The Washington times., 1916-04-23


broken off-and they say at the Chevy
Chase Club. in the ladies' dining room
OF the Army and Navy Club. and IN
other places where. women seem TO get
into b tenuous touch with. great affairs.
that II Is very liable 10 happcn--count
Won Bernstorff will be shipped on home.
IL isr't any OF my business TO worry
about things interna tonai; and I surely
don't want to be set down as lacking a
little bit OF patriotism: but the truth In
that. socially speaking. wouldn't give
anything to boot in a trade OF the count
for MIR. Gerard. Mind you. I'm talking
about their social sppraisals only.
However. II would solve some social
dlfhcrlties In this town II the count
were to leave US. i've seen two or
three hostesses this last winter that
guess would almost as soon have gone
to war as deal with the difficulty Of
managing these punctilious diplomats.
At present there's nobody OF arnbassa-
doriai rank from Austria on this side.
and small prospect that anybody will
come soon. IL the count should leave
US we could then revise our dinner lists
on tho basis OF likes more than logic
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I'm convinced that when the history
of this war IL written, Count Won Bern
storff will stand out as one OF the
really big figures in II. He has had an
awful task. and has managed in a way
that. IL we were Germans, would GER
tainly make US proud of him. IL Ger
many were q republic. venture he'd
be accounted Presidential material. He
reminds me OF Lord Lyons. who was
British ambassador in this town during
the civil war. No, I wasn't here then,
thank you but wise gentleman who
took me out to dinner the other even
ing told me how Lord Lyons devoted
himself to keeping his country out OF
war with this country over the Mason
snd Sliddeil Incident, No. Susan. of
course. you don't remember Il, either;
but II was an awfully exasperatinG
affair in which the United States did
something very unmanneriy to Great
Britain. and had to pretend TO be sor-
~ about It. II was pretty much what
England In doing TO us nowadays. in
stopping our boats and taking off and
reading our mails.
Reading Postcards.
Doesn't It seem odd, by the way. that
a government will appoint ls.2s3 post
masters to read other peoples postal
cards, and pay them for doing II; and
then, II n censor for n foreign power
does Il without charging a cent, we talk
about going TO war! Sounds lust like
a government run by a lot OF men.
doesn't Il?
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Ppt .bo,, IN. co,,nt TT. ha.n., ..s
much tim. FOR .ocie,v ,,nce the wsr r.
gan vet he ba, n,ain,.In.d touch r,i,h
hi. ,rI.nd. a, wa.hIn.,o,,hn, o..
many and imnortant-and ba. be.n .
marvel OF nerve. good maner, and self
control. II he zoe. away now mavbe
hen come back some time. and n he
does. I shall hone to sit next TO him
some evening. and TO pry into and get
him to explain something I overheard
one Of his subordinates say at a dance
early in the war. No. shant tell II
now. ,hev MIGHT ,nt.rcent the mail
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A Dramatic Tragedy.
| Katherine Hitchcock ana Marie Pearv
who are working themselves almost 70
death sta ginr q NAV for The heneft of
| FriendsbIn House are having Ibsir own
troubles.
The greatest of these is thu fact that
! the leading lady syed ton Aor,racted
the meas ,es at aImo., m. last p,oment
| ana =. n understudy h.a 20 n. u ma
| IFS NO small task % train a ACCT ~
| cb,,d,sn-.th. cos, Z. MAJ. IN =, ,hc
children OF Friendship House-to pro-
| duce Alice In wonderland. but the