New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
London, November H.

-.,-,,s7,r-h was the picture tnes uneu
s-.w n early days Of Mr. Lulu
-4.-oo,,rt. By his family, his friends ana
...Dje ir general he was called Lulu
.~zect5ouate dirninutive Of his pap
- name Lewis. His fathers 1doi
.--a--e5 those who did not like Sir
---,,,..,,-b,- his father spoilt. What
= 7.s- week shows how far TINS iasl
$50 is from being true. Ihe oas ,
- bov's light blue silk smoking suit
.te aevs while he really was a ooE
,.-rars sixteen or more SIR "eiiiaii
80 uarcourt occupied at tnaS
1.-re house in Grafton street.
80, Of a ulan-uailliner- Trades
- kind or another have an
..rlv TIE whole Of that once
-,,sct little district which inoluoeu
.,-ae+ AIbemarle street and
1--o4-,, street What the shops have
- climbs. mostly womer's clues' or
-..zs,.eax Gibbs. have seized. One OF
-, rnow-7 as the AIbemarle because
:. hos q house in Dover street, IS per-
80 The finest club building in London
--arni,g through from Dover street 10
r.-kalav street and looking out upon the
-ss-,s Of Iansdowne House ana o.
Devonshire House.
Those must have been the tton "ds
IF x-ounp -Farcourt- Stories OF ms az
centuries and attitudes, both OF a KIM
..,,,s4,eI in a English boy. were freelE
.ol5- +no freely. since they were an or
nearly all. probably untrue. But 'heS
served their purpose. People VINO knew
Las were most positive that 1t was the
american blood in him which was re-
-z.o,r5,I. for these eccentricities- But
-.ara was no American blood. Lulu was
.-a san Of Sir William by his first VIE
+hA daughter Of Lady Theresa Lewis
ris4er Of the fourth Earl Of Clarendon
80 horn in 1863. Sir Williams mar
-,sqe 10 Mrs. Ives. daughter to Nj Mot
lev took place in 1876 IF there were
Idle -ears in the sons life they came
ea-Iv 10 an end. for ne took service Win
s-ts father when ne became Home SecTe-
.s-v and remained secretary, wnetneT
g. William was in or cut Of Office, TIL
-ee-fv the end. The tribute to the boy
devotion and efficiency, which l quoleo
.rn-7 his father as he delivered i TO me
- ATsIwood- was one Of many me
Gather delighted 70 acknowledge MS oepr
n re son. But the debt OF the son 70
4bA father was in truth inmeasurao bly,
r--eerer. Not to many sons does Fortune
c%rz- ss parent a statesman Of Sir "a III
Jams force.
IN 1900 Sir William Harcourt died anQ
M Lewis Harcourt entered Parliament
S11 =
af Lancashire. In the year following,
7aa5. he was made First Commissioner
nf Works by that eminent Scotch Home
Puler. Sir Henry embellishments
then Prime Minister Of the still Cnlted
kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland
which, he had done. and continued 10 90
his hest TO disuuite unavailingiy- 9iF
William Ha-court Il is true, had re-
-7ained 2 member Of Mr.. Gladstone s
Cabinet n 1856, when that far greater
Scotsman had surrendered 70 Nj Par
nell and brought in his Home Kuie Dill
But Sir Williams heart was never sup
7,osed TO be in that matter nor IS II
cutie clear whence Mr.. Lewis Harcourt
derived The RadicaIisna which has satu-
rated his mind and colored his career
The interesting point is that he con-
7fnued First Commissioner Of Works
with q seat in the Cabinet till Mr. AS
rutth the other day made him Secretary
Of State for the Colonies, in succession
70 the Earl Of Creze. who became Sec
retarv Of State for India, in succession
70 Viscount Morley There was. Il must
be confessed. some shaking of the more
moderate Liberal heads over Mr.. Har-
courts promotion. Not because he had
not earned it nor because he had not the
ability. which nobody doubts. But the
Colonial Minister has more TO say than
almost anybody TO the question OF I'M
perie1 Union, and Imperialism is not
thought TO be his chief preoccupation-
The answer Of the moderate MINISTERIAL
lists is very interesting IN form or in
effect. OF in both. the Colonial Office Is
presently TO be divided. To one division
VIII fall the colonies, properly so called,
and the dependencies, military and
ctner.-an these il is Of which the pres
ent Colonial Minister is expected TO have
charge The great donlinions, Canada,
Australia and the rest, are to come
within the Jurisdiction OF Minister as
vet unnamed India, Of course, viii
have. as she now mas, 2 Secretary Of
State TO herself.
Il was thought odd, in the days when
promotions were flying about-when Mr..
Lloyd-George was pitchforked from the
Foard Of Trade TO the Chancellorship Of
the Exchequer. and Mr.. winston
Churchill. somewhat later, TO the Home
Oftice-that MIR. Harcourt should have
been allowed 70 languish unprornoted in
the Office Of Works. He had done the
duties OF that Office with skill Ke had
made himself popular in the House OF
Commons. 4 not as great debater and
great orator like his father, yet as one Of
those rare member who early caught
the tone OF the House, who never
wearled st. who answered business ques-
fions IN q business way, yet often with a
touch Of hunor which delighted the
House; who was thought equal TO
greater posts I Go not know that there
is any explanation of his long continu-
ance as First Commissioner except the
eZigencies Of politics and the presence Of
claimants who would not be denied
Now comes the social side. Indeed,
social influences are never long absent.
and they are often potent enough to
fr-- for