New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-11
LIFE IN LONDON.
. NEW JUDGE-A SOCIAL QUEEN-SIR ED
WARD WATKIN

notronagc possible for the Government at the
nresent time. But the announcement made to
dow of the appointment of Mr.. Francis ,Jeune to
no one of the Justices of the High Court runs the
Premier pretty close. The incident is all the more
nleasing, since it has happened the Initiative
n Lord Halsbury. Since the turn of the wheel
NJ fortune brought that eminent politician TO the
voolsack his of thn enormous patronage that
nertans to his high Office has been o matter of re-
current scandal. The English people are slow to
sneak disrespectfully of their Judges, much less
Of the Lord Chancellor. But it came TO pass in
tbe earlier days of Lord Hasbury's occupancy Of
the woolsack, his withcrs being yet unwrung, that
he was known as the Lord High Jobber." When
ever place of profit within the gift of the Lord
Chancellor fell vacant, Lord Halsbury straight
way indicted blood relation The press. or the
norton of it not trammelcd by party ties, has
been extremely plainspokcn upon practice which
had not even ncatnesS of handling 10 recommend
IT, More than once upon particularly fragrant
instances of this nepotism indignant protest has
been raised in the House of Commons But Lord
Halsbury has gone his way, making hay while
the sun shone. No one could say how long the
Government Of which he is an ornament might re-
main In office. Whatever might be done should
be done quickly, and Lord lIalsbury did it. Two
years ago it was hopefully said there must be some
limit even to the collateral branches of his family
and when this exhausted others outside 1t
might have chance. Possibly this view was
exaggerated. When public opinion makes dead
set at man, it is prone to close its eyes against
any alternative motive that may have inspired
his action. The Lord Chancellor may not be so
black as he is painted. But there is no doubt
that he has been unusually fortunate in making
nomination to the Bench which is hailed with
chorus of approval in which Earring note is
beard.
The vacancy arises through the promotion OF
Sir James Hammer TO a Lordship of Appeal, post
which, in addition to salary of $4,000 year
gives seat in the House of Lords. Mr.. Jeune II
the eldest son of the late Bishop of Peterborough
and having been born in the year 1914 is still III
the prime of life. He will. among other distlnc-
tons be the youngest Judge on the Bench lie
is best known in legal circles as an ecclesiastical
lawyer, being engaged in all the big cases IN
volving questions affecting the Church. lie has
an enormous practice, which it is doubtful whether
his salary as Judge will exceed. But it is nice
thing for a man who can afford it to be judge in
this country 1t is the very height of respecta-
biity.
Not least of Mr. Jeune's claims TO notice in the
past has been that he is the husband OF MIS-
Jeune. This lady enjoys unique position IN
London society She is well-born, well-connected
(her sister being Warehouses of Tweeddale, we'll
TODD, and with the widest circle of acquaintance
possessed by any single person In London she Is
an intimate friend of the Queen daughter, lle
Princess Christian. and on the same day one IS
hidden TO No. 81 Wimpole-st to have the honor
of meeting Princess Christian" he may have met
Mr.. Henry George at luncheon at Mrs Jeunes
ri tIyn pointS indicate
pretty wide circle which might be extended in
definitely. When the Fourth Party still in
an ipchoate state its mighty purposes were to a
considerable extent moulded under Mrs. Jeune 5
roof. Lord Randolph Churchill has always been
her confidant and a constant guest at her sunday
luncheOns The new Judge is Conservative OF
the strictest sect. No one quite knows what Mrs
.Jeune's political views are; but they are doubt
loss Conservative. Yet Mr.. Bright while he
lived. frequently dined with her. and Mr.
Chamberlain, through his changing political course,
has beer omitted from her invitations or
ever declined them. Through the season she has
a series of "At Homes" at which everybody who
is ANYBODY in any walk of life is certain TO be
met
Considering how much she gives up to social
life. il is a marvel how Mrs Jeune gets through
a ceaseess course of more serious duties For
MANY years she has, singe-handed, conducted
scheme on parallel lines with The 1ribune's Fresh
Air Fund Through the summer months she boards
out in country homes hundreds Of poor children.
This is not work vcariOusly done. She collects
all the money that is needed, and gives TO every
individual case her personal attention, Us If the
whole object Of her life at the particular moment
was that some little wait or stray should have
happy week or two amid green fields, OF within
sight and sound of the unimagined sea. - ia the
season social duties keep her out till the night Is
far-advanced. But at whatever time she gets to
rest she is at work with her secretary at o'clock
in the morning. and before luncheon has accom-
pished an amount of work that would try the
energies of a strong man. Probably no more vivid,
varied or useful life is lived in London than by
the lady who will henceforth be known as Lady
Jeunc. As we have already Lady Day, the wife
of Mr.. Justice Day, who sat with Mr.. Justice
Hammer on the Parnell Commission, the fringe
of the Bench will be prcttiy decorated with nom
enclature.
Some years ago the Midland Railroad Company
resolved upon the bold step of abolishing second
class in railway carriages This has proved so
successful that the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin
conshre Company have resolved to follow suit.
Thus after long withstanding, are our railways
adopting, though in modified form, your practice
of having but two classes. We have not yet the
one long car, making with It's junctures free
passage from end TO end Of the train. Ordinary
passengers arc still boxed up in compartments
holcng from six in the first-class to ten in the
third. But we have the Pullman parlor cars, and
the sleeping car has long been a recognized insti-
tuition on the northern journeys. The half-yearly
reports of the railroad companies, now appearing,
strengthen the conviction in the mind Of the
railroad managers that their FL Dorado is to be
found in thrd-cass traffic. While this accumu-
lates hrst and second class decay, and the time
is evidently close at hand when the second-class
carriages will be as extinct as the D0dO.
The fiat in respect of second.class carriages
on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Railway has been issued by Sir Edward Watkin,
its chairman. Sir Edward who is nearly as well
known on the other side of the Atlantic this,
is just now prominently TO the fore. His chair
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