Show lord leighton nud and children even under the social storm and stress of studio sunday when his picturesque house was crowded with tin nn exacting and brilliant throng leighton Leigh tou could mako timo time to minister to tho the wants of any little visitors w A ho might accompany their elders one charming instance or of this comes to ruy my mind in reference to a recep reception tion at his house houi u somo some seven or eight years igo ago A pretty litt little Is girl was trying to edge her wee wea person through tho the crowd to got a glimpse of tho the pro 1 I dents pictures but without success lu in eta n instant lie ho grasped the situation raised her to his big shoulder and the two were chatting gleefully together us as if they hey had been friends for life an example of his generous and patient self restraint I 1 saw on another occasion when tho the accident of his big high official position brought him into unwilling touch with a wealthy parvenu this magnate knew little of art but prided himself on his big choice collection which only it moderate share of critic cri ticul li I 1 knowledge might have seriously di discounted 8 coull led over tho the dining room mantelpiece was a very doubtful old master over which its master waxed enthusiastic in tho presence presen cei of his guest praising its alleged points of merit in no men measured terms and generally explaining the why I 1 and the who wherefore with the fluency of self complacent ignorance the president aident listened with the suspicion of a smile emilo on his big bands handsome orno features but his big few words were wise visa generalities arid and as soon as courtesy would permit 1 a I tactful silence prompted by those rare diplomatic powers with which ho be was so richly gifted london times |