The Washington herald., 1911-03-11

| lane, just around the corner from the
National Gallery. Several of the rooms
are given up to circulating library
which is the largest of its kind in the
! world, having Over 800 books devoted
10 all phases of spiritual and psychicaI
research. In addition to the library
there are rooms devoted to soul develop
ment, so to speak, where classes for
psychic embodiment are held two and
three times a week. Even the most
nrejudiced unbeliever can find out at the
offices cf the Spiritualist Alliance 'wheth-
or he has a soul or not"
All things considered, the cause of
spiritualism is making great progress in
England As a sign of this progress
it may he mentioned that quite a number
of spiritualstic churches have sprung up
in various parts of Great Britain. There is
very strong spiritualist union in Man
chester, while in London on Sundays one
has the privilege of attending several
churches given up entirely to spiritual
ism. TwentY-four years ago there were
not more than half dozen spiritualistic
communities in the whole of England
To-day there are upwards of thirty-five
| distinct spiritualistic societies to say
nothing of several spiritualistiC churches.
the total number of whose membership is
said to approximate 5000.
In the death or Lord Cawdor the op-
! position in the House of Lords loses one
of it's principal figures. His lordship's
experience of office was brief. but in a
few years he acquired great influence in
the COnScrN ativc party. His unexpected
appointment as first lord of the ad-
miralty doubtless was due to his ad-
mirable work as chairman of the Great
Western Railway, but Mr. BafoUr was
also probably glad of the opportunity OF
enlisting in his cabinet the services of
a man known to him since his EtOn days.
1t was as representative OF the old
Tory guard that he was chosen as a
member OF the Council of Eight.
Born siXty-fOur years ago, Lord CawdOr
was the third earl of the line. which
belongs to a younger branch Of the Camp
bells Of Argyll At twenty-seven, as
NiscOunt Emlyn. the late peer entered
the House Of Commons as Conservative
member for CarmarthenShrc. He soon
made "A mark by his energy and common
sense and was appointed an ecclesiasti-
cal commissioner. He was in the House
from 1874 TO lS'j and after that fought
several unsuccessful contests in various
constituencies. In 1885. three years before
he succeeded TO the cardom, he has
chosen chairman Of the Great Western
Railway Company. becoming the head OF
one Of the biggest businesses in the
country. His success in that position was
undOubtrd During the ten years he OC-
cupicd it the company showed itself TO
be among the most progressive OF our
great railway systems.
Lord C2wdOr : sudden transfer from
PaddingtOn to the admiralty caused some
talk at the time. but his keen business
acumen and knowledge Of affairs stood
him in good stead. This occurred in
1905. when Lord Sclbourne WAS taken
from IN" position OF first lord Of the
admiralty to succeed Lord Milnor, in
South Africa.
The late peer was a great landowner,
possessing some 5000 acres in Scotland
and 10000 in Wales He had a residence
in Carmarthenshirc. and another in Penn
hrUkcshire. The most famous Of the fam
;ly seats in Cawdor Castle, in Nairnshre.
Although the Macbeth associations have
been disalIOwed. owing to the destructive
evidence that the walls were not built
until some iCG years after the Thane OF
Cawdor removed" King Duncan, Cav
dor Castle still is the home OF abundant
historical interest Lord L0yat sought
sanctuary there after his defeat at Cul-
loden. Among its greater treasures is
some rare tapestry, illustrating incidents
from Don QuiXote." In the autumn of
1908 King Edward visited the Castle.
Lord Cawdor was married in 1858 to
Miss Edith Turner one OF the beauties
Of the time. 1t is a coincidence that not
only were Mr.. RalfOur and Lord Cawdor
together in the same house at Eton, hut
that Lord I.ansdOwne also was in that
house at ;he same time.
FLANEUR
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