Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

tiers. delved in blue books and sat II
silence under the strangers gallery in
the house Of commons. watching the
daily round of parliamentary happenings.
but taking no part in them.
In 1898 Zulu did the best stroke OF
business of his life. He married an Ameri-
can woman possessed Of energy and ambi-
ton enough for the whole family. She
was Mary Burns, a niece of j. Pierpont
Morgan and an heiress in her own right.
First Of all this estimable woman tidied
up the estates of the Harcourts, which
had become sadly out at the elbows
through lack of money. She made Nune-
ham Park, near Oxford, one of the show
places of England and the favorite coun-
try house and envy of the late King Ed
ward. Then she turned her attention to
her husband. Suddenly Lulu woke up.
was elected to parliament, advanced to
the eenter of the stage with unprecedent,
ed rapidity and finally was appointed
commissioner Of works and invited to
become a member of the Campbell-Ban-
herman cabinet. He developed ability
quite unsupported by even his most init
mate friends.
Before he became a member of the
government he had never spoken a word
in parliament, yet from the beginning OF
his official career he was success The
work that has been intruSted to his care
has been done with skill that won warm
praise from political friend and fee. alike.
But the influence of his American wife
has not been limited to the rejuvenation
of his mental equipment. When she
married him Lulu was a careless dress
er. Today he is prince of handles. There
may be two opinions on his place in the
political world; there is but one opinion
on his place in the sartor1al world. AS
dresser he dominates the house of COM
mons, while in the house of lords there
is only one man who can dispute his
claim to the first place as an arbiter OF
fashion among the lawmakers OF Eng
land. namely. the lord chamberlain, Earl
Spencer. better known as Bobby" Spen-
Ger, the height of whose collars exceeds
that Of "Lulu's'' by an eighth of an inch.
To such elevations can the accident OF
a long neck raise a man In these days OF
fashions rule. 1t would indeed be a ca
lamity if Lulu" missed the premiership
by that INSIGNIFICANT fraction OF an inch
The Harcourts represent the power of
blue blood. The Britisher dearly loves a
lord How much more SO the Har-
courts, who have the strain OF the Plan
tagenets in their veins. But the Britisher
also loves the almighty dollar. 1t is a
big mistake to suppose that Americans
have a corner on the worship Of the gold
en- calf Thus side by side with the Har-
courts in the house OF conlmonS we hnd
the Samuel brothers. whose presence
there is an example of the power of the
barrel. Their uncle, the late Lord Swayth-
ling, formerly Sir Samuel Montasu long
was one of the money pots or the lib
eral party. No call upon his immense
store of the Filthy lucre" was too heavy.
He was the founder and head Of the
great private banking firm of Samuel
Montagu & Co.. and both his parliament
airy nephews, Herbert and Stuart Samuel,
are also members of the same firm.
OF the Samuel brothers, the least inter-
esting, from a parliamentary point of
v,sy is Stuart. He seldom speaks and