The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
HATS OFF TO THE MINISTER'S,
Mes who Represent u Abroad NJ ws.h'
ipgton-1heir Imported Mann.r.-
Their observation-disclosures
Ministsr iortraiIs.

wAsHiSuToN, sept. ls,-one of The
signs of returning activity In Washing
ton il seen la l.e diplomatic world The
pyiss Minister, who rendered his resig'
nation only o. find IL refused, IL back al
his most. The new German Minister
Who ~ % take the place OF Count Won
t.isendecheT, has just arrived The
new Italian representative Is on his
way, and the legations OF the others arr
Nbeing put In order IN expectation OF
lheir return. Baron de Alyensleben II
the new German Minister. His en-
erayed card bears the words, "liaron dc
Alyensleben, Envoy ENtraordinaire 81
Ministe, Plenipotentiaire de ;,
ct Rd de Prasse." Little is known
yet regarding the new German Minister,
III ID he fills the niche In the social
world that his predecessor, Coun Won
Eisendecher, hlled. he will lind his first
winter In Washington pretty busy. Few
of the diplomats are 81 popular as Mr..
von Eisendefh her, aud few entertained 50
A handsomely as did lac and his handsome
wife. Tne new Italian repre-, entatiye
lbs Count Albert dc EorcstIa, formerly
charge d'Annir, : of Italy In Brazil, hut
now transferred Ia the United States,
and at present on his wy To thiscountry.
Accounts received here from u nZil
1htN III 80 thN A"A VIVA 49,
popular there, and his departure greatly
regretted. He ~ reputed IA careful,
conscientious officer, giving entire -alis-
faction to hls government In the man
agemon. OF its affairs ia iralil. lie
speaksfhc English language iluontly.
lHE pIPLoM ne CiIicLa
IN Washington II II pretty wide one, and
very interesting Ia those permitted Ia
see the inside Of L.. IL Is exclusive,
clannish, except 10 the few who are
brought In contact with IL either In ofli-
cial or social relations. Your average
diplomat IN FOND of soriety, aud its
loaves and fishes, lie cun shine at u
social event M brilliantly ~ the most
favored. and can do as ample justice Ia II
''sweli" dinner ny any. Yet, aside from
state occasions and formal events, in
which foreign names read well in the
published accounts, tho foreign repre-
sentntives here are little known, except
among themselves. Their personal re-
lations are mostly confined to their "
circle.
"Your average diplomat" said n gem
,tleman thoroughly acquainted with
+ their ways, ais not nearly so much "A So
cial person rs the public generally sup
poses. There are three or four in the
large diplomatic circle here who enter
tain largely, but that is all. Or the rep
resentatives of all the civilized countries
here there are not n half dozen who give
more than perhapsa couple of entertain.
ments a year. OF course they go and
come, and their names are In print Of
ten, and in that way the public get tho
idea that they are always entertaining
or being entertained. But that is u mis-.
taken idea. Indeed the majority of
them do not get enough saia.y that
they may do so, even If their inclina-
lions led thcmin that direction. There
are perhaps a half dozen whose govern
tpanis nlInyy thnm "a sufficient SlIn 10
permit them TO entertain largely. OF
course they go where they are invited,
but they are not xpected to entertain
iavishly in RETURN"
SEN VALERA, SPANISH MINISTER.
This is about the KEY 10 the situation
in regard to the relation of the diplo-
mats to the social world of Washing
ton. The British minister, the Russian
ftlnister, the German minister, the
minister to Sweden and Norway do
most of the entertaining. Even the first
and last mentioned Of these do compare
lively little.
THE JAPANESE MINISTER.
WOltNiu he observed that Mr.. Joshii
Terashima Munenori, of Japan, is not a
very handsome gentleman. Neverthe-
less he has wealth, and is, withal, very
bright and intelligent. His 'stag par
ties'' at the Legation have been very
handsome affairs and largely attended.
He is much attached to his native coun-
try, and went home some time ago
really hOmesick. He dresses, as will lie
seen, in the costume of this country, as
do also the attaches of the Legation,
speaks English very well, and, but for
the factof his extreme ~"plaiuness" rs to
face, would be rather an attractive gem
tlenlan
MINISTER wES1,
the British representative, who has a
palace in which to entertain, gives no
more thar three or four large entertain
ments during the year. His allowance
from his government for this purpose is
ample, but he apparently does not enjoy
this sort of thing. The Russian Minis,
ter and his amiable and accomplished
wife entertain more elegantly n irc-
quently than any other of the dlplo-
mats. They have Il handsome home on
X street, one OF the most fashionable
residence streets in the city, and their
weekly entertainments last season were
the marvel of the social world here. In
one case, at least, they were Il
little too much SO for those participating,
for q very nice but rather innocent So
ciety young man got very drunk AT tile
legation one evening from testing the
Russian national drink, and scandal
lied the whole company by laying his
head in the lap OF a very precise Old lady
and going of to sleep in double puck
time. Count Won Eisendecher, the Ger
man minister, also entertained very
handsomely, though not i'll quite the Gle
CANT style that the Russian Minister,
MIR. De Struye, did. Running on
through the list, Mr.. Preston, he Hay
tien Minister, who is "dean of the diplo-
matte corps" by reason ofhis term of con-
tinuous service having been longer
than that of any other, spends compare
lively little time here, preferring New
York to Washington. He is usually
here q part OF the winter when the social
season is at its height. Count Carl Lew
enhaupt, representative OF Sweden and
Norway, is a very popular gentleman,
and, with his pretty wife, is more fire.
~quently seen at the social vents of the
season than most of the diplomats,
emitting, perhaps, Viscount Noguieras
and wife, of Portugal, who are eX-
tremely popular; Senior Godoy and wife,
Nfe, OF the Argentine Republic.
AddHug to this list the British and Rus
sian ministers, who are popular, but not
so much inclined to go out of their own
homes, there are few others that are
much seen in society. Senior Don A.. M.
Soteldo, Venezuelan Charge d'Atfaires;
lIenOr j.. G. de Admaral Valente, of
J~l3fAgil; Mr.. G.. de Weckherlin, of the
Netherlands; Senior Don j.. FREDERICK
Gilmore, of Peru; Senior Don Juan
Valera, of Spain; Hussein Tewfk Pasha,
of Turkey; Joshii Terashima Muneori,
of Japan; Col. Emil Frey, Of Switzer-
land; Baron Ignatz Shatier, OF Austria,
Hungary, and Mr.. Theodore Roustan,
OF France, are single gentlemen. What
q field for ambitious young women OF
title The portraits of some Of the most
aliuihla nf fhaSa orp uiypn herewith.