The Mirrors of Washington

Fourteen unsparing portraits of the men who ran America in 1921 — Harding, Wilson, Hoover, Lodge — published anonymously, illustrated with Cesare's caricatures, and gossiped about in every capital drawing room.

Henry Cabot Lodge

4 pages in this part of The Mirrors of Washington.

Henry Cabot Lodge

WHEN Henry Cabot Lodge was elected to Congress thirty-four years ago there were no portents in the heavens, but there was rejoicing in his…

Henry Cabot Lodge: House

He early justified the promise. While still a Congressional freshman he drafted and introduced into the House the "Force Bill," which came…

Henry Cabot Lodge: England

With his grandfathers and his fortune Mr. Lodge inherited a violent and bitter dislike of England. Probably no man-not even the most…

Henry Cabot Lodge: Wilson

Mr. Lodge's dislike of Mr. Wilson was almost malignant. Rumor ascribes it to professional jealousy. Before Mr. Wilson came into prominence…

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