The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Rr JOIN 5. HARDWOOD.


Search the British empire through and
You viii ind no more interesting mer
than some Of the forty-odd who to-day
are serving King Edward VII as vice
regents in every one Of the seven seas
and on every one OF the continents
There is the Earl Of Aberdee1. now oc-
cupying the vice regal palace in Dublin
and for the third time a vice regent There
il the Earl Of Dudley. 5ust sent out "a
Australia. who has worked his way W
10 q governor Eeneralshir from the bet
ting ring and the gaming table There
is TIE Earl Of SeIborne. high Commissioners
10 South Africa. who kicked out the old
fossils and put the British navy on a
fighting basis. There is easy-going and
spOrt-iOving Earl 8IintO. successor 10
Lord C1rzon in India There is Piunket.
Of New Zealand. al one time a private
secretary IN the government service
There is Sir William 1facGregor. whose
specially IS ruling over the isles Of the
seas; and among still others there is Sir
Eldon Gorst, successor TO Cromer. in
Egypt. and after him the best posted
man or Egyptian affairs in the world to
day
ciaIly, colonial governors The titles Of
some others have been mentioned Yet
IN power and deed. If not in name. ali are
vice regents. for all are sent out from
''hcme" 10 represent the sovereign-the
Heu-enant-coloneI in charge OF a group OF
land dots IN the South Seas every bit as
much as some earl dispatched 10 look
after the empires interests in a great
slice OF some continent-an empire in IL
self
The Earl Of Aberdeen. now serving for
the second time as lord lieutenant Of Ire
land IS noted for having q wife VINO is
more talked about nationally, even than
he. and whose Intellectual briTiancy
makes her as big a woman as he is a
man Throughout the United Kingdom
she IS recognized as a leading philan-
thropic expert. and her philanthropies are
as wide as her influence. which extends
pretty much over the isles But though
she is one OF Ensland's largest givers 10
charity. she does not scatter largess in
Discriminatory, as 50 many wealthy Eng
Eshmen do; rather by hes- charities she
endeavors 10 help people II help them
selves With this object IN view she has
sCr1ven enthusiastically 10 build I'D the
Irish lace Industry. which has improved
wonderfully the condition OF the peasants
IN certain parts Of the Emerald Isle Visi-
tors 70 the Irish village at the Chicago
Worlds Fair may recall the Circum-
stances that The countess. in her en-
deavor 70 boom the Irish trades. lived
for quite while IN one Of the villages
dinainUtive houses
The marriage OF the earl and the coun-
tess was the result Of a l0ve-at -f7rst-siEht
meeting. which resulted from the uninten-
uonal trespass Of the young earl on the
estate Of the young lady's father In his
ard0r Of the shoot one day. Aberdeen. al
unknowingly- crossed the boundary lire
between the preserve OF his host and that
OF the larter's ueighbor. and first thing he
knew he was standing face 10 face with "a
stranger who peremptorily asked what
he was doing there The unconscious in
truder Informed his quesU0ner that he
was out shooting as the guest Of his kost
Tie earl in turn. was informed that he
vas talking 20 Lord Tweedmouth and
was at thar moment standing on the lat
Jer's property The earl apoIocized pro
1usely and made known his name 10
Iweedmouth, 7 who invited the young man
10 luncheon, and thereby lost his young
est daughter some months later, for bz-- I
deen was not content q day after meeting I
the charming Lady Ishbel NIaiorfhanzs 4
until he had made her his bride The earl /
IS ten years the senior OF his wife who 4
was just turned twenty when they were
marr5ss5
Aberdeen's opportunity 70 get into the
forefront Of public life came about in al I
most as interesting a way as his first
meeting with the young lady who was
destined 10 he his life partner Like a 4
great many boys. as boy he was fasri-
mated by the sight Of a locomotive. His
love for the iroh horse he carried with
him into young manhood, when he seized /
every possible chance 20 ride in the cab
and study the giant machine under him
As result. when he came 10 take his
seat in the House Of Lords he was as
competent 70 run a locomotive as anv
e1gineDan in Great Britain Then. one
day, q colleague moved that q commit