Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
Earl Balfour at Eighty

parted to the trenches, and went thence
TO the treasury.
He Was seldom free from affairs for q
whole day at q time. He would walk 10
lunch talking. and go through lunch
talking and walk back with some one
TO the ministry still discussing some
point. and then he usually found line
of visitors waiting 10 see him In MS
rooms in the big Whitehall Block.
Col. House Liked Him.
Col. House figured in many of those
luncheon discussions. Those two got
along together famouSly~-to use House
phrase, House found ne had to keep MS
mind at full stretch when he was with
Balfour. and liked 1t.
People thought that Balfour would
drop out OF the political swim when ne
consented to take peerage at the age
of 74--he could have had one at any
time from the age OF so on, but he al
ways had refused
But, although this honor brought a
number OF things which must have
made him. philosopher, smile-~a seat
In the august Upper Chamber among
the hereditary peers and the new rich
who have roughly pushed In, the formal
address of Earl of Balfour and Viscount
Traprain OF Whittinsehame, and the
right to exchange the esQuire's plain
steel helmet In profile on his arms for
q knights helmet full face with visor
raised--it did not bring him much rest.
He remained very busy. He still be-
gan his day at . and finished any time
iip to midnight. Zionist affairs still
logged him. DR.. Weizmann, president
Of the Zionist organization. was often at
Balfour's big house In Carlton Gardens.
THE new state of Palestine was In fact
hammered out at long private talks be-
tween the two.)
Seldom Looks Tired.
Yet Balfour seldom looks tired. One
sees him walking home from the House
of Lords with Lord Lonsdale. most fla
nous Of England's sporting peers. and
In tan shade and general look OF open
air health there Is not much to choose
between them.
And again one sees him, toward mid
night. walking home from some dinner
party, In loose dark overcoat. with soft
dark hat pulled over his specialized eyes,
musing. and his step Is firm and his eye
young and quick.
He has always repaired the wear and
tear OF the long political sessions In
London by quiet solournS amid the Scot
up TO championship form at tennis.
And then he takes nothing very much
to heart. Is never shocked or worried
and has been saved much by being able
to walk out Of the political world into
the leisureas culture and perfect security
of the garden OF his social world.
He has never known financial worries
He inherited large fortune and has
made 1t grow by astute Investments.
1t In q pleasant setting he has given
himself In Carlton Gardens, big, quiet
house, full OF memories of his eventful
life. One finds ON landing car
toon done at the time of his 1917 mis-
sion TO the States and In the hall a
fine old giandfather's clock presented
by fellow members of the mission
He has filled his favorite rooms with
pictures painted especially for him by
Burne- Jones. Having acquired set OF
eight panels depicting the adventures
OF Perseus and Andromeda and having
no room suitable for them, he rebuilt
his drawing room to take them.
He spends more time now at Whit
tingehame, which In his busy period
saw him rarely. There he is the Scot
fish laird, delighting In intimate family
life
Himself unmarried brother Is
heir to his title~-~he has q tribe Of
nephews and nieces. who adore Uncle
Arthur. Uncle Arthur challenges them
To tennis and there are fierce games 90
the asphalt tennis court, games from
which the long climbed uncle usually
emerges victor.
Lord Ralfour talks 10 the youngest