Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13

of the beast except fits two gjarine eyes
shining out OF the darkness. The sahib-
sahadur put bullet between them as the
tiger sprang upon him, killing 1t instantly"
Stumbling snob.
Before they went to India in 1888 Lord
and Lady Lansdowns pleased the Canadian
people by their friendly and unassuming
manners which were In marked contrast
to those OF former governors general and
their wives At garrison ball at Halifax
the colonel OF the regiment. who was CIV
ing the dance. came up to Lady Lansdowns
and said:
Lady Lansdowne. won't you give me a
dance please7 I'm tired OF dancing with
these silly little colonial girls. They have
no style. l believe I'm engaged to one of
them for the next dance. but you might be
kind enough to rescue me-"
Lady Lansdowne replied. in tones loud
enough for everybody to hear. that the
colonel was unfit to associate with any de-
cent people, colonial or otherwise, and con-
cluded:
II this Is the way you treat your guests I
WIN relieve you of the presence of one of
enem at once. Then she ordered her car
rage and left the ball
While on a tour in Manitoba one summer
LORD ana Lady Lansdowne were driven by
neavy thunder storm to seek shelter in
farm house. They were together In a
small open trap. and none of the viceregal
party was with them Being tired OF the
toadyism to which a man In his position
Is always more or less subjected, Lord
Lansdowne gave his name as Frtzmaurice
the family name of the Lansdownes being
y-Fitzmaurice
The farmer and his wife welcomed them
with true Manitoba hospitality, and Insisted
upon their staying, for the night. as thu
storm did not abate. Lady Lansdowns
heiped to get tea ready and do the evening
chores, while her husband listened grave
ly and respectfully to the farmers views
on what the government of Canada ought
TO DO and ought not to do. They declared
afterward that Ii was the most enjoyable
Canada
That old farmer" said Lord Lansdowne.
IN lecture on Canada which he gave at
Dover, England. some years afterward
mad clearer head for politics than most
or the statesmen and diplomatists / have
met"
At the Foreign Office.
Lord Lansdowne was the twelfth of tho
affairs was intrusted during the reign Of
the late Queen Victoria, and he bids fair to
achieve as big a reputation as any OF his
predecessors. He has high sense of pub
lie duty and untiring industry. He works
harder than any of his clerks often sitting
at his desk until dawn waiting important
dispatches to King Edwards ambassadors,
which he does not care to intrust even to
the most confidential assistant.
his unshaken courage, moral as well as
physical, is another important qualifica-
ton for his high office. He is not afraid
to make up his mind on a big question
or have 1t made up for him by his clever
Wife-and to stand by 1t, whatever the
risk. The wind of popular clamor does not
move him an inch That was shown plainly
enough by his contempt for the storm OF
abuse heaped upon him in the earlier
stages of the South African war
The British foreign office has been noted
for generations for its hospitality. The
foreign office parties are leading features
of London's social life. and rank second
to no other diplomatic functions In Europe
They have been presided over by some OF
the most charming and accomplished wo-
men of the Victorian era, among Lady
Transformers predecessors having been
Lady Palmerston, Lady Granville Lady
John Russell and Lady Salisbury After
the death of Lady Salisbury these parties
languiShed, but now they have been
vfved with more than their old splendor
by Lady Lansdowne. The social qualities
which made her ideal ''vicereine" in
Canada and India are standing her in good
stead now, and she has stepped into thu
place left vacant by Lady Salisbury as
leader of the most intellectual and arfsto-
cratic set in English society.
Lord Lansdowne holds no fewer than
fourteen titles He is once marquis.
thrice viscount thrice earl. four times
a baron and four times a knight as K.G..
G.C.S.L. G.C.IE. and MG.-honors be-
slowed by Queen Victoria for his successes
in the difficult art of colonial government.
AS Baron. of Kerry he holds title dating
back to 11S1. 1t was conferred on one or
his ancestors for assisting in Strongbows
conquest of Ireland. Since then long line
of illustrious FTtzmaurices have gained
title after title, estate after estate i'm re-
ward for their services as statesmen and
soldiers.
The present head of the family might
well have chosen to rest upon the lsurels
of his ancestors. So far as strangers can
judge. he has no ambition: he merely feels.
as Lord Salisbury felt. that II is the duty
of man in his position to give his life ana
his talents to the service of his country.
That is the aristocratic spirit by which tho
British empire is mainly governed, even
these democratic days. 1t is a bond be-
tween Lord Lansdowne and his former
chief and explains why the latter gave
him another and better chance to make
good after his failure war minister.