Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-05
Written for TIE EVENING STAR.
TRANSATLANTIC PORTRAITS.
Sketches Of Two Prominent Men on
the Other Side.

sketches OF Two Prominent Men on
the Other Side.
II is Sunday at London. We are in the pro-
cathedral at Kensington and Cardinal Man
ming is to preach. The church is crowded to
its utmost capacity. The cardinal. attende d
by two young priests, stands in the pulpit,
clad in full canonicals. Tho thick, heavy vest
ments, embroidered from top to bottom with
gold and many colors, hang about his frail
body; the high jeweled inter is on his
head and in his thin, withered hand
he bears a massive crozier. His face
Is that Of an anchorite, an ascetic one whose
mind Is elevated above this life and whose
thoughts are fixed on the world to come. 1t
Is strangely impressive face--a face which
makes you look at il closely and carefully
The features are small and sharp, the sunken
cheeks are wrinkled and furrowcd, the nose is
finely nodded the lips are Thin and firmly
compressed. nenoting man Of resolution and
courage; the complexion il colorless, almost
CHASTITY. while under the massive brow glitter
pair of eyes deep set and keen. The voice is
weak and can scarce be heard at any distance,
for age. which hassspared his mental powers,
has attacked his voice and. though his throngs
of listeners observe the deepest silence and re-
spect, only those in his immediate neighbor-
hood can distinguish the thoughtful words that
fall from his lips.
SUCH Is CARDINAL MANNING,
the Roman Catholic archbishop of Westmn-
ster, the philanthropist, the social reformer,
the friend of the laboring man. In July he
will celebrate his eighty -second birthday hay
ing been born in Hertfordshire in July, lsOS
Son of wealthy merchant Of London, who
for many years was also member OF parlia-
ment, he went to Harrow and completed his
education at Balliol College, Oxford. He grad
uated with distinction at the age of twenty-five
and soon after became a fellow of Merton Col
lege. From earliest childhood he showed deep
religious feeling, reverence for antiquity and
obedience to the dictates of conscience-re-
suits, 1t Is said. Of an excellent training at
home. While at Oxford he took holy orders
and became one of its most popular
preachers. In 1884 he was vicar of
parish in Sussex and six years later became
archdeacon of Chichester. For twenty years
he continued to be one of the foremost of the
Church Of England clergy. He doubted, how
ever, subordination of the church TO the state
In matters OF faith and he was carried little by
little after much perplexity and hesitation, to
the Church OF Rome, which, in his estimation,
had the merit OF accepting final decisions in
religious Questions from spiritual rulers only.
In 1851 he entered the Romish Church as a
priest and founded congregation in Bays
water, London, which still exists. His going
over to the Church of Rome naturally lost him
many dear friends and subjected him to the
much i'll feeling abroad at the time between
Roman Catholicism and the Church Of England
over what was called papal aggression. Some
declared that the time was near al hand when
Rome once more would hold England under
her power. In 1865 DR.. Manning was conse-
Grated archbishop Of Westminster in succession
to DIR. Wiseman, deceased, and in 1875 he re-
celved the cardinals hat
ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORLD.
A firm believer in and powerful advocate
OF papal infallibility and its attendant teach
ings. Cardinal Mannings dream is the reunion
Of christendom under one head the pope at
Rome But while he looks for the re-estab-
llshment of the medieval church, he never
theless is in perfect touch and sympathy with
modern social and political life. He is a dem
ocrat in the true sense OF the word: his writ
ings on the labor problem show that he is a
social reformer Of no small activity aud his
recent arduouS work in connection with the
London dock-yard strikes shows that he con-
siders old age no impeachment when good may
be done or suffering relieved. The temper
ance movement has in him one of its warm
est advocates. and, in short, there are few
great philanthropic movements of the day in
which he docs not prominently figure.
Henry Labouchere, NJ. Il.
One OF the foremost men in public life in Eng
land is Mr.. Henry Labouchere, NIP. Few can
boast OF such an eyentful career as this whim-
steal and remarkable man. Born in the very
heart Of London Mr.. Labouchere, after a child
hood spent at Borking, small town IN Surrey,
was ent TO Eton College and thence to Cam
bridge. University life to him did not mean
LIE OF study, for when he was supposed to be
devoting all his time and brains to classics and
mathematics, he was usually making himself
comfortable at one OF the'clubs in the Strand.
II is said that one day he met his
father on that thoroughfare and when
accosted biankly denied his identity, much to
the old gentleman's astonishment. Jumping
into cab he dashed off to the railroad station
and caught train to Cambridge and when his
father came up on the next he was deep in his
books. His suspicious having been thus quiz
eted, dinner at the hotel and f5 note was
the reward the relieved and delighted old gen.
tleman gave to his dutiful boy. In 1854 Mr..
Labouchere was appointed attache here in our
own city and, as he dryly quoted, cleft his
country for his country's good"
Diplomacy seems to have been to his taste.
for during the next ten years he was In that
service at Munich, Stockholm, Frankfort. st.
Petersburg. Dresden and Constantinople.
While Mr.. Labouchere, as he himself admits,
did not serve his country to any great extent
during these years of diplomatic service, his
iabors conhning themselves to arranging duels
and giving breakfasts. nevertheless he picked
up in his travels much useful knowledge of the
world and the ways Of men.
AS A SNOWMAN
firing Of the diplomatic service he turned
his energies to the showman's business and
ran a concern in that line out on the prairies,
instructing the Sioux Indians in the arts of the
civilized world. But it needed only six months
of showman's life to prove to him that he
was no Barnum, so after short stay in Mexico
he returned to England and there found him
self In possession OF handsome patrimony.
Now his restless eyes looked to a seat In
parliament and accordingly in July, 1865, he
entered member for Windsor, but next
year he was unseated. Turning his back
Oh Westminster and politics, he next took
charge OF the Queens Theater. London, as
being something more suited to his fanciful
and adventurous spirit. The venture was. like
the show business, a failure, and he gave it ND.
For the next few years his life was truly Bo-
hemian one. His personal merits, his wide
store OF anecdote and "reminiscences, his humor
and his genial nature readily found him the
entree TO all the best clubs in London and on
the continent His famous letters of n ore
sieged Resident" in Paris during the France
Prussian war give the best and most rrapbic
account OF life at the French capital during the
siege. This literary work awoke in him the
desire TO become newspaper editor,
and no brought a weekly called Truth into
existence, after having gained little Journal
lshc experience in the Office of an editor
friend. In 1881 Mr.. Labouchere decided to 90
In for politics soberiy and earnestly, and he has
been an active member Of parliament ever
since, throwing all the weight Of his ability in
the scales with Mr.. Gladstone At present he
Is the head OF what Is called radical fourth
party, which takes upon itself most of the crit
icism OF the governments actions and plans.