The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-08
ANENT OUR NOBILITY
The Barons, the Counts and the
Titled Ladies at Washington.
WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE
The Two Handsome Bachelors of the French
and German Legation-The Celes-
tails at the Theatre

tials at the Theatre
WASHINGTON, May 4, 1S9O.-[Special cor
respondence Of The HERALDl-Our nopil-
ity at Washington centers in the diplomatic
circle. We have American Princes by the
hundreds, but the simon pure, unadulter
ated blue-blood which flows only in the
veins of those with titles before theil
names is almost confined to the families oil
the foreign ministers. Every legation ha:
its count or baron and there are countesses
and harnesses by the score. The most
MAwKIsH, SENTIMENTAL wHIPPERsNAPPET
among the attaches has enough titles be
fore and after his name to fill a sheet oil
note paper, and the toadies of our society
are constantly bending the knee before
nominal greatness. Not few of the counts
are bona fide and some of the barons are
noble both in name and in deed The
Baron de Strive, the head of the Russian
legation, has had long diplomatic career,
and he comes of family which embraced
the great astronomer who was the first di-
rectory of the Imperial observatory at st.
Petersburg. There was no brighter woman
in Washington than was Madame de Strive,
and General Grant called her the most &C
complished lady he had ever met. Baron
de Strive is one of the richest of the Wash
ington ministers. He gets about forty
thousand dollars yearly for entertaining,
and he has number of rich men among his
attaches. Every one has heard of Alexan-
der Gregor who started Washington soci-
ETY. to paper-chasng during the last admin
istration, and who is such a patron of out
of-deor sports. He has the finest horses
in Washington, and he has a Russian groom
as broad as he is long who drives him
about In Russian dorschky. One of his
horses has pedigree of 100 years and MIR.
Gregor Is one of the best looking of the dip
lamats in the saddle.
THE ENGLISH MINISTER HAS A TITLE.
! Queen Victoria knighted him in 1874, and
he IS knight OF the Commander of the Bath
and has also the grand cross of St Michael
and st. George. Lady Paunceforte is
the daughter OF anoted Indian army officer
Her name was Cubbitt and she is descended
from the famous lord mayor of that name.
She has had long experience in English
society, and she is well fitted to aid Sir
Julian in getting rid of the $4,000 which
the English government allows him for
wining and dining. The British legation
here is perhaps the best house for enter
tanning in Washington 1t is an immense
red brick and stone structure and it be-
longs to John Bull. The English govern
ment gives its minister residence and
pays for his furniture, and Sir Julian is
said to have fortune in his own right
His family is a delightful one. He has
three daughters one of whom, Miss Maud
Paunceforte, has appeared in society this
winter. She is tail, graceful girl of more
than ordinary attachments and culture
She is fond of novels is devoted to horses
and dogs, likes music and is apparently as
fond OF American things as the other Wash
ington girls are fond of English fads She
dresses well and her mother has some of
the finest diamonds in Washington. At
one of the receptions here Sir Julian wore
about his neck the red ribbon of the order
of the Bath and his other knightly decora-
tions, and the attaches and secretaries of
the legation came out with brass buttons
on their dress coats, which by the way
were adorned with velvet. Sir Julianis
servants are dressed in livery and his
coachman and footmen have bugs on their
hats.
THE FRENCH MINISTER Is A COUNT.
Lib IGulG - IuGOuOrc ue 1NOuSUan. he is
a short, round, dark-faced man of forty OF
forty-ive, and is great favorite with
the ladies of Washington society. He was
diplomat at Tunis before he came here
and he has now been in Washington For
some years He is bachelor, too, and the
title hunters have been after him, but with.
out avail He still sticks to single blessed.
ness, and though he smiles often he gives
his favors indiscriminately. Count Sala,
or Nf n c -,
member of the diplomatic corps. He is
married but the countess Sala prefers Paris
to Washington, and indeed the count seems
TO bear his enforced widowerhood very
well. He is very popular in Washington
society and has lots of friends.
The girls ali admire
THE NEW GERMAN MINISTER.
Count Arco Valley l wish 1 could paint
him as he looks at Washington reception
He is over six feet tall, weighs tenth of 6
ton and is magnificent picture of physical
beauty. His face is as rosy as the rising
sun, and his monocle which he screws into
his left eye is as big around as trade dol
lar. He has gorgeous turnout His foot
man is more wonderful than Solomon in
his glory, and he had for time man tc
open his carriage door almost as tall as him
sell VINO wore sword and military cap
He either does not care whether he at
tracts attention or not, or he delights in
being noticed, for he is always doing some
thing Which creates comment. Not long
| ago he walked along Pennsylvania avenue
with two immense hounds following a
string which he held in his hand and oil
course every one looked. The count is a
bachelor and if he wishes desirable catch
with few millions attached he can get il
here. He comes of an old German family
and he has royal salary as minister His
government owns its legation building and
a bright American girl could make things
hum If she would marry him.
Washington has
SEVERAL MOBILES FROM ASIA.
The dark faced Turkish minister, Mavo
reyni, is hey and that is equal to the title
OF sir in England. He is not over forty,
talks English well and is polite and &C
/ complished gentleman. 1t is true that he
has in all probability u half dozen wives in
Turkey, but the Sultan does not limit him,
and il there are any American girls who
wish to marry Turk they can attack Ma
voreyni. All that he will have to do in
order to show u clear title will be to say
four times to his Turkish wives: 81 divorce
| you, L divorce you, divorce YOU divorce
youw This done he will be a single man
once more, and will be as free to mate
again as any grass widower in the United
States.
The Coreans are mobiles, but both men are
married and very much married too, fol
they have number of wives and concu-
| bines III their own hermit kingdom. They
have each wife here with them and the
Corean ladies' are among the bright, pctur-
esque curiositics OF the diplomatic circle
Their compilations are Jersey cream Thei,
eyes are brown aud their lips are as red as
/ cherries when ripe. They wear a quaint