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Show COL HOUSE HARD MAN TO INTERVIEW LONDON, Nov. 30. (Correspondence.) (Correspond-ence.) Emphasizing the taciturnity of Colonel E. M. House, head of the ! American mission to the interallied war conference, an English newspaper newspa-per describes him as a man who "would go so far as to admit it was raining if there was no one within earshot." This comment evidently was j evoked from the efforts of newspaper I men to interview Colonel House concerning con-cerning his mission, while he was in London. ' Chesterfield House, that beautiful old home in the Mayfair district of London, was the scene of many, interesting inter-esting meetings during the visit of tho American mission here. Colonel House and Mrs. House, who accompanied accom-panied him from the United States, lived thero and meetings were held there between American and British admirals, generals and financiers. Lady Burton let Chesterfield House to tho Duke of Roxburgh, who placed it i at the service of the American gov- ernment, with all its Gainsborough ! and Reynolds pictures and precious I old china and books, and even servants ' with cockades. Colonel House met the newspaper -! men in the library upon his arrival from the United States. He stood in front of the big English fire and beautiful beau-tiful chimney-piece of tho house that Isaac Ware built for Lord Chesterfield Chester-field of the "Letters." There was little news in what the colonel had to say. oo ' ' |