New Britain herald., 1924-01-18

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 out he showed the stuff of which he was made when he took his political life on his hands and opposed the currents which were rapidly taking his country into the war. He cham pioned peace by negotiation. Stood Fast
 Howled at in some public meetings. denounced in some of the newspapers, vituperated by demagogues, he held serenly to his course4 It was to cost him his seat in parliament and netted him two defeats. the word "pacifist" having been pinned to him. He broke the hoodoo about a year ago when he was elected from 8 Welsh constituency and triumphantly reelected on Dec. 6 last. Upon his reappearance in parliament about a year ago he was made the leader of his party, which made him the formal leader of His Majesty's Opposition" :" A great event in the life of this man was his marriage to Margaret Ethel Gladstone. daughter of Dr. J. H. Gladstone. and kinswoman of the famous prime minister, A cul- tured woman of the world, a student of men and events. she, too, wrote books about labor movement especial ly as it applied to women. Theirs was a love romance broken off only in 1911 when she died. The bereaved husband wrote a beautiful and moving biography of his wife.
 Has Little Money
 In his busy life Macdonald has had neither time nor opportunity to make much money. He is the kind of man who really doesn't care for it. Neith- CT Lloyd George nor H, H. Asquith are rich men. but they are comfort ably well off compared to him, and eK-Premier Baldwin and the late Bonar Law were rich by comparison.
 Macdonald lives in a plain little home out in the Hampstead section of London, He also owns a small farm house type of home al his birthplace, Lossiemouth, Scotland,
 His tastes are of almost spartan simplicity. He doesn't drink liquor at all. He is nonsmoker except in times of great stress when he is some times seen to puff at a cigaret, He Is no go,ifmand. Plain Scotch fare Is to be found on his table.
 His favorite amusements are golf, as ono would expect of a Scot, ana walking. Accompanied by one of his sons he loves to take long tramps. His favorite indoor amusement Is reading. He is surrounded by books. They are everywhere in the house. He both reads and speaks French ana so knows the best of two literatures,
 He is charming and genial in con versation and he is a clean ta!lker be- cause he is a clean thinker,
 Like Roosevelt
 For some years he made living by reviewing new books. From this he got a trick that Roosevelt had--that of getting af the best out of a book in a very rapid reading by knowing how to skip the unessentials.
 One of his old friends told me he also had a Napoleonic gift. The fam every company in every regiment of his armies because of his marvellous memory for names and faces, He would step up 10 a line of grenadiers and pat some man on the shoulder af- fectionsteiv reminding him ot some deed he hod done that had fallen un. der his emreror's eye. So Macdonald has tho trick of remembering good political work that simple private members of the party organization have done.
 supplementing his reading, he has also trayeled widely. He has been To India, Australia. New Zealand. South Africa and Palestine as we'll as almost every country in Europe. He has never been on American soil.
 At No. 10 Downing street, the fam ous old house inhabited by British premiers. ihe hostess who will preside 1 over whatever social functions are 1 given will be hts eldest daughter, Miss | Ishbel. He has two other daughters l and two sons. so that No. 10 will | nave more young folks living in it | han have heen there since the As | ,ttitbe t,,aVed f.4