Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

with tools. I've seen him patch I'D a fence
as Wen as l could do it myself and I'm
carpenter by trade"
This character given to Lord Salisbury
as handy man" was corroborated by a
visit to Hatfield House. Every room In the
mansion bears evidence to the old NOBLE
mans Iondness for potte.ing about with
Tools and his remarkable ingenuity in using
them. Hatfield House differs widely from
the avera ge English country seat In being
as Wen equipped with modern conyenience0
as a good American hotel.
Lord Salisbury is a conservative in poli-
tics and still more conservative In social
matters. but he is thoroughly progressive
and up-to-date in his private life. He has
designed and fitted up several dumb watt
ers' and electrical conveniences to lessen
the work of his servants
he was the first nobleman In England to
use electric lights at his country house. He
tage OF stream that runs through his
park to get water power. The best cleo
trlcal engineer In England could not have
done the work better than this aged states
man. who stands in the front rank of SCI
entists In the domain Of experimental
physics.
His Greatest Sorrow,
Lord Salisbury has never recovered from
the loss he suffered in 1899 by the death
Of his wife
Like most Englishmen. he is reticent
T.
no parade of emotion But once. at a
church meeting at Hatfield held to pay
honor to a local philanthropist who had
died, he spoke Of the sorrow which had
come into his own life.
hen a man has done his work and
those whom he loves pass one by one be-
hlnd the veil. said the aged statesman,
there Is nothing better for him than to
die as our friend has died. full of years and
leaving behind him a memory fragrant
Ia CHI ho ,&,f1
In. the words Of an obscure but beautiful
modern poet:
" When my last hour grows dark for me
shall not fear
Deaths dreaded face to see,
Deaths voice to hear.
"T shall not fear the night r.t.. g.
When day Is done; e., j -
My life was loyal to the light,
And served the SUM- "
Care Of His Wife's Pensioners
The people Of Hatfield say that 1t was
beautiful sight to see Lord and Lady Sal
isbury together. the wife SO proud OF her
distinguished husband. the husband 30 ten
der and courteous to his still beautiful wife.
They were lovers to the end
1t was Lady Salisbury who taught her
husband to take an interest in the people
of the village and help them in all their
small affairs. After her death he ceased
for time to do this. He gave money as
before. but he not to be seen in the
village talking with the old people and pat
ting the children on the head. Such time
as he could spare from the affairs of state
was spent in his laboratory. studying ex-
perimental physics. But since his retire.
ment from politics he has returned to all
his old philanthropic work
He takes sad pleasure in looking after the
welfare of his dead wife's pensioners. There
Is blind girl at Hatfield to whom she used
to be kind. Lord Salisbury has made her
Independent for life, and pays her a visit
nearly every day when he is staying at
Hatfield. So 1t is with many others. The
grief-stricken statesman passes his days
doing good: he finds that the best consola-
ton for his loss is to do the kindly charit-
able work which his wife loved so much.
Horror of Cruelty to Animals.
One of the best traits In Lord Salisbury's
character is his detestation of cruelty 20
children Or animals. In Hatfield they still
tell a tale Of his horsewhipping a burly
farm laborer in the days when he was Lord
Cranborne. He caught the man beating a
child and thraShed him severely that he
was i'll in bed for fortnight.
No man Is employed on the Cecil estates
unless he is known by Lord Salisbury to be
tOcrat Is inquisitorial. but with the best
motives. He has no use for any man who
illtreats an animal even slightly. Not
long ago he dismissed of his grooms
for whipping a dog.
In the summer of 1901 a party of cockney
pleasureseekers drove past the grounds OF
the Hatfield house in a wagonette. The
tagged horses were fiogged cruelty to make
them gallop. Lord Salisbury happened to
be standing at his gate. at once order
ed his carriage and followed the party
until he met policeman and gave them in
charge for cruelty to animals.