MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 280, 19 August 1908, Page 10

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH.

From time to time paragraphs appear in tho papers announcing that Mr. Chamberlain has considerably profited by his'stay at Aix-les-Bains, more or less vaguely hinting at permanent restoration to 'health' and re- . turn to active political life. It is said (writes Mr. H. W. Lucy in the Sydney '■ "Herald") that'these things are devised with the amialjle object of keeping up the patient's spirits, when,'glancing over the morning . paper, he comes upon the announcement. Mr. ; Chamberlain, even though broken down in ' health, is the last man to be deceived by these well-meant devices. Unhappily, there is not the slightest hope beyond the desire that the remainder of his life may bo as com- . paratively painless as is his present condition. A member of the House of Commons, recently home, from Aix, describes that con- : dition as. pitiful : in itshelplessness. Ho moves about only.' with the assistance of the gracious lady who has devoted the wholo of her life and.ienergiesj,to "•the-comfort-of.-her * husband. He can walk the fewest steps only ; - with her assistance. He.! hnot write, and speaks with painful _ difficulty. One, comfort left to him, perennial in its solace, is hia . cigar. He has fairly good appetite, sleeps well, and never repines at his sudden tragic exile from the stage upon which he a few years ago played a leading part.