The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

.0athorne Hardy. one Of a family Of
twelve with an elder brother who event
tmlly became Sir John Hardy. was born
In isis He was sent away 10 school on
his sixth birthday. and tender Ne that
are appears To m. he was better OF than
his father. who had run away from school
twice before he reached that mature aGs
Several changes % schools ensnsd; for
while the educational institutions were
not quite the peers % Dothehoys Hall in
some respects. they seem. with their poor
food, severe methods of repression and
Ian methods OF instruction. To have been
almost equally inefficient and wasteful Of
he4lth His son comments thus upon the
conditions: The age which gave ua she
factory acts and ameliorat~d the lot Of
the slave. the criminal and the Outcast
has done not a little for the children Of
the upper ana middle classes nv the inn
manse Improvement in the public and
above all in the preparatory schools.
This Improvement Ia still continuous and
pro9ressive and am far from thinking
that We have yet reached or ought ~ have
reached fnality and perfection. This
In connection with the far superior ac-
oonnaodation a. 20 bedrooms and ar
FAngements for study enjoyed by the
seaiesman's crildren. In Isss he entered
Oxford and while still "A student began
20 BE- warm in Conservative politics.
taixing an active part in the Bradford
election in isas when his father headed
the poll. He was graduated In 1857. and
from that year begins the extremely
voluminous diary which forms the back
bone Of his sons memoir. In making his
selections this worthy son Of noble father
has been more anxious 90 prove that his
pArent always did his hest than that he
wasalWays right. and hs has omitted moth
ing out % considsEat ton for his memory
or reputation. r'.serving only m"ttsrp
Of private and family interest and much
Of public Importance which his conhden-
taal relations with those responsible for
Affairs preclude the possibility OF dis
closing for the present. This diary was
kept until within a few months Of his
dsnth. late In IsDs. and ID strictly private
wns IL that 10 was always kept locked
and no eye ever saw line Of IL until after
his death. not even that Of his adored
wife. with whom during q welded life
AZ sixty years his existence was ideal. .
constant source Of Joy and help to him.
30 modest was he that he attached no
importance 20 this Fecord and contem-
plated destroying IL. So loyal and dis-
Greet was he that he never noted q single
ctetail OF Cabinet discussions. and thereby.
Il may be remarked incidentally. he some
times suffered the Inconvenience OF pos
ssasing no precise record when 10 was
almost imperativsly required. II in worth
while 90 note Mr.. Alfred Claiborne Hariyls
characterization Of his mother. since her
infiusnos evidently had an important
sIeot on her distinguished husbands
career, carefully an this side OF the matter
n SUPPRESSED out 81 fine taste. She was.
Il appears. very gentle. always serene
and imbued with calm assurance in times
OF trouble that all would come right She
had great gifts for the management Of
a household and relieved her husband
entirely from the anxieties OF controlling
the servants and other details OF domestic
worry. leaving him free TO pursue his
public or professional career She had
an absolute genius for hospitality and
we'll deserved Bishop Claughton's en-
oornium of "a perfect hostsas.- Lord
Cranbrook records in his diary that the
Dnchees Of Teck after a visit 90 them
with her daughter. the present Princess
oG Wales. told her hostess that she had
kiss-I the wall 81 her room on leaving IL.
He married this beautiful Irish girl from
the neighbOrhood % Belfast in 1898. while
studying for the har. and thsy began
life on EJD year Meanwhile King
William ". died. IN 1887. and the dis
solution - Parliament and the election
consequent upon ~ formed the turn
ing point IN his career The part he
tOok IN the Bradford election confirmed
and increased his early attachment 60
politic~. fafniliArized him with address
lng and holding the attention 81 large
audiences. gave him self confidence and
also mad. him spch a favorits with the
sRtivr- 10 Bradford thai when two years
Aaer h" commenced prartice at the TAR
e the West Riding SESSIONS ~ at once
gsoetvcd a sufficient number NJ bnefs
" ave him a EoOd start Good luck
soms interest a. bradford and N0rk shire
olAnnishne-s no doubt helped. says his
esn. N secure b,s early success In hts