Show 0 MRS GLADSTONE Mrs Gladstones manner was full of a grace and charm The genuine amiability amiabil-ity of a completely unspoiled nature showed Itself in every word and look HopeScott has left It on record that nbc was a potent canvasser and no one entered moie naturally into the 1 frolics oC the young or the little Interests Si Inter-ests of the poor But she Avas also essentially grandc dame Her walk and bearing ns she passed the royal presence at the drawingroom were j long the admiration of those whoso duty obliged them to stand by the throne or In the general circle and in her habits manners and style of speech she vas a great lady of the old school This quality gave a peculiar effectiveness to her dealings virh pertneas forwardness or undue familiarity famil-iarity and when she thought It her t duty to administer a snub no ono snubbed so aptly It was Impossible for the subject not to feel the process 1 and equally Impossible for him or her to rebel against It But these exercises exer-cises of social discipline were rare and for the rest Mrs Gladstone diffused geniality good temper and cheerfulness i cheerful-ness wherever she went Few women of her generation had 00 wide a circle of attached friends She a was an indefatigable IcttcrAvrlter and c her correspondence accumulated a through sixty years contained letters of the highest interest from the most a famous personages royal political and ecclesiastical of the present reign But it was In the home that she excelled She had been a devoted daughter and sister she was to the last an exemplary exem-plary mother and head of a family and when AVO think of what she was asa as-a wife Mi Gladstones words about the Queens marriage may with per e feet exactness be applied to his own ili Even among happy marriages It was L exceptional so nearly did the union L of thought heart and action both ful p 1111 the Ideal and bring duality near to the borders of Identity From the PS S earliest days of their married life a Mrs Gladstone made her husbands health not always HO robust as InS in-S later years hor prime care and her skill and watchfulness In this regard j drew from him the characteristic compliment T com-pliment my wife IB no inconsiderable physician An even moro valuable 4 contribution to hio happiness If not to hits success Avas the sedulous care p with which she warded oft whatever might tend to disturb the vulnerable temper and Impetuous moods which forty years ago lie acknoAvlcdged aa ki his own Their married life was ono long llooymon rind though Indeed fully charged with solemn Interests mid issues It had also a Jocose and genial aide which was Inexpressibly at trnctlvc Io one who ever heard ItS it-S will forget the iallalnt onJ > ynient with 4 which Mr valadstom uscd to sing the refrain of his favorllcTtnlirs Sng S A rnggamufnn husband and ti rantipollng t won uddlo It and scrupo It through the ups und downs of life fr The slightest sketch of < Mrs Glad I stones character Avould bo Blarlnelv in I complete If IL I di51eardd her religion Tills was not a mere aspect or attri bute of her character It was the basis ofher nature and the mainspring of hkilIfe Her views were tnoso ° C the trtfmioiml High Anglican school which she illustrated in its character jqfl lutlc graces of reverence gravity and 1JJ unobtrusive devotion But her heart L knew no distinction of sect She walked In wisdom toward them that 9b are without and her lifelong works of mercy were literally allembracing z The House of Charity In Soho the j4 Newport Market Refuge the Woodford LC Convalescent home the House or Mercy tr Mer-cy njt Glower the orphanage at Ha gl warden are only a few of the good works with which she was intimately D connected On the occasion of her Om4 golden wedding Cardinal Manning ri Ut wrote I have watched you both out on the reEL of public tumults from my quiet shores You know how nearly I have A f agreed In William political career us Ec poclally in his Irish policy of the last i twenty years And I have Keen nluo S your works of charity for the people In which as you IUIOAV I heartily share 5 wIth you There are few who keep such 1gef a jubilee as yours and how few of our old friends and companions now survive sur-vive We have had a long climb up 1FL those eighty steps for even you are not 1ifJ far bohlnO nml I hopo AVO shall not break the pitcher at the fountain I S wonder at your activity and endurance S of weather May every blessing be with eP you both to the end L b 1 That activity and that endurance were maintained almost to Uie close though the great occupations and Interests 5a In-terests of life woro gone and now this 1 long course of duly and beiuMlccnco Is to be crowned by its ono suitable and adequate reward In 1SSO Mr Gladstone i Glad-stone said It would not be tiusslblo to unfold In words the value of the gifts Si which the bounty ot Provlii ncc has conferred upon mo howevci unworthy ii 1 may be through her1 And lu his will i iVi he wrote I desire to bo burled where my wife can also lie It was the tribute of a grateful love nobly earned and richly given Mr Gladstones po litical career awaits the verdict of his tory but wherever lie is remembered there AVlll also be remembrance of that pure and courageous spirit whIch was the guiding star of his fortunes and the good angel of his house London Times |