New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-07
.Greatest of Men, Says
ouveen, Who Knew Kitch-
ener the Lover of Art.
CASTS GLOOM
OVER ALLIED BAZAAR
,dmirers. English and American,
Grieyed at Loss, Think He
Lived TO Complete Work.

There we're two Lord Kitcheners.
o,s was the Kitchener Of public life
ne IL. Of X" Of the anecdotes. This
-. ,be one the world knew, Great
,-;.,;u's military hero, the demigod
"a had cast all other loves from his
~. han that Of country; the cold,
. ~ infsliibly just discipiinarianr;
=. -,echine Kitchener Of mighty works
- biting words, who moved IN world
= iSolsters rather than OF friends.
ca few knew the second Kitchener
49, he might almost as well not have
srss-an approachable, afable Kitch-
a's I've, who loved art and artists, who
. ia laugh and who could make others
:. ease in his presence.
yourns Kitchener, the Art Lover.
Perhaps there was no man in New
w more saddened by the passing
n *. Of X" than Charles Duveen,
v..o,r;etor Of one of the big interior
.srorsting establishments IN Firth
Avenue. Tor he had been OF the prlvl-
"S Duyeen Charles, Of London
,,ofessionslly-sat late in his private
20 ~ ~ us Fifth Avenue last night
~. ~ talked Of the Lord Kitchener he
"a known. At his side were a num-
-. ~ letters from his brother in Lon
- not one Of which but contained
e.-, that IL. of X" wished to be
,,,,,,srbered 20 Charles"
aTord Kitchener was one Of the
u-.s,sst men who ever lived" said Mr..
hTvsen AS knew him he was al
-os, like a boy. II is hard TO imagine
/. IN, man so simple and at the same time
50 strong.
His Goodness Necessary"
aOnciallv he was ehard man to ap-
,-oseb That was only natural. lie
tsd 10 safeguard himself against the
tbopsands who sought TO thrust them
.slves upon him. Il is because he was
,o unapproachable that so many stories
~ his brusoueness are in circulation
nsrtIv that and partly because no man
could have reached his exalted station
without exciting jealousy.
at was six CT seven years ago When
| first met Lord Kitchener. HIS IN
terest in Elizabethan art, on which !
Rave written, brought him to our Lon
don store. I was at home with him
from the first. He made me feel so,
sitbough even at that time he was q
great national figure.
Then when the war came ana ne
stepped into his tremendous RESPONSE
bilities he remained unchanged.
Two or three times a week he
would motor direct from the War Of
fee to the store, a mile away. There
he found relaxation. Usually he would
stav an hour. Sometimes we would
discuss art. At other times he would
wander through our workshops, rum
msging among the models.
knew Well How to Laugh"
let me tell you, Lord Kitchener
knew how to laugh and how to make a
Joke. used 10 say 70 him when ne
was departing: Now, my lord, go home
and think about oak panelling.' And
Il was a suggestion he never resented
moving what ! meant.
81 remember distinctly that day wher
the Balkans were hanging In the Dal'
snce II had been strenuous day II
the War Office, but in the evening LorS
Kitchener did not miss his visit VIII
mo nor his chat. What he said shall
not repeat. II might prove too inter
esting TO ears his remarks were no
intended TO reach"
News of the death Of * OF N
threw a shadow over the Allied bazaar
and brought sorrow TO countless o.
his English and American admirers II
New York. II was a personal sorro"
rather than sorrow for England, Tor L
was the general opinion that Lore
Kitchener had lived to see his worf
nearly done.
Through the day General Leonard
Wood was beset by requests for a re"
words of appreciation Of Lord Kitten
ener's career. When he returned .
New York late in the evening he sag
"The death of a man like Lord Kitten
ener would be a great loss TO any ma
ton. He proved himself man OF ih'
highest type and quality in many heid'
Of endeavor, embodying both the soiu
ton of military and administratlv,
problems. / knew him personally, pu'
rather slightly. I am, however, fanii
lar with the record of his accomplls
ments. and consider him one OF tn'
great men of his day"