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...Pomp for Hoare. Motto of the House of Hoare is Hora Venit, and last week it seemed indeed that the hour of Sir Samuel and Lady Maud had come. They were still in their big house at No. 18 Cadogan Gardens, but the estate agent's sign over their door read cheerfully: "LONG LEASE FOR SALE." An army of re-furbishers was busy in Admiralty House on Whitehall, cleaning and redecorating the official residence of the First Lord. Its 20 rooms are lofty, dignified and spacious, ideal for entertaining in the grand manner of the British Admiralty...
Only last month this setting of pomp spelled nothing much in London, socially or politically, but, with the new First Lord Sir Samuel and his Lady Maud sailing in, Admiralty House became another thing entirely than what it had been when occupied recently by vague Viscount Monsell. To be definite and final on the gravest issues is Sir Samuel Hoare's major characteristic. He is slender, soft-voiced and a considerate host, but the pale blue of his eyes is that of ice. When he was Secretary of State for India he used to be driven daily...
...Ethiopia, had just upped Marshal Badoglio from the administrative office of Viceroy of Ethiopia to the aristocratic, hereditary dignity of Duke of Addis Ababa. It was time for the rumors that at heart Marshal Badoglio was anti-Fascist to be scotched last week, and scotched they were. Amid regal pomp the Duke of Addis Ababa drove to the Secretariat of the Fascist Party, majestically ascended its marble stair and received a card enrolling him as a member of the Fascist Party. Grizzled new Member Badoglio then barked a loud, soldierly speech in praise of Fascist works in general...
Aboard as the most pleased of 1,849 passengers was the U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, sedate Robert Worth Bingham, fresh from a hearty "Bon voyage!" wished him by King Edward VIII amid the pomp and gold and scarlet of the second levee of His Majesty's reign at St. James's Palace day before the Queen Mary Ambassador sailed. "A splendid ship!" glowed Ambassador Bingham. "She vibrates somewhat, as all fast ships must, but the Queen Mary is splendid...
...only was the regatta, held on Lake Skaneateles, N. Y., highly successful, but pomp and color known only to the campus were added to the event, making an ordinary regatta look dull and drab by comparison. Since that time collegiate drivers have enjoyed the most profound respect in national racing circles, many of them having battled their way to the top in important events outside the realm of college competition...