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Show V Secretary of State's Duties J 'aja.a--a-a--a--a3'-3iJ. Jt--a-ji--a-a'-a'-a s7 The eecretury of state'' duties are more ceremonious than those of any other cabinet member. At the New Year reception he presenta the entire diplomatic corps to the president. He then rnturna to hla own home and en-tartulna en-tartulna the corps with lux dukes, marquises, counts, viscounts, barons and other nobles at a niagnlllcent luncheon. With great ceremony be will from time to time personally Introduce In-troduce to Ihe preKldcnt all new dlplo-muta dlplo-muta accredited to thla country. Ho reserves one forenoon In each week for the reception at hla office of mln-istera mln-istera and charges d'affaires, lie alsu attends to the correspondence bo-tween bo-tween the president and the einperura, kins". BUllana and other rulera of foreign for-eign stales. When a royal child Is born he frames a letter of cougi'iitulu-tlon cougi'iitulu-tlon to the parent. When a royul personage per-sonage dies It l he who dlepatchea thla button's formal uicshiign of condolence. condo-lence. A clerk In the stale department copies thiao polite iiiIbhIvos upon large aheeu of gilt-edged paper. In a faultless fault-less copperplate hum!. A messenger takes them to the White House for the presldent'a signature. They lare then returned to the aecretnry of atate, who seals them with the Great Heal of the United States. Ijidlea' Home Journal. |