girls have claimed they experienced when allowed to prowl at will through the apartment of some bachelor who has been fortunate enough to fill his "den" with mementos of interesting people and places.

Only two of the nations with whom we are neighborly- Great Britain and Germany - maintain their own houses in Washington. The remainder of the distinguished gentlemen who are accredited to "Uncle Sam" are simply renters during their residence here, although in most cases their respective governments allow them considerable latitude in the choice of domiciles and they consequently manage to be very cosy and comfortable.

The British embassy, which occupies a large red-brick mansion at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and N Street, has

social life in diplomatic circles, and Lady Pauncefote and her four beautiful daughters have been famous during all the years of their residence in this country for the graciousness of their hospitality. Sir Julian-who by the way receives a salary of more than $30,000 a year-is intensely British in dress, manners, and speech, and guests at his home are charmed by those niceties of service which have so delighted American visitors to England. In the immense library, with its huge office desk in the centre which is so prominent a feature of the embassy, evidence is to be found of the ambassador's only hobby- his fondness for books. In his collection are many rare works picked up all over the world, and there is no one better qualified to discuss literary topics on a broad basis than