| Show THE diplomatic COUPS CORPS representatives of leading european 1 nations vic tic diplomatic corps ludM persons more or less viewed as a whole abele the co corps is 13 only brilliant from tile tic court uniform point of view few taken it il has its ila clever cleve men and women nud and the women ire are superior to lie be men tile foreigners flud in american official cial society 1 wide de il eld for criticism and 1 gossip americans americana aretusi arc are us inter tabled in ili the und and discuss thein with willi equal dani freedom anti with vigorous tongues are arc about thirty ladies belonging lon ing to lo the ni ne legations at washington but of this n number bumber not more biall than half have been here this year or have hare been seen in official al circles the dean dealt of the diplomatic corps comes from the little island republic of sir stephen arcs on presented credentials as en ell and plenipotentiary of the me ila haitian tian republic on reb feb 18 1873 this nils cervino ceremony nv took place ill in tile the blue roum room of the thai while ilous 01 where all foreign representatives aro are presented to tit the C president thirteen i 3 ears cars of service places sir preston prestell tho the senior over the other ministers anti and makes him their dean before lie he became dean dealt the honor belonged longed to the lalawai iau islands whose representative Ir klisha listia allen alien was dean succeeding the british hl minister sir 1 adward di a thornton Thorn tou after tit the lat batters promotion to st petersburg mr allen alien by seniority of lac caute the denn dena lie ile preceded the corps ott on shenew the as ew years wo mornion raili of 1883 aud and was tile the first to enter tile tho blue room to a greet president arthur tah was only y a short hour before liis his tra tragically ical ly sudden death in the whito house ended the llie new year reception his daughter miss liss allen alien is remembered as one of the loveliest young youn women in the corps the present D dean call is is a wan of physique tail anil may II 11 ay iy tian liau complexion his guenel serenely y smiling smily keeps company with nith a serenely courto otis manner that indicates the happy smooth alnut of tropical people two years ago ago 0 mr preston Pre was sent by liis his government ou oil 1 a I special mission to europe where his fatuity family have been with him when here theirs nna wa ono one of the ery cry plea pleasant saut houses open to visitors on oil regular lays days after the american fas fashion bion mrs airs preston is quite as genial as her husband and wat was a popular hostess their eldest daughter t tall and of french tape was one of the best dressed gills itis in society sir mr preston who recen paid a brief visit here bere takes his family frow from paris to london for the summer and brings 0 them back next autumn mill TI the 1 c french minister 31 theodore roustan Itous lau is i bachelor there lias has never seemed to be any doubt of 0 that and ami lie he could never by any possible mistake lie be taken for other iban a frenchman Trench man lie ile is 1 a I very almee able French frenchman mal too loo his Ittig lid is limited but liis his gestures are arc not 31 Roti roustan ray my not bol be able to say more than you yon have hare now flow a fine ilay day in the six vior words dt but in one gesture of his hinds ind and a single bingle eifling of hi eyebrows lie N nil ili better express all that thai can call be aid about the ibo weather good or bad than other diplomats who iio pride themselves on their proficiency in ili our language ala mla e IC it was sir mr blaine who said one bouc evening at a dinner party fmc tie do c teuvo is tile cleverest woman in washington the wife of an all ex cabinet cabinet nho felt fell herself not Ift without hout de cleverness verness quickly made he qualification you mean in ill tile the diplomatic corps sir mr illaine nia inc without an instant hesitation lie he answered 0 no o I 1 mean that mine de is the cleverest woman in washington those who know the russian minister agree with mr blaine those who nho anre are not so happy hardly see in the little pale gray gay russian woman tile the magnetism brilli brilliancy anoy w lind fascination which are arc hors hers ame mme do de lias a short thin 0 colorless complexion line blue eyes ind and prematurely gray hair As dress goes goes she could not be called a w well ell dressed woman iter her clollis though always of good eeck to be the one tiling thing she is most unconscious of and on oil which she spends the least chotin thought nut but with all lak lack of taste tast e in shade and fashion her appearance never suggests avant of harmony without beauty and without the art of dress cheis she is acknowledged acknowledge dby by ahe he entire diplomatic corps to be their cleverest in member ember and mr air blaine gives her no equal and no rival in washington the russian minister 0 s bif vif bic o il s horo well read in ili books ind and knovs file tl ic newspapers of all wun countries tries fron beginning to lo end call she blie is waster of half 1 a I dozen languages speaking almost is as well avell as her native ton tongue tie I 1 her r knowledge nov of meditina medi ined idne is large final and way was ra gaird ird lay by n 1 I course of still sandr Y she is inclined to ac chatis ph n hat atis is C called 1110 in it this country and ni il if she were tin nn american would lie be cla itney by the woman suffragists she is ft a diplomatist than her ter husband I 1 alic 11 e t to her is no disparagement to him in ili may be said that few M minis illis fers bac are arc lis as accomplished in ill diplomacy plou laby as a imp do to but bot she is iii one of tit HIP most trul truly y natural women frank and nd outspoken and st when mica a young american ab usco her hospitality by appearing it at one of her evening parties in a I 1 balf intoxicated condition khe he quietly requested his hii friends tofake him home the next day clay blie n rote role the young fellow a 1 not recall recalling ng tile invitations ions 1 prevented hidu hain from C going a again 0 aiu to her house at the sauie ti timur mi she ilic was even mote lind kind than before to lu im hit bater nhom hom blie continued to welcomed at latr ter gueft bucsit mr chatles tie dc iradj read sand and writes 0 but bill duus does not speak ilea it IS as fluently an all bis wife lie ile is most on oil all points of etiquette lie writes all his hii notes to Aine americans ricans in english as ai liu flu deems this more in C mary to them that tile the diw of frenel 1 his official clat ur ar alo al o writ written tell in english Engli sli after mr mir lothrop Lolli rop gir present minister to russia was appointed I 1 lie c made a brief visit to but bill did not 1101 as 36 lie ile I 1 I 1 visit a friend 4 nutell nuT etl lira him of liis ilia duty a nd lie office c d at il the legation mr lie dc strove was wa about to start for new york his varria carriage e iras was at the door tc take lake him to the cs station tation but when mr Loth lothrope note dote askin asking 0 when lie might call was wa bancod t to o the hie lie he minister he answered ansTer cd it at once ini amiling itin I 1 mr loyhrop to lutich with willi him thru he dismissed lilt lii carriage anti and half an hour later received anti and entertained nil ais visitor in the evenin evening lie took look tho the train for yew new york ald and mr lothrop probably liili lv dues does not know to 10 this day clay host ili iiii lol host was perfectly of the breach of etiquette ILI the alio omission to cil call I 1 before hut but this was the case and it it biad ill been cause for tome some diplomatic plo matic tic comment the fatt fact that thai hall not previously been beef fortunate in her representatives represent se ives to this country g aye reason for americans to be severely critical hut but the do dc strives fire arc nn nil honor to their country and are arc an all important social acquisition it to the diplomatic corps tile the new Span spanish isit ih minister is raut put just juat arrived anti anil senor valera is just departed lie he had been litre here two years ind and maintained a bachelor establishment as is his wife was not ill leini his nephew sanor icsia oni one of the titta attaches hes jf 0 f tile the leItI legation oll is somewhat noted in ili society for peculiarities which are arc more than eccentricities of person anti and deportment lie ile is the young foreigner who lias as society now flow slid and then by appearing at parties in kiive brec elies and 1 a I dress coat with largo smooth brass buttons since our government insisted on sending mr neiley to austria that government goverio lias has been represented at ashling washington ling amton by a Cli charged amed Af Affair faires cs count lippe adal I 1 a bachelor ind and for some time c connected ouner ted with the le legation leation 0 the vomit count is large 0 showy and wilde blonde and looks ra more re en thin than austrian jle lie is an all ancess incessant atit but harmless flirt never concentrating his affections long iona on oil one object the author of 11 ter her ivashin ton season licit tile count conat in that book book life size tall and in a favorable light where lie ho is seen lis as the lover of a young 11 washington ashington woman oman of reduced iced t fortune 0 artun isho who works at a desk deck in ill tiie state department lie ile is constant and marries her which is 1 a I very improbable tiling for the hie count out of the book to do d 0 the italian IN minister linister is a p of the louis XIV nobleman and is tall tail bl blick keyed ic and li santon neav york sun bill |
