The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12

that Re wcusd nox blame arr Gre who
aro1rAs the portrait 20 the test OF realfy,
srf found Il exaggerated ovsrdrawn anu
wssrseu-1i" tl1ouga re significantly adds.
= slsoa.3 be perfectly sure that ss:ea
critic was wrong This Is suggestive
S2ya ire New York Tribune. because it
points 20 the concession watch even the
re2F.ss u compelled 20 make 20 art He
ray protest thas having OWNED the drama
bsasata She fna1foalIe exterior he - cniT
recording bald truth. bat the realise may
claim wlta equal justice that he has
OWNED behind the same exterior a word
OF romance which, according 10 realistic
canons. would To sheer nsoo.lshine Nj
Howeils leads Us to ask whether ms
dsssnasixatt0n of which he speaks il not.
after ali. the fruit Of rs selscsive an inn
pulse a. arbitrary and as purely artistic
q process. as anything which may De Io3nd
In the nao<s romantic OF moves.
Certain London journals are trying 10
make political capital cot OF the fact that
the queen id rot express as deep regret
for the Death OF M. Gladstone As she did
for that OF Disraeli. says ire bounger IN
the Critic. l cannot see but that she has
done all that WIS necessary IN the cir
cumstanees. She sent messages or eondol-
enc@ 10 his wife. she was especially rep
resented az his funerai--a state funeral.
grandson were pa.l-bearers. II was no
secret that Gladstone va. nevsr a favorite
Of her rnatessys. His views on questions
Of state were absolutely opposed 20 hers,
and IL she had expressed as great grief
at his death as she did at that or Dssraeai.
who was an acknowledged fayorite. she
would have been acting a part We must
not think that because Gladstone was
great man and because ne had thousands
Of admirers, that he was beloved by every
one in England. There were many. on the
contrary. who always regarded him as
most dangerous man. About year ago
the Evening Post had an editorial on this
subject. evidently written by Mr.. Godk.n.
a warm admsrer ard personal friend Of
Mr.. Gladstone, who was fresh from Eng
land. where he had encountered a strong
anti-Giadstonian sentiment. That there
WAS such a sentiment was . surprise and
a shock 10 a great many Americans. but
II is well known TO all who have conserva-
tive Engiishmen amongst their acquasnt-
Ancss.
Concerning the late Aubrey Beardsiey.
Mr.. Max Beerbohm says in The Idler that
he thinks Beardsley had a boyish delight
In shocking people, and that il was often
OF mere mischief that he chose. as in many
OF his grotesques for the ''Bon-Mots'' Sc
ries, TO present such horribly ugly no
lions. Many OF those who knew Boards
ley only through his work generally mag"
ined that he must be q man OF somewhat
forbidding character. HIS powerful, NOR
bid fancy really repealed them. and to
them the very beauty CT It's expression
may have seemed kind OF added poison.
But !, or anyone else who ever saw him at
his home. knew that whatever was
morbid In his work reflected only one side
of his nature ] knew him 10 be OF
kindly, generous and affectionate dispo-
sition, devoted son and brother: very
loyal friend. He lived. when first saw
him and until some two years later. in
Cambridge street where he shared a house
with his mother and sister. There. every
Thursday afternoon was held a Kind OF
little salon, which was always well at
tended. Aubrey himself was always pres
ent. very neatly dressed, handing round
cake and bread and butter. and talking
to each OF his mothers guests in turn.
There were always three or four new
drawings Of his passed from hand to hand.
and he was always delighted with praise
from any of his friends. / think 1t was
at these little half formal, half intimate
receptions that one saw him at his best.
With all his Alterations, he had that In
born kindness which Is the beginning OF
all good manners"