New-York tribune., 1922-04-11
bOOPS By Percy Hammond

Angela. "She is one Of those people
that might smile at indecency. out who
would scowl on immorality.' But, she
adds, Il have seen nothing of her in
the past few years" Mrs. Asquith's
book disappointed Lady Angela terri
bly,. She has chosen the dullest
stories and the most unattractive en-
sodes of her life; she has concealed the
interesting details and given promi
nence to domestic anecdotes which
should have been happily ignored Mar
got is superbly tactless. She
has written with an almost unpardon-
able lack of reticence about things
that most people would hesitate to dis
cuss with their nearest and dearest.
Peter has been my love; Asquith is to
be my life,' was her method Of an
nouncing her engagement. She would
have made better NJ F. HIS wife
than Prime Minister's.p
Lady Angela is equally enthusiastic
III her regard for Miss Maxine Elliott.
"no' she says, did awfully good work
with the Belgians. Miss Elliott
turned up ore day at Lady Angela's
bivouac with Lady Drogheda. and
proved herself to be "our next exci+a-
ment.' She was lone of those busv
people looking for job, but for scfle
reason or other even hcr ambulance
Or was 1t kitchen car?-was not
accepted by the Red Cross or anv
other institution, so foute de D,ienr. she
asked If she could work for me-
lhough little skeptical Of Miss Eli
outs suitability, her insistence and
generosity overcame Lady Angela's in.
suiar dubieties. Besides, LADY Amelia
heeoed help, for Lady Juliet Duff was
out Tor time and so were Mrs.
Horllck and Gladys Yorkc; and Rubv
feto, though splendid. had to moet
her husband, and the 10th Hussars.
me canteen was buzzing with life
oeilghtful Julian Grenfel]-sunshine
pefsonlfed-and Lord Chesham. ,oo2-
ing perfect baby. had paused while
dasning home on leave.
MISS Elliott after being accented
went over to England for clothes ana
came back with a butler and . maid
having every intention Of being com
tortable.' Lady Angela rather brutal
~ put hcr on night duty and was a hit
surprised to iinc tda. she did NOT
Grunble. But cher IDEAS were o,a,-
diose' and she wanted to decorate the
canteen after the fashion Of Futur;st
drawing room. Besides, she susnic;ous.
" tasted the cocoa made bv LADY
Angela herself before it was sent "a
the trains, and She talked interm;nahl,,
aoeut woman's suffrage Lady Angela
endured Miss Elliott until one niabt
she left a tin jug in the middle of the
moor for Lady Angela to stumble unor
.Ohintent1onally, of course," saws
Lady Angela, with ironic emphasis. So
MISS Elliott was soon given the air and
was on her way to the Belpians ber
VISIT IN France having been. in the
words OF Lady Angela, "a bit of
fiasco"
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
also endeared herself to Lady Angela.
At Ascot she looked quite un-Ameri- |
can with her small, refined head
though 1t was said that she was so thin
that her pearls were more effective nc !
a hustle than as a necklace Jadv |
Astor' another American, had such
reputation as wit that to maintain II
she was forced to use but one bright
'e''lark during an evening, repeating it
Shflfuiy each time she was expected to
scintillate, Lady Angela SUSPECTS tbat
Lady Astor is poor sport, After get
sing herself divorce from "Bobbiev
ohs~ IN America she was a dog-in-the- i