LADY WARWICK'S DECLINE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 11

LADY WARWICK'S DECLINE.

j', Lady. Warwick,.: who ;a 'few years ago declared.herself, a -red-hot Socialist, never succeeded in convincing- the world 1 of -the sincerity of: her conversion, though she emphasised it by stating that, she had sold., her jewels, to .help, the ..cause—a statement that , was ,made, with dramatic effect.. Now, a LondouVcorrespondent. says that as a'Socialist, speaker the once, famous beauty, .seems - to ,be losing 'her power ; of attraction. . She has. ceased to bo. a novelty. Two or three years ago tho beautiful countess was .one of the most; .observed ..political agitators in' the country—noted for, her audacity in criticism, her incongruous dinner parties,: and the.humorous contrast between her ultrademocratic, sentiments and patrician surroundings., ', Her., fascination was ..exerted equally over .man and women at meetings held under the ...red flag. Probably, most-of tho women went to see her dresses. , Her: latest . 'London, meeting, though .held in the convenient Queen's Hall, and at a time when political.dis-' cussion. is more than usually, fashionable, • was, very .sparsely 'attended; one, chro-' nicies th« fact with a touch of melancholy, like that induced by the spectacle of'a once popular' actress's gradual abandonment; by a ficklo. public. .. Lady AVarwick accounted for. the sinallnessiof her'au'diencc .with the remark that: Socialists were being "led away by the,Liberal,red .her,-, ring." She; pitied • them; they' .would, be fooled • again, as: they were. fooled in 1906 by: the Chinese slavery cry.. For Liberal policy as a whole .she has only, contempt. When not hypocritical:it.'is, from' her point of view, pusillanimous.. She would: abolish: the House of-Lords' altogether, overpower , the .Liberals," and fight:, the: Conservatives by ■ a . combination, .of, the Labour the '. Social' 'Democratic Federation, and the Fabian.Sdcioty.'',But. she l regretfully , confesses' that her .'political ideals are'apparently'far'from realisa- 1 don: ; . ... ■