New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-08
,.-. hlm ue has a satnrnine sweetness Of

ho,oro him He has saturnine sweetness oil
,,orror that amounts 20 charm. He is ready
arte,nus Ward himself would not in his case com
rlop of the slowness of the British inteilect-anu
cot what he SAYS has the air Of having peeh
tboncht ont lie has the art of introducing TT"
,opics without dislocating the geneial conNcis"-
tion All these qualities, and all the others "h'cD
7 omit. because sketch is not an inventory arc
set of by high good-humor subdued TO the tone
Of the occasion; the note is never forceu' Ine,0
are those who think him merciless IN relor''
ably Lord Brabourne, when he had turned ag"ihsS
the leader who had made him Peer anu ne"'"
his coronet lixened TO q crown OF thorhs, was one
Rut il is hard to satisfy everybody.
There is difficulty in giving any account "
AT least any brief account, OF Lord hi'huu'p"
Cburchilrs talk. There are several Lord Ran
dolphs, and each has a conversational s'S'e Vi ni'
own. You might meet him at dinner, as you
might have met Lord Beaconsheld, ana depart WIN
the belief that the young Tory leader "'s' l,,0
the older one, taciturn 1t is perfectly conceNaoio
,bat - be found his neighbor antipathetic to him.
he might take refuge in silence, II not III to ooi
ISOLATION Of the silent stuff which Mr.. Dlsraeh
'o -, IA hor denied him. Yet,
like Lord Palmerston, who found CONVERSE
Lord Randolph will be always at his best where
,-or least expect IT, One Of the most original
women in London has but one topic, or at moso
two: she concentrates on racing ana Oh p'.NiS
social subjects the powers of mind cer'a,uS
s,,rorior IN the minds of many men about her'
She has been heard to say that she is never IN SuCn
| coed form as when with Lord Randolph LN''c'Iy
tho same thing might be said Of persons eAtirep
] 3li
,ionol Gifts are most brilliant when he is there 10
call them ont Now if it be rare art TO talk wen
ones self. it is rarer to make others tax wen
and Lord Randolph has them ooth'
co,ncs omiss 70 him. except that stupidity against
which if was of old discovered that the gods theih-
solvcs fcbt in vain. He will talk with gallery
cr without. and equally well in either cast
Nobody is more rapid. sparkling, pointed mere
i mn eense Of effort The dictiOn is racY ana I'M
isbcd tbc memory never at fault; the haolC u
sccipr things as they are and Of fitting worus 10
facts has become second nature Nheh you
,lipI, Won have taken his measure. he hashes oU'
in q ne,y character: the secret Of the uneNpec'cu
s his. his fertility in difficulties is dehghtui 1T
s never at the end of his resources or OF MS eur
Grams or of his animation and high splrl's'
, +bird is Sir William IIarcOurt, certainty ono
~ the fullest and most energetic OF 'iii''''
d" You never know how good he is sad one VI
his colleagues, till you have sat next him III 'lt
Uouse lie bubbles over with good thihes' !,
is the fashion 10 sav that his speeches are iapoIru
and his Jokes pcnderous. If it were true Oh HIS
orblic devcranccs and don't think 1t is. II can
NOT he true of his private talk Nooouy say
more good things TO the square inch; they we
spontaneous and irrepressible and lrresisuDic'
Half and more than half, the speeches !" ',i'
IIouse of Commons are conversational; IL IS only
ON great occasions that the House Will stanu any
thing else. and these colloquia deliverances mlen
foi,lv be recxoned on the credit side of Sir Will
iam's account: he is always ready ana away
effective. But there is no need to go peyono 'lc
dinner table or the intercourse of purely prlVa'e
life lie is ready to meet all corners his lance
ALWAYS in rest lie delights in banter IN chai
in excursions into many different hehs' lS
knowledge is various his mind one that ATTACKS
many subjects with equal alacrty and frequent
success; and no man excels him in retreat from
a position that cannot be held. " W. D.