Show THE GLADSTONE testimonial A FEW days ago it was announced that mr gladstone had bad been presented with an elegant silver testimonial from american admirers as a token of the esteem esteene in which they hold tae gentleman personally and an earnest of the sympathy which they atel in hosirish his irish liberation scheme perhaps the ex premier is the epst talked of man alive at the present time his bis name is on nearly every blodys lips and appears in every issue of nearly every newspaper in a the world the character of the discussion running all the way f from rom loafer born anathemas ana themas up to nauseating flattery but in the testimonial referred to te and the language accompanying compa nying its presentation there was an apparent disposition to appreciate the man at his worth no more and no less and this to his enemies of course sounds like f fulsome adulation the louden londen times but illy concealed its spite in the published and the more extreme element of the conservative serva tive party have shown their disapproval in a little more than their customary vindictiveness it has been sought to be shown that was and is a making home rule merely a gonfalon gon falon representing the seductive strains of the siren while the ship of state is steered upon the roe rocks and aad broken asunder this when ane states mans record and character hii affiliations and present tt are taken into consideration only further illustrates the previously well known fact that men whose occupation is politics and whose watchword is success at any cost are not to be trusted with the task ot of preparing their temporaries contemporaries co biographies while they still live there is nothing in Glad stones history or present career that shows any other impulse than a fellow telling felling for humanity ad the prestige and supremacy of great britain it is not charged that he has chang changed ed in in the former case but that now after all these long years of devoted service to his country he no longer all at once onca and just at the sunset of life ife desires its further solidity and we welfare fare strange reasoning this if reasoning it can b be called the presentation speech was made by mr joseph E pulitzer editor of the phenomenal new york world in a few well chosen neatly fitting and altogether appropriate words lie he passed the elegant gift giff over to the one for whom it was intended the recipient making a suitable reply and more or less informality characterizing the entire proceeding the testimonial was raised by the subscriptions of lo 10 M people and this figure u is supposed to represent the number of dollars employed in its construction coast ruction and materials the inscriptions script ions ious are the name of mr gladstone home rule american admirers double first the college where he graduated and tia 11 the ex premier wore a gray f rock frock suit sail his face which looks pale ale under the glare of the gas in the house ouse of commons showed an undercurrent of color his cheeks were slightly pink he appeared robust and fall of vital vitality he is of medium height his aders are slightly slight lv rounded his h head is large his forel tore head is high full and only slightly wrinkled his gray hair is very thin but yet there is enough to bring over the top and to conceal in a measure his baldness his eyebrows are very pronounced his eyes are deep dark black his nose is a fierce roman one his mouth is large thin lipped and drawn at the corners parallel with the deep lines upon each side of his nose the lower part of his face is very square and positive his hia closely shaved beard madea made a blue tint the low lower part of his bis lace jace his voice is very clear musical and deep he speaks without tile the slightest hesitation or affectation of the average english orator it is understood to be nis ais purpose to pay an early visit to this country and it is hardly necessary to assure him in advance of such a welcome as few visitors have ever had |