South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-27

Lord Kimberley's or at the present
Lady Burghclere's. who was still
Lady winifred Gardner. and at other
places. as. for instance. the famous
banquets or lunches Of Lord and
Lady Ray.
He was the most delightful Of
companions and one OF the pleasant
est masters in small talk il has been
my fortune To meet. "A small talk
which he had the talent 10 bring
down 20 the level OF all those i'm
whose company he happened TO be-
In spite of his great knowledge and
erudition. there was nothing pedan-
tic about him. and perhaps this was
one Of his greatest charms. one
felt at once that he never meant or
even wished 10 crush others with the
weight OF his immense superiority.
In this ne agreeably differed from
one Of his closest friends. the ia
nous Lord Acton, whom personally
l never could bring myself to like as
much as / knew ] ought to have
done. and who seemed to me 20 be
always looking at people as we'll as
at human things in general from the
height of his own unimpea enable in
tellect and high scientific standard
Morley Philosopher.
Morley. on the contrary. was so
much of a philosopher that it gives
him wonderful sense of humor.
and he could afford to smile at
things which he did not think it
I,g 4, 20. -
stand. as IL would have been mere
waste of his valuable time. When
ever fate condemned him 10 remain
for an hour or two I'm company with
one and the same person he immedi-
atcly applied himself To try 10 dis
cover the good points of that per-
son. as well as the things I'm which
he or she happened 10 ne interested.
Once he had found them out he
contrived to get of that knowledge
the most enjoyment possible. / don't
think that he ever failed i'm his en-
deavors. which constituted for him
in themselves an amusement
remember very well one evening
when / happened TO be seated OPP
posite him during a very long and
tedious dinner and watched with a
wicked delight his efforts TO get one
of the dullest women i'm London to
say something which was not hope
leSsly> stupid When the meal was
over. ard the gentlemen had joined
US in the drawing room, l went up
To Morley and asked him what he
had thought Of the neighbor whom
fate and his hosts had selected to
entertain him during repast which
had lasted more than two hours. He
smiled and replied with a twinkle i'm
his eye that | shall never forget
'Oh. she was all right. just little
dull. perhaps, and certainly not COM
municative; but then discretion is
such "a rare quality that | felt /
ought to appreciate it in this case"
The "RecoIIections.''
thought OF all these things when
reading. the other day, the two
charming volumes OF recollections
which the old statesman has just
given to us. My only wonder is how
he could find. in the presence of the
terrible drama which is shaking the
whole world with its horror. suffi-
cient serenity 10 write a book that
deals only with the highest. greatest
problems of mankind. and in which
one cannot ind one single word of
hatred or of malice. notwithstanding
all that he must now listen 10 in the
way OF impreeations and curses. 4
sense of iEipartialty and dignity
I D. no 4, Il
with the most beautiful language
that has ever been traced 10y the pen
/ of man. which make it one of the
most remarkable literary produc-
/ tons OF the last 10 years. if not
more.
IL is the book of a philosopher. of
"A thinker. of scholar. and some
times even Of politician of the
/ highest order. though one feels that
/ for the author. politics came as an
| accessory in his busy life. and that
/ he would have infinitely preferred TO
/ have been allowed TO keep outside
/ of their agitations and perplexities
! Al times one sees that he feels puz-
zled by the requirements or career
I in which he must have felt consid-
I cradle interest but which. neverthe-
less, did not appeal 20 him by its
/ intrinsic value Morley understand
\ perhaps better than any other liv-
ing being. the great vanity OF human
4 things. a fact whiCl most probably
contributed-to the great serenity and
calm with which ne looked upon the
different intrigues that shook the
equanimity Of his colleagues and po-
/ litical friends.
re was a great statesman. per
haps even greater than Mr.. Glad.
stone. because he was not so subject
10 letting himself be influenced by
his passions OF the moment. But he
was certainly not politician. such
/ a. Parnell. for instance; and he was
even less "a parliamentarian. though
his speeches were always 10 ths
point and his eloQuence frst-rate
But ne hardly s-sr admitted ths