The Washington times., 1935-10-23
NOW
London Women
Please the Eye
ALOISI'S TALE
BY HELEN EsSARY

bothered by war rumors com.
ing from Geneva and Rome
and Ethiopia. 1t isn't showing
signs, to a stranger at least, Of
being particularly concerned
over what MuSSolini may do to
Q part of the Black Race.
If there should be a little
trouble in the Mediterranean,
the fleet will take care Of
that. It's nothing for the
people of England to trouble
about.
This is the attitude of Lon
don as whole. Many indi-
viduals, however, feel that q
war is imminent.
The apprehensive Londoner
takes a small comfort in the
fact that the family motto OF
Sir Eric Drummond, the Smil-
ing, industrious British AmbaS-
sador to Italy, is Gang Warily."
The motto was taken by an
early Drummond when he re-
ceived q grant of land by Rob
ert the Bruce for his services
ct Bannockburn.
Sir Eric Drummond was Sec
retary-general of the League
Of Nations for IA years. He
went from Geneva to Rome as
ambassador. They said Of him
at Geneva that he was always
the first man to arrive at the
League buildings in the morn
ing. And long after the other
delegates and secretaries had
left in the evening, Sir Eric's
car was to be found in its
accustomed parking place.
A satisfying number of the
Right People died in England
last week. The Death Duties
.(inheritance taxes) brought to
the Crown about $4,000, 900
In one week, mind you. The
income taxes for one week
added about $4,000, 900 to the
treasury.
The Englishman one sees
about the place may be put,
roughly speaking, into classes
the class that looks like the
British Ambassador to Washing
ton, Sir Ronald Lindsay, or the
class that looks like II, G, Wells,
the writer.
Which Is another way Of say
ing that the EngliShman is
sleek, well-nourished, and casual
with assurance. Or else he has
the manner of a small trades
man.
The smart Englishman Incl
dentally trains his mustache to
bristle out in front. Not flat
ten out across the face as in
other days.
I like the look of English
women. They've race horse lines.
And better "figgers" generally
than American women. Very
SlimIwaisted and Slim-h1pped
they are. OF course their feet
are a bit ION the large side" but
30 are their strong well-put-to-
Rether bodies. And I like the
way they carry their clothes,
their well-cut features and tidy
heads.
OF course now I am speaking
only of the Englishwoman Of
the upper classes. The English
woman of the lower, serving
class. looks a bit run down and
hard pressed and very dowdy.
{ A story about Halle Selassie
Emperor of Ethiopia is going
the London rounds. It's a story
told by Baron Aloisi, Mussolini'S
representative at Geneva.
Halle SelaSsie recently was ex-
oected to make a speech at the
opening of a hospital. When he
reached the hospital he told the
waiting audience that he was
very sorry he could not say a
word. He had prepared beau
tiful manuscript. But had uu-
: fortunately left it in his car.
The chauffeur had locked the
car in the garage and so he, the
Emperor, could only offer his re-
grets, "And thank you, ladies
and gentlemen"
An Austrian princess, I under
stand, is about to be. appointed
official dress advisor to the
Soviet government. She is
Princess de Rohan, whose hus-
band is a direct descendent Of
the Cardinal Rohan, whose
friendship with Anne of Austria
inspired much romantic litera-
ture.
Russia is determined to dress
well. The time has come when
the Soviet woman demands new
and pretty clothes. The Soviet
government for years ordered
the crudest of garments for its
workers. But now there's a diff
2erent attitude.
The ban of jazz and COS
fnetics has also been lifted in
Russia. Everywhere jazz is be-
ing played, so returning trav-
elers say in London. Russian
women accustomed in Czarist
days to makeup are giving
great sums to the new state cos
metic trust.
When Miss Joan Grenfall
married Mr.. Douglas James
Bailey at st. Georges, she car
ried lilies painted the same