The Washington times., 1928-10-03
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Field Marshal Lord AIIenby Heads Unofficial
British "GOOd VIII" InUasiOn of the United States

{ After Attending Lee
gion Convention; Jour-
nalists' "Amity Four"
IF Great Britain had de-
liberately set about choosing
ambassadors of good will.
she could scarcely have bet
tered the selection of the
distinguished emissa r 1 es
now in this country-Lady
Aston, British NJ. P.-and
an American by birth-Field
Marshal Lord Allenby and
Lady Allenby and fourteen
representative British jour-
nalists, avowedly on an
"amity tour" make up an
unofficial embassy which
should contribute import
antly to better understands
ing between the two ma
tions.
Separate Missions
OF course, they are here on
different missions and travelling
separately, but all are sched-
uled to visit Washington before
returning hnme.
It is not likely. that Lord and
Lady Allenby will come to US
here until after the American
Legion convention in San An
tonic, Tex, to attend which AL
lenby of Ar1nageddon" has
come to this country. Until
they start for Texas they viii
be involved in a round OF fes-
tivities in New York, among
them q banquet. to be given by
the Pilgrim Society tomorrow.
They are to be guests while In
New York of Charles r. Crane,
some time United States MIN
lister to China.
Allenby of Armageddon"
Field Marshal Allenby is being
welcomed here on the anniver-
sary of the taking Of Damascus
and the beginning Of his March
toward Jerusalem at the head of
4 train Of canels and OF 'fliv-
vers." He is one OF the most
glamorcus figures Of the world
war and a tribute paid him in
the London Spectator several
years ago is worth quoting:
Lord Allenby is great man
because Of his simplicity of char
Acter. In France his love Of chill
dren, the poorer and more ragged
the better, was proverbiai. In
Egypt his pet stork BECAME q
legend. His favorite charger bore
q name famous In classical Eng
lish literature. A man whose
temperament is so cool and
whose mind Is so detached that
he can buy a bag of sweets for
q little village girl while waiting
news from a raging battle, and
who can walk unattended into
wood and find mental recreation
from arduous labor by talking
talking) to birds. is
capable Of great things"
General Pershing was a member
Of the reception committee which
greeted Lord and Lady A1Ienby
on their arrival in New York yes
terday-to the sound Of an official
salute Of q guns fired from Gov
ernors Island.
Journalists Group
The British Journalists group
came in somewhat more quietly,
but seem to be making consider
able noise in New York, where
American newspaper men are do
ing a good deal of entertaining
for them. The party will cross
the United States to the Pa
cific Coast, stopping many times
on the way: and Washington will
not be visited until their return
journey. They areeexpected to be
here from November Is to "a. The
group is headed by Ralph d. Blu.
menfield, president of the Institute
OF British Journalists and editor-in-
chief Of the London Daily Ex-
press. He was once an editor Of
the New York Herald under the
late James Gordon Bennett.
New Task
The Ambassador Of France, Paul
Claudel, VINO has sailed for the
french west Indies after holi-
day II France, will underts ke ths