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Show nm-v t n r i Ait-' ,rii. .. r . ROYALTY STILL GOIL'G STilOllG orjpo'R merican Ambdor in Europe Complain of Short Salaries ' WASHIMOTON, Auf. t (By A. P. -Tha pomp of tsuropaait court haa not 1dacrad n9t(caHiy ainca tha war, accordiitf to' r porta of A marl can alplomata to tha atata da-parlmant. da-parlmant. AmaHean ambaaaadora &r oontlnulnf thalr eomplatnta of .nadaquala aalariaa to maat tha haavy drain of aoclal antartalnmant and aro eltinf postwar troubles of ntartalnlnf royalty at funettona which aqual or aurpau tha ctldod affa.ra of prawar day In Euro pa. Kor inatanra, tha atato dinner tiren recerulr by Gaorfa Harvey. Amarlcaw aBihaador to tha court of fit, jRma, to ti prltlnh rival famtlv, aet bark tha American envoy en-voy aomethlnr over m'"0 for one dinner and trtinm.nsB. Jn fart, the trimmlnira conatitu(el a taraa rBrt of tha bill, which contained an Item of 70 alone for palma and ferne Vlven atndtn roam In tha fireplace fire-place of tha Amtrlcan embassy for tha oc cation. J Tradesmen hoJdlnr th royal fa-I fa-I ror have to be reckoned with In the entertainment provided by American diptomata. Tha catarers ara virtually virtu-ally ehoasa for the American entertainer enter-tainer by tha lord chamberlain of tha roraj palace, no unknown or plebeian chefa bolna; permitted to cook for or aerva tha kins or quean. Dacoratora, florists and a train of olhar tradesmen having" tha royal approval alao must ba selected by i ha American host and thalr word, aa wall aa their bills, go a long way In directing tha function. Entertainment occasionally of tha rulers of the nations to which they aro accradlted la an inescapable duty of Amsrlran diplomats, who ara provided with no entertainment fund to cover tha coata of food and service. A fw ara wealthy enoush to boar extraordinary expenditures for social entertainment, but tha poorer one say that tha war nss not toned down the claa" of th required aoclal duttsa. Tha higher standing abroad of tha American dollar la said to hlp some In bearing the axpens. but In |