Evening star., 1924-01-16
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.


Lord Robert Cecil is SO we'll known
in the United States that it may be
Of interest to state that his new
title, which, with the permission OF
the crown, he has taken on his ele-
walton to the upper chamber OF par
Lament, is that of Lord Cecil of
Sherwood. The latter is the name
of his place in Sussex. It lies in
Ashtown Forest on the top of the
strange ridge of Hastings Sand which
crosses the county from east to west.
Sherwood Manor stands at an ele-
walton Of nearly 500 feet in the
center Of fir and heather COW
house within sight. The view is
bounded by Scotch frs and to the
south beyond the so-called weald of
Sussex by the long line of the south
Downs. 1t is. not far from East
Grinstead.
Lord Cecil is married to Lady Flea
nor Lambton, daughter. Of the pres
ent Earl of Durham. But they have
no children, so that Lord CeciIs new
peerage will become extinct at his
death. 1t Is known that the fact
Of his being childless was taken into
consideration at the time Of his ele-
walton to the house of. lords. For,
while his fortune accumulated dur
ing his more than thirty years In very
successful and lucrative practice at
the bar, is sufficient to furnish an
adequate income to his wife and to
himself for the remainder OF their
lives, lit cannot be considered as
large enough for the purpose. of en-
dowing hereditary peerage to which
there were likely to be a long line
of descendants.
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Ex-Premier CASTOR Doumergue, who
has just been elected president of the
senate in Paris and who thus be-
(comes the second highest dignitary
of the French republic, is a man Of
much charm Of manner with a keen
sense Of humor, utterly devoid OF
| vulgarity and with all that remark :
able for his steadfastness of purpose.
Hailing from the south. having sat
for his native city of Mines in the
chamber and now senator for Gard.
he suggests the cherry vine fSrmers
and vineyard owners of the Gard. and
warm and cordial southern French
which never fails to attract and
which is SO pleasing to the ear-en-
dows him with quite special ad-
ivantages in the senate. as formerly
tpecially. in. the International con,
crosses in which he has been called
to take part. With all that he Is a
Protestant and has always had
Huguenot constituency.
Like most Of his family, he, has
received a portion OF his ,educatien
in England. Indeed he understands
England and the English perhaps
better than any other statesman OF
equal prominence in the public lire
of France and he has British rela.
itiyes For Lady Scott. the wire OF
the great Sir walter Scott or way
erley Novels" celebrity, though, she
native Of France and on the death
tof her parents was taken TO Eng
land by her Doumergue uncle and
aunt 20 be placed under, the guardian
ship of tho Lord Downshire of the
day.
If anything untoward were to hap
pen to President Millerand. the ,ex-
ecutive power of the republic would
be vested ssin the hands of Castor
Doumergue" until the election of a
successor. The French describe him
as the .homme qui,rit." which means
the mar, who laughs. tributesto, his
sunny disposition Though memb er
| of the radical party, In which he has
many warm friends he has very few
| enemies, ,indeed, among the party OF
| the right and As one;Sof the closest
| allies and associates OF Premier Potn-
| care. upon whom he is generally un-
| derstood to exercise q moderating IN
In the meantime, while his :presi-
dency OF the senate does not invest
him with any great power, yet 1t en-
idows him with a considerable amount