Show What English Statesmen Pay for Premiership PI I Shattered Health the Price of High Position Recent Breakdown of Sir Henry Calls Attention Afresh to Calls Made on Vitality by I His Exalted Office of U S 5 President One of Luxurious Ease V V u r ONDON ODO Jan 8 health h IH is tho timo price Invariably L paid Tor or till highest office un under tier der the crown cLown Wn In England 1 o of prime minister Truly It may mayhe may mayhe he hl described de us mac a t killing Job Atten Atton Attention tion lias been called once again t 1 tO the tho tremendous strain It nieces on tho vitality of lIf its by the thod re recent recent cent roUt breakdown or of Sir Henry Camp which was WM duo solely to overwork Thero probably Is s no Ill position public or private In the t a world which makes and en ell BO 51 many on the time tuno orgy m of ot O Its It holder bolder Americans aro are ac accustomed e 11 to the tha statement that tho thu president of ot the tho United States Is If tho the hardest worked men man In tho the country nud no doubt ho lie Is la but tha president or of the United States Stat S leads a n life of or luxurious use ease compared with that 01 or the prime minister of ot tho the British em om empire empire pire p r Try to the duties of the tho president tho time leader of o tho the house of representatives and tho thu chairman of ot the time national committee rolled Tolled Into Inlo one and Gud add o d to that personal j responsibility ity It for fur all ILlI the tho machinery ot or govern government ment every overy department look Il eti dEfter after In America by a IL a member of ot the tho cab III 1 1 who also Is If i Add to tc duties tho necessity of oC watching the tho political tom tern lei CV of parliament on which tho the prom lers tenure of or s and tim drudgery of addressing ull numberless I great meetings and traveling from Crom one ono und miami of or tho to tV another when parliament Is not sitting and I you have sonic some Idea of or thu tho burden of toll Unit that falls rails on the tho of tho the D minister The president of it the time grilled States IB nn nfl executive only Except HO tOO aw mu his goes noes IrOt ho hll nothing to do with tho th branch of or tho the government Hl Ius HIli H In III of r tho time varl oils Oil departments Ira nrc oral and oxe it Jn In matters of broad neutral policy ho Imo has h hn l concern con with the tho direct of f tIme tho various of government MUCH D MA MATh MAR Time Tho Th primo of England l 7 liin lIS Jul executive n a legislative and a II pot pol officer Hw U H mum have n IL seat ct In nfl nna or other house of parliament and hn ho must bo bl In Ills h place night III ht muter night to lend leal Mis Iii liI and tho the questions of lib hits opponents who wio do 10 not orr III oil 01 the tha of or for tho the man whom When they wo are Ill trying theIr hardest hur to 10 oust u t from hili high higI It U maust bo lie remembered too that the tho house hous of common In ITt the time minister not tho time of r meet t In thin the th morn and end adjourn nt ait a IL hour It f In the tha th afternoon ad Joun midnight find And nd Often Sits oil all night All thin limo limn the tha bIns to l IQ In hi III hIs hn hll may Hilly have been bean Ion hard at lit work on tho Iho Administrative of nl his M routIne curly el rb Ho lie muy to a 1 doren Hp In III it fI night fir cm if thimi Impromptu und III ii must always ho hll nil mull his hl hi witH ut for tor or an tIll alight lIcht In II mean m aJI tIlL ho downfall of ot Imis hll J mIll anil time the of ot the tho M mid x lor or hi ho stu This IH is tint time Mit I of or lii Js work turk rk On Oil 0 mm tho tim a ii mm i ii I J Li Mr ill III I im hum In 1 primMe dally for tor a n or lIr nil II usually u nt lit ono once a U at lit at It which Limo II of I ilium party polity on nn nil ull groat rOII t and many mallY to i a IL i limit hust of nf other othor detaIls aro j cd cI lio lb 1111 1 OCt urt UK 1111 11 l i ia a I tnt I 7 of tm in hi I lulls men c Imig to 10 I 0 I Ill rem foe hI soi lu is I to 11 t bo ho got KUt tIme 1110 pj In and ana to toon o on 01 omm Oll tu l re reV V l r l for 01 failure allure He lie must labor to tu I his ILl al although though there are arc often grave gravo differences of policy polley mind and principle l Its mem members hers bers and to 10 see that It presents rf united d front to 10 tho the country MUST ATTEND lUNG lONG lUNGin Jn in addition to all 1111 this ho he may mill ho be at lit any moment to attend tho Iho king kins and that Is III a II summons that hat must not net be lie has hilS to attend the thel l privy councils and hu h must mut fa fan be beIn N NIn In n evidence when chien the tho king entertains royalties or other guests of ot po political Importance and perhaps thell functions are arc tho tile most mot tiring of all to toa toa toa a man who has hos passed middle ago age as M the ho British premier almost Invariably has ia One must do a good gOOl deal dUl jt jL t standing In tile the presence of ot royalty anti and IL II v deal of oC bowing and they are arc both joth physically tiring Tho Tilo restraint and etiquette are aro mentally wearing especially to a it man mau Sir honey Henry has hns not been brought up In the atmosphere of or tho the court cou rt limit Hut It must t also aho bo ho remembered that Is III an Intensely country notwithstanding all the pomp ind circumstance which surround Ha its I and HB its government Tha minister must bo ho almost as lIS nc ac accessible os as u till the president of ot this tha th U bed States Day Da after litter day clay ho lie must receive deputations from nil all ii sorts SoI of or public am commercial bodies Interested In lii legis legislation lation lallon or administrative policy pollO and h Ii literally dare not refuse to KUO 1100 them It will be seen lIeen then that tho 24 21 houn houri are alo all nil too short for time tile Prime primo minis ministers tees work vork NO REST EST ON 0 HOLIDAYS His Hla holidays holiday R even are strenuous When len parliament the of or IlIn begins Time The PEllIO minister must make mullo at least one olla groi geem speech to 10 his hIli own constituents Ho Hu V must attend banquet hanquet b after atter banquet and nImI nt at Inch each ono one he lie h IH la expected to say wiy I mn Ill thing that It is addressed not riot only to hO within time the sound of his bUs voice volee vol o ob but b to time the whole country and amid ho must mum write betters and send scott messages to doz dozens em ens of ut that It IH It physic ill J for him to attend Perhaps this very vel er Inadequate mount ot or th time ho principal of his lIls duties will wilt give of lit If the strom tm h which thou thu minister lu it subjected On Oil tIme tha duty day on which Sir Henry collapsed sed ha hurried up imp from fl ln Windsor Castle ho tImid had boon been In attendance on this tho king kinji and his hIli time tho emper emperor l lor or to receive a 1 deputation of or brewers others Interested In the lime new Demur legislation which I Is III promised for till thu tho ti next nox of or From I I lm Ills his official III residence at lit No 10 Downing street hu hll ii received l tho time titu ho droll to 10 the tue Guildhall In mIme Iho old cIty elt of ot London and wan Willi at tho city lunch bunch In honor honl honorof r of ur the tim KalHor MII from limo tho ho drove straight to tim tho railway rail WilY ta tn lion mid and traveled d mere moru than ZOO mUM Into limb where he wa was to an 1111 political speech that Of or course ho tie wits wan the tho guest of hummer honor nt at a mm groat banquet mutely after lib his and tho the ho hu delivered hili pe cli Tim 1111 breakdown d caIne in lit iho lie I night a it short limo home hu he had U to lied bod hO and nd tim tho rosult Is thai tha ho balm boon bolln com coimi to 10 abandon all B and 11 n hong loiK rent on oil the TA bAwl J OIT oh LONG U LINK Sir all Henry lienay I Is IH lh Ih last host of or a B long 1009 lun tine lino of fit If pro i u em wh han their for time HIP service H lii Immo oi Mr lr Ha I four wIts wax WIl III Il more inure than limn once during hi hits lonn of ot of or ofIlio lice Ilio amid toI ly I II tour hi his hili II U lio ho wall 1 to tl It tulto a 11 long ral roI cure In ILl spilt pilI of or that hu ho ha itil a n z well seiI luau ln ho ime l I to ft I I Hio Ihl I he pro im und ill lin l II Just ju 1 from u II cuu d 1 by b th III strain of or recess speaking Mr ion loo in is a mull mini air usury Henry wIlli vl ii ii In h I s 71 72 und e l hI ii 1 tImo th i II imi II III of lit C 0 of ut if the till life tiu thu ho hI i CUI tram train U Ume tM ot o poll pot V tics Is 11 devoted to golf arid and ho Ii Is it classed sel as 1111 ono coo of ur lilt ihu I host best amateur golfers gel ems in the limo kingdom His Ilium uncle Lord Salisbury who pre pro preceded ceded him In the premiership was n a I Iman man of extraordinary constitution but even allm ho lie confessed ed that tho the only WilY way In lii which he lie kept himself fit for hIm hlo du duo duties doties ties was by lir having a IL hobby Ills His hob hobby hobI by I was nI chemistry and utter u IL wear wearIng Ing night III Jn parliament ho would often on en devote a frow hours III In lila his laboratory to working out some somo problem which gave Ile him mental relief at least from time tha cares care of or state late Lord urd Salis Salisbury bury however did not nul last long bug after afler lilt his retirement from public life lire hIs lils life was shortened ninny many years year un on undoubtedly by tho enormous labors halters of the tho premiership GLADSTONE STOE A WORKER Et EtI Probably I one of or tho tim most moat remarkable who ever evel held this great groat of lice was WA gt Mr Gladstone In III appear appearance dunce ance ho lie was almost frail and find It Is well known knowlI that his health never nover was II robust It Is common knowledge Hint he lie owed caved ills his hl lo power to continual working as mat ho did to the devoted euro care of or his wife wIre who Indeed combined tho the cares ell rOil nod lunch duties of a mm wife a I nUfo and a t mother There never was a n late sitting at it time tho house o which mIld IUd not nol Mrs AIrs Gladstone waiting In Iii her hel carriage In time tho Palace I yard for tor hot her hI husband to it Join her and her first euro care was to 10 wrap WI LII a II muffler round his hits throat and a n shawl around his him urs rs Sho watched his physical Lieu with the tho keenness of ot a and amid at nt time the slightest sIgn of ot lill on carrying him oft lilt into the tho country ho him io was ivas wont lo to re Ie with time tho aid of uC his favor liver He Ito of or cutting down clown trees minister who scum from the Iho strain of 01 o he the office wits was Lord prodigious energy y Is the thu subject ot of special remark by b all hl luls biographers sor Sal In iii a IL of it 1 tells of or It leaving time tho with at ilL 1 I one ono morning and walking up imp Parliament I street with him him At Al tIme the door dool of nr tIme tha th foreign or of thee flee tic ton left lett him remarking that ho lie haul had several erld Important dl to bolO lt hmm could Cuhl BO go BOto 14 goto to bed It II IH Is sIW Ild that male made it a practise to III work worl 10 hours a IL aday aday day dllY at fl time the foreign In addition to II I attending In III hit his duties Ho lie had hud a mm at lit tutu Hie for foreign em 11 eign onico omee at lit which ho hut h us used d to LII because ho hI said Hul If he lie sit full limo Iho rail fall would Wake wuko him IN CONDITION Another of ot his bin biographers of or going to lo on him one night AH Ls 11 the Lime i caller the tho house ha imo come COllie out look lonk cautiously around d that no onu tilts IM va In III It Might ho ito proceeded to climb over vor tho Limo high rail null railIngs Ings in III front of ot tho amid then climb back baek oboe done lie is r rt em I ho lime hou In III reply rophy to his liln ho itO saId laId that hat I wan vas 1111 Ills his WILY way of ot If It hn was ivan Ing Iliff In condition or not nol nolIf mId If overwork wIth WI tolling on Oil loo II n much he would Ifould bo be to tu climb the hue Pitt Pili tin Ih It l rt of or hAt ham was VoltS I only iii outs u of lit IL a premier who VilI actually wu by h hi luls li work in lii Ho Ito 11 itCH silt nf ur from a 1 a tm I nl l ammil the lilt and of lit bin imis s he iso tu ni uta going lo II I 4 tie Iho 1 olm there In lb h WI S u i It II hi h hiI Ito tho I attack which Lot In III im hIM lilu death It In It r tit lit to unto tint a lh II time hu lit II Willi mi Ba w I In n lie Ims i i d Ihu Ihl moving of or an un address 10 to the lbs pmj 1111 lug him hum to Lu withdraw III him hili from rolls America mitsuI PI with the tho w to The l ime younger III i Will was s n II or of the us t of I h U p u mm mimi histOry hl tuI N 1111 of Or hi hii his i I U ut 1 III In iii I II iiiI tho I bit hll hu it hill anti l arl at lull D for tor or month by bl a Q 4 Illness brought on elm by tho cares anti and du duties ties tI of or his bin ome Poel leel that It If his him no lies 10 i did mIld not miot bleed overy every night In III tho the thelious lious ho ht would collapse TO ro BE DE NO It Is tf hard to say 1111 what thu titu remedy comedy for fo this hl state of affairs IH n ms In fact thero to 10 be lIe nono under nuttier the tho Eng ElIg English lish political system and tho the tendency Is Iii for or 01 the tho premiership to become e stilt nUll harder with tho the growth of democracy Itt In the old dayn daIs the premier i mt t least was spared th m processions ot It deputations from labor unions friendly chubs of 01 o nil all kinds amId nil all sorts sorta of oC business associations which tho premier of today loday has lias to receive recelle To Ti refuse to see lIeo one omme of thorn might cost lORt his him vart lIart thousands of or votes Totes or even mean the tue loss lots of or a u seat Heat Hel t In III parliament Time Tho attendance on royalty royall is a t duty of state which cannot well bo he dispensed with although a the Lii present t king with his usual good gOud Jilts has recognized reeo the strain on un tho the premier and naIl has ham hasl out nut ut It down to a minimum mint mum Tho Th parlia parila parliamentary duties are aro regarded as mum Indis Indispensable Iud III for fOl the time British people demand that tho responsible head hoad ot ut their guy gov government shall shuH bo be present in lii parliament to answer for rol all his actions to tho the representatives ot or the tho people and his position as us a n member of oC parliament an as well as the head of the tue government en entails entails n tails a certain amount of ot campaigning and aim ml public 1 speaking The he conclusion Impotent as It may seem Scott seems to b III he UnIt that England Englund must continue lu to sacrifice her bier ablest uncut men on Oil the tue altar of the premiership JOHN JOlIN S i |