Evening star., 1923-12-24
Young Peeress Is to Receive
: A Call to the British Bar

contempt for her chief opponent at
the polls, young Capt. Anthony Eden.
that is to say. her kinsman, whose
cause was publicly championed
Gen. Lord Brooke, and by her hus-
bands brother. the Hon. Louis Gre
Vile. as well as by several others of
her own relatives and former friends
The fact of the matter is that the
Countess OF Warwick has failed to
realize that she is no longer a young
woman Of exceptional beauty, ele-
gance. charm and sprightliness, who.
in her day, was one OF the acknowl-
edged leaders of the London great
Today she is a grandmother who has
become very heavy and stout and
whose. features retain little Of the
former delicacy and refinement.
with nearly all the members of her
own family, but also with her own
caste. to such an extent as to vir-
tually close many doors against her.
way of her remaining any longer a
drawing card and of her exercising
any further power as the former high
priestess of the labor party. She has
ceased to carry weight with them.
and the conviction which she has
feat at the recent general election
by her own kinsman, assisted by
her son and by her other relatives
cannot fail to add to the bitterness
sorry eventide of her life. which was
inaugurated with such brilliancy
when. after refusing a royal offer OF
marriage, she was welded in West
minister Abbey to her present hus-
band, then Lord Brooke, as the great
beauty of the day, in the presence of
most of the members OF the reigning
house.
Don Juan de la Cierva. who has
been one of the most masterful fig
ures in the public life of Spain and
who has repeatedly held ONCE as min
lister of state, as minister Of justice, as
premier, and especially as minister OF
war, where he made a strenuous fight
to suppress political movements in
the army and navy and, above all, to
destroy those military juntas. or as
sociations Of oficers Of various ranks.
which, throughout the past century.
have endeavored to dominate the gov
ernment. but who are now, thanks
to Gen. Primo di Rivera's coup detat,
in power. has just inherited the entire
fortune of the rich old Marchioness
s4.o00.000. She had almost passed out
of his recollection, for she was one
of his first clients when he started
his practice rs q lawyer. moro than
forty years, ago. He won her case
for her. in the face OF considerable
difficulties. and she has never forgot
ten that she owed to him the proser-
vation OF her property. which she
would otherwise have lost. She made
her home almost entirely In the coun-
try and therefore was scarcely known
or remembered at Madrid.
Don Juan is a native Of the oity Of
Mula, in the province OF MurciA, and
In born OF q French mother and Of
Spanish father, to the latter Of whom
he owes his somewhat Arabic fea-
ulated by Arabs, in the days Of the
Moorish domination Of the Iberian
peninsula, centuries ago. He started
out in life as a journalist, q poet and
a playwright. without much success
or promise of a future; future, He was was
that writing was not his forte and
that he would do better at the bar
practioing law and In devoting him
self to politics. The old MArchioness
de Romagnera was ono Of his first
no~ ncss' only ree.iss to pSsio rscSs.o.
tion by his totally unexpected inhsr-
itance Of her property, enabled him
to make his way in politics, with the
result that. in course Of time, after
dilling various minor positions In the
service of the state. he was appointed
governor OF Madrid.
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As such he made . name for him
self by his strictness in enforcing the
laws and by his resistance to Ill at
tsmpts to influence him In the dis.
charge Of his duties: by his feaFlsss
Independence. of character. and by
his stsriins integrity, He did not