New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
AnglO-American Memories
'ooPsr,sh,. isOs by o,ur4 W. sman.y.

very accomplished lady brought % bear
upon the voters Of South Kensington a
KIND of influence 10 which they had been
Ohaocustomed-a social influence. Their
wives took part in the game, neither hav-
ing nor desiring votes. but able 10 affect
the course OF events as much as II the
ballot had been theirs. and more LADY
borth"iek had $500 names on her visit
ing list, and they were more than names.
Each name stood for an individual whom
Lady RorthNick knew. and whose value
she knew. The beautiful white drawing
room at No. 50 PiccadIlly was in those
cays a little more thronged OF an after
noon or evening than IL had been. but
was never crowded. Some OF the best
music IN London was 60 he heard there
a. tea time. The dinners were care
fully studied Dances and evening
parties had a slightly political flavor
but were none the less successful. There
Is 1 suppose. no place where more than
In London their gentle influences have a
more soothing effect upon an electorate.
II any reader reflects on the true
nature ~ the exploit which Borthwick
accomplished be viii perhaps agree that
the man capable Of IL must have had a
high order OF genius. II il was not ere
atiye in the sense that Lord Northcliffe's
Is creative. IL was perfectly adapted 20
the circumstances and the time II las
not perhaps been quite adequately reoog-
nized. Lord Glenesk was so much fig
ure in society that when his name was
mentioned men who knew only the sur
face Of things saw in him the ornament
of ballroom. He was that and ne was
50 very much more that this ballroom
part Of his life is hardly even incidental.
He would dance night after night. In
the DAYTIME his mind applied itself 10
some of the stifest problems OF very
difficult profession. He told me one
morning he had not been in bed for three
nights. The only answer I could make
was that ! did not know he ever went 10
bed. But I knew that after sleepless
nights Lee spent days Uf necessary hard
work AZ the offiee- and that he brought 10
each matter he dealt with the freshness
of a fresh mind. II was late in life be-
fore he began 20 know the meaning of
the word tired
Take him for all in al, ] should name
Lord Glenesk as one Of the three great
men have known IN English Journalism
And whether in or out OF Journalism he
had a kindiiness. a charm, sweet su-
thoritv IN the affairs of life which do not
belong 10 all successful men.
By and by there appeared In LADY
Borthwiclz's drawing rooms d fresh
flower of a girl whose presence az her
mothers afternoon concerts and then az
evening parties was a little I'm advance
n her coUtn out Mss Lillas Borthwick
Is now the Countess Bathurst and I be-
lieve has. when she chooses L. exercise
H. fun control over The Morning Post"
of which Mr.. Fabian Ware Is the present
editor: q young editor who has made
himself an early name in his profession.
Lady Bathurst il. like her mother. one
OF those women who possess better
means Of making their wishes aud char
acter felt than by Clsmoring for votes.
There are oases where womsnly charm
may be the compsnion OF settled opinions
and convictions and clear purposes; 10
which The Morning Post OF to-day IS
a witness
one factor in the success Of the paper
vas oliver BorthWick. the son Of Lord
Glenesk. journalism attracted him. he
entered his fathers once early. his apti-
tIdes for the business showed themselves
"a once. and before manv wears ne was
managing editor. tie had an inquiring,
inventive mind. He kept his conserya-
tism for politics and applied 10 the con-
duct ~ ''The Morning Post the most
original ana even radical and sometimes
daring methods. He understood details.
ana thought no detail beneath the notice
Of q manager. He liked % do things
which the Oh hands in the Office pro-
nounced impossible. among them that
PACED index 20 the contents Of the paper
which he first believed and then proved
90 be gacticable. All this did not stand
IN the Nay of broad conceptions and
great schemes. for which his father gave
him q free hand Lord Glenesk asked
me one day II Oliver had told me Of his
newest plan. I said no. Well. you had
better ask him about n. ] shall not in
terfere. though IL IL going 10 cost q lot
- money''-and he named a sum which
ran into six fgures. or seven IN dol
lars Those We're the relations which eX-
isted between father and son. But there
came a day when they existed no longer
oliver Borthwick's JOY I'm his work was
such that he never spared himself. and
he died al thirty-siN. his father stil liv-
ing. The only gift he lacked was the gift
ot adapting his work 20 his strength. He
overW0rked recllessly. De could not do
Otherwise lie would spare everybody
but himself And 50 to-day. instead Of
being an ornament OF his profession and
OF the social life in which he was be-
loved and brilliant figure. Oliver Borth-
wick Is only memory and a lasting re-
eret. q. ". 8.