The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Royal Weddings.
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BUCHANAN ST. cYR. Lon

uOn JOuAA0ASt' Az
- ing at South Ferry. He will
be remembered as the only re-
porter who has not chosen a wife
for the Prince Of Wales. When
asked about this remarkable
oversight. he replied:
"It was my mistake. was fired
from the Charing Cross Echo last
week because I did not engage
His Royal 'Ighness to the younger
daughter of the Baron Plumbtree-
Plumb, who owns estates ootn
north and east Of the equator.
Yes, we had q very rough trip
over. No bartenders."
Things are pretty lively in Lon
don, Mr.. st. Cyr inferred. Clothes
are being worn by wealthy Amerl.
cans at the Savoy, and Sir
Thomas Upton has gone on q
tea strike. Strikebreakers are
being imported from Ceylon. but
Threadneedle financiers regard
the situation as serious and the
tailcrs think the crisis is q press
ing one.
'The Prince" SC. Gyr went on.
Els twenty-eight years old. II all
the marriage stories connected
with Is 'Ighness were pasted to.
gether and laid fiat, they would
Sorm Q lire that would extend
three times around the equator,
leaving still enough to make an
overcoat for your jolly Big Bill
Hedwards.
.The same kind Of bally rumor
was spread about one OF our citi-,
Hens, WIN Shakespeare. who
seems to be doing 50 ripping on
yoRr Broadway this season. First
they had it he was going to wed
Juliet. then one Of King Learis
daughters and finally that he
wouldn't be married at all, which
would have made It hard on his
children"
Continuing In his keen analysis
Of European conditions, Buchanan
St. Cyr was OF the belief that
Czecho -SIovakia viii have a great
year: DR.. Aldid Rainens, Minis
ter OF Finance, was shot, but that
viii solve itself without help,from
Bohar Law or Premier Poinsetta
Of France He added;
German laborers are getting
round-shouldered carrying their
wages home. Something must be
done to lift this burden from the
shoulders Of the laboring class.
While IN London I suggested that
some OF onr financiers go to Ger
many, change the salaries into
American dollars and carry the
money ourselves back to Brit
ain, OF course"
st. Cyr was much concerned
with the presence OF NJ. Coue In
the United States. OF this he
said:
'9t Is quite . coincidence that
d. Coue and myself should be
here ct the same time. He e q
man Of great power. I think Il
O. on account OF his beard. By
using Il judiciouely he can hide
his real thoughts when ap->
preached by hysterical pa
fienfe."
Buchanan, known to the cricket
fields as Buck spoke highly
Of American energy. He said he
noticed It particularly when he
tried to get on q train in the
Park place subway station. He
continued:
such politeness I never saw,
unless Il was during the garter
strike in Piccadilly. People help
you on and off trains so swiftly.
Everyone gets chummy in the
doorways. Perfect strangers,
who are anxious to find out
what o'clock It. may be, don't
bother to annoy you with re-
guest, but. reach IN your pocket
and see for themselves. That's
what makes the strangers per-
feet"
But the Princes romances1'
he was asked. do you believe
marriages are made in heaven?
St. Cyr. polished his monocle
with a piece of sandpapeF, rumi-
mated, and replied: mo. Mar.
riages aer made in newspapersT
(Copyrialst. 1928. By Star Company