The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-29
A HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.
Mrs. Gladstone q True Helpmeet to Her Hus-
band for Fifty Years.


band for Fifty Years.
Mrs. Gladstone's career as wife and mother
has been pointed to for years as model.
The dependence of husband and wife on
each other in all circumstances has been
noted. The statesman has found in his
spouse true helpmeet, who sympathized
with all his aspirations, with confidence
in all his movements, and one who, in the
darkest moments of his long life of pOliti-
cal activity, has looked, to the future to
bring him success in all his projects and
vindicatiOn of his motives. An amusing
anecdote is told in illustration of this
wifely, answering faith. After the late
general election, when the appeal to the
Gladst0ne's Irish policy, Mrs Gladstone
was found somewhat depressed by visitor
at Hawarden Castle, viii lie the Grand Old
Man was serenely at work In his study up
stairs.
thetically. There is One above who will
bring things right in His own good time"
YES indeed" replied the good lady. "He
will bring things right; but he will forget
all about his lunch If don't call him
down"
Mrs. Gladstone nursed all her children
herself She looked after them from infan-
cy, and cared for them In every way as IL
she had not been the lady of the castle,
who was able to command any amount of
their little ones Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone
have always been the most tender and
affectiOnate of parents. When out of Office
Mr.. Gladstone taught his elder children
Italian. The girls were educated at home
by governesseS, English, French and Ger
man. The boys all went to- Elton, and after
ward to Oxford. Blessed herself with a
perfect constitution and unbrOken health,
Mrs. Gladstone has watched over her hus-
band with the skill OF a nurse ana the Wig
of I'd N knows
limits of her own skill to hairs breadth.
and the moment they are passed she calls
in the doctor. Nor is 1t only In the mala-
dies of the body in which she has displayed
kept Mr. Gladstone shielded from all the
minor worries of life.
Mr. Gladstone is fully sensible of what
he owes to his wife. nor has be made any
secret of the fact that his continuance IN
public service was dependent upon the
health of his partner in life. Had she
broken down and become an invalid he
would have retired from the service of his
country 1t would have been impossible.
he felt, to carry on the work OF the govern
ment, and, at the same time, to have at
tended to his duty to his wife. nor could he
have stood the strain if she, who had been
throughout as a ministering spirit, instead
of aiding him, had become tax upon his
vitality. The seh.aenlai OF Mrs. Gladstone
very dazzling and imposing to be the wife
of Prime Minister. or even the wife of
the leader of the opposition. but the wife
herself has a somewhat hard time of it.
The absorption of Prime Minister in the
work of the nation leaves him very little
time for domestic intercourse. Mrs Glad
stone has been known to remark that when
Mr.. Gladstone was IN Office In London, dur
ing the season, it was quite treat to her
to be invited to q friends house to dinner
together with her husband. She always
then tried to get seated next to him.
when" she SAID. lit is at least possible for
band; otherwise ! see nothing of him."