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Show Hli llallleil Daney, Dewey once attended a wedding breakfatt at which the affable Uiron-en Uiron-en du Struve, wife of the Russian I minuter at that time, wa (Irestnt Dewey had met thlt famous Vroman several timet before Vne fecial plain-urn plain-urn of the Wt,neti wat quite beyond tlrct but the was one ot the moil brilliant lovable and kindly women ever elected lu guide the toclal affairs of the diplomatic corps In Washington A lady who owrheard It "Us ot an amusing passage whlth the baroness and Dewey (who It memory tcrvei, waa then a commander) had at this particular w-iddlng breakfast ' Ite-ferrlug Ite-ferrlug to leather' tald the baronets amiably utter some playful remark as to the iplck-and-ipan polish of Dewey Dew-ey a aword-belt lie was In dress uniform uni-form the moat Remarkable bit of Ilusilan leather lu the world Is my , nu urn un nutck a thinker then aa he la now, but this stalled him ' Madame," he said, after a pause, ' I am but a rough sailor man, and this Is a heavy demand which you make upon me 1 am not equal to the emergency " ' Of coune," ttld the baronets, tap-plag tap-plag him with her fan, "I should have to consider you hopelessly rude were you to agree with me Hut you can preserve your neutrality naval offl-cera offl-cera are taught to do that, are tbey nott by telling me what really line ejea I havo They are fine, are they nott' Thua aialsted, Dewey rose to the occasion The baroness eyes were, In truth, magniricent Washington Post. |