Show YANKEE ISI IS LATEST NAME MAME FOR FORI I PREMIER Lloyd Georges George's Businesslike Methods Delight Parliament Parliament Parliament Parlia Parlia- I ment Press Gallery I y J. J Herbert Duckworth S TI Th T. T pam ra Ial S. S Nii 6 vEW EW EW YORK Dec 23 Perhaps Perhaps greatest st tribute that could be th the pAId to W Ll Lloyd yd George was paid within Ixl ia months of ot his first appearance in t of ot Commons when he be was dubbed by the members of ot the press gallerY slier allery the Welsh Yankee I perry Percy S S. S Bullen commenced to aint for me his word picture of ot the theuman oman uman int rest side of ot the new BritIsh Brit- Brit Ish sh prime minister Dy By his long years press gallery of ot the British I house ouse during which he met the little lit Ht tle Welshman many times Intimate- Intimate the we scenes Bullen now ew York correspondent for the London Loudon Lon Lou don don doo Daily Dally Telegraph is exceedingly well wen fitted to interpret the new commanding commanding com corn manding anding figure at the head of or the British government Welsh Yankee nickname Bullen Bulleri explained was given largely account of his breezily informal methods and his bis businesslike Ion to work delightfully free tree and easy manner with men and the fact tact that he seldom wore the conventional frock coat and never a silk bat also made madei i him ilm appear rightly or wrongly very American merican in the eyes of ot the newspaper newspaper newspaper per men DEMOCRATIC WOMAN Ms Lloyd George by the way is just just as democratic as her husband Lloyd George lives in the plainest possible possible pos pos- sible BIble manner in the official residence 11 Downing street He has neither butler nor valet and when you call athis at his dingy old brick house the doorIs door Is opened for you by a white apron d m maid WhIle ne he is easy of ot acce access s to anybodY anybody anybody any any- body having legitimate business Lloyd George has a reputation for not keepIng keeping keep keep- ing lug appointments VII lIe e has never visited the United States but there is no man in England England England Eng Eng- land more imbued with the spirit of ot otI I American democracy tha than Lloyd George And he probably knoVs s more moret t about American institutions than anybody anybody anybody any any- body else in England with the exception exception exception ex ex- ex- ex of ot Lord Bryce for tor work I The Welshmans Welshman's capacity was as abnormal from the very start of ot his public career In Iii the days I refer to tho House of Commons commenced sitting at 3 o'clock and when Lloyd George took his place below the gangway gang gang- way w y near Sir Charles DUke Dilke and Reginald Reginald Regi Regi- McKenna it was well known that before he be reached the house he had already done a good days day's work Lloyd George had to make his liis own way ay in the world He lie started poor For six hours before attending to his duties as a member of ot parliament and foe vas was a most regular attendant he used to b be bc at work on his liis bread and butter law cases In In those days he did not indulge in n nany any recreation whatever He hadn had bad n no t time His devotion to golf golt came later Water He te did not mix much with his 1 glow members in the dining room because be- be cause he could save time by gobbling a 0 sandwich G GREAT EAT PHRASE MAKER the house was in committee over oyer lm Irish h home rule proposals he was Joseph Chamberlain o once ce said that he lie knew more about lUsh Irish homo homp rule bills than any other nan ian an in the country He le not only had a mastery of ot the of ot the subject that was amazing bat but he could present them themo o Ua a Jaded house with a a. forcefulness a id d punch equaled by no other parlia parlia- of his day He had a a. keen ense nse of humor even in committee fLloyd loYd George always was a great I p phrase trUe rase maker maler One would imagine from front his now historical words A tight fight to a knockout used In h war aims alms that he might have had some practical experience I-b I the prize c ring But he has not Llpyd Goorge e chief chiet diversion in his early cany da days was an occasional trip across acoss Mm way from St. St Stephens Stephen's to th ho aquarium where he be could be found leaning Cleaning over the ropes watching the runners in a go as you please race a sport till tho vogue rogue at nt that time Lloyd jLloyd G Gorge George orRe was not personally popular I ni t II t the hI press gallery This was s lar larsi-h larsi ll b because cause of ot his tendency lp i I lie I house sitting until all of the tho morning reporters all knew however that hat tills this vivacious man with the true C Celtic Uc imagination and fire was sure to male good copy whenever he ho was wason on hili T lie He wa wu s always alwa known to be ex exceedingly ambitious There was hardly ardly a man in the government dur duro In ing ng his first Ve at Westminster who dl lid it not predict for him a great parliamentary par career Many 1 of those thole who knew him then believe b e that In tho the present crisis In Inthe the tho affairs of ot the empire ho he will prove Jo to- to o bo ho another Pitt Like Pitt ho he seldom speaks from fromn n notes tes With VIt an amazing gift for tor mast mastering mas mas- t ing details lie he has tar far more eloquence elo do- quence like nuo most moat Welshmen than the theay ay English speaker yag T Lloyd George Is usually described a 1 at a n small man physically As a mat matter t ter r of or fart fact III UP is above the average height eight ii lip lie looks rather diminutive in III laturo because he lie has a large head fit tL L upon a frame rame rather small in ill pro pro- portion However he inherits a won won- erful constitution This to be his dally daily schedule Six hours in m the tile law courts Two wo hours in the House of ot Com Com- mona oneA one A A dinner of ot a a. sandwich in t 10 0 lobby A sp speech lh at a political or social m eting cUng Two more hours bours In ln th the 1 house before feeing ro ng to bed I l dont don't know anything about Lloyd e urges urge's rge R domestic life lICe except that he ho i as 1 s boon devotedly attached r hi iitti daughter I am afraid that since the outbreak o or of War ar he hUH has not had much time for tor 1 family ally |