New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
London. January IA.


-. Ike no other dinner ever given Oy
-,o5v to anybody. Not large enough
:. called public. but yet not private
-. given in Mr.. Carnegie's house in
j .renue. and NE sat down twenty
f''] sons think what our host in
..s was that English and American
u.~ .,,,ros should meet and exchange
There were, however. on the
s.oo, side men eminent in other
,,sn literature. such as Arms, Law
u''' ,.rrnalism. Nir Carnegie, unhap-
rss in upstairs and could not ap-
With one Of those graceful intui-
,.bicb make women what they are
u'., .c,etv Mrs. Carnegie took her hus-
80 nlace. There was 70 other lady.
80 over. she rose. bade US goodby
.n,oirted Mr.. Glider TO preside.
.-orr Of each guest Law an engraved
-, from some book or other writing
NJ Morley; each quotation different
..cb with an engraved request that
-. ,pest would take the passage before
the text Of his speech. Mr- Glider
n, Morley alone We're free 70 talk
chat they chose. Mr.. Glider pre-
..,ss-as If be were Mr.. Charles Froh-
-..,-Nr Morley in a few words chosen
,.,r,hs scholastic care characteristic Of
q, Glider. Then Mr.. Morley, not wholly
a.. from, erbarra Ssment spoke rather
,.asv but. as ever. weightily. and, as
- sxpressing the thought which was
~. avn in that language Of literature
.,sr which neither politics nor society
49,, wholly withdraws him.
know rot now 10 go on. I will do
,,,bi,g beyond chronicling the fact that
:, ,ba TWENTY-FIVE men present seven
,..r spoke. But for once the exuberance
= American after-dinner oratory was
-, +, eheck. There we're men present
=. Instruction such that in ordinary cir
....,s.srces they would have thought
,s.rsslvss entitled 70 not less than hall
:, hour splece. With a tact for which
-. ,raise could bA too high. rhey con-
80 themselves with a modest five or
-, ,,,rutes. As I listened I remember
,oni,g that each speaker felt. as each
p.,.ner felt. how much each little dis
,,rrss gained uv Condensation. Prooap'F
esv md. since the characters Of speaker
,,5 listener were continually inter
,nsngsable. Every now and again
,.oka6 A. Mr. Morley He had no notion
What he was 10 expect and as. presently.
II dswned upon him that Mr.. Carnegie
had required speech from almost every
are ob his guests there came over Mr..
Morley's ben Ignant face an expression OF
rjsased bevudermont. which had about
u fometh.rg II rel gious beauty The
Christian virtues. for that night ar any
sts. we're his
r was a scene which could have oc-
cured nowhere but IN America. and per-
hsps nowhere in America except under
Ny Carnegie's roof. I have never told
t,s story in England. 1 was sure no
rrgIshran would believe me. I don't
know whether Mr.. Morley ever told 1t.
His rigorous accuracy of mind might
csnvince. vet an Euglishman's power Of
hsref in novelties is never very great,
and the notion Of seventeen speeches at
serai-prrvate dinner would have
sssnsa 10 him all but incredible Yet
Rad his same skaptical Englishman been
here he would have spent an evening Of
fresh impressions and agreeable social
relations such as might have induced
hin 70 reconsider his fixed conceptions
ef hospitality.
NJ. Morley was delighted with the
views OF American life. which Mr.. Car
usgA presented TO him. He had. how
sver. q wish 70 see something Of that
social fabric which exists for irs own
sake. and q friend who knew Of this wish
arranged luncheon for him at Sherry's,
which Included TWO Of the women whom
everybody would recognize, by their
names and otherwise, as leaders IN New
York society. There were two others OF
The same class and two men ike unto
them. Mr.. Morley sat between the two
ladies' frs. mentioned. whom he met
as ne q. the others, for the first time
nt his pleasure was plain TO see. As
" walked away together after luncheon,
he said
Pray. have you many women in New
York Of the force and beauty Of Mrs.
K? And I might ask the same question
about any Of the others
Il Mr.. Carnegie will forgive one in
trusion into more or less private life,
perhaps he viii forgive another. He
must know how keen American curiosity
about skbo is, and that, often as it has
been gradfed, IT is still keen. 1 am not
going % describe the castle, which I
have seen only once. AL ! can offer you
is an impression. Mr.. Winston Churchill
and were staying at Dunrobin, four
teen miles away. and telephoned one
morning 10 ask II we might come TO
luncheon. We motored over, partly IN
the belief that we should find Mr.. Morley
al skibo: but he had gone. We found
instead a group OF guests, all unknown
TO US. and al with unusual gifts OF
Elence.
shbo was once old. and I believe Mr..
Carnegie would have liked TO keep 1t
old: but his architect warned him there
was no compromise between leaving II
ruin and rebuilding from the tounda-
tons. he chose the latter. and the re-
suit IS that skbo is probably the newest
Old castle in the world. Mr.. Carnegie Is
nodern and his castle is modern. 1t Is
an expression Of Mr.. Carnegie. He Is
man who knows what he likes and gen.
srslly eeta n He likes comfort-his