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Show f With her European tastes, she has been one of those whose Sunday ' musicales and dinners have shocked the more slow-going and brought, criticism upon her. . She went over to New York a few days ago to do her Christmas shopping, and while there she was thoughtless enough to indulge in a heart-to-heart talk with a fool woman society reporter, who in order to make a sensational story probably enlarged on what the baroness really said. , Suffice it that the alleged interview with the baroness, as pub-lished, pub-lished, was a severe roast of Washington and Washington society. The place and the people are provincial ; nobody ever starts anything new or does anything smart, and the Tafts have thrown a wet blanket on the situation, whereas the Rooscvclts used to keep things humming the baroness is quoted as saying. Of course the publication of such an indiscreet "break" as this soon set the tongues wagging, not only in Washington, but also in Europe. Of course also the Austrian embassy denied that the baroness ever said any such thing and showed at the same time that she never should have said it. The upshot will probably be that Washington, in spite of its be-ing be-ing such a dull place, will be made tcto warm for the Hengelmullers, and that the baron will be transferred to some other capital, where his wife can be livelier and also perhaps more tactful. DIPLOMAT'S WIPE KNOCKS WASHINGTON. Baron HengelmuUer has been at Washington as the ambassador ff V" 13 now the dean or oldest mem ber of the diplomatic eorm. His wife is a woman of talent and spirit ana c.:o o. uc foremost social leaders in the capital city. |