The age-herald., 1898-06-07
Mrs. GIadstOne's Influence
Upon Humanity

Upon Humanity
 Mrs. W. E. Gladstones life, in an utterly different way, has been almost as full of in- terest as that of her late distinguished hus- hand. She was in such close, complete sympathy with Mir. Gladstone in all of his political aspirations and achievements that she became an essential feature and factor in every campaign waged by him, as well as in the qu.etude of their private life.
 Mrs. Gladstone previous to her marriage was Miss Caroline Glynne, daughter of Sir stephen Glynre. She met the young Eng fish politician at dinner party when the century was young, in 1858, and they were married not long after their first meeting. on July 25. 1889. The majority of their mar ried life was spent at Hawarden, the an- cestral home of the Glynnes. core espoa- dsnt recently writing of Mrs. stone gives the following deta Is concerning her:
 As William F. Gladstone's influence was more felt in the political life of England, Mrs. Gladstone became almost as well known She addressed the Woman's Liber- al Federation while the young man of "un- sullied reputation and distinguished par liamentary tai nts," as Macaulay ca led Gladstone. fought for the libel al cause.
 When MT. Gladstone wen; through F g. land making political speeches Mrs Clad s.one shared the fatigues of camI aigning with him. Her diplomacy. and tact often won where oratory would have failed.
 Gladstone was one of the most below q men in F gland. He also coraiaily hated by many whom he had opposed politi- cally. He was denounced for his spe -ches against a government which did not seek to stop the Bulgarian atrocities He wis threatened with personal violence. Mrs. Gladstone rode through the streets of Lon don with him one day when an angry mob threatened to stone him. Her face wa } calm and serene. She went because she thought that her presence would prevent any harm coming to the husband whom she loved.
 In the Midlothian campaigns Mrs Clad stone was with her husband from the be- ginning to the end of those memprable bat ties. Many a time she stood near him on the platform.
 When he spoke in the house of comm ms there was no more attentive listener tha I a sweet faced woman, with white lace cap on her head, who looked out from the gr1s of the gallery above. With her own .har ds she prepared the sherry and osg fer hls Il '- freshment in the midst of his long speeches. She once confded the secret of the prepa- ration of this mixture to John Morley ia order that he might make it in ca e she should be unable to do so.
 Many who were opposed to MT. Gladstone politically could not withhold the regard and esteem in which they held his wife.
 Mrs. Gladstone never permitted her hus- band to talk politics outside of the house of commons. On the evening following his great speech on home rule for Ireland he and Mrs. Gladstone sat in the study at Hawarden discussing a book on Cardinal Newman, which had come from the press that day.
 With infinite care and tact Mrs. Clad stone kept her husband from worrying over details. He splendid financier for England and poor one for himself. Mrs. Gladstone was the domestic chancellor of the exchequer She attended to the finances of large family with the same ingenuity in which her husband had financered the Crimean war. The children had every thing in the way of education which money could buy. Hawarden was rich in all that went to make up the intellectual life.
 There not minute in which this woman did not look after her husbands S welfare.
 There are three desks in the library at Hawarden. One was used by Mir Gladstone when he toiled over blue books and bud gets; at another he studied his Homer and his Greek Testament; the third desk was Mrs. Gladstones. The couple studied and wrote among the book lined walls. He was busy with affairs of state, she with the numerous charities in which she was interested She did not speak to him often there. She was near to him. Her pres ence to him was inspiration.
 MT. and Mrs Gladstone lived the same unselfish life-a life devoted to the welfare and happiness of others. While he pleaded for the Bugarians and the Armenians, ''strove for better government for Ire land" and instituted reforms, she was founding charitable institutions and caring for the sick and the destitute.
 There are several institutions in England which bear testimony to Mrs. Gladstone's generosity. She founded a boys orphan age at Clapham, a Home for Convales- cents at Woodford, in Essex, and an insti- tuition for aged women. It was her custom to go every week to these institutions.
 She went herself among the London hos pitals during the cholera epidemic, in 1866 She also sent a corps of sisters to nurse the cholera sufferers in Italy.