! Dizzy! This is the great
| pst night of all! This pays for all!
At that moment, she knew she could
not live out the year-for three
months before her physician had pro-
bounced her death warrant-and every
step of her movements to the door
produced the acutest pain.
| A wellknown story also illustrates
| her strength of will and power OF self
control when her love made them nee.
assary.
When Disraeli. as chancellor OF the
/ exchequer, rode to the house to intro
luce his last budget, she accompanied
him. On getting into the carriage, one
| of her fingers was crushed between the
| door and it's frame. She maintained
her composure, though the pain was
| excruciating through the ride, and I'M
til she saw him pass through the
members" entrance, and then liant
ed.
The man who makes his wife COM
panion may hear severe criticisms, but
he will be known in the gates"
1t has been said with truth that
boys fulfill the expectations or ideals
of their mothers. The dream OF the
mother is apt to impress itself upon
the son, and create an aspiration that
he will follow.
The same tendency is true in regard
to the expectations of II true wife in
the life OF her husband. She under
stands the possibilities of his life as
Others do not, and perhaps as he him.
self cannot see them. His faith may
talter, but not her heart and prayers.
The wife of an American poet, whose
reputation in literature grew slowly,
made herself almost slave in order
to support her family. You must not
abandon your calling" she said. 81
cannot write for the good OF others,
but can work for you, and you must
work for the world"
Reputation came to her husband at
last, and he was able to provide for
his family at home. Friends gathered
there to congratulate him. The press
echoed the congratulations.
Il always told you it would be so, /"
said the wife to him on that eventful
day.
1T was your faith that madeit SO,
was the answer, and the two thanked
God through their tears.