The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-18
Popular Comedian Announces
Intention of Being Candidate
at Next Election.

ny IA NtK0JlsE DE FONTENOY.
AIRY LAUDER. whose son has
just graduated at Cambridge
University. and who has now
become. thanks to the large sums or
money which he has earned on this
side of the Atlantic. large land
owner and a laird in Scotland. has
developed Legislative ambitions. and
has announced his intention of stand
Ing for Parliament At tho ncxt gen
eral cleo ton. or earlier. IL any suitable
vacancy occurs in the Hous. OF Com
mons
In this he is following the example
OF Marcel Mcnard. tho we'll known
Partisan comedian. who offered him
self few years ago as 4 candle :
for the French Chamber of Deputies
lie made the mistake OF standing FOR
a provincial confluence. wher. he
was relatively unknown. instead or
seeking tho votes Of one If the divi-
sions of the metropolis. where he is n
popular favorite.
Harry Lauder however. is certain
10 win, no matter what constituency
he stands for. For his vogue extends
throughout tho Kingdom ana PEG
pie viii nock TO his campaign speeches
as they would To his performances
For. amusing as he is when che sets
out to be funny, he is ten times more
comic when In sober earnest No
candidate opposing him would have
tho ghost OF ~ show
Once he has taken ms scat in the
House OF Commons parliamentary nfc
viii undergo distinct change for the
better, and the atmosphere OF intense
dreariness by which IT IS now pervad-
cd VIII he dispclled. Gloom will dis
appear when Harry Lauder. as mem
3.
urge. in his own characteristic, fash
ion. the claims Of "the girl in the post
office at Eillicrankle" to higher
wages; and what Speaker possessed or
any sense of humot ARD love or
lauRf ter, such as. for instance. MI
liam Lowther. would refrain from ac-
cordlns every opportunity 10 the in
imitahlc Harry to catch his eye" COR
the sake of Lauder performance
then and there
OF course if Harry Lauder makes n
narnc for himself in Parliament there
IS no reason why other music hail and
vaudeville artists should not aspire
To lerislatiVe honors and George
Gross ninth. for instance would he n
distinct acquisition TO the House OF
Commons His "Yip-i-addy-i-ay, ar
ter some heavy, dreary speech By the
stunid Secretary OF the Home Depart
iHHnN, W no seems so utterly iDCRI1 n!e
OF handling the suf;-agctte situation,
would fresh n up faded members. ana
make them turn TO business with re-
newcd zcst. The prospect is so fas-
ciratinc that on" may look for the
adoption OF something or the kind on
this sid. Of the ocean
Almost every calling has been rep
resented III old World parliaments. i'm
ciudins prize fighters. such as the
father al the late Speaker Gully, who
died as Niscount Sclby There have
even been iailblrds. hut thus far, to
the best of my knowledge, there has
never been a profess ional vaudeville
artist OF even an actor.
The recent marriage Of Jean Gerard,
Of Paris, with iicnriette foachc, tho
divorced wife Of the Comte de Marco,
and their arrival In she United states.
serve 10 recall the somewhat sensa-
tional Lawsuit in which they were in
VOWED last fall
Among the admirers of the eN-coun-
tess, who is n very handsome woma n
Of some thirty-siN To thirty-cight
years old, was the young "Comte" de