New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
Anglo-AmeriCan Memories
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LADY ST HsLsR-HER cHARTIEs-HER GuEsTs-HER INFLUENCE
RANpoLPH MR. CHAMBERLAIN
,copyrirh+ 1910. By Georg. VI. sm.ney.)

dition of the welcome she offered 10 1el
guests. Celebrities there Were IN NUM-
berg: in Literature, in Art. IL Haf' !"
Travel. in Science; men famous tor "hAI
thev had done in many fields, anu
women famous for what they were. All
these YOU would see from time TO Time,
but you would also see men ana women
who had no claim to renoWn except llieil
obscurity and those modest virtues
which belong 70 the private stdtioh'
They 7reTe there because their hoSteSs
liked them. or because OF the hrod'1
kindness. the ALIEN bracins kindness.
which made her love the giving OF pleas
ure to others, and perhaps most or all 10
those who had no claim on her. In ehe
collection OF miscellaneous nota6'htes
Lady St Helier's influence On the SS'a-
eral society OF London was marked
Men who had found her dinners enliVen-
ing demanded to be eniivened elsewhere
Dulness was no longer Thought divert
ing The commonplace ceased 20 De
certificate of respectability. Not that
Lady ST. Heller alone amelioTated SO
ciety. She was one among many re-
IOr0e1S- DuC she AOli6 hih asNtsN'N~@AO
place among them.
I said I would consider whether /
might venture on an anecdote or two.
will risk one, those whom L concerns
being dead or retired They were
three-Mr. Chamberlain. Lord Randolph
Churchill and Mr. Archibald Forbes-Rn
a. that moment in the splendor. the
binding splendor, OF their gifts and
powers. II was after luncheon The
ladies had gone, Lord Randolph had
been Secretary of State for India, and
Forbes, like Lord Randolph, had lately
been In India and the talk turned upon
India All three were men who spoke
their minds; not at all an uncommon
practice in this country, where men dis
sent freely, and even bluntly, from the
EXPRESSED opinion OF others, and no Of
fence taken. Lord Randolph and Forbes
differed sharply. Neither stood in ave
Of the other, Or of any n'a"- horpee
would make a statement. Lord Ran
dolph would answer:
.T know YOU have been in india, but
from what you say I shouldn't suppose
YOU knew where 1t was
Lord Randolph would go on to point
out what he thought ForDes's mistakes'
then Forbes:
ayes, you have ruled India but tno
real India is a sealed book to you.
And SO on. Presently they discussed
the Indian Civil Service and Mr.. Cham
berlain came to the front. In the new
Civil Service lay. he thought, the hope
OF India. Appointments were no longer
jobbed. 4 new class Of men were
brought into the service by eIamina-
t;on, we'll taught, weii trained, compe-
tent: and drawn from the whole people
OF England Lord Randolph listened I'M
patiently; interrupted now and then
but. on the whole. listened When Mr-
Chamberlain had finished, Lord Ran
doIpf burst out:
AZ have heard that before No greater
nonsense was ever talked What Is the
Indian Civil Service; rather what was
ito A boy OF twenty went out as a
clerk. From Calcutta he was sent up
country. nomInaUy in charge of a
bureau. really to govern q dlstrlct- he
did govern it. He had passed no e1-
animation Very likely he couIdnt eei
YOU the date of the battle Of Plh66ey or
the lineage of a native Prince. He had
no mathematics no Latin. and prob
ably couldn't spell. But he had char
acter. He knew how to govern because
he came Of a governing class And he
was a gentleman.
"WhereaS noW''--loOking steadily at
amberlain-''lnstead of gentlemen you
get men that come from-Birningham
and God knows where"
Mr.. Chamberlain. Who seldom declined
any contest 10 which he vas invited,
sat cool and smiling while LORD Ran
doIph launched his shafts. When he had
er1otiAd his auiVer the member for
Birmingham, still cool and smiling. OBJ
served that he thought it was time for
us 70 ioin the ladies'; and We did In
stantiy the sky cleared India Was for
gotten. The two combatants walked
upstairs arm IN arm, and the storm was
BE II 1t had never been. & w .