The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-03
BY FLOP"



 favorably impressed as to urge the con tinuance of the committee and the exten- sion of its work-so as to admit of the independent drafts of bills by the various
 subcommittees of women which after re-
 vision and discussion by the joint com
 mittee might be introduced into the House
 of Commons by It's Parliamentary men-
 Der. The jost advisory committee, in
 fact looked ii..e} representing in time,
 the organized opinion of the women of
 the nation, but, of course, all these plans
 had to be shelved on account of the war
 Let's House to Mrs. Wharton.
 Mrs Ward herself, exceedingly tired after her months of strenuous work in
 connection with her important experi-
 ment, left London in the critical week before the outbreak of the present great
 conflict for small house in Fifeshire,
 where she and her husband. the renowned
 art critic of the London Times. hoped for
 complete rest Meanwhile their own coun-
 try place at Firing House. Stocks, in
 Hertfordshire, had been let for the sum
 mer to Mrs. Edith Wharton the Ameri-
 can novelist, who, the admirers of both
 writers will be interested to learn, is
 among Mrs. Wards personal friends.
 Mrs Wards holiday meanwhile, had
 had anything but an suspicious opening.
 For on leaving Ambleside July 25 to
 Join MT. Ward in Fifeshire her automo-
 bile was run into by an open car on the
 banks of Rydal lake, and she and her
 daughter just escaped most serious ac-
 cident Had the colliding car been
 heavily laden landaulette like their own, neither she nor Miss Ward nor their chauf-
 feur could have escaped injury or death.
 However, by lucky chance, nobody was
 hurt The party arrived at midnight,
 July 25, at the quiet Fifeshire house they
 had taken on the shores of the Forth, pursued by telegrams from Mrs. Wards
 son in Parliament Arnold Ward, M. P,
 for the Watford division of Hertfordshire,
 giving them news of the terribly swift
 development of the war situation. On
 the 27th he telegraphed to them the gist of Sir Edward Grey's speech. and on
 Tuesday the news of the English ultima
 tum. adding mobilization Wednesday,"
 On that day Arnold Ward joined his Yeomanry regiment which has now been sent to Egypt to replace the regular troops there. They had, of course. all volun- teered for the front. Six weeks passed, divided between a breathless waiting on the newspapers day by day, and hour by hour, and quiet literary work till news came of the sudden departure for Egypt of their son, and MT. and Mrs. Ward hurried south to see him off.
 They are now at Stocks again, and Mrs. Wharton. their tenant in the country, has taken their London house for the winter Mrs. Ward has many friends and relations in the war, and 1t is a bit terly anxious time, but the building up of her new book has been for her the distraction and help of the day. varied by speeches to recruiting meetings in her sons constituency, and political writ ing on the causes of the war.
 This book, which is to succeed Della Blanchflower," is a return, on it's dis tinguished authors part, to the style of 1 her Marriage of William Ashe" and Lady Roses Daughter" and has been | named "rhe Mistress of Eltham House." Meanwhile, through the kindness of
 Mrs. Ward, am able to accompany this article by two uncommonly interesting photographs, neither of which, though one was taken. as long ago as 1872, has previously been published The first of them was taken by no one less than Lewis Carroll" the Rev. c. l.. Dodg- l son) who gave us Alice in Wonderland" and his subjects were Mrs. Ward her self then aged 20. and bride of few | weeks. and her three younger sisters. who were her bridesmaids.
 These girls, all of whom were to de- veop into brilliant women, were, of course. granddaughters of Dr. Arnold, the famous Master of Rugby, and two of them particularly, Julia and Ethel, were in their childhood great favorites Of Lewis Carroll" who constantly photo graphed them in all sorts of costumes The former of this twain, Julia. eventual 1 ly married Leonard Huxley, the elder son of Prof. Thomas Huxley, while Ethel Arnold is well known to the American public as lecturer on literary subjects The fourth sister, afterward became Mrs. Selwyn. wife of the headmaster of up- bingham, but died in 1895.
 Almost as interesting as this photo graph is the other which I am sending, showing Mrs. Humphry Wards husband, the distinguished essayist and art critic of the Times, and his two little grand | children, Mary and Humphry Trevelyau, who may well be expected 10 develop into | literary geniuses in their turn. For in | fine m the Macaulay, Arnold and Trevelyan blood is combined their mother being Janet Denrpse, the younger daughter Of MT and Mrs. Humphry Ward and their father. George Macaulay Trevelyan. the youngest son of Sir George Otto Ire velyan, Bart, and great nephew of Lord Macaulay, who is famous as an erudite and impartial historian. At present, by l the way, he is taking an active part in the | literary defense of the British case, and meanwhile Mir and Mrs. Ward are look | ing forward to having their grandchildren, 1 in whom many of the characteristics of l their distinguished progenitors seem to | be reproduced. with them during some Of their autumn days.