The Washington times., 1922-01-30

famous writer. who was author Of
THE Light - Asia" his ideal Of
welded hapE.ness. In the early
nineties he visited Japan and met
the charming widow Of Colonel Wat
anaba, Of the Japanese army. She
was called Kurowaka Tama, which
means 'tewel of dark river"
To her elderly husband his al
mond-eyed bride represented the
highest expression OF the qualities
OF her countrywomen--thei attri.
butes were very pleasing to Sir
Edwin. OF them he records:
"Dlicate. faithful and tender. They
endure all, they emile at sorrow.
Like that little animal. the ermine,
they are ever white. no matter how
they are humbled in life. They will
not soil. Their modesty and up
nervousness are models for all
women. ,...- 80.
They care for little children and
aged people with tenderness and
solicitude Of which I can give you
but faint idea"
:. His, affection for her certainly was
not lessened when abe aided him in
those years Of feebleness which pre-
ceded his death In 1904.
One OF his countrymen, William e.
Gladstone, was no less fortunate in
his wife. The late prime minister
said:
My wife has known every politi-
cal secret 1 ever had and has never
betrayed my confidence"
Confidence Of Husband.
Mrs. Gladstone preferred to assume
the heavy responsibility that accom-
panied secrets rather than not fully
share her husbands plans and tri-
umphs. To her care, and to the sim
plicity Of the life they lived. Glad
stone attributed his continued health
and old age. Before his death he re-
quested that he be buried where
my wife can also lie." She did not
survive long after his demise.
One Of our own statesmen, William
Mckinley, martyr President, had q
devoted wife, though failing health
kept her from active part in his
career. His wish was for them to
grow old together with no lessenins
Of mutual affection"
After his death Mrs. Mckinley
said: HE is gone and life is dark
to me now" And she was unable
to survive the shock Of his death
and followed him a few months after.
wards.
An enemy once said of the slain
President:
He would fight and he loved his
wife," g., -
Tribute to Mrs. Choate.
Less sad, though equally compli-
rnentary, was the retort OF the late
II k,.s
dor to the Court of st. James, an
American statesman, noted lawyer.
publicist and after-dinner speaker.
He was once asked who he would
like to be II he were not himself. He
replied:
Mrs. Choate's second husband"
Recently magazine readers were
engrossed In the story Of "Marse
Henry" as Henry Watterson, fam
Gus journalist. recently decreased,
was known to friends and public.
Not the least interesting part Of
his "reminiscences was the chapter
dealing with his married life.
"Star-Eyed Goddess was his fond
name for Mrs. Watterson, who had
been Miss Rebecca Ewing, Of Nash
Vile, married to him since 1855. He
referred to himself and his wife as
1.-The young couple" and their we'd
ded life he held to be quite as ro-
mantle as their courtship.
Wafterson's Tribute.
MY wife and I have enjoyed now
the conjugal felicity Of .fiftyAfour
years" he wrote. Never was q
young fellow more in love than /.
Never has love been 30 richly re-
warded.
81 do not know Just what had be-
fallen me II love had failed, for
as far back as I can remember love
has been to me the bedrock Of all
that il worth living for. striving for
or possessing in this crosspath Of a
world Of ours" .....
Even memories Of love act upon
people when a loved onets gone.
The Old Testament tells the story
OF Ruth. daughter.in-law of Naomi.
She was 30 devoted to the mother Of
her dead husband and to his people
that she refused to go back to her
own land and tribe, saying to Naomi:
"Entreat me not to leave thee,
or to return from following after
thee: for whittier thou goest, I will
go, and where thou lodgest, I will
lodge: thy people shall be nv people