New-York tribune., 1910-05-08

flower strewn hedges and the far
stretching forests he paid no more at
tention than he did to his driving. The
horse took his own pace. and. being 2
we'll trained animal showed a sensible
preference for his own side of the road
Lord Randolph's talk was not much
more than thinking aloud. His financial
opinions which became afterward, like
those of all Chancellors of the Ex-
chequer. rigid. were in process of forma-
ton. Now and then he asked ques-
ton about the Treasury in America. but
| for the most part his monologue was a
soliloquy I know few things more in
structive than to a mind like his at
work. He thought as he talked on, but
| the sentences fell from his lips clean cut
and finished. He was not announcing
conclusions nor laying down laws. FL
nance was then comparatively new to
him. He would take up any idea or
view as IT occurred to hinf hold it before
him, look at it from all Sides, and either
drop it or put it on a shelf till he could
see how it fitted with the next. L said
as he pressed a proposal have for
gotten what:
You break with all tradition
What do you suppose l am here for?
Have you ever known me to adopt an
opinion because somebody else had
adopted it?''
And in truth I had not, nor had any
one. Part of his charm lay in his inde-
pendence-and a large part. He was
fettered by no restrictions nor over
borne by any authority. Once only, as
he told me at another time, did he find
himself 'in the presence of a superior
being''-Mr. Gladstone, TO wit. L could
argue, but before the man himself l
bent But l have related that story in
the paper referred to above. Yet we find
Lord Randolph telling Prince Bismarck,
who asked him whether the English
people would exchange Mr.. Gladstone for
General Caprivi:
THE English people would cheerfully
give you Mr.. Gladstone for nothing, but
you would find him an expensive pres
ent"
OF Prince Bismarck, however. Lord
Randolph seems not TO have received
the same IMPRESSION IIe QiCl Ol MI didd-
stone, high as is the tribute he pays
him There had been a little friction.
In 1888 in Berlin, Prince Bismarck had
refused to see Lord Randolph, or TO
meet him at lunch at Count Eerberts,
and he calls the great Chancellor
Orinchaur old creature who kept away
because Lord Randolph had used all his
Lord Salisbury
from being towed in his wake" But at
Kissingen in 1S93-Lord Randolph, alas,
being no longer in a position to In
fiuence nor Prince Bismarck, alas, any
longer Chancellor of the Empire he had
created-there was a meeting. LORD
Randolph wrote an account of 1t to his
mother, and the letter-a most pict-
uresque letter-is given in the Life.
Lord Randolph felt the fascination the
prince could exercise when he chose, and
pays due tribute to him But it is admi-
ration, not awe. he feels in the great Ger
mans presence In truth Lord Randolph
had said savage things Of Prince Bis
marck in days past, as we'll as of Mr..
Gladstone IF you want to sup with
him you must have a long spoon
The domestic and personal side OF
Lord Randolph had fascination quite
other than that Of his political life.
Simplicity was one note Of II; that and
the absolute freedom from affectation
which is natural to a man whose cour-
age is equal to every demand. l be-
gan meaning to be domestic and per-
sonaI, but 1 shrink from saying most Of
the things 1 should like to. Two sum
ners in succession he had an old Eliza
bethan house near Egham. known as
Great Forsters-the house still encom-
passed by a moat; mostly dry. l had
always thought him at his best in his
own home, where, whoever might be his
guest, he recognized his obligations as
host, and his manner softened, and the
lawiessness of his tongue was restrained
This impression grew stronger with
these visits. It happened that Two or
their guests-his and Lady Randolph s
were attractive to both of them. as well
as to the rest of the world. The two
were the beautiful Duchess Of Lefnster
and Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. The
Duchess of Leinster was at that time In
the full splendor of her loveliness. had
never seen her except at a ball or din
ner, or on some other social occasion
in the glory Of a toilet and OF ner
shoulders and diamonds, when she was
perhaps the most resplendent object to
he seen in London. At Great Forsters
she went about during the day in the
simplest Of gowns. She was less daz-
zling. but not less charming. AS for
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, he and
Lord Randolph set each other off Their
intimacy was both political and personal.
If l may use such a word of two men,
should say they were on affectionate
terms. Both of them were capable OF
cvnicism. but that only made their af-
| fection the more striking. There were
no ties of blood, but as you looked on
this little group and listened to their
talk which was both easy and brilliant,
yo,, felt as If you were present at
| family gathering. u W. >.
PENSION FOR ANDERSON'S WIDOW.
| The Danish government has awarded a
nension to the widow Of Professor Joachim