The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
Lord Salisbury will spend the rest Of his
DAYS 1T Hatfield House. the home OF the
/ Cecil family. With the exception Of q enef
tour on the Continent mex month, the ex-
Premier OF England vii remain IN practical
seciusion from now On
Hatfield House. the noblest country seat
| tn England. IL but half an hours journey
| from London In a northerly direction The
great wrought iron gatevays OF the Sails
bury estate face the railway station Hat
| deld House itself IS hut five minutes walk
from the railway platform
| Lord Salisbury has long been DESTROYS OF
leading q life OF retirement Eight years
ago he became SO absorbed IN his private
chemical experiments and the study OF cleo
| trcity at Hatfield House that he refused TO
70 10 London except on the most urgent
parliamentary business
Since the death OF his wife. three years
ago. Lord Salisbury has become more elf
conferred than ever. He has dropped from
his visiting list many of his most intimate
friends. and Hatfield House has become q
solemn cioister.
Lord Salisbury's study on the second floor
Of the great rambling house has been turned
into q chemical laboratory
The only real recreation now taken BY
Lord Salisbury il an early morning spin on
~ III OAG- Nv
surrounding Hatfield House, however. and
since Lady ~Salisbury's death has never
cycIed through the streets OF Hatfield town
The only chance the friends OF Salisbury
viii now have Of seeing him win be at the
occasional garden parties which win be CIV
en- at Hatfield HOUSE Here the retired
statesman VIII appear for a few moments
The immediate family of Lord Salisbury
that of Lord Cranbourre. the elest son
takes good care the retired statesman is not
left too much alone or with strangers For
some years It has been noted that the min
of the great Minister has been failing. and
recently he has made so many mistakes
from lapses OF memory that he has TO be
pretty carefully looked after.
The latest story going the rounds since
the famous mistake he made N takfns
some one else for Lord Roberts. after a
he noticed walking through his library
while he was talking 20 his son. As the
person referred 10 passed near Lord Sails
bury the latter remarked TO Lord Gran
bourne:
who is that person with the rsther
bright face
why. that's your recretaryr was the
asfonished answer.
When the question Of Lord Saisourys
retirement was first seriously mooted many
speculations were INDUCED In as 10 the
manner In which he would spend his time
Some suggested tnaN- oS ne nHu wen HhtcA
ested in literature as a young man, he
would doubtless devote himself TO writing
and political speculation Nothing could be
farther from his purposes
II will be remembered that when Lord
Salisbury began his career he had 70 make
his own living by the pen IN London The
struggle was a very hard one. Being a
younger son. his father had left all the i'm
menSe possessions Of the house Of Cecil. to-
Eether with the title. 10 the present Mar
quis's eldest brother. II was only thought
the death of this brother that the late
Prime Minister came into his fortune
Having had to make his living by writ
Ing. Lord Salisbury holds literature to be a
most distasteful pursuit His appointment
OF ALFRED Austin to succeed Lord Tennyson
q poet laureate WIS an expression OF the
contempt in which he held literature IN gen
eral- Outside OF chemistry and the study OF