New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
Anglo-AmeriCan Memories
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TUE EARL AND COUNTESS CARLISLE AND LADY
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(convrioht, 1911, George w. smallsy.)
London. April 20. earl


for that Certain Condescension in For
eigners" on which he had discoursed
acfdly enough. in THE Atlantic Month
ly." II YOU look for thing Of that kind
you can almost always find It. Lady
Stanley. 1t is true. was more overbearing
than condescending, and though she
had great liking for Lowell. the two
were never really sympathetic to each
other, and they ended unhappily by an
open quarrel. It was nothing but dill
ference of opinion. but Lowell took 1t 10
heart. and as we left the room together
II was not in the afternoon, but at an
evening par.y-he said wrathfully
Never will ] enter here again Nor
did he Lady Stanley grieved in her
rough way over the loss Of her friend
and Lowell grieved. but neither would
take the first step toward a reconcilia-
ton.
There were many others, and there was
the present Lady Carlisle, then Mrs
Rosalind Howard. equal in force of char
acter to any Of her mothers guests. and
more than equal to most in a convinced
wilfulness which carried her far She
was one Of those women who held with
an invincible stubbornness TO her con-
victions, who never doubted her own in
fallibility. who never forgave you II you
doubted II. who could conceive Of no sal
walton outside the faith which was hers.
She has carried this intolerance with her
through life. She has sincerity she has
great ability, and she is a perfect ex-
ample Of what would befall us II women
had the vote and the control Of affairs
She has carried her temperance fanat-
cism TO the point Of closing all public
houses on the Howard property. dimn-
fishing, OF course. its value. and greatly
diminishing it, but as against her per
suasion Of the value Of compulsory total
abstinence that is nothing. She is a
suffragist. a militant suffrag ist, who in
marches through the mud Of London's
streets in Votes for Women" process
sion. She has ideas about the educa-
tion OF children which are, TO say the
least, extreme; but IL they are extreme
the extremeness Of them IS TO her one
more proof of their goodness. / should
imagine that on no subject, whether in
thought or practice, was the meaning of
the word compromise known TO her.
So we need not much wonder If Lord
cTn OH h
line Of least resistance. Temperament
as well as circumstances inclined him to
that. He was one Of the few English
men OF his class to whom Art seemed
serious business in life; perhaps. in his
case, the most serious. He studied in
Rome and painted landscapes in oil and
water color wherever he was; pleasing
pictures Of no particular force or quail
ity; the touch OF the amateur always
visible, but his love Of both art and nat
ure also visible. If you went to pri-
vate view you We're pretty sure to find
Howard there and to hear from him
shrewd judgments on the pictures. He
was a trustee Of the National Gallery,
and his judgment had weight and his
share in the government of that great
institution was considerable. For IL he
neglected the care OF his own estates,
which in Cumberland and in Yorkshire
and in Northumberland were large.
IT may be more accurate to say that
Lady Carlisle took over the care Of these
properties. with the results 1 indicated
above. Temperance is a meritorious
cause, but If you make II the first con-
sideration in dealing with land the rent
roll is not likely to increase from year
to year. Castle Howard, near York, is
an ancient seat, with associations more
antique than modern, and never till now
l suppose, has the modern been allowed
to override the old. But with Lady
Carlisle history begins where her inter
ests begin or her principles take root.
The first Lord Carlisle was colonel OF
Cromwelps Life Guards. What the ninth
was, we have seen: the servant 10 his
wifes caprices and an amiable enthusi-
asst in the domain Of dilettanteism.
There is difference.
How divergent were the influences Oh
husband and wife may be seen In the
children. Lord Carlisle and his eldest
son and heir, Viscount Morpeth. were
Cnionists, and Lord Morpeth, who has
sat seven years for South Birmingham,
was q Unionist whip in the House OF
Commons, able and popular. Lady Car
| Isle. two at least OF her daughters. and
Mr. Godfrey Howard. her younger son,
are ardent Liberals. and the son has a
place on the Treasury Bench as a Lib
eral whip. There was a second son,
Hubert a boy Of high promise. who was
correspondent THE Times" in Egypt
and was killed at Omdurman; gallant
spirit whom not even Lord Kitchener
could keep away from the front and the
firing line.
All, we'll! Lord Carlisle. with all his
distaste for the sterner duties of a great
position, was a man who knew how to
make friends. Their sympathies accom-
named him through life. and their re-
erets attend him to the grave.
G. W. 8.