Show A 7 5 4 7 t 4 45 4 5 0 THIC CITY OF B C FOUND r LIE awe lyew the vestiges of a city 6 years old have been found in babylonia by the french expedition chic h has HL first day of the year Is de do the busiest day ot of the twelvemonth for the tor for eign diplomats stationed in america the odd part of it is at the manifold duties which make january 1st the most crowded intern internal at on the calendar are almost wholly in the nature of so cial obligations rather than business tasks the responsibilities of this busy day test rest equally heavy upon the envoys of the varl vari ous foreign powers that Is the ambassadors and band n ministers ini and upon the secretaries coun delors ind and attaches who make up the official A of these dignitaries even the women T of the official foreign colony the wives and daughters of the diplomats of high and low degree share in the fe veeh activity of the dawning year indeed their participation begins weep in advance with frequent visits to the dressmakers smokers tor for one and all these fair foreigners must have klig new gowns for the momentous occasion the explanation of this display ot of on the part of a class of people wl 0 ordinarily lead the most leisurely existence imaginable Is found in the tact fact that new year ear s day of each year marks the opening ot of the official social season at washington it Is a day of receiving and calling and dining all in the most formal way for or every in national official circles from the president down to the least imbor tant public official but the social mer ry go round spins at a more lively gait for the diplomats than for any of the other participants in uncle sam s great real annual dress parade not only do they h hive ave to go more differ ent places in c crying out the days day s program but they have to do more dressing than any of the other celebrin ties not even excepting the high cers of the united states army and navy mavy who don their full dress uni forms for this occasion indeed it Is the chore of getting togged out in their gaudiest raiment that compels the diplomats to arise somewhat earlier than usual on new ao leai eai morning official etiquette pre 0 0 a scribes that each foreign tive sha I 1 appear in full diplomatic SS uniform or court dress on this this signi signa 00 0 ficano occasion now be it known it lo 00 10 Is no s ight undertaking to put ot on such garb the average diplomat ac N customer cus tomed as he la Is to fastidious dress ing finds it pretty nearly as forbid able a job as the average american workman or farmer regards the donning of a dress suit the diplomat diplomats s viewpoint will be the better ap predated when it is explained that not a few ew of these costly broadcloth uniforms are so heavily encrusted with gold lace and other or na rients that they are well nigh stiff enough to stand alone it is a twentieth century coat ot of armor so to speak in many instances high boots are a i item of the court dress and usual ly a heavy helmet or fur turban and a long chloal that reaches to the feet are included in the costume manally the diplomat of any standing covers cover the entire front of his coat with the glittering insignia of royal orders and jeweled decorations each several times as large as the ordinary badge and adding in the aggregate considerable weight to the trappings of state with the time consuming prelude of dressing out of the way the diplomats more gorgeously gaibel than any operatic choins are ready for the first formal function of the day this iq 1 the presidents reception at the white house ahe foreigners all of whom have carriages or automobiles rented for this busy day if they edo not already possess them must leave home ifor the presidential manion about 10 9 20 0 40 dock clock for they are to have the honor of be ing the first persons received by the president after be he has greeted his cabinet and they must be in their duly assigned places in the waiting line ere the president al at party at 11 0 clock sharp descends the grand stairway and takes station in the blue parlor tor for the reception hard and fast rules must be observed as to the order in which the diplomats file past the president there are two divisions first the ambassadors each accompanied by all the members of his staff and their wives and then the ministers each similarly attended places in each diV division islon are a assigned signed in accordance with the length of time each envoy has depre dented his government at washington that Is statesmen who have been here for years take precedence Si over the newcomers at the head of the line walks the flor dor who by virtue of the most lengthy service in IN washington ashington Is the dean of the diplomatic corps this post of prestige is now held by baron mayor des Pl anches of italy the for or eigners are introduced to the president by the secretary of state wh who has the best of his cab inet colleagues in that he Is thus temporarily in the limelight afar the white house reception the diplo mats return home tor for a few minutes rest and then a lit tie tle before 12 clock they r set et out for the residence of t the ho secretary of state here at noon an elaborate repast Is 13 served the average ameri amerl can citizen would declare it a luncheon but in social diplo matic usage it Is a breakfast considerably more than persons are expected at this breakfast so that it can be seen that it taxes the house keeping arrangements even in a mansion such as the dwelling of philan 4 egv g 0 v 41 14 4 XI alader qiya rl mom 00 00 VIL 40 1 of JA or difert THE GREAT ato 6 s 7 AmSA JOAD fal jr jy oi ON HEW y DAY 0 0 0 ca der knox then too the same importance at baches as at the white house to who goes first so that servants have to be carefully drilled and the utmost care exercised lest some lesser diplomat receive more honor than la Is his due while some greater luminary Is cor depond angly slighted the entire afternoon of new year years s day the dil komats devote to making ceremonial calls ain ost all the prominent hostesses in wash ington except the wife of the president hold receptions on this eventful afternoon most of the di iloma s go first to the home of the vice president pies ident then down the line of cabinet homes in the order of their official standing after which they thy th y pay their respects at the resi rest deace dence of the sp speaker ealter of the house of depre senta tives and then follows indiscriminate calling ilon 11 on the wives of senators re represent prent army and navy officers and other clil hostesses who are keeping open house everywhere they meet other diplomats and public officials of all grades tor for calling is gen era eral at the seat of government on the first day of the i ear in accordance with the yankee idea only the men of the american households go calling on new year s afternoon but the diplomats are in almost every instance accod panted by the ladies of their ho ise holds it Is past sundown when this round of calling Is concluded but that does cot not end the day for the tired diplomats most of them have been invited to the ceremonial dinners that in great numbers close the daa da in washington hence they hurry home and change to evening attire in order to greet yet another hostess be fore ore 8 0 clock A RUSKIN STORY in 1858 when ruskin was in his fortieth year he was asked by a friend to give some lessons in drawing to a child named hose rose la touche whose name indeed was french but whose family were irish there sprang up be tween ruskin and this young girl a very charm ing friendship which of course at the time could be nothing but a friendship they wrote each other letters and exchanged drawings and then for awhile they did not meet wet ten years passed by before they saw each othe meanwhile the child whom he had re as a blue eyed saucy clever little blonde vuth mith ripe red lips and hair like fine spun gold had become a very lovely young woman of 1 years they resumed their old ac but in a very different way though ruskin nas mas nearly 50 he gave to rose ilose la touche an adoration and a passion such as he had never felt before on her side she no long er thought of him as very ugly but was sin drawn to him despite the difference in their years the two met often they took long strolls together in the pleasant fields of surrey and at last ruskin begged her to make him happy and to be his wife oddly enough however she hesitated not because he was so much old er than herself but because he had ceased to be what she regarded as a true believer some of the things that he had written shocked her as being a most atheistic she waa was her self underneath all her gayety of manner a rigid and protestant she used phrases from the bible in her ordinary talk and when she spoke of marriage with john ruskin she said that she could not endure to be yoked with an unbeliever I 1 et her heart was torn at the thought of sending him away and so tor for several years their intimacy continued he pleading with her and striving hard to make her see that love was everything she on the other hand read over those passages of the old testament which seemed to bar all compromise at last in 1872 when she was 24 and he was 53 she gave him her final answer she would rould not marry him unless he could believe as she did his honesty forbade him to deceive her by a pretended conversion and so they parted never to see each other again how deeply she was affected Is shown by the fact that she soon fell ill she grew worse and worse until at last it was as quite certain that she could not live then ruskin wrote to her and begged that he might see her she answered with a note in which she feebly traced the words you may come if you can tell me that you love god more than you love me when ruskin read this his very soul was racked rith ath agony and he cried out no no then I 1 cannot come to her tor for I 1 love her even more than god when she died as bhe she did soon after the light of his life went out tor for ruskin mun sey a been at work rork for several years on the site ot of the roman susa the shu shan of the bible and later the capital ot of the emperors darius and art according to details furnished to the jewish world a mound marking the site of the city has been ecca bated by dij M de morgan and was found to mark the site of the ancient acropolis ot of the city the e excavations have produced most as results here the explore er found superimposed one above the other the remains of three cities the oldest dating back to B C and below these the sign signo of older settlements of prehistoric ages the recent discoveries show t that hat tar far more than a thousand years or to 13 C the city was mccu pied pled bi the babylonians and that most of the kings of that country set t up their monuments in it when the powerful erful semitic dynasty ot of baby ionian kings contemporary wi with th the age ot of abraham was overthrown the Lla mites regained their In depend ence and retained it until B C when the city was sacked by assur king ot 09 assyria who destroyed the palaces and temples explorations show that the chief feature ot of the th ancient city as of 0 all those ot of the ancient east was the temple ot of the city god in this case the god Si lInak which stood upon the acropolis an explore the records ot of foundations revealed tion ot of the gudea king of chaldea B C 2800 fortunate Fortuna ly considerable information as to the nature of the sacred edifice and its precincts Is preserved by an interesting monument which was discovered in the ruins in the center of the model are the figures ol 01 two nude men one holding a water jar these no doubt are the king and priest performing the ceremonies of or ceremonial pu reification rifi catlon cation which are a great feature of the or orl temples and frequently mentioned in the religious inscriptions |