The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-26

the scottish capital. Nit. Baifour's'
grandfather. a cade, Of the old nfc-
shire family, the Balfonrs Of Raibirnse
bought the property just one hundred
years aeo with q part OF a great for
tune he acquired IN India. Mr.. BAL
-four succeeded TO the estate on the
death of his the In 1856. and spent
his earliest years there under the
care % his mother. Lady Blanche Bai-
-four. a sister Of ms late Marquis OF
Salisbury, the famous statesman.
Tn 1874 Mr.. Balfonr was elected a
member ~ the house Of commons and
FOR a time he was an associate, rather
than = follower ~ the late Lord Ran
doiph Churchill. lie held several of.
fices Of more OF less importance he.
tween the years 1873 aud 1857. III
1856 and iSSs ne was president ~ the
local government board. n before
then he had been private secretary 60
his uncle. Lord Salisbury. when the
latter was secretary cf state Tor for
eisn affairs. Tie offices which Ny.
Balfour held, however, were no; OF q
character % give opportunity for tn"
display ~ his peculiar ahiiitias Never
theiess. his record political and other
wise. was a brilliant one. c%uimiuating
in his appointment in 1855 . the
much coveted position ~ Lord Rector
OF st. Andrews university. but his
health was vcry had. ard 9, seemed ~
his friends that he was doomed 10 an
early death.
Mr.. Halfour's slight. thin. over-tall
frame. drawn features and incipient
stoop, tell their own tale. Until. with
his DOCTORS encouragement. he tried
the bold experiment Of continuous
work NJ high y pressure. II was
an open question whether ne. toe
like many OF his relatives. would NJ
be faced every winter by the alterna .
tive-death or exile IN Egypt. Happi-
~ II turned out otherwise.
= NaN ~ AhAr AAhlf AnNN wv hNA-
four's physician told him that he mus;
find some occupation that would alb
sorb all his energies. that would give
him an intense interest In MS work.
The following year ne found such an
opportunity He was appointed. M
the height OF the Land league agita-
ton chief secretary for Ireland. and
the ranner In which he filled that
office is still n OF the traditions ~
the house Of commons. lie held the
CHIEF secretaryshlp for four years.
and in 1891 he was appointed govern
ment leader In the house OF commons.
His subsequent political activities. in
Guiding his tenure Of the premiership
are matters 81 comparatively recent
history.
AIR Balfour possesses two marked
qualities that have furnished shining
targets Tor the political CARTOONS,
Throughout his public career. These
ARE hts lauguidness and his modesty,
The first is probably more apparcn,
than real and doubtless is due to the
poor health which he suffered through
all Of his earlier years. His modesty
however, r. genuine. and. indeed
amounts almost to effeminacy When
he first appeared in public life he
was described as a %lounging. effemin-
ate hammered young man. who toye,
with % scented handkerchief AZ he
sprawled supine over TREASURY
hrEch. lu the opinion Of his oppon-
ents he was e 'perfumed popiniay
They cl.ristened him. az schoolboys
christol - m~ol,ycoddlc. Miss Balfour'
and Nancy and Lucy They ac-
cursed him OF lying ebed until noon,
reading French novels and spending
his evening playing the piano and
singing sentimental songs. It is need.
less to say TINT Mr.. Balfour soon un-
deceived his critics
SIR iialfour Is q bachelor.