Cremation Of The Wife Of Sir Charles Dilke
there is exciten) ent in ljondon over tüe report that Sir Charles Dilke, the young reform politician and meinber of parliament, has sent the body of his dead wife to Vienna for dÍBposal by cremation, is the iirst news we have of her death. She was a young woinan of aristocratie fam ily, great spirit, culture and beauty, anc had been married less than two years Devoted to her husband, profoundly am bitious for him socially and politically as clever indeed as hiinself, she was alike an inspiration and an assistance to him in the bold and brilliant career in whicl he was so fully launched. Her deatl must have been suddon, a fall from the full flesh of a doublé life, and, beyond the deep affliction to her husband, is f sad ciroumstance in the highest socia "and politioal circleg of London. Whethe the report that her body was to be dis posed of by cremation be true or not, it i certain that ahe had the boldness, th originality and the force of character re quired to makt) choioe of that inethod o bodily finality, and if her husband ha done what is said, it is undoubtedly onl in obedience to her own wishes.
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