THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 8

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) Digging over Gladstonian ground and disinterring a Lord Hartington jeu d'esprit or so, one found the spade grit against an exceedingly notable Victorian (and IN G.O.M. DAYS. Gladstonian), Lord Eus-

I sell of Killowen, Q.C., who made himself felt in England over a long period. He was, as you probably iquite forget, the celebrated barrister who made his fame in the Parnell ease, and whose ! methods were extremely forcible in crosslexamination. He became Lord Chief Justice of England and was celebrated for his impresjshe presence as well as for his intellectual I force. The ordinary man would never have | thought of joking with him. He had; jby tire way, extra experience on the | legal side of the Jameson raid. And once in a notable club he played whist with a young | Army subaltern. It is regrettable that at I the moment of contact the lieutenant was "a little over the odds"; had, in fact, "had a few." His conduct at the whist table peeved the great jurist. In short, he dressed the young fellow down in true Russellian style. And the unabashed youngster, leaning across the table, made this immortal remark, "Look here, old boy, you are not in your stuffy old Police Court now!" The reply of the Lord Chief Justice is apparently not on record.