Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-13

and plans for homd rule, in which last he
finds the young peerless an enthusiastic as
sistant The experiences of her life dur
ing her husbands r9ign as Viceroy o. Ire
land knit her irfevocably to the Irish
cause, and there is now no prouder moment
of her public life than when she sits as
President of the Ladies' Liberal League.
When her husband was the Queens repre-
sentative as Lord High Commissioner in
| the Edinburg Assembly she presided over
Holyrood Palace, and being with her ''ain
folk" was more naturally popular than
when mistress of Dublin Castle, though
even here she endeared herself to the Irish
| people by her quick sympathy and ready
| helptulness, and this feeling has not ceased
with her reign in the viceregal court, but
/ continues through political change and
social amelioration.
Ali through Ireland heard the praises
of this good woman sung by the grateful
Irish people. They understand well that 1t
is due to her untIring efforts that the Irish
industries of lace making and the manu-.
] facture of homespuns and tweeds have been
revived and the peasantry rescued from
| idleness.
Her Many Philanthropic Works.
II is particularly of her interest in the
Irish cottagers and her work through
them for the Worlds Fair that ant to
tell you. But could exhaust all reason
able space with accounts of her zeal on be-
half of the London Ragged School Union,
her excellent work in establishing branches
of the Working Girls Home, an institu-
tion intended to reduce to a minimum the
temptations held out to London shop girls,
and of her leadership of the Associated
Workers Guild, which good work
is the direct outcome of Prof. Henry
Drummond's lectures, which inspired the
''smart" members of London society to beg
that some distinctive work of charity and
usefulness might be found for them befit-
ting their talents and their means. And 1
could tell of the success of the Haddo
House Association, one of her first efforts
in philanthropy, which began when the
Earl carried her q bride to his ancestral
home, Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, Scot
land Believing that loneliness is the most
painful element in the life of the bread
winning woman, she formed q social club
of her big household, by whose united
contributions of work or entertainment
each member would become interesting to
all and any latent ability on the part OF the
club members be brought to the surface
This association had for its aim the eleva-
tion and cheer of working women, whether
as servants of the house or farmers wives,
and at this day the organization has so far
outgrawn local limits that it now numbers
6,000 members and is in Scotland analogous
to our Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion. In connection with this work the
Countess now edits a penny monthly
brought out as q means Of instruction to
young mothers.
Religious Phase of Her Character.
In all these good works the Earl goes
with her hand in hand as she does with
him in politics. They are both practical
Christians. Ali her life, since girl at her
fathers house in Guisachen, Invernesshire,
Scotland, the Countess has presided over
Sunday afternoon class for the study of
the Scriptures and this she continues. And |
it is the custom of the royal pair to have
the entire household, down to its youngest
and humblest servitor. gather each evening
for family worship, which is conducted by
the Earl himself-the ''priest-like father
hood" described by Burns in ''The Cotter's
Saturday Night" sitting as well on the
Scottish peer as on the Scottish peasant
But to get down to the latest public
work undertaken by the Countess, and IN
which we are most interested. As men,
Der of the Royal Commission, she is Just
now bending every energy to have the cot
tage industries of ireland represented
at Chicago. eyes" she said, 1--WE are
to have an Irish village, and hope
to make it as realistic as possible,
and it shall have all the various industries
represented by Irish cottagers, specially
brought from ireland. They will be at
work at their spinning wheels, looms, lace