Evening star., 1925-02-15
Welcome Is Assured
Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg
By the Social World
Future Secretary of State
and Wife Expected to Ar
rive From London in. Ten
Days.

Future Secretary Of State Frank B.
Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg. who have
been rushed to their last waking
moment bidding farewell to the great
social and official world of London,
will be welcomed cordially to their
old haunts in Washington when they
return in about 10 days, according to
some recent news received here by
personal friends. The fact that Mr..
Houghton has taken over the lease
of Crewe House. the present Amer
lean embassy. has greatly expedited
Mr. Kellogg's departure and has
made possible brief interim when
he is merely an eX-anbassador and
ex-senator before he takes over the
exalted duties in becoming President
Coolidge's premier. 1t may be that
he and Mrs. Kellogg will take hur-
ried trip to their home in st. Paul,
Mimi, before settling down to the
routine Of a Spring season soon
opening in Washington.
Mr.. Kellogg, like one of his imme-
diate predecessors, John Hay, is pro-
moted from the post of Ambassador
to the Court of st. James to the lead
ing role in the cabinet. he is the
seventh diplomatist serving tnis
country at the British capital to be
similarly honored. This fact mas
been recalled many times In recent
weeks and most gracefully In the
toast which King George onereo at
the recent farewell dinner which the
retirine Ambassador gave at Crewe
House to their British majesties and
which was attended by. the most
brilliant assemblage of Anglo Amer
leans foregathered in recent years
This distinguished line OF diplomats
serving In London who became Sec
retaries Of State. began with James
Monroe and in swift succession ca'he
men who not only became preWlers
of the cabinet, but also chief magis-
trates of the American people, John
Quincy Adams, Martin van Buren
and James Buchanan. Thomas iran
cis Rayard adds another. then John
uoy and now comes Frank biliinss
Kellogg. ,,-s
The retiring Ambassador and Mrs
xyo1loou tesye London with an uh-
broken record for tact, social accom-
plishments and quiet dignity lhose
who know them in " asnlh TON
not surprised that such hign praise
Is .ounded in almost every quarter
for such, indeed, was their reputation
here Mrs. Kellogg has the advah-.
taee of stately bearing ana tne
most cordial yet dignlhed Inahhe''
and she is a home-maker ana nome
lover to the very finger tips. Ilile
was when her repute as fhaher y.
the splendid, fine white bread mace
of Minnesota -four was of more than
local circulation, and 1t was among
her slogans for home that
no mistress should attempt TO oirect
q servant unless she could perform
the task in a superlative way ner seli.
Hence when her cook failed Win tne
hight bread, as the term soes III
this section, the stately ambassadorlal
Iody could give her a demonstration
of how it should be made.
But it Is many years since such
task fell to Mrs. Kelloggs lot. She
was reared in the pretty little hamiee
of st. Peter. Mimi, a thriving village
quite submerged through the size ano
prosperity of it's sister city, 81. Paui'
and was, before her marriage some
80 years ago, Miss Clara Cook. Her
parents. however moved to -Roches-
fer in her early gfrlhood and she was
educated there. She has lived in st.
Paul since her marriage, but her
experiences in different parts or her
native State have made her an au-
thority and quite up to answering
many veiled questions asked about
Minnesota during her residence in
England For an envoy to the court
of St James had never before come
out of the land OF Minnehaha, and an
impression seemed to prevail that 1t
was a wild and uncivilized country.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Kellogg
were in themselves a refutation OF
this belief. for both have unusually
gentle and kindly ways. Both possess
more personal friends in Washington
than many who had resided here
twice the length Of time. -
In his senatorial days Mr. Kellogg
was as chummy with the late Presi-
dent Harding as Mrs. Kellogg was
friendly with Mrs. Harding. Both
were on genial terms with their
neighbors.
The Kelloggs have been members
of the Chevy Chase Club for many
years and both enjoy game of golf
or Of tennis.