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Title: Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Stone, John Benjamin, Sir, 1838-1914 MacDonagh, Michael, 1862-1946
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament Statesmen
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ses of theSm-rey hills. On the left are the spii-es of the city, withthe dome of St. Pauls looming massively and imjjos.ingly in their midst. Here Members of the House of Commons, escapingfrom the enervation or boredom of the Chamber, takeexercise and enjoy the delicious freshness of the air.On fine summer afternoons, during the season, tablesare laid for tea, in the deep, cool shadows of thegreat Palace. In attendance are smart waitresses inblack gowns and white aprons. Crowds of ladies areenjoying the tea and cake and strawberries, and Parlia-mentary small talk of their hosts; and in turn lendingadditional charms of colour and animation to the pic-turesque scene. But there are legislators who tliink that ** tea on theTerrace is a function which lowers the dignity of Par-liament. For their solace, a part of the Terrace is cutoff by a post bearing the warning For Members only,and there they ruminate in glum aloofness, undisturbedby the laughter of Beauty and tlie rustle of her skirts.
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The Right Hon.ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. Few men have been more fortunate and .successful inpublic life than Mr. Balfour. Ho was retuinied to theHouse of Commons at the early age of twenty-five. Forsome years, as a private member, he made comparativelylittle mark. This tall, willowy, and fragile )oungScotsman was regarded as rather indolent, with somekeeimess of intellect, but with a bent for the abstractionsof metaphysics. Then he was appointed Chief Secretary for Irelandin a time of trouble and difficulty. It was generallylooked upon as a sort of forlorn hope. But the supposedlounger and trifler very soon showed that he waspossessed of remarkable gifts, and displayed a resourcein tactics worthy of a veteran. The result was that atthe early age of forty-three he attained to the greatposition of Leader of the House of Commons, andbefore he was ten years older he was Prime Minister.Here, surely, was success beyond the wildest dreamsof ambition. Yet tliis is what Mr. Balfour has to say ofpublic

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