The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
deal Of hls career to the kindness 9

deal Of his career TO the kindness OF
the flnancier. .''2''
1t is now threatened that IL Wins
ton Churchill should make any fur
tfler attack on Lord Rothschild, he
will be publicly reminded of Lord
Randolph's ruin. and this will create
stir unparalleled in sedate British
public life. y y, .- : -;,... /
To some extent Churchill is saved
from direct snubs by the charm of
his young wife, but he is rarely asked
to dinner by his relatives and old
friends, and this is q snub that cuts
an Englishman to the marrow of his
bones. He is member Of the Turf
club. the ar ',,cratic house where
King Edway Sai.srly played bridge
before his - HIrt whenever
he gets there n~ o,Sc ely and
Systematically cut BY ISDW. an
bers. g - s>sdn/,.
Churchill is not man to be-
driven away. and he still continued
his visits. though even the servants,
the most tory of all classes in the
country. regard him with aversion
and wait on him with evident disin-
clination.
Churchill attended, the recent army
maneuvers as an officer of the Ok
fordshire Yeomanry. On the last day
the cavalry were all drawn up in ex-
tended line and were standing at
ease, the officers being dismounted
and chatting together in groups.
Churchill rode with his orderly from
one end of the line to the other with
out single man of his brother Of
ficers taking the slightest notice of
him, until the brother of certain
earl shouted:
Cider for the Bumpkin.
Churchill, If you want to look like
a soldier, why don't you get your hair
cut?'
The Duke of Marlborough is quite
willing to take hand in the game of
humiliating his brilliant cousin, al
though for years. they were close
friends and the duke made Churchill
a handsome allowance. At dinner a
week or two ago at Blenheim, the but
Ter asked him:
"Claret or cider, sir?"
Thanks" was the reply, "IIl have
some champagne. ......
Presently the butler came around
again.
"Claret or cider. sir?" he repeated.
II said I'd have champagne" re-
piled Churchill.
II am sorry, sir. but his grace has
given no order for champagne"
Churchill called to his cousin at the
other end of the table:
Sunny, ian abbreviation Of Sun
derland, the dukes second title), why
mustn't We have champagne tonight?"
"Oh," was the retort, 81 thought
cider would be more suitable to your
opinions and your friends"
Theegibe was not very brilliant, but
1t is being repeated everywhere, and
vastly delights the English governing
never been unduly developed. 1t Is,
too, indicative Of the feeling that the
present controversy has aroused.
ChurChill's Mother Also Snubbed.
The snubbing Churchill gets is also
being administered to his American
mother, Mrs. George Corvallis West.
It is generally assumed that Mrs.
West was largely responsible for her
sons change of sides. She is known
to be closely attached to him, to
share his present views, and to act
as his encourager and inspirer. She
has boasted also of the lengths to
which he is prepared to go, and of the
part he intends playing in the great
revolution which British society is
beginning to anticipate with tremb-
ling knees.
Furthermore, Mrs. Vests reminis-
cences were regarded as eminently
,indiscreet, and caused considerable
irritation in the highest circles. At
the Newmarket races this cumulative
irritation caused the lady to be OBJ
viously and vigorously cold-shoulder-
ed. In this case the snubs came from
a little group of ladies' who are usual
ly found in the exclusive corner of
Newmarket, known as Cadogan
square, and among whom Mrs. Leo
pold de Rothschild and Lady Noreen
Bass are conspicuous.
The principal result Of all this is
that Churchill is becoming more and
more attached to the radical Lloyd
George and more and more deter
mined to fight for the full democratic
program. These two men-the one a
small country lawyer and the other
a member of one of the half dozen
! greatest British families-have the
future in their hands. Already Wins
ton Churchill has been cfiristened
Mirabeau. He may determine to
live up to his nickname.