Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-18

Mar oil tho DeOple. NO n WlneSS, yet
unmistakable dignity; no trace of wealth
display, yet there is a refinement in the
surroundings which tells of highly cul-
tivated taste. The home proclaims the
man. A maid-servant opens the door, a
favorite Scotch collie gives a much more
home-like welcome than a liveried foot
man, and the simple ct ceteras that in
terest the visitor in the d~rawing-room
arc thoroughly in keeping with the I'M
ostentatiuus character of the host.
Busts of Golden, Chevalier, Miner Glib
son, and engraved portraits of others of
his eminent comrades in the old cam
paigns are the principal works Of art.
A handsome oaken cabinet holds n col
lection of the finest specimens Of STAFF
fordshire pottery and other manufac-
lures, presented to Mr.. Bright by the
people of that country. His large corre-
%spondence finds him plenty of work with
that fine small-haud pen which he so
courteously and conscientiously Yields.
He is simplicity itself in his habits.
John Bright never was a society man."
Since his widowerhood he has done
more reading, For several years he
had a charming residence in Piccadilly,
overlooking Green Park, with the lead
ing people of title as his neighbors on
either hand. His relations with his
work people are those of a conscientious
employer, who pays market wages and
expects a full tale of work. The local
institute has benefited considerably by
Mr.. Brights gifts of books and his
kindly interest in whatever helps the
progress of the people. AS carpet
makers, the firm of which John Bright
is senior partner have q worldwide
reputation, and have made an immense
fortune. The business has been under
the management of Mr.. Benjamin
Bright, and is now chiefly controlled by
John Bright, jr., of whom something
may yet be heard in the political world,
though he has not his fathers elo-
quence. Mr.. Jacob Bright, a younger
brother, though now about sixty, is one
of the members for Manchester, a weak
man, physically and politically, the
champion of the woman's rights move
ment, which big brother John stoutly
opposes.
Mr.. Bright is always ''proper" in
dress. He does not wear the Quaker
and occasionally breaches. You always
find him in superfne black broadcloth,
old-fashioncd stand-up collar, black
necktie. and a tall hat. But if you fol-
low him away north to the banks of the
Tweed, you will see him s'dress the
part" in honor of the lordly salmon he
will soon persuade to accompany him
4! home to dinner. John Bright is a stall
wart fisherman, orthodox in extolling
the rod and eXecrating the spear, and
he will discourse more eloquently-and
veraciously-upon the haunts and hab-
Its of the king of the fishes than any in
the throng of his parliament brothers
in the art, who love to gather round and
hear of his hauls. This fishing hobby
is John Bright's only vice, excepting
his merciless slugging of his political
foes. He drinks no intoxicants, | think
he never began to try. l am not sure
if he smokes, but [ know he fumes, and
that right heartily.
Hear him when he harangues the
throng. Look at him as he marches tc
his place with an air imperial as that Of
a Roman emperor. Everyone, surely
knows by some photograph that leonine
head, the profile of lofty forehead, the
straight, clear-cut nose, the broad pout
ing mouth, the bold chin and strong
neck, and the graceful flow of abundan'
white hair like a lions name. He is 6
typical Anglo-Saxon, a true Briton O
the noblest mould. His majestic al
strangely rivets the audience. The
bell-like clearness and resonance of hi'
voice give a charm as of poetry to his
vlrile prose. Gladstone is, in another
line, as fine an orator, but Bright has
h gift of speaking our mother-tongut
in its simple purity. Gladstone is
Latinist, and his long words run int
long, involved sentences that are some
times hard to follow in a long address.
' Bright knows no language but En-