New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29
POPULAR WITH THE OFFICIALS
Mr. GIADsroSL's KISDSEz3s 10 THIN AND HIS
ATTENTIVE MEMORY OF NAMES
From The birmingham Pos.


o, co@%ohs OF may ytars standing earned
,ron AT The 9.,insu Tss p9son he hei As
Prime Minister. he naturally had private secretaries
inc contact Win any tut the chiefs Of departments
but out Of office he had tho habit iike many other
frequently he IN the various Offices and III.
library Of the House lie never 'orFot me name o,
an Official. had a warm shake o! the hand ready az
the beginning OF the session and friend grect-
inE at all time. He neyer seemed TO wish 10 o r
not 10 given to any other member OF tho House.
and would modostly await his turn T. the attention
OF the officer from whom he desired Information or
assistance engaged by other members
In tho library Of tho House he was as much at
homo as IN his own at Hawarden and among the
thirty thousand books he could usually ma any h
catalogues or asking tho librarian and OF any WORK
recently added to tho collection he would simply
ASK In which room i had been placed ana Won1
insist upon finding IL himself. sometimes he would
particular not to stay beyond the closing hour ana
was at oil times extremely courteous and thankful
FOR any assistance rendered.
UnlFe his great rival. Lord Beaconshed. who.
when Re was Mr. Dlsraell. invariably dined at no
The last quarter OF century to take dinner there.
ana mat was upon the occasion OF the Introduction
t1p cd. party Of friends and colleagues at dinner
In private room. Tho smoking room had no At
fractions for him, and the only time on which he
was known to Visit IT some few years ago,
when thought expert was nvi ,s 70 Try
able statesman consented 70 be the subject o. an
experiment. which was to some extent successful
AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
In no public department has Mr. Glads,one's
feath excited deeper feelings OF sympathy and re-
ga rd than at the British Museum Here he was
veu known as a constant visitor 10 the Library
and Manuscript Department. At one period OF his
i,fefrom 1876 to lS9-he paid almost daily Visit
10 the Museum, engaged in his Biblical researches
he frequently used to adjourn IN the afternoon 10
the house Of his old friend, Sir Antonio Psnlxz
the then chief librarian. In bloomsbury bquhre
and there over n cup OF tea (Which was Mr.. ,tlhd,
stones nvoHte boverage) he used TO discuss NlrB
and Ariosto With a knowledge and familiarity that at
nossessed by his friend. have a lively recolleG-
lion OF one such meeting. at which the late Slr
Iames Lacaita also present, when Tor over an
hour ArIosto was quoted and his verses recited
and well remember Mr.. GladstOne's delight upon
making a correct reference to the Italian poet
1Acalta
NEWS OF HIS DEATH AT OXFORD
There is special interest In tho knowledge OF how
,he ncws Of Mr. Gladstone's death was received nj
a., ford / am told by a friend there that the Lon
don morning papers arrived soon after WITHOUT
do intelligence which, however was posted IN
most of the Common Rooms when the Fellows re-
turned from morning chapel as. being ASCENSION
Dav there was n large muster. ana at the thlVet :
si,y church at 10 O'Clock II was the one sub)cct OF
Co.. variation Dean Paget (son-in-law Of the late
Dean Church OF 81. Pnuls) who was the preacher
snoke very fully Of the loss the University had sus
taained Ascension Day flags were lowered soon
AFTER the morning celebration, ana AT an tho
1tvrches there was pause after the coninemors-
tion Of tho departed in the prayer for tne Chu,cn
militant, Certainly nowhere has Mr.. Gladstone ieit
behind greater admirers OF MS genius 'hai 'N"'
University which rejected him IN 1910