Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
Ambition of American Wife for
Son of Sir William Ver-
non H.lrcourt.
RISE RAPID SINCE MARRIAGE.
Prior to His Union With Ethel Burns,
Lulu" Was Noncntity, Now He
j. Cabinet Minister.
snecial Cnrrespondence.

Special Correspondence.
ONDON, Aug. l5.--Tf Lewis YER
non Harcourt. or Lulu" Har-
court. as he is generally called,
does not some day become prime
minister of England it certainly Will
not be the fault of his American wife.
In fact. II is said to be Mrs flarcourt
definite ambition to see her husband
filing this exalted office. Five on six
years ago, he was little more than the
son of his father, the late Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt. IA doughty LIB
eral statesman. Today he is a cabinet
minister and so highly thought of by
his colleagues that To him was en-
trusted the task of introducing the
land bill the measure with which the
Liberal government expects to bring
the house OF lords to its knees,
Since he entered parliament in 1904
he has forged to the front faster than
amy other man in the house of COM
mons.
TO the majority he Is something of
an enigma inasmuch as he showed alb
sclutelY no promise ana not a vestigc
OF brilliancy or ambition until after
his marriage to Miss Ethel Burns
niece of j. Pierpont Morgan, But
they are not aware that herein lies
the whole secret OF his rapid rise to
fame in British politics. by nature a
lazy man and practically devoid OF am
ltion, It was his wifes influence
which draw forth his latent gifts. Her
own ambition, her coaseless encour-
agemont of his smallest efforts. her
untirng enterprise worked as charm
ON q temperament fortunately adapta-
bic TO the right influence.
LULU DONE" TT.
81 say Lulu, YOU just go and do
what / tell YOU" " an admonltlon
pcrpemally used by Mrs llarcourt
and is laughingly quoted by their
friends on All sideA. Lulu has in
yariably done" what his wife has
told him and according 10 his own
words she has never been wrong IN
her advice. Is IL any wonder In the
circumstances that he has what
amounts tu q superstitlous fenr Of act
ing contrary To her sugg astlons and rs
never known To undertake any inn
portnnt step without consulting her.
His most enthusiastic admirers in
inc cabinet of today viii tell you IL
would have taken most men with the
Right Hon. "Lulu's' qualifications a
good quarter OF n century to have ar
rived M the position he holds in Eng
llsh politics. A great deal has been
said about the influence Of Jennie Jo-
romc VA tho political career of the
lhte Lord Randolph Churchill but n
cannot compare In Significance with
lnhl ol Mrs Iiarcoui In connection
Wlth lhe iirst commissioner OF works.
Mls Iinrcourt's power is all the more
remarkable as She has never posed
as being brilliantly intellectual wo-
N an while Lady Randolph Churchlll's
llaliieauons IN that direction are an
admitted fact
LULU" NOT BUMPTIoUs.
MoreoFer Mrs. llnrconrt had TO tackle
ID Lulu' far less promising material
'na,l mat furnished by Randolph Chur-
snlh' who from the schoolroom proved
llmself ambitious. He also possessed a
tpllain hnlpful bumptlousness which
Lplu totally lacked, When Lulu Har.
curt married he was an abnormally