The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-17
GLADSTONE Il.
The MaunAr Of Man the Great English
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h MannAr of Man the GREAT Engltsh
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Mr.. Gladstone IL In ths best OF health,
alssps remarkably we'll. and, so far from
having shown signs Of decreasing vitality
through an inability to maintain an apps-
tits for food, ths right honorable gentle
man enjoys his meals with the xsst Of =
young man. When he rises he invariably
takea . tspid bath. n avery
morning before brsAktast while ~
Bisrritz. he attended church. and
since his return 10 London ha = frequently
taken q little walk In ths grounds Of Dow n
ing street. His Arst meal usually consi sts
of a hard boiled egg, a slice OF tongue. with
Tea and toast. After breakfas asst he dsvotes
himself to his correspondence, and for sev-
sral hours 10 busy with his private secretary
and receiving suoh political Gale r. 40 may
arrive.
For luncheon Mr.. Gladstone takes cold
meat, milk pudding and cheese. He drinks
q couple of glasses of light wine, and soma-
times finishes with a glass of port. Al
O'Clock, II d~isenRaged, he has afternoon tea.
His dinners are selected to his taste. He
takes soup, fish liz it is to his fanoy), but
seleots and does not depart from.
He 10 very fond Of rico pudding and
prunes and rice, and upon either Of
these, but more especially the former, he
would. II the etiquette of the dinner table
permitted il. make an entire meal. He
drinks olarst, and to his cheese has a liberal
glass of port wine. Half Of this he takes
with his cheese. and sips the remainder in
convetsation over desert. When dining out
Mr.. Gladstone takes " or three glasses OF
champagne, concluding, ne usual, with
port. He docs not drink coffee because it
10 seldom msde to his liking. and being
astrinpsnt, keeps him awake.
While at Biarrit2 a rule was made that
Mr.. Gladstone should bs left alone at 10
o'clock every night. This rule Is likely to
be adhered to still. and she other evening
while the guest of . friend. he LETT at
minutes later. Mr.. Gladstone has. with
very rare exceptions, always slept wcll. and
for some time was in the habit of remain
ing in bed until noon. This was
when he felt fatiauea or desired to think
out some matter which specially engaged
him. But at Bisrritz he never lay in bed
but once. and that was two days before the
time fixed for his departure, when he Was
attacked by q cold i'll the bend. and
reverted to his old rule, kept his bed
for twcnty-four hours. and thus re-
gained his usual health. Since the right
honorable gentleman returned to London
he has risen early. and is as vigorous and
hearty as his friends could wish. Mr.. Glad
stone lives very plainly, his regimen being
Ruiped by authority, but his appetite in
London is good. On one occasion at Biar-
rits he was asked how he slept, to which he
replied gayly, well, ! have done my nine
hours"
His memory 10 az keen as ever. and at the
Biarritz dinner table. az when he dimes at
homo or with friends in London. he was
ths life Of the party. On one occasion
whom Mr.. Tollemnchs was present there
was . discussion about classics, and Mr..
Gladstone quoted not single lines OF
Greek. but whole passages. On
the voyape$ from Calais the chan
mel was very stormy and Mr.. Glandstone
lay down. but did not suffer from s~easick-
ness. The reports Of ill-health and less
ened vitality have caused the Downing
stroet post bag to bo unusually heavy, and
a great deal OF ill-affordsd time has conse-
quently been expended in refuting these
idle invsntions.-St. James Gazette.