Barbour County index., 1884-01-25
The Members OF the Diplomatic Corps.

The most ridiculous thing in Wash
ingtOn is the Diplomatic Corps. Occa-
s.Onally an able man like Mr.. Romero.
tine astu'c Mexican gentleman, who can
twist General Grant around the little
inner oi his left hand, gets loose among
them, but ott'ncst they arr solemn
prig~. like MI Sa'kyillc West, or zen
tlcmanly nO5Odic~. like the rank and
Tile of them here. and occasionally we
have been favored with uniucstionablv
hard cases like two Of the Russian
euvoyS. Mr. Catecazy and Mr.. Batholo-
mel. This last cut up so high that the
respc table members Of the LEGATION
actually ran away To New York 10 lpate
themselves the sight OF Mr.. Bartholo-
mel goingS on. A foreign legation j.
a little spot of the country il represents
set down in the midst Of the country to
which IL is accredited. Diplomats can
not be- sued for debts, and consequently
they have To pay two prices for every
thing servants hire. furniture. etc.
II is true That. n in Mr.. Bartholomew,
case, when actions become 80 scandal
Gus. and when people are clamorinr fur
their money. it is indicated To the Gov.
ernment sending 81 disgraccful repre-
sentative that his company is no longer
desired. and he is recalled. but that is a
last resort. and vast deal of bad be-
havior Is put up with lefore il l. oiii-
cially noticed. The Chinese legation j.
highly respected here, the Secretaries
beiCg men of education and ENLARGED
ideas. The Minister. Mr.. Tsoo .Jh. is
an absurh old person. who can not
speak word of English. bit he has
several moOn-eyed young attaches that
are the iOllicst kind of fellows. rattle
of English without a hitch and are
generally up To snuff.
The Min ster has two grandsons. Kin
Lang and Han Sin. clever lads, who go
to large school here. They dress
handsomely. i'm American fashion. and
their queues are fastened down inside
their jackets. The legation is i'm a fine
house On III street now. Ladic, are
never seen ia ID. aS the wife of the Min
iStcr dos not - into society at all. but
II i Hospitality open to- gentlemen. and
especially tO the school-fellowS of Kin
Lang and Han Sin. 4 crowd Of Young
Stcrs assemble there every Friday niphi
The secretaries appear. and devote
themselves To making the lads nave n
good time. who come home with won
dcr.ul yarn, about the cigarettes. the
tea. the >weetmeats and the crackers
which they are offered aS soon a. they
enter. Then they are great card-plav-
crs. although the tales that sometimes
get iuto print about the play at the Chi
nose legation are pure fiction: hut the
Chinese, being devoted To games of
chan cas- n social amusement. naturally
suggest cartl> as the diversion best suit
Ell To Americans. The boys vino visit
there arr enthusiastic in their praise of
'thc Chincse fellows. " Mr. Tsoo .Iu went
to reception last winter. at which was
lady who used an ear trumpet. lie
WIS observed Ia survey the trumDeI
with much interest, and finally eN-
pa ned tlrouI Ih an interpreter. one of
the festive Young secretaries. that he
supposed II was new kinl of pipe To
he smoked through the ew. II wasn't
worth while tO try and disabuse him.
He stuck to his hypothesis and borrow
ing the trumpet spent the rest of tire
evening with il inserted in hi~ ear i'm
grave and silent enjoyment Ine Swiss
Minister. Colonel Emit Frey. il j. said,
will soon ign. The English Min
istcr has hi, two younger daughters
with him. His eldest daughter. who
ha, presided for him since he came TO
The legation. is s,ill very young lady.
Her mother having been Spanish
actress. She and her sisters are all
Catholics. Mr.. CORVALLIS West. the
Ministers near relative. was here for
a short visit lately. hut nothing has been
heard of Mrs. CORVALLIS West. who
was expected to throw even the mem
ory of Langtry into the shade. - HdS.-
iNgi0H Cor. RrO0kf,Ju E1gfe.