New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
Anglo-Arnerican Memories
ez eARLow-sR WILLIAM eULL-sIR WILLIAM
sENT-sIR CLARK
ccopy-,rh,, 1910. s- oeors, W. snsn,y5

in commissions. How was he TO know It
was not heart disease. 10 which he be
lieved himself subject Hay was not
then, 10 the English. so great man as
he afterward became. He had not been
Ambassador nor Secretary OF state. nor
dictated to the European Powers A new
policy in the East. ought not to use
the word dictated. II is not descriptive
Of Hays methods. which were persuasive
Nor does one Power dictate 10 another
Let Us say he had secured by the adroiJ
use Of accepted diplomatic methods the
adhesion Of the European Powers 10 his
proposals IN respect Of China 40
American Secretary Of state had ever
made SO original or benefcent a use of
once for all into the great world partner
ship Of great Powers the world over.
Sir William Broadbent did not foreses
that. He could not. II he had. he might
have been less angry. for he vas thought
20 be cOnsiderate Of greatness in al its
forms, or in many Of them He liked
patients OF distinction. which is no re-
l't'ael'A- AAN AAaA many vi AAa'lAl- LDAA lll-
odd thing was that he seemed never
quite able 20 overcome his awe Of rank
and title. In a company Of persons OF
rank his manner was not that OF = n
equal He used 10 address persons Of
rank as a servant addresses them: or =
might be kinder 10 say as interiors in
position used 20 address their superiors
s~r.I1 al
ways with embarrassment.
Another celebrated man OF medicine.
Sir Andrew Clark. had an almost facti-
tious ranown as Mr.. Glsdstone's doctor.
and Mr.. Gladstone was a very GOOD pa
tent. in one sense One thing this ia
nous physician had: he had absolute
confidence in himself or. II no doctor
has that he had enough 20 give his pa
tient confidence which is perhaps not
less important. Old Abernethy used 10
say: The second best remedy j. best
II the patient thinks II best And I
suppose that is as true Of doctors as Of
remedies. II Sir Andrew doubted. he
never allowed YOU 70 see that he doubt
ed Like al these great men. he had
social as well as medical popularity, and
he was very good company at dinner and
afte-
one evening I met him IT q pleasant
house where there was a good cook and
the company. including the host did not
exceed six-au men. We al noticed that
Sir Andrew drank champagne. Present
IS one Of the men said.
You don't allow us champagne. Sir
Andrew. but you allow il to yourself
"Oh. 1 have had a long day. and 7 an
very tired, and 7 must have f. Besides
when get home thereu be thirty or
forty letters 10 answer
50 the champagne flowed on. ike the
water. as Mr.. Evarts said. at one OF
President Hayess White House dinners
Sir Andrew drank no more than anybody
else II vas only because OF his habit 81
prohibiting il 20 others that We noticed
whether his glass was fun or empty. As
We went upstairs said 10 him.
DO you mean that after all that cham
payne you are going to answer thirty or
forty letters when YOU get homer"
NO. certainly not
Then, what did YOU mean
What 7 meant VAS that after my
champagne 7 should not care whether
they were answered or not"
Il vas Sir Andrew Clark who said or
NJ. Gladstone. some fifteen years before
his death al eighty-eight. that there was
no physiological reason why h should
not live 20 be 100 II that vas meant
as a prophecy il had the fate Of most
prophecies. -. W. =