Evening star., 1915-04-04

ance Of Mr.. Parker's play. 1t vividly
recalled the days of his friendship
with the premier.
IF you could only have gone to the
gondola of London as Disraeli him
self picturesquely called it Only l
could not help wishing that ! might
slip into the queens drawing room at
the end and see the premier treat her
like woman You remember she ex-
pressed the difference and her prefer
ence. in that Gladstone treated her like
a public office. while Disraeli treated
her like woman.
The third setting carried me back
TO q time when l made pilgrimages to
every possible spot where Disraelfs
feet had trod. even to the library of
Hughenden Manor. It lies a short mile
out OF the village OF High Wycombe,
stay at the Red Lion Inn and ask for
the room leading out on the balcony,
where D7sraelf made his first speech to
any voter, leaning against the Red
Lion. clad in a pale blue silk waist
coat and the long, fantastic black curls
| and all the other theatrical suiting in
which he liked to express himself.
Hughenden Manor is an old Jacobin
mansion standing in large park and
occupied at present by an English lord
who married an American girl. one of
the New York Trenches The house
must look as 1T did in Disraelis day
out the rooms have been little al
tered That is, the library, in which
books and lights-is made into a draw
Ing room, and the books are shelved in
a room on the front. But Disraeli still
haunts the oh library. and in it still
hanss that most charming portrait of
MIN when he was still under thirty,
only dreaming, but dreaming intently,
of his own prophecy-The time will
come when You shall hear me-.
The room opens out on the terrace.
quite as it does in the play, and IL YOU
are fortunate you will see peacocks de-
scended from Dizzy's' own pets strut
ting about the green lawn and remind
ing you, Oh, SO precisely, of Dizzy
There is lovely Buckinghamshire
landscape lying all about. gentle roll
ing hills and lovely woodlands, and
doWn In the corner of the park the
church dedicated to st. Michael and all
the angels. in which DisraeIi wor-
SHIPPED. where the queen placed a me-
mortal. where a crusader of Simon de
Montforts time was buried champion
OF the people. 900 years before Disraeli.
Lord beaconsheld is buried where
sunlight and moonlight can drift over
him, with Lady BeaconsfeId on one
side and on the other Mrs Williams
the old rich lady from Cornwen who
conceived such devotion to the great
premier that she finally won him to q
rendezvous on the seat i,1st cast ~
the fountain of the Crystal Palace
am glad the nation has bought the
palace, Just to preserve this seat. She
became constant visitor at Hughen-
den. and left him her money if she
might only be buried beside him."
New FavOFfte for Summer
Eleanor Henry's first theatrical ad-
ventures date back five years, when, in
her sixteenth year. she took part in
amateur theatricals at Bath Beach.
Long Island, her home
Parental ambitions were not that
Eleanor should make music her pro-
fession. but. rather. that she should
enter the New York School Of Applied
Design for Women
Being dutiful little daughter. she
did this very thing. but not for long
The call of the stage was alluring. She
pursued further musical studies and
then entered the Henry w. Savage
forces as an understudy to Miss Lima
Barbaneil. She had conspicuous
part in Louisiana Lou" and Sweet
| hearts. when these plays were heard
in Washington. and she has sung in
many OF the big musical shows such
as The Rose Maid" The Tenderfoot,"
THE Spring Maid and other big sue
cesses.
Miss Henry has personal charms and
lyric soprano voice OF quality and
culture. It Is in excellent condition
and her musical stock debut tomorrow
evening at the Columbia is looked for
with much enthusiasm and confidence
by the management. as well as by the
prima donna herself