New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

MI 'hurchnl may or may not have
'he artists eve, but he has his own. and
III that and not I'm the eyess M others
ooeS ne put his trust. l. is the same in
matters of judgment II is his own
Judgment, that he follows and. right or
wrong that is tho only Judgment that is
worth anything To him.
pom the social boycott Gf there be
onel' Of which 7 wrote the other dav.
VIII make one other remark Mr.
Churchill married two or three years
ago the daughter Of the late Colonel Sir
henry Hozer and Lady Blanche Hozier.
girl whom London had greatly ad-
mired in her girlhood and admired still
more In the fuller Towering of her
beauty. her gifts Of mind and her charm
OF character. after her marriage. And
Society-any society-which thinks il
desirable for purely political reasons to
deprive itself Of such an ornament is the
chleI loser by its intolerance
There are times when the Cabinet
Minister looks the boy he was on the
river issuing orders to his mother and
me. But he is. in fact. older than h.
was then. OF the changes he has under
gone one is more noticeable than the
rest: or noticeable when YOU look for
differences. The skull has filed out
under that inward pressure from a brain
which had 10 find room somehow. The
arch Of the forehead has a more Roman
shape; more OF the half circle and less
Of the latter breadth Of earlier days.
The blue COS have become the eyes OF
the thinker and their depths are such
that the light I'm them seems 20 come
from far away.
Not long ago 7 sat opposite this new
Winston for some two hours at a small
round table where one othei person COM
pleted the company. This third person
was an American Of renown. with much
knowledge Of the matter which just then
happened 70 interest us three and the
rest Of mankind. 70 use once again for
gotten phrase Of General President
Zachary Taylor The matter was Mr.
Lloyd-George's Budget. Mr. Churchill
ana the American Of renown were both,
in a sense. experts on their subject. They
had, at any rate a knowledge Of the
facts and much practice in the public
and private discussion Of them
They discussed those amazing propos-
ais OF political finance for two hours. As
opponents they were well matched. and
neither Of them made the least approach
Inc Q n
other. The sun went down. or the cleo
trio light went out, on a drawn battle.
The methods Of the two were as unlike
as their opinions. The American came
into action with al his forces and sent
resounding -olleys into the enemy. who
nevertheless was not swept off the field
Much familiarity with the art Of war
had taught Mr. Churchill the art OF
waiting, and when an opening came his
single bullet found its way home.
What interested ne most as I listened
and looked on at this combat was Mr..
Winston Churchurs face and demeanor.
The conflict did not excite him. He
might have been sitting in his library.
with his six thousand volumes about
him. and thinking ont a problem Of
statecraft or a party maneuvre. In the
eves was the glow not Of battle but Of
reflection. He thought while his adver-
sarv talked. and the processes OF thought
somehow expressed themselves on the
smooth expanse Or brow. You may
stand sometimes on the upper engine
deck of q steamship and watch through
a sheet Of plate glass the p.lsinc Of the
machinery below. 1t was GO acre Ifvou
did not sec You felt the working Of
great Intellectual force.
The scene passed. indeed. as upon
stage We We're dining al the Ritz and
the room was tnronged with well known
people Mr.. Balf9ur sat not far off. a
glance ~ inquiry coming our way at
tines. possibly wondering whether he
might not better have given his former
follower the Cabinet Office he wanted.
With a keener eye for the future and q
.urer guess al the growth Of this young
rams capacity for pol tics. who knows
but the Un'onist chief might have kept
tho nut!neer I'D his proper camp II was
evident enough 10 all these lookerS-ou
that d duel was in progress between
churchill and the American. known ~
many of them as Mr Bourke Cochran.
with o great fame az O tal<er. i'm Lon
Oon not less than On New York and IN
Washington and ON Long Island. There
was no group in the room which SO
much attracted men and women alike as
this pair OF athletes: themselves aware
only of each other and OF the struggle
over the arid details of finance, which
they like Mr. Gladstone knew how to
make fascinating. even to minds which
cared not greatly for figures or fiscal
puzzles. Since then. night after night
and twice or three times day during
the last election. Mr.. Churchill has spoken
on these dry matters 10 hard headed
Lancashire audiences and cartivated
them an The Home Once was his re-
ward. and tr the Home Office as At tho
board of Trade and throughout his adj
venturous career. he has kept and stul
keeps the public guessing and tho
question is forever on an lips What
Viii b. do next o. W s.