The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-01
wife of Prime Minister Not Fnvorite
With the Queen.

direction. The Queen is one OF tho
most popular figures in the United
K lxir popular with az parties and
knowledge that she dislikes and dis
approves ofSthe wife OF the Premier Is
calculated to do the latter much In
jury IN political way. Wien Mrs.
Asquith was merely Margot Tspnant,
or rather amused the then Princess OF
Wales. and though she did not pre-
cisely approve OF her, she laughed ut
her snllies. and at the time OF her mar
graduation, in which, between the
lines, there could DO read q gentle
reproof, and q reminder that as u mar
rled women, and as the wife of q ris-
Ing statesman. she was undertaking
new responsibilities in which his fu-
ture was concerned.
Mrs. <AsQuith. however. failed to take
the lesson to heart She is every bit
as reckless in her utterances to-day
she was when merely Aiargot Ten
nant, with this difference, that what
was considered sprightly and huge
~ entertaining in an irrepressible and
good looking girl OF twenty. and even
Iyixenish In rather plain woman OF
fifty. Her remarks concerning peo-5
pie often In their hearing. ana some-
times to their face, make enemies for
her and for her unfortunate husband
In every direction, and when taking
place at court. have at least on two
memorable occasions called forth u re-
proof from Queen Alexandra, OF Sc
verify amazing to those who know
Her Majesty merely as n kind and
gentle sovereign. her face Lighted up
BY an er-gracious smile. But II
lis just because the Queen Is an en-
iceedingly kind-hearted woman that she
will not tolerate impertinences to
han -, q
when they happen to be advanced In
years.
More than once has Mrs. Asquith
heard from her Queen the intimation
and 1t is we'll known that King Ed
ward. who is much less patient than
Ills amiable consort. has always shared
her views with regard to Mrs. AS
lquith, and has, especially since Her
bert Asquith became Premier, resent
ed "Dodo's" extraordinary indiscretions
/ OF speech with regard to the organiza-
ton OF the Cabinet, and to the alleged
Intentions of her husband In politi-
lcal matters. as well as her arrogance
and her preposterous assumption OF au-
lthority.
/ For Mrs Asqulth leaves nobody in
fragrance s1sig.Ia, !, Of the fact that in her
proud position Of Prime Minister Of
the British empire. 1t is wholly due to
her influence, her" .c!everness. and
her manoeuvres; whereas. ~ the
said to have found In HIS wife an OBJ
stace to his prefermcnt. and to have
reached the premiership, IN spite OF her
Is dlGult to recall Rny
England. for the wives of British
lpremiers have mostly been women who
managed TO make friends for their hus
cal world Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Pal
lmerston, Lady Salisbury. Lady Russell.
Lady Campbell- Zimmerman. were all
most useful allies OF their respective
tconstield, whose foolish sayings We're
a source of so much good-natured ridi-
Guile, was the most kindly OF women en-
universally recognized and liked as
wealth, to extricate Distraeli from his
| financial difficulties, to thus promote
his political career and place him above
t hex rea ndar Of Ills d days
Dodo. in one word. seems destlnea
to bring the present Cabinet to grief.
Let me add, that she enjoys the per-
sonal acquaintance OF the Car, whom
s gen n Me anu she seW visited denmark with
the yachting party organized by Sir
Donald Curric, on board ono OF his
Castle Line steamers, for the benehl
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, tho post
Tennyson being a member Of the par.
.ty. She also knows the Emperor OF
Germany. IN HIS case she dispensed
with the forn1ality OF presentation.
Tor having made a wager on the oc-
casion OF his first visit to England
she would force him to speak to her,
/ she managed to carom into him while
riding In Rotten Row. The Emperor
was so much pleased with the ac-
I-quaintance thus formed that he ac-
lcompanied her during tho remainder
| OF her ride. This was. OF course. be-
fore her marriage.
! Sir Ernest ASatOw, representative OF
at The Hague, and long minister plen-
| potentiary4 at Tokyo and at Pekin, has
been lecturIng at the University OF
Cambridge on diplomacy. and devoted
much Of his discourse to the career
LOT Count Alexander Hubner, who was
Austrian ambnssador from 4 $40 tog1s59
I'm Raris, and who after his retirement
wrote very interesting book about
his travels In the United States. But
notice that Sir Ernest. who is to-
mention some Of the most enter.alr-
Ing features Of the counts history
Thus Count II ubner s name was orr e.
linally Hnfenbroedel. He was the son
admission to the diplomatic service.
and his subsequent rise in Its ranks. to !
g peculiar kind ia poodle dog. The
third Of the wives of the great Prince
NtclleI!l1C!I,4SCu e StaUStTlhIl CllaNCellOr2O OF
the Napole comic era, and OF tho first five
decades of the nineteenth century, was
pnssionatelys fond Of poodles, The
/ ''Mons" OF the princess died, and mas
much MS the particular brood was be-
lieyed to have become extinct. she was
quite inconsolable., BY some means or
other which--perhaps fortunately-re-
main clouded in obscurity, young Half
eRbroedel. who had Just started on his
cafeer as a .peddling tinker, was able
TO secure for the princess another
''Mops." exactly resembling the one she
had lost. Her Joy was Intense. and she
testified her gratitude to- the young
tinker by not only paying him hand
sonely, but also by finding him a
place us messenger In the office ofahqrl
husband, The latter eventually discov-S
Tered III the tinker the qualities of u
perfect private secretary, conceived
almost affection for him, caused him
Ito abandon the solnewlla ~ ldiculousg
lpaternal name Of Hafen broedel for that
1 of Hlubner, and eventually gave him a.
nnnd hart ID In he III III Qn1a lie nSerYiCe.