Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-18
GLADsT0NE AT HOME.
The Golden Wedding 0f tho Grand Old
Mam-His Home Life NJ Hawaraen.


From the Philadelphia Times.
When Mr.. Gladstone married, flfty years ago,
Lady Glynne Mrs. Gladstone's mother was BY no
means delighted with the marriage, and but for the
fact that Lord Lytteton welded the elder sister the
same day that the future prime minister married
the younger 1t Is doubtful II she would have been
present at the ceremony that united her daugh-
| ter to her plebeian bridegroom. Mr. Gladstone
| entered parliament as long ago Is 1882 90 that
when queen Victoria came TO the throne he had
already been nve years In the house OF commons.
But even then q brilliant career was pre-
| dicted for the young parliamentarian Indeed,
the future Mrs. Gladstone was among the nrst
| TO hear the predictions OF future eminence that
marked the beginning OF his career. At q dinner
party IN London the younger Miss Glynne's atten-
was by her side TO tall. handsome young N. p.
who sat opposite s see that young MANI.
his life is spared he will one day be prime minis
ter Little did the young girl think that the pre-
aictlon would De verified or that she was des-
uneu 10 become the future prime minister's bride
ana to share his honors with him more than haif
century. Such was not only to pe the case, but
for no great was ever taas n
his wife than william Ewart Gladstone. Thus It
VIII 6e seen that not even the whims OF mothers
position by becoming the wife OF q peer but the
great world outside OF English society never heard
OF Lady Lyttelton, while all mankind bows with
respect at the name OF Mrs Gladstone.
As A POLITICIAN.
Wnen MI. and Mrs Gladstone celebrated t4glr
golden wedding few weeks ago the predictions OF
half century before had been thrice fulfilled but
the prime minister's achievements were far from
being In the line OF his early parliamentary career.
the nomination for which he owed to the duke OF
Newcastle. At this time the budding statesman,
leader soGy sa as sorSsM
was an inheritance, not fiction. The son OF
prosperous Liverpool merchant, he took the side
magnates OF England-in the conservative interest
Naturally the young statesman had much TO learn
0eITle ne rd found his true place In English
In learning 4. In the beginning Of his career he
adhered TO the policy and party OF Sir Robert Peel
lower to the higher grades OF the public service
In 1884 ne was made Junior lord Of the treasury,
and In 1885 under secretary Of state for the colo
MES. Two months after the latter appointment
Peers ministry was overthrow and Mr.. Glad
stone consequently acted with Sir Robert In oppo-
was sworn a member OF the privy council and
made vtce-preSident OF the board OF trade. In
ts4S ne succeeded Lord Ripon as president OF the
BOARD OF trade, but resigned In 1S45 upon the
question OF the MaynooLh grant. Because this
grant to Roman Catholic college was not in har-
stones first book, published 10 1889 .sThe state In
Its relations With The Church." the president OF
the board OF trade did not feel himself free TO CO
operate with the ministry. Besides his opposition
10 the Maynooth grant Mr.. Gladstone In those
early opposed the reform or the irish Church
IN. English dissenters' chapel bill and the emanci
patlon OF the jews 1t is scarcely surprising there
tore that In reviewing his first book in the Edin-
0urgh Review Macaulay spoke OF Gladstone as "a
young man or un0lem1Shed character and distin-
guished parliamentary talents; the rising hope of
those stern ami unbending tories who follow re-
luctantiy and cautiously leader whose expert
ence ana el0Quence are Indispensable to them but
VINO cautions temper, and moderate temper they
abhor." Oddly enough as an old man a later gen.
| GRAFTON OF tories abnOrs Mr.. Gladstone for being
AT hon
was This OF course Is due to the fact that 1t was
the rising hope" OF the stern and unbending
tories 81 1889, who was soon to become tn. leader
OF the English masses, and as part OF the work OF
his life was to give the ballot TO English working
men Moreover the author OF the hgh-church
cruelty was destined to become the champion OF
disestablIshment in Ireland and in English poll.
Tics 10 cease almost TO be cnurchman.
ASA CHURCHMAN.
But while Mr.. Gladstone has almost ceased to be
achurchman in politics, there are few more con-
sstent churchmen in the practice of their religious
duties. Every morning when he Is at Hawarden
shortly before O'Clock he walks to the Hawarden
church for prayers. Clad in long coat Duttoned
wen up, ana with sprngy, elastic gait that does
| not denote his years, the grand Old man makes his
way to and from the village church, silently
the villagers as he treads lightly along. Hawarden
cnurch, with It's stumpy square tower and rows Of
oattlements along the rooi, Is very ancient and
striking edince. IL has OF course, been altered and
enlarged from time To time. A graveyard is at
tached. The church stands on the summit OF q
nh from which is had an excellent view OF the
lano below and the course OF the river Dee. Its
interior Is massive, the lectern from which Mr..
Gladstone reads the lessons when he Is at home
occasions is Impressive and characteristic Holding
himself erect, he gives forth his lines In a clear
heard and grssped. Win his rlSht hand ne fei,oWs
| the lines down the Bible as he reads them, while
with his lett he clutches the high candlestick be-
side him for support. When Mr.. Gladstone Is ex-
pected TO read Inc lessons full congregation may
be relied upon. Some very extraordinary scenes
have been witnessed during service at Hawarden
out OF their pews and stood in the aisle to look at
the great orator while he was reading, and Others
have been actually so moved by his impressive
rendering that they stood on their seats In the
pew and stared at him. Mr. Gladstones son, the
Rev. stephen Gladstone, is the rector OF Hawarden
parish
THE HOME OF THE GRAND OLD NAN
Is situated on the summit OF range of hills over
looking Chester and the river Dee. In the grounds
stand the ruins OF an old castle dating back almost
to the Conquerer, which Is lit lie more than relic
now. The modern castle, in which the Gladstone
family resides, was built over a hundred years
ago, but Its stone batIlements and walls, which
are well grown with ivy, give 1t very ancient ap-
pearance. The main entrance 70 the castle Is from
The village just opposite the Glynne Arms Hotel
Almost adjoining The castle stands the orphanaRe
winch Mrs Gladstone controls and fosters. One
which there are delightful glimpses OF charm-
ing bits OF nature, Is the old mill, which
btdnOS Oy the brook at the lower end OF
the park On the slope below the church is the
old dover house or the Glynne family, now
known as "The Ash" It Is at present tenanted by
farmer. tits very picturesque Old place. the old
fashioned nre-places being especially romantic
The village ITSELF which is or those quaint old
English villages that are now fast disappearing
has but one street and that is nameiess. In this
naIneleSs street are the old-fashioned inns that
were established In the forgotten days Of the stage
COACH the Oldest OF which Is the Fox Inn, quiet
old place presided over by Mrs. Maria Jones VINO
Is like her hosiery or the Old school the village
The Fox Inn used to be the changing station In the
Old coaching days for the mails from Chester to
Flint and LlangOllen. Now, alas, the stage coach
is no longer seen In the nameess street OF Hawar-
den village In Its stead ID the rushing and kissing
iron horse OF the London and Northwestern Rail-
way, which speeds along two miles away on the
journeys between London and AOlyhead, leaving
The quiet old resting by the ways1de In Ha-
warden undisturbeu.
Mr.. GLADSgoNE's LIFE AT HAwARDHN
is very regular and to some extent bucolic Re
rises early and breakfasts highly about O'Clock
Upon his return from morning prayers at Hawar
den church he retres to his study where he bushes
himself with his correspondence One desk In his
library, OF which there are three Is specially re-
served for his political correspondence Another
Is devoted to the use OF Mrs. Gladstone The study
is curiousy arranged. Not only the walls lined
with books, but shelves Jut out into the room
l,ultr oaIa mos ssAd vii notr