The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23
He AZORES HIS FAMILY.
And Mrs. Gladstone is the Greatest
Comfort OF tie Grand Old Man.
m The Near YORK World.


From the Nesc York World
LONDON, Nov. 10 wrote you recently
of my visit TO Ar. Gladstone az Hawarden.
left some facts about his wife and his
home life for another letter
Mr.. Gladstone is adored by by his family
and be adores them in return. One can see
1 this IN a thousand facts. For instance,
when you get 70 rising ground ID the park
Z you see tlne red brick house; this is the
residence Of W. 81. Gladstone. his eldest
son. Further on in the village is the house
/ Of the It ctor OF Hawarden, another son.
may mention that Mr.. Gladstone spologized
for the absence Of Mrs. Gladstone because a
/ new grandson had jus- Teen born to them,
/ the rector's wife beng the mother. Her
bert tee Benjamin OF the household, and
Ar. and Mrs Drew-his daughter and SON
| in-law-live with him
But Of all the comforts Of his home life
| Mrs. Gladstone IS The greatest. She
| arTanges every detail OF his existence. |
saw an example Of il just as we were speak
! ing. One Of the servants brought il a note
/ II was from Mrs. Gladstone; and / hope
! nobody viii blame ire for having an eve
SHARP enough 70 see thai even this little
! $ ap Of note began with the word
/ "Dea-essr
Pm 70 dine at Mrs. Williams tonight"
| said Mr.. Gladstone 10 the servant, as though
| he had received ais orders aud was bCuod
| u obey
The candle was lighted AMI we kept talk
| ing on until 1T last it was 40 O'Clock, and
| very unwlllingly had t. rise and leave
! him. He was glad, he said, that | had
| come, ana be woul l have been even more
| glad II l could have spent the night with
him.
The small family party with which 1
dined consist d Of Mrs. Gladstone, Mr.. and
Mrs. Drew and Herbert Gladstone. After
| dinner we all started for the meeting; but
| l saw Mr.. Glads one once again before |
left told Mrs. Gladstone that | had
| heard that John Bfights health was much
| worse tnan the public journals seemed to
| indicate. Mr.. Giats-one had communi-
Gated the news - Mrs. Gladstone and it dis
turbed him greatly. He came into thu
dInlng-room 20 ask me sJm9 further ques-
lions on the subject, and though he re-
manned composed cutwardly-for compos-
ure Is Mr.. Gla1stoHes c ief Characteristic
| in private life-he seemed anxious
On the way u tue meeting | had some
| scattering bits of conversation with Mrs
Gladstone. How beautiful Is the affection
| Of wife for husband when it Is perfect,
| uniform, absolutely absorbed, as in the case
Of Mrs. Gladstone. She didn't want I,
talk on any other subject than Mr.. Glad
stone, but on that subject she was willing TO
| talk forever. Oae might almost imagine
that it was a young girl speaking of the
youth that Lad caughs her hearts ii st
fancy There was strange pathos about
her whole :iOn-the stranger and
stronger because of its innocent uncon-
sciousness.
She was very anxious about the meetings
at Birmingham next week, which will Ger
talnlY put a great strain upon Mr.. Glad
stone. One meeting especially, l think,
should never have been allowed. 1t is in
Bingley hall, that holds some fabulous num-
Der OF pe0ple-10,0J0 to 1000.
II hope" said Mrs. Gladstone, "that the
people will BE- satisfied with seeing him and
that it will be explained that he can't be
heard by them all. | am afraid of the
meeting, because he has'-and then she
used an expression which think splendidly,
though simply, describes Mr.. Giadstones
character-''bscause he has such heart
that he'll try to make them all hear, and
that will strain his voice and prevent his
speaking in parliament"
What she meant by his ''heart" she fur
ther developed in reply to a gu stion put
to her. l Id / had always thought that
Mr.. Gladstone ought to have been prime
| minister long before he was. She gave as
| an explanation that he had always thrown
| himself 50 much into the work he had I'M
dertaken that he was always Immersed
his own department. As an instance she
| referred to the time when he was vice presi.
| dent Of the board of trade. He was In de-
| spair when first appointed to this office by
| Sir Robert Peel ''Sir Robert he said
''thiuEs / know something about bust
| ness becau-e my father was a merchant
but really l know no more about
it than a baby" Butte be per-
severed, and became thoroughly master of
it. He never could do anything by halves
and, perhaps, he has often thus done a great
| deal more than he need have done. One
other little incident will illustrate Mrs
Gladstone's feeling toward her husband
Herbert Gladstone plays on the violoncello,
and asked him whether his father played
| on any instrument"
"No,' he said
Did he siugqr l then asked
Herbert hesitated as tough he were
doubtful whether or not he could concede
to his father the possession of vocal powers,
but Mrs Gladstone had no such doubts.
"Oh, beautifully" she interrupted en-
phatically. Then she told me that when
she and Mr.. Gladstone were first engaged
they were at Rome; there was no piano
forte there, and she had no idea that he had
a voice. But one day after her return she
heard beautiful voice, and she didn't
know in the least whose it was. She went
to the room whence the voice proceeded and
| discovered, to her great delight, that it was
that Of her fiance
Ireland was Mrs Gladstones main theme
after her husband. Almost the last words
| heard Mr.. Gladstone say was when his
daughter came in with a bundle of letters.
n ls there anything important about tIre-
land ~ he asked.
Eyes" she said, "there's a letter from
Mr.. John Morley" T. p. O'CoNNoR.