The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-14
HER DISAPPEARANCE
NOT FIRST IN FAMILY

Mrs. Evelyn qrant-DuY returns to tho
scene OF her girlhood
Evelyn who has the Cross Of the
Order of st. Michael and ST. George
rs one or tn, few members OF tho
English diplomatic service who speaks
PERSIAN with the utmost auancy:
knowledge which she acquired dur
Ing the Blk years that sho spent ut
Ieheran. and was secretary of tho
special embassy OF Lord Downc, %
convey tho Order Of the Garter 10 tho
former Shah. He is one OF the sons OF
the late ST. Mountstuart ,irant-Dufr.
who was under Secretary OF State Tor
India and or the Colonies Governor
OF Madras. and lord rector Of Aber-
deem University. and has inherited a
considerable amount OF his fathers
clevcrness.
The late Sir Mountstunrt Grant
DUR S Diaries" have been wild Fly read
in this country. He tolls n curious
story OF how one day at dinner at
Government House. Madras. he con-
versation turned on the strange fate
OF the Maynower which. after taking
the Pilgrim Fathers to America. was
finally l"st with cargo Of cotton
goods on Masulipatam. a seaport in
Madras: whcrcupon his private sccre-
tary pulled out OF his pocket and Of
fered for tho inspection OF those pres
ent gold coin. dug up In a neigh
boring village through which no had
been riding and which he had pur-
chased then ard there 1t was coin
dating from the days OF imperial
Rome. and bearing the eficy md name
Of Emperor Vespasian. and the Ia
scription. "Ob. pevictus Britannos,"
showed that II had been struck in
honor or the subjuEation of the Brit
ons. that is t. say, nearly 1000 years
ago How that coin had found its
way from Rome 10 this Obscure villag"
in the Indian Presidency OF Madras
furnished thema for the most inter-
esting speculation.
Talking OF dinners, Sir Mountstunrt
Grant Dun gives a striking ilustra-
tion Ia his diaries OF the tax on colon
ial governors resulting from the ex-
pectation witch every one visiting the
dependency in question entcrtnins OF
being invited to dinner by the gov
crnor, considering themselves sighted
If they far to receive some such hos
pitalry Sir Mountseuart cites returns
which show that during his four years
of office as Governor OF Madras no
had. been obliged to issue 7.5l2 invita-
lions TO dinner. out CT which l.3SS had
been declined, leaving n grand total
OF 6l@4 people who had dincd at his
taEle and at his expense. as his guests.
II Is perfectly true tlldt the salary
OF tho Governor OF Madras amounts
to about 100000 year. and that he
also has liberal allowances But
WHEN one is forced To entertain on
such colossal scale. even emoluments
such as these do not 40 n very long
way. And let me add that tho Gov
ernor OF Madras Is less afflicted in this
manner than ths NiCer7y OF India or
the Governor OF Bombay. For where
as every one who visits Indi1 goes to
Bombay or Calcutta. there are many
who leave Madras oQt OF their timer
airy
But 1t Is not only English colonial
governors who are saddlcd with OBJ
legations of this kind. They weigh
still more heavily on the Governors
General of the Philippines. and upon
the Governor OF Porto Rico, sinca
eevry American tourist who visits
either of thcse dependencies Of the
United states considers himself en-
titled to an invitation to dinner at
Government House.
Copyright. 1913. b. the Brentwood
Company