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course VIII pay his respects to
President Harding and Secretary
Of State, Charles E. Hughes.
He is coming. I'm told, on
April 16, arid will be here until
late in the day Of April 20. /
do wish that people. and news
papers who speak of him would
do SO correctly. saw in the
same page OF a local newspaper,
the distinguished foreigner referred
to as "Sir Robert" and Lord
Cecil" The correct form when
speaking to him is to call him
Lord Robert" in writing, Lord
Robert Cecil. Cecil is pro-
nounced to rhyme with trest1e
and not whistle, by the way), which
brings to my mind the fact that
he is not q member Of the House
OF Lords. as you might suppose.
He Is one of the younger of four
brothers. sons of the late Marquis
OF Salisbury, and has the courtesy
title OF lord, but is not a peer
and therefore not a member of
the House OF Peers which is the
legal title Of the House of Lords.
HIS oldest brother, the present
Marquis Of Salisbury, is a peer,
Of course, and he is q member OF
the Bonar Law. cabinet, lord
president Of the council. That is
merely a decorative position and
carries no power or authority with
It. Although the marquis is very
wealthy and owns Hatfield House,
one Of the most magnificent
estates in England, Lord Robert
IL quite poor-younger son again,
you see-and lives more modestly7
than any member Of our Congress,
should say. He is married and
was once suggested as Ambass-
dor to Washington from Great
Britain when Lord Reading came
in that capacity. However, Lord
Robert preferred a domestic politi-
cal career and some predict that
he will be British prime minister
some day, as his father was.
OF course you know Lord Rob
ert is the British representative
on the League Of Nations Commits
sion, strong Lacquer and probably
will do some league missionary
work while in this country, though
his visit here is to be unofficial.
He says he Ia coming over to get a
closeup of the Americans and, in
cidentally, to find out what Ameri-
cans are thinking about.
SPEAKING OF England-Fred-
eric w. VILE had planned to
go to England and spend the sum-
mer abroad, but has had to cancel
his arrangements because he Is
under contract with the Century
Company to finish the "Autobiog-
raphy of a Newspaper Man" by
the end Of the year for publication
in the spring Of 1924. So that in
terfered with his very attractive
plans to renew old professional
ties abroad this summer. He has
had to postpone his trip for a year.
GENERAL ALLEN, who, as I
have said, has just returned,
after service in Germany, is being
feted day and night by his many
friends, but it is all unofficial
although perhaps very jolly.
However, 1t seems to me that
before he ratires next month, or
at that time, there should be
some official recognition of his
distinguished service. England
would have given q man with
his splendid record an earldom
and perhaps a grant of half a
million or so. France would have
greeted him like a conquering
hero. We fete him like a
debutante-and that is all. Cen
eral and Mrs. Allen are living at
Stoneleigh Court. In the good
old days before the war the Aliens
were stationed here and they and
their daughters were socially very
active; were all extremely popu-
lar. But the general-then a
colonel-was ordered away and
the girls married and scattered.
Dasha became Mrs. Joseph w.
Viner and is now living out in
Cincinnati, and Jeanette married
Major Frank M. Andrews, who
was stationed in Germany with
his father-in-law.
livery time l turn around
some one is raving about the
beauty and charm of Nine. Nano,
wife Of the counselor OF the
Rumanian Legation. She Is lovely
beyond all doubt. But was
astonished to discover that she
Is a Mexican. She and her hus-
band recently returned to their
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel from a visit in Mexico.
She was born, it seems, in Brus.
sells, brought up in Berlin, Paris
and London, and speaks English.
French, Spanish and German. all