Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-16
FAMOUS ENGL|sHWOMAN
LAUDs AMERICAN ARMY
Traveller and Author Entcrtains and
Cares for DougiiboyS and
Sailors.
TELLS THEM ABOUT HOMES
Mrs. Alec-Tweedic Sees Little Differ
cnce Between British and Mea
From United Statcs-Crgcs Them
to Write Folks.
ny HAYDEN CHURCH.


LONDON. Feb. l5.-"This is not
merely an army and Il navy: this is "a
nation"
The speaker was Mrs l. Alec
1weedie. renowned as L great traveller
and clever writer. and one OF the
most cultivated. talented and brilliant
women in England. She was speaking
states, whom she has got TO know
na.ssabiy well through having enter
tanned about fifty Of them--doUghboys
and "sobs." too every Sunday after
room since the beginning OF septem-
Mrs. Alec-Tweedie has elobe-tro,ted
All over Europe and in many other
parts OF the world. including the
United States. and filled many volumes
with entertaining accounts Of her adj
ventures and experiences. She has a
beautiful apartment AT Whitehall
Court. where many other distinguished
folk reside and the Authors Club has
it's Headquarters. and has filled il with
arr treasures and. incidentally. enter
tanned there almost everybody who is
anybody in contemporary life.
Mrs Alec-Twcedie is an ardent pa
valuable Kind 20 her credit Zone OF her
t"o sons fell in battle and the other
has a brilliant hghtinE record. and
voted her sunday afternoons to enter
tanning big, parties Of soldiers and sail
ors. British. Colonial. and, more re-
Gently, American.
GIVES TEAS AND OPERAS
For AMERICAN SOLDIERS
She gives them bang-up tea and
has some Of tho most famous the
atrical. operate and other artists to
heGnilc them. and as consequence.
some hundreds Of gallant fellows have
reason TO think Era,efnil% of her 70.
depressing of days TO the stranger in
England-into a mnnory which IT is
Ns since septenber ,2c eass;s at these
sunday afternoon >'reas" of hers have
been assorted as follows, hf,y Co
crys;al a1aee' and ND h W YanEs our our
nav men being pretty regularly in
tho majority. and it takes. she told me
provender, provcndc- hard TO come by
in these <ationcd times. 10 feed thia
sunday afternoon. in fact; accounts for
t&enty-thrcc !oavcs OF bread. fifteen
POUNDS OF jam. and upwards OF 800
cigarettes. not TO mention "a few other
little ,hinsa. But that's only By the
WAY!
Thus Mrs. Alec -Twccdic must. UP 20
date. have entertained some hundreds
az our doughboys and "Eobs,' and X
occurred 10 me 10 ask her what i'm
connlims saUfy'" and NJ felt sure sure" That At
i, would he interesting. and il was.
TALKS WITH D0UGHBOyS
ABOUT HOME TOWNS
ITS been tho creates, fun" she
said. You know ] have been 10 the
United States three times (she WAS
Edison's guest on ono Of these occa-
sions). and gone almost everywhere in
your country, and consequently I'm
able 10 talk TO most Of your boys
seems to lie the one thing that all Of
them love most. chan the Pitts.
the REF city and those from rom Chicago
about the stockyards. and they take
II all In the best na;ured fashion in
and showing me that really don't
know what I'm talking about, and so
We S5s E do Io pa kn q! @ncG the
went on, 81 find that in very many
cases. especially among Your sailor
nave they been inside Of real Eng
lish home. in spite OF the fact that
some o, them have been II England
great pity, and really II hasn't been
nnybody's fault; ii has jus, happened
able so far as your navy is concerned.
and what a lonely. dreary time some
Of these gobs,,, as they cal! themselves
OF them seem TO think that OF all
places on earth 1t takes the prize for
Finding that one of your sailor
boys had been stationed at Rosy,h.
which is close 70 Edinburgh. She went
on. II asked him what he. thought o.
think so beau,iful. Ills reply struck
me as genuinely pathetic.
SOLDIER FAR TOO BUSY
TO VISIT EDINBURGH
"I'vc never seen it. Nam" he said.
I was nine months u; Hosyth, hu,
never had 4 single chance 10 ger 10
Edinburgh. We were far too busy
for that.
That sort of thing. strikes me as so
unfortunate. remarked Mrs. Alec
Twecdie. that it is great satisfaction
70 me TO feel that these boys of yours
have been made welcome at al ieaS,
the memory OF il with them. And
assure you that they have had homely
treatment while they were my guests.
OF their ways. especially rs regarding
writing home. | have made il a point
TO ask every ono OF them with whom
] have talked how often he sent let
ter 10 his mother N America and
whenever ] have found that he wasn't
for him and made him promise to re-
form. Sometimes these boys have CON
fessed that they didn't write home
more than once 4 month.
You oush; IL, to wIi'c once week
OF them answer, Wei: perhaps four;
You could fill eight I've insisted.
That mother OF yours wants to hear
from you often and lots at time.
and does your girl. Now promise
tha. You viii be good and gs1 busy
nearly all promised and ! hope they
arc keeping their word You sec, I'm
n mother myself.
SAYS AMERICANS ARE
SORE on IRISH PEOPLE
One reply | had to my question
amused me-" she went on. The boy to
whom put it. another sailor. look ed