Evening star., 1938-12-10
Sanoria| Reputation
OF Eden Suffers
In New York
Green Tie and Blue Shirt
Described as 'Brussy'
Discord by Writer
BY IRA WOLFERT.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 (NANA)
Anthony Eden. former foreign
minister of Great Britain. slipped
into New York life for the first time
last night behind a police escort
whose blaring sirens informed the
town that the man under the Hon.
burg hat had arrived.
Being the man under the Homburg
hat is only one of the careers Mr..
Eden, now Al, has carved out for
himself in the American mind. He
is also the handSomest and best
dressed politician in Europe, one of
the youngest men ever to become
foreign minister. and has attracted
attention here for his opposition to
his former chief. Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain. over the par
tition of Czecho- -Slovakia.
But the tailors here-whose dar-
ling he is because of his habit of
suddenly sprouting an underslung
lapel or an outsiZe button and max
ing the rest of the world change
their whole wardrobes to follow suit
have fixed him in the towns mind
as a best dressed man. That, it may
now be reported. was bum steer.
AS sailor aboard the special cut
ter which ferried him from the
Aquitania to the Battery phrased it,
in tones OF surprise why, he looks
like pretty nice guy"
Sounds Brassy Discords.
Mr.. Eden stirred a feeling of
faintness among the fashion re-
porters present. He not only sound
ed no new notes in mass line at
tire, but even sounded such brassy
discords as brown coat and black
suit and green tie and blue shirt.
Il was told you were going to be
fierce inquisitors," he said to the
press, and so he had made some
notes of what he wanted to say be-
fore submitting to questions. He
read on and on from his notes.
shrewdly enough. and, by the time
he had finished, there was room for
only one question: How many
Homburg hats did you bring with
you?"
why. just one" he said. sur
prised. and went waving and smiling
toward his police escort.
He explained that, although a
visit to the United States had been
"a long standing ambition" he was
staying only until next Friday be-
cause of his boys Christmas holi-
days. He and Mrs. Eden had prom
ised to spend the holiday with
Simon, IA, and Nicholas, 8. About
international affairs. he limited
himself to one comment: IT never
have accepted and 1 don't accept
now the doctrine of the inevitability
OF war. I think any such attitude
would be criminal"
After that, he delivered. very
casually and without any strain at
all, in one smooth, smiling flow, an
example of the kind of broken-field
running good diplomats learn to do
in their sleep. Il have no comment
on British politics on British politi-
cal figures. don't think you would
think much of an American who
went to Europe and did that. ANY,
way, I'm not going to do it," A
statement which could offend no.
body, not even the Americans who
did go to Europe and do it.
Accompanying Mr.. Eden on the
special cutter were his brother-in-
law. Sir Martyr Beckett; his sec
retary, Ronald Tree. M. p. and Vis-
count Hinchipgbrooke. Viscountess
Hinchingbrooke and Mrs. Eden re-
manned on the Aquitania and
docked in the regular way.
Engiishmen Tossed Around.
All the Englishmen except Mr.
Eden got q tossing around from the
dignitaries of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers, who went
down the bay to shepherd the visitor
back for his speech before them.
The American businessmen clung to
Mr.. Eden through thick and thin,
chatting avidly, while, every once
in a while. Mr.. Eden would come
suddenly to q halt and say, where
is Mr.. Tfee?" or Where is Sir
Martyn?" The word would pass
down the milling throng of manu-
facturers, reporters and onlookers,
and at last . gentleman in q HON.
burg hat battling with . policeman
would say, There! I am Mr.. Tree"
and would get handed reverently
through the crowd to Mr.. Eden's
side. They didn't stay there long.
The competition from the manufac-
turers was too great, and then the
business would have to be repeated
all over again.
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