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terly attacking his father -in-law's for
eign policy in the Lower Chamber. For
eign policy was the issue of the day.
Mosley was meat for the parliamentary
correspondents. Doubtless he knew 1t.
He fell out with his party and became
an Independent. But there Is no career
or standing for an independent in the
English Parliament Mosley had to re-
vert or cross right over. He crossed,
and in 1924 he and his wife joined the
Labor party.
The fat fell into the IRE then with
siSters-in-law. Lady Alexandra and
Lady Irene (now the Baroness Ravens
dale, q peerage in her own right she
inherited on the death Of her father
are social celebrities. The Baroness
Ravensdale. asserting her right to con-
troll her own life and considerable in
come inherited from the Letter estate,
set up her own establishment in town
and took a string of hunters to her own
hunting box at Melton Mowbray. where
the Prince of Wales had his hunting
quarters until he gave up hunting.
Romance Looked For.
Lady Alexandra, youngest Of the trio,
soon after her debut was seen about a
great deal with the Kings youngest son.
Prince George, and society waited for
news Of q romance. But then Prince
George went OF to the China naval sta
ton for three years, and the Prince Of
wales met In India and brought back
As master Of horse the young. amusing,
good-looking cavalry major "Fruity'
Metcalfe, and Lady Alexandra Curzon
became Lady Alexandra Metcalfe and,
with her husband (who resigned his
appointment, but remained one OF the
princes companions), is OF the princes
Get and plays around in Florida. at
Antilles and the smart hunting centers
and organizes some Of the SmarteSt Of
the seasons big charity balls.
In the sporting and the smart sets
frequented by her sisters, Lady Gym
thia and her husband, now parlor pinks
were scarcely popular. Lady Cynthia
complained that her former society ac-
uuaintances treated her as q renegade.
Lady Astor," she told an audience at
the Third Congress Of the Labor and
Socialist international at Brussels, ais
one Of the few friends who will still
see me-"
Whereupon Mayfair suggested that
Lady Aston must be taking out an insur-
ance against the time when the tumbrils
begin TO rumble and the Moseleys sit in
places Of power among the Red revolu-
tionAries.
AS for old Sir Oswald, the elder, he
cursed his son root and branch. On en-
tering the Socialist party oswald Mosley,
then plain mister, had expressed his
contempt for titles and swore that he
would never be known by his hereditary
one when It came his way, while Lady
Cynthia desired to be known a. plain
MRS. Mosley."
"It has occurred to me-" announced
the old Tory squire publicly, "that more
valuable help would be rendered to the
country by my Socialist son and daugh-
ter-in-law II, instead OF achieving cheap
publicity about the relinquishing Of titles
and relinQuish some Of their wealth and
80 help to make easier the plight Of some
OF their more unfortunate fellows"
Son Never Worked.
The baronet added: MY son has
life. He was brought up on, the fat of
the land. He was born with O golden
spoon in his mouth-it cost $500 in doc
tors fees to bring him into the world.
HE has money from the Mosley fam
fly and money from his wife. So In
Winter they have been able to 90 to
Italy and enjoy themselves in the sun
shine: and they have their houses in
town and the country. Just because he
fell out with the Conservatives he stands
a. an extreme, oh, . very extreme So
oialist. Then he rates his father for
criticising him. For many years paid
out OF my own pocket thousands of
pounds for his education and upkeep."
These being the elder Mosley's senti-
ments people were not very surprised to
find, on his death, that he had left the
unsettled portion of his estate away
from his son and had not even mem
toned Oswald's name in his will. But
this did not matter much to the new
5aronet, bek4use the title came to him