Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-08-22

Her Views Of Gladstone. Bismarck the Queen
and the Prince Of Wales.

From an interview in the New York
Sun:
"YOu saw Gladst one
"Yes, and Bismarck. ! saw them
both several times. | was interested
i'm comparing the same general char
acter. Both forcibly suggest strength.
firmness and intellect. But IN other
respects how vastly different they are.
Bismarck appears to one a. cold,
hard. iinmoVable. Gladstone had an
expression of gentleness and sym
pathy. He is soft spoken, and sug-
sests Kindness and affability. His
eyes are as bright as a boys.
IL had an excellent opportunity OF
forming an opinion of Mr.. Gladstone
continued Mrs. Logan, ''for had the
pleasure of meeting him socially on
Two different occasions. One was at
Sir Edward Reeds house when the
Cardiff people presented their memo
rial to Mr.. Gladstone. Miss Florence
Pullman and ] were the only Ameri-
cans honored with invitations to that
most charming affair. Sir Edward
Reeds presentation speech was ex-
tremely good, and, in reply, Mr.. Glad
stone made n really grand address.
You can imagine how delightful II was
to me when he read u paper in which
he said he found the most touching
ribute he had yet received WAS the
resolution drawn up in my own state
oi Illinois, and signed by the governor
of Illinois. in praise of Mr.. Gladstone =
course. ! really could not contain
myself. ! clapp-d my hands and ex-
claimed, My own State,
Later on Miss Pullman and were
invited to the dinner Alr. Carnegie
gave to MIR. Gladstone, and | had the
seat upon MIR. Gladstone's left. He ~
most charming cOnversatiOnalist.
| And so earnest He told me that he
had only one desire in life, and that
was to see his ideas in act ual opera
tiOn. IL was his great wish, and he
spoke frequently OF it, iou would he
surprised to find how convcrsant he
is with American affairs. lie knows
| American polii les through and through
lie astOnshed me with his familiarity
with them. And i'm other matters the
same. He is familiar with the social
problem presented by America. He
| asked the closest questions about
American life, thought and feeling.
| Tie was intensely interested in the
phases Of the labor problem as shown
! IN our country. and this Clan ma Gael
affair ffor,le,l subjects for much inter
est ing talk. The great problem OF sell
government. as exhibited under Amer
lean laws and conditions, is evidently
q subject OF the closest study with
him.
81 was presented 20 the queen also
and to Others OF the royal house. I
met the queen at the reception to the
shah OF Persia This was n magnifi-
cent affair, naturally. The queen is
much maligned in picture and paint.
| She is, OF course, stout, but there ~
nothing unretined or coarse about her.
On the other hand, she is a quiet, re-
tiring lady, who dresses tastefully in
the black she has worn since her hus-
| bands death. She wore her custom
AIRY widows cap. Her manner is
extremely courteous and digniiied and
! was much pleased with her. But l
was more plea sed with the Princess OF
Wales. She ~ a most lovely and low
| able woman
| 'ls the Prince of Wales so fascina.
ting as he is painted -
"The Prince OF Wales" said Mrs.
Logan, smiling, "is not fascinating and
there is nothing in the least remark
able about him. He is an ordinary
man, bnt his wife is more than charm
inc. like her much better''I