The Washington herald., 1906-12-30

and high-minded devotion to liberal prin-
ciples commanded respect even from
those whose policies he opposed
Justin McCRrthy's Tribute.
Justin Mccarthy says: I have often
noticed the effect which is produced in the
libraries and committee rooms in the
rooms assigned 10 those who dine and 70
those who smoke, when the news is
passed around that Mr.. Bryce is on his
feet. When the word goes round
THAT Bryce is up everybody knows that
something VIII BE- said on which he cannot
exactly calculate beforehand, something
which it is important that he should lis
ten 10, and there Is forthwith rush of
members into the debating chamber.
There can hardly be a higher tribute TO
mans Importance as a debater than the
fact that his rising to address the house
creates such an effect, and I have seen fl
created again and again whenever the
news went round that Bryce is on his
legs l have many a time heard C0nser-
vative members murmur, in tones not al
together expressing absolute satisfaction
at the disturbing information: Bryce is
Al'-A must 30 III anu near NLdL ne mas 10
say The tribute is all the higher In this
case because Bryce Is not one Of the
shCwy and fascinating debaiers whom
everybody wants TO listen 10 for the mere
elOquence and fascination of their orator.
cal displays. Everybody knows that when
he speaks IL is because he has something
to say which ought 10 be spoken, and
therefore, ought to be heard. This
command over the house Bryce has al
ways held since he became one Of its
members, and no man can hold a more
desirable and a more honorable position
His arguments appeal 20 the intel
leet and reasoning power; he speaks Of
what he knows; he has large resources Of
thought, experience, and observation 70
draw upon, and the listeners feel con-
WINGED beforehand that he will tell them
something which they did not know al
ready. or VIII put his case in some new
and striking light.
HOspitabIe in Home Life.
In 1859 Mr.. Bryce married Elizabeth
Marion Ashton, and their London home
is noted for its hospitality Much is ex-
pected from Mrs. Bryce in a social way
IN Washington. He, himself, is a man
Of most genial temperament. enjoying the
companionship Of men, albeit he is a
student Of books. His travels and achieve
ments have made him acquainted with
interesting and eminent persons every
where, and the Bryce home has always
been the rallying place for men and
women distinguished in the world Of lit
erature, science. art, scholarly research,
political movement, and travel
The Right Hon James Bryce bears the
hOnors which a life Of study and achieve
ment has brought 70 him with the sim
plicity and mOdesty which go hand 10
hand with a broad, deep culture. His
last visit 70 this country was at the time
Of the ST. Louis Exposition. At that time
he wrote some articles on mis- revisitation
Of America. in which this characteristic
sentence appears. THE older a man
grows. the more does ne feel the difficulty
OF discerning and interpreting social
phenomena, and because every time an
observer visits America he finds many
more phenomena 70 study than he found
before"
At the age Of sixty-eight he is stin
active, alert. and agile both physically
and mentally. His forehead is high and
broad. with strongly marked eyebrows
drawn over deep. penetrating eyes The
features are all finely modelled, and the
face shows intelligence and poise.