The Washington times., 1922-12-31

graVely deteriorated under his
autocracy, and that he makes sin-
lister friends.
Mr.. Asquith, on the other hand,
cannot be excluded from the six.
Among leading statesmen he is in
a class by himself, high above Mr..
Lloyd George or anybody. But
as a juggler he makes rather q
poor show. and in certain moods
we are apt to rate juggling far
beyond knowledge. wisdom, plain
common sense. dignity, integrity,
and constancy. Mr.. Asquith's
career has been full of great ges-
lures. His prestige can only
grow; it cannot diminish. Time
will be his friend.
Lord Beaverbrook may be the
chief proprietor of this paper
I cannot help 1t, and ! don't
care. He is in the six. Politics
must necessarily, SO long as
human beings are human, have
some Of the characteristics Of
chess. Lord Beaverbrook is the
greatest chess player in Parlia.
ment. He Is a man Of tremendous
individual force; as a realist he
has no superior in my expe-
rience; he has a very great deal
Of genuine imaginative power;
and he is ruthlessly impartial
judge of people and their motives
even his own. AS to his prodigious
influence upon affairs. 1t may
be execrated in some quarters,
but it is universally admitted.
Had Lord Beaverbrook lived in
the same age as Machiavelli,
and been pitted against him.
history would have been en-
livened. His weakness is a too
ingenious admiration for the
juggler in Mr.. Lloyd George.
AND-HARDY.
Four great names have been
given, and I am only Just ar
irving at the greatest contem-
porary figure in pure literature
Thomas Hardy! AS to his in
clusion in the six. argument is
not permissible.
And now I have no more room,
and Of science and the arts
have said not a word. How char
acteristically English!
l will assign the remaining
place to Sir Clifford Allbutt.
In reply to your Enthusiastically
English question, "Who is Sir
Clifford Allbutt?" will say
merely that he is in all prob
ability the leading medical man
in the whole world, a first-rate
creative expert in various branches
of medicine, great scholar. and
an admirable and prolific writer.
Indeed, it would be easier to
say what he is not than what
he is. Sir Clifford Allbutt is in
his eighty.seventh year, and time
will be his friend. too.
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father perhaps. even his great
great grandfather. / thought Of
the five long, soapless years since
the revolution, and, rather than
spend half an hour in close prox-
n hof
rather to walk and take the risk
Of contracting pneumonia.
A BAD EGG.
The horse is so thin that Il
seems every moment on the verge
of collapse. The cab is dirty
and untidy, with the hair pro-
truding in many places. But
Ivan is, on the whole, a good.
humored, philosophic sort OF fel.
low; nothing upsets his equilibrium
not even the many fallen lamp.
posts which have been left lying
about since the revolution. The
only time l ever knew one to
lose his temper was about three
years ago. when they preferred
to be paid in kind rather than
money. squared a short drive
with some bread and half a dosen
eggs. He asked me were the eggs
fresh. and I replied that, to the
best Of my belief, they were.
He Immediately ate one. It was
evidently more than middle a ged!
I envy that "izvoztchick"
his command of profane language.
I can hear his curses still ring.
ing in my ears.
How does one eat In Moscow.
One can eat well-very well, in
deed, provided one can pay.
There are cheaper places where
a beefsteak. although very
tough one. can be had for pal
try five million rubles. zone al.
ways thinks in millions In Mos
cow)
A Moscow restaurant II an anus
Inc y,laca Most ~ thar, ara tho