Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Elder Statesmen are thrice welcome at the White House. For them and their years of wise achievement, President Coolidge has a sincere reverence. Some day, perhaps not far .from now, Calvin Coolidge may reasonably expect to be himself regarded as an Elder Statesman.* It was with unusual pleasure and a fervent handshake, therefore, that he last week welcomed into his office Elder Statesman Elihu Root of New York...
...Root went away the President must have noticed that his step was like a girl's, his slender shoulders unbroken by time. Newsgatherers flocked about the departing Elder Statesman. Did he think, they asked, the World's Court rules could be so changed as to insure American membership...
Last week tall, patriarchal President Masaryk received from Dr. Svehla his resignation as Prime Minister. For a whole year the pallid statesman has been trying to arrest the course of a malignant disease at various European spas. In the case of the Mystery Man, "ill health" is no mere excuse, but the true and tragic reason for a great statesman's retirement...
Very cautious and coy was that gruff Bulgarian elder statesman Nicholas Muchanoff, when he arrived in Rome last week, reputedly to represent Tsar Boris of Bulgaria in the matter of Princess Giovanna of Italy. This royal match has been rumored for so many years that incredulity must again be to the fore. All the same M. Muchanoff allowed himself to be most significantly quoted by the militant Fascist daily Il Tevere. At the very least his words served notice to Italians that a Roman Catholic princess need not switch to the Orthodox faith in order to become Bulgaria...
...mellowest mood, the Elder Statesman added: "Royal marriages for political reasons are out of date. Even a king has now the right to choose for his queen the woman that he loves. It is true beyond a doubt that all our people ardently desire to have a queen...